Marina

1. In "I don't even know how to feel about this" news: remember how my university told me in January that I can't do a thesis as part of my MA? And I went through hell trying to get some kind of deal worked out? Well, it turns out the admin office was wrong (over, and over again) and I actually do have the grades and everything is fine and I just wasted 5 months of my life when I could have been doing a thesis.

I mean, rationally I know this is good news, because I can finally get on with my life now, but at the same time I was SO NUMB FROM ANGER for the first day I was actually SPEECHLESS. Now I'm mostly ENDLESSLY ANGRY. They DIDN'T EVEN APOLOGIZE, YOU GUYS. Needless to say they weren't the ones who caught on to the error either. THEY DIDN'T EVEN APOLOGIZE, and when I started frantically going over all the stuff I now need them to do to undo the DAMAGE THEY'VE CAUSED (such as canceling a class I'm paying for and didn't need to take because THEY TOLD ME TO) the head secretary was like "calm down, can't you see I'm on the phone?" and went on about her business. The levels to which I deserve a prize for not burning the whole goddamn building down.

I'm still trying to figure out what to do. I mean obviously they ARE going to cancel that stupid class and I will not be paying a cent for it, but also if I don't hand in my thesis by October I'll have to pay tuition for another semester, and if that happens I'll probably raise hell because they DELAYED MY STARTING OF MY THESIS BY FIVE MONTHS. Ugh ugh ugh!

2. In happy news, I've been accepted as a contributor to a stock photography site! Which means people will now be able to buy some of my photos! :D :D :D Signing up for those sites is super annoying, but now that one's finally accepted me I hope to apply to a few more. It'll definitely not be a lot of money (I don't have a lot of photos that suit their standards and the pay is pretty low), but. BUT!

I am very excited nonetheless. I've worked as a tutor for adults in languages and math, I've worked as a translator, a graphic designer, a content writer, a book reviewer... and now I might actually get paid for my photography! IDK, it feels nice to know I can make money doing something that I have no formal training in, and that I've only dabbled in in my spare time. Makes me feel accomplished!

3. In other happy news, have some pictures (all from twitter) of my life recently. Featuring: nail polish, food, and Mediterranean weather.


So, shedonit and I somehow ended up at a glatt kosher restaurant at the harbour (??? SINCE WHEN IS THERE A GLATT KOSHER RESTAURANT IN THE HARBOUR?!) that specialized in meat. This was one of their least fancy dishes, but it's basically a very lovely Shepherd's Pie. Of course Israelis don't know Shepherd's Pie so it's described as a "meat and potato stew" on the menu. It's put on a metal skillet and then baked, with the dough covering the skillet! It was delicious, and I don't even like minced meat.


Seafood ceviche shedonit and I ordered at a different fancy restaurant that was actually abysmal. Both the dish and the newly opened establishment. We sent the food back.


Dessert at the same glatt kosher restaurant. At first I was like WE CANT EAT DESSERT HERE, THIS IS NO-DAIRY COUNTRY! But apparently chefs have their ways, and this was actually pretty good. Passionfruit sorbe in the middle there.


My mom's eggs, which, since I've moved out, she makes on weekends when I visit. ♥ ♥ ♥ I don't expect anyone to cook this for me except my mom, but FYI this is what I think of when I think of fried eggs. This is the standard.


Summer nails!


Sparkly nails!


Formal nails!


Swirly nails!


Sandy nails!


Wild geese at the harbor! This one was guarding the one by the water, who was looking after a bunch of adorable chicks. They didn't mind being photographed by multiple people.


Random snapshot I took when going to lunch at work a few days ago.


Weekend cafe fun times.


Weekend woodsy travel!


Poppies in the wild!


Sun at the harbour, in Tel Aviv ♥