Masterminx

Damn! I say, Russians are some seriously hardcore folks. I read this article today before I went to work, and was struck with awe at this great quote by a school teacher. "I told my pupils that water is life. Now water has turned into hell," complained the deputy director of a local school, Natalya Falbeichits.

It has since been removed and the story was re-written. A toxic chemical slick approximately 110 miles long was floating along this river, but now most of it is sinking into the river bed. That's some fucked up shit. I do like these two quotes in the new article:

"The Chinese have poisoned my life," she said with a sigh.

"The Chinese are just waiting for us to die so they can settle on Russian land," said Sergei Pomerantsev, 57, shaking a fist toward the twinkling lights and voicing a widely held conviction here that the Chinese are purposely poisoning Russians.

That much-coveted Russian land! I kid, but that's really intense. Those people have lost their means of survival.

Ok, I'm totally crushing on the Iceman. He's just too, too hot. He's a genius. Well read, well spoken. Damn good looking. Smoldering. Intense. Aaaaaand married. Those of you who know me are probably wondering, "What the hell is up with you and married guys?" Here's the thing: it's not that married guys are hot. It's that most of the hot guys are married. Besides, hot married guys have a built-in reason to reject me. It's easy. I can tell myself that they aren't rejecting me because I'm fat or unattractive. They do it because they are married. That's safe and harmless.

But, oh, lordy, is that guy hot. He's going to Iceland for two weeks, starting this weekend. He came over where I was standing at someone else's desk, and stood behind me, talking on his cell phone in his native language. It was almost too much for me. His voice is incredible. And he is a flirt. He really is. I love it.

Harmless fun.
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