#balkansoul

[vanilleta]

🍓 accidentally unfollowed while trying to send the ask :')

rip to our mutuals streak</3 ill just say it, youre so smart lol. ur educated on so many topics i wish i knew more about, starting with our culture. also ur patience and i dont give a fuckery are out of this world ,cuz i swear the ppl u deal with on this site have ME foaming at the mouth +

[anarchistettin]

Током 1990-их, неколико чланова нашег култа били су људи који су побегли из хришћанске заједнице која је поробљавала жене млађе од 18 година као невесте 80-годишњим проповедницима.

Када је полиција дошла да пронађе те жене, јасно је ставила до знања да су ту да ову децу ***удаље*** од "опасног култа" који их је "отео".

I still get cards and letters from a couple of those folks - one is a mom now, another is a forklift driver ^_^

[sonechkaandthedynamos]

89, 92, 99

89. If you lost all your memories, would you be the same person?

No, my experiences and how I remember them made me who I am, but some core part of my personality would probably remain

92. Do you speak multiple languages? Which do you dream in? What language would you want to learn?

I do! But I don't dream in any language, my dreams are very vivid, but they rarely include sound or language. And I would love to learn Czech someday :)

99. Do you believe in magic? Are you superstitious?

I don't believe in magic, but my disbelief is sort of passive (I just don't think about it too much, and I don't think that anything that proves or disproves it would change my stance). I am a little bit superstitious, but it's just out of habit, and humans need their little rituals to get through the day, you know?

[keikoku]

@balkansoul TIA!!!!!!!! Thank you so much!!!! I love love love love you so much, and I miss you :’( <3 I hope you are doing well!!!! <3 <3 <3 <3

[samodivas]

1, 11, 21, 31, 41 & 81 love u 🫶🏻

11. Would you change your appearance if you could? There are a lot of things that I would change if I could magically change them. Things along the lines of weight, skin textures, teeth colour, shape of certain features, etc. But I wouldn't go out of my way to change a lot of these things invasively, so I am how I am :) 21. Do you have somebody, whether it be a friend or stranger, who you think you could have loved if the circumstances were different? Yes. I have several of those actually 😅

41. What fundamentally matters do you? Acts of kindness, being better despite the circumstances, finding meaning and beauty no matter what, no matter where.

81. Would you marry a friend if they needed you to (e.g. for citizenship)? Oh yeah, I've actually talked about this before and I have a friend who was down for that if I needed a US green card 😂

[samodivas]

1,15,19,20<3

1_ book you’ve reread the most times? I actually don't usually reread books that I like, because I tend to remember them very well. But I do reread passages from them sometimes, most likely when I'm looking for a specific quote.

I've mostly had to reread literary classics like Shakespeare's plays, Greek tragedies, the Odyssey, etc - largely because I didn't understand them well when I was reading them the first time.

15. recommend and review a book. Off the top of my head, Permanent Record by Edward Snowden is an autobiography by the man in question.

I got the audiobook version and his sense of humour shines through while talking about some mundane things that formed him as a person (e,g: nerdiness, a love of tech, trying to be a big man while a child, his regional dialect getting him bullied, etc)... And some bigger things (e,g: his epileptic seizures, his relationship with his girlfriend, his views being challenged, his career and experience in surveillance and tech).

It was overall a fascinating book and a very light read (or listen), given the subject matter. I'd give it a 5/5 for non-fiction. He also included some of his girlfriend's diary entries which gave her perspective on some of the events at the time.

19. most disliked popular books? Anything by Dan Brown belongs in the fireplace lmao, that man cannot write for shit. Inferno was a fucking waste of time and the plot twists didn't feel creative - it felt like reading an action-y movie script. That article making fun of him and his writing style is 100% spot on.

[samodivas]

2, 6, 8 & 25

2. thoughts on veganism? I like it as a dietary lifestyle and I've (unsuccessfully) tried to stick to it before. I love vegan food and get it every time I'm with vegan or vegetarian friends! I used to avoid dairy so vegan food was a great alternative.

6. do you use a watch? Nope, never. I actually bought a watch years ago, have absolutely never used it, and am planning on giving it to a friend.

25. would you say you have good taste in music? I have absolutely no musical background, so I can't possibly measure good music from bad... that being said, yes, my taste in music is the absolute best, and I can enjoy a wide variety of genres and styles.

[samodivas]

3C#

I actually really want to know what movie 3 is from 😂