Note to self:

do not "take a break" by checking out other people's weblogs.
You might just encounter news that they're done with their finals
starting two days ago
and you may thus become embittered
because 2.something days of extreme-work
(like the past 5.something days)
may still not get you
a complete MST final and a paper.

Just take a walk instead.

Я вас любил...

"Я вас любил: любовь еще, быть может
В душе моей угасла не совсем;
Но пусть она вас больше не тревожит;
Я не хочу печалить вас ничем.
Я вас любил безмолвно, безнадежно,
То робостью, то ревностью томим;
Я вас любил так искренно, так нежно,
Как дай вам бог любимой быть другим."

[[А.С. Пушкийн]]


[I loved you once: perhaps that love has yet
To die down thoroughly within my soul;
But let it not dismay you any longer;
I have no wish to cause you any sorrow.
I loved you wordlessly, without a hope,
By shyness tortured, or by jealousy.
I loved you with such tenderness and candor
And pray God grants you to be loved that way again.

--A.S. Pushkin]