Comments for Natalia Antonova http://nataliaantonova.com The sky is high. The Czar is far. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:46:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on I’m a stereotypical yuppie parent by Michael Morgan http://nataliaantonova.com/2012/02/18/im-a-stereotypical-yuppie-parent/#comment-32162 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:46:47 +0000 http://nataliaantonova.com/2012/02/18/im-a-stereotypical-yuppie-parent/#comment-32162 That would definitely be great!! Eating spicy Thai food would be an additional bonus. Costly vacation, however, and potentially inspires more feelings of frustration and futility because of the great difficulty in making it happen (at least, for me, personally). It would just be an indulgence of self-defeat unless realistic plans/activities were being conducted to that end.

]]> Comment on I’m a stereotypical yuppie parent by Natalia Antonova http://nataliaantonova.com/2012/02/18/im-a-stereotypical-yuppie-parent/#comment-32161 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:34:41 +0000 http://nataliaantonova.com/2012/02/18/im-a-stereotypical-yuppie-parent/#comment-32161 To be specific – if I were to sit on a beach right now, I would do so in Thailand…

]]> Comment on I’m a stereotypical yuppie parent by Michael Morgan http://nataliaantonova.com/2012/02/18/im-a-stereotypical-yuppie-parent/#comment-32160 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:25:38 +0000 http://nataliaantonova.com/2012/02/18/im-a-stereotypical-yuppie-parent/#comment-32160 Sounds great, but the weather is not right for it now. Might make you more depressed. Moscow is a large city in which there are many things to do. Maybe visit a coffee shop regularly – I did that in graduate school while writing essays on literature. From there, you could quaff caffeine and write a book, a play, or poetry while you wait for the weather to warm up for the beach. You certainly write well and seem to enjoy it. Here in the states, it’s called “bibliotherapy.”

]]> Comment on I’m a stereotypical yuppie parent by Natalia Antonova http://nataliaantonova.com/2012/02/18/im-a-stereotypical-yuppie-parent/#comment-32156 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:06:08 +0000 http://nataliaantonova.com/2012/02/18/im-a-stereotypical-yuppie-parent/#comment-32156 Thank you!

If I could go sit on a beach for a month, I would…

]]> Comment on I’m a stereotypical yuppie parent by Michael Morgan http://nataliaantonova.com/2012/02/18/im-a-stereotypical-yuppie-parent/#comment-32155 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:04:25 +0000 http://nataliaantonova.com/2012/02/18/im-a-stereotypical-yuppie-parent/#comment-32155 Just a note to say that I really enjoy reading your articles in RIA Novosti!

Regarding your stress: my wife and I have a “Yuppie” life, I suppose, and yet we (my Russian wife and I) are often stressed as well: work, our child, his homework, bills, repairs to make on house and car, etc.

As you say, though, there is no “cure.”

]]> Comment on An observation through the general haze by Natalia Antonova http://nataliaantonova.com/2012/02/19/an-observation-through-the-general-haze/#comment-32127 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:25:30 +0000 http://nataliaantonova.com/?p=3828#comment-32127 Nah, I think I just work too much, to be honest. And THEN get the desire to stay up all night and talk about deep soulful things, with occasional trips to rock the baby back to sleep in his crib, of course.

]]> Comment on An observation through the general haze by Pragmatic Realist http://nataliaantonova.com/2012/02/19/an-observation-through-the-general-haze/#comment-32085 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 17:12:49 +0000 http://nataliaantonova.com/?p=3828#comment-32085 Its that “Russian soul” thing where you can’t help staying up all night drinking and talking about deep soulful things. In Dostoevsky’s novels did anyone ever take a nap?

]]> Comment on I’m a stereotypical yuppie parent by Natalia Antonova http://nataliaantonova.com/2012/02/18/im-a-stereotypical-yuppie-parent/#comment-32079 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:35:40 +0000 http://nataliaantonova.com/2012/02/18/im-a-stereotypical-yuppie-parent/#comment-32079 I know what’s causing it, alright. It’s called the I Need a Normal Life disease. And there is no cure.

]]> Comment on An observation through the general haze by Natalia Antonova http://nataliaantonova.com/2012/02/19/an-observation-through-the-general-haze/#comment-32052 Sun, 19 Feb 2012 19:48:36 +0000 http://nataliaantonova.com/?p=3828#comment-32052 :)

]]> Comment on An observation through the general haze by Gaina http://nataliaantonova.com/2012/02/19/an-observation-through-the-general-haze/#comment-32051 Sun, 19 Feb 2012 18:33:51 +0000 http://nataliaantonova.com/?p=3828#comment-32051 I’m going to say that nothing gives me more pleasure than to see a friend so happy :) .

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