Borat in 30 seconds.

http://www.starz.com/features/bunnyclub/borat/index.html

Don't open unless you've seen the original.

Be sensitive.

(from the mail)

I've just received this photo from Madrid. Poverty exists everywhere, not just in Africa! It wrings your heart when you see this poor woman, wearing torn clothes, with a plastic bag in her hand. Forward this photo, so our world becomes more sensitive!

( je n'ai mange pas six jours )

Writer's Log.

Okay, so what happened during this week of writing in Palestinian Arabic? First of all, no lj-friend left me. That's a good thing. It means that people had faith in me coming back to my senses eventually. Some eyebrows were raised, but all in all, people showed understanding. On the other hand, nobody befriended me, even though I made a brief appearance in arabic towards the end. No Arabs commented on my blog. Instead, I had an unusually high comment-rate by a certain religious Jew from Haifa :) I guess, he too, needs some practice for his rusty colloquial Arabic. The writing was difficult. I had to say what I could, instead of what I wanted. Many personal things happened during that week, and they became kind of an open secret (security by obscurity). The bottom line is this - it's difficult to learn a spoken language without having a native speaker to converse with. I'll go on studying from my books, but I have no illusions of becoming another Zvi Yehezkeli. Ma3aleish!

Займусь-ка Пустяками.

... Потом приготовил салат из капусты и сладкого перца, зарядил кофеварку и, чуть спрыснув водой французские булочки, обернул их фольгой и разогрел в микроволновке. Когда завтрак был готов, я разбудил библиотекаршу и убрал из гостиной пустые бутылки и стаканы.

-- Харуки Мураками. "Страна чудес без тормозов и конец света".

... While that cooked down, I slivered some cabbage and peppers for a salad, dripped coffee. I sprinkled water onto a length of French bread, wrapped it in foil, and slid it into the toaster-oven. Once the meal was ready, I cleared away the empty bottles and glasses from the living room and woke her up.

-- Haruki Murakami. "Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World".

I guess the Russian translator had no idea what a disaster he had created in the librarian's kitchen.

Музыка на Халяву.

http://www.jetune.ru/us6317

This site basically lets you download music for free. Some knowledge of Russian is necessary. (The music is quite varied though).