Chance is lumpy Can somebody explain this expression? I have no idea about it, need your help!

2015. June 5. The lull The lull of any hope, any inspiration, any attemps to make something good or just usefull. The lull of the military actions. How many time it will be continued? Nobody knows. Sometimes we are trying to forget everything and live as before. In such moments I am learning English, Georgian, Chinese, have fun in these actions. Today I feel like hopeless one... The sun is shining brightly, bur there is the shadow in my soul. May it is just due to the useless word I'd done almost whole last work week. "The list of users Lync". What the hell! Make the sample and manually add users which has the videocam. 80 ones. 4 variants of the list. I'll try to forget this work... Oh yes, another cause for upset - a news about reducing of premium (the half of my salary) and the compulsory unpaid vacation day every week. Although why I am so upset? I can sleep well three days during the week, not only two ;)

The communication with boring people

It's interesting question, why I so hate those people which don't like to think, don't know anything beyong common things, don't like to read and ultimately don't want to know aything about this amazing word...
The people like those are the people nevertheless, aren't they? They are like me, right? So I must talk to them on an equal footing, show respect to them like the human being... Why I can't do that? I think I'm a snob. I don't like be a snob, I want to find out the way to treat those people like other ones. But how? What do you think?

September 19. It was a good day There was no shooting today. Or at least I didn't hear anything like shelling. We prepared our windows for coming winter. We live in old house with thick walls and big windows. The big windows are not good for the cold winter without central heating. So we bought some kind of insulate material with a foil, cut it to the pieces in order of size of frame and glued these pieces to the glasses on the upper frames. No so good, but something at least. Last two hours I've reading the Cisco book for my future CCNP exam. And listening to music of Chaikovsky. It's a good evening, really :)

September, 15. 2014 It is quietly enough in Horlivka now, more and more people appears on the streets. As Horlivka's residents inform, after 10:00 or so separate artillery volleys are heard. But away off evidently. As one says it's the Debaltsevo most likely, in any case, the residents of east outskirts hear shooting from this direction. There many people on the streets, like in peacetime. "I even had to stop and wait near the crosswalk, I not need to do so last weeks" - friend says. The queuries are appearing in the supermarkets. Also he says that he began to meet more armed supporters of DPR, it was less of them on weekend. May be it related to the fights on the outskirts of the town during almost all weekend. The small shops continue to start working. "Actually, the rumors of the "death" of Horlivka are too exaggerated" - the interlocutor briefs.

Who am I? I have spoke Russian all my life. I live in the Eastern Ukraine. But now... I want to speak Ukrainian. It is hardly for me. But I will try! Ukraine is my country!

Russian spring in Ukraine It's the end of March. The sun is shining, the trees are greening. If all was usually I would prepare to trip in my lovely Crimea. I live in the easten part of Ukraine, and when I want to see sea and mountains, I go to Crimea. Before. Before all it had happened. Before "kind uncle" Putin made up his mind to send troops in the part of my country. He tells he rescues Russians in Crimea from new nationalistic illegitimate government. I am Russian who is living in Ukraine. I speak Russian all my life. I can understand Ukrainian, and can speak this language, not very fluent. But there is not any problem for Russians here. We can speak any language we want, and we do. Why another country consides possible to take away the part of my country? I feel like in nightmare. Thank God, nobody shoots. Yet?

The winter Just now I've been walking to the work and looking at the awesome picture making by the frog and the frost. All trees are white. It's so beatiful. I've never seen this picture this winter. Most of time there was warm and slush and sadly. But now - it's just finest weather! Welcome, Winter!