russian

another test today. they're coming over the plate about one every week, now. but this may have been the last one of the summer, until the final. that'd be nice. there were only a couple of things i felt like i didn't know on this test, and i was confident about all the rest -- although, i've been confident on the three previous ones, too, and i've lost points on each (largely for stupid mistakes that i didn't catch any of the times i checked my answers before handing them in).

today, for the first time, we covered something i'd never done before. six weeks out of nine, almost total review. could be worse.

and i haven't updated the скорогворки for sithdragn in a long time, not since "Dnepropetrovsk", so here we go --

an update on the Karl and Clara situation:
Королева Клара строго карала Карла за кражу коралла.
(Queen Clara severely punished Karl for the theft of the coral necklace.)

and a couple of others:
Шла Саша по шоссе, и сосала сушку.
(Sasha was walking along the highway, and sucking on a hard cookie.)

От топота копыт, пыль по полю летит; пыль по полю летит от топота копыт.
(From the pounding of the hooves, dust flies along the fields; dust flies along the fields from the pounding of the hooves.)

this is not all i'm learning, of course. a side benefit, for when you can't look at another gerund without tearing your hear out. [g]

give me strength

tzikeh has posted a rant about west wing spoilers. she's done so behind a tag, bless her heart, for those of us who avoid spoilers like carriers of the plague.

but see, now i know they're there, and i'm intrigued -- not by the spoilers, which i continue not to want demystified, but by what's got her so annoyed. i'm very interested to know what she's on about -- but i can't do that without hitting the spoilers. argh!

is there a way for me to know what the fuss is about without being spoiled?