These websites apparently know things about me that I haven’t found out about myself yet.
First Levi's, now Macy's.

At my company, people love using the word “rushing,” and it sounds so similar to “russian” that it keeps triggering me.
I’ll probably get used to it over time.

We watched Project Hail Mary, and I don’t quite understand the hype around it.
Judging by the excitement on social media, I expected something like The Martian or Interstellar.
But the science felt more like Marvel than hard sci-fi.
The visuals are stunning, sure, but that’s all.

You know what to cry about, my dudes

Sunrise in Chicago, view from an apartment

I love our new apartment for the morning sunrises

We watched Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die, and I really liked it (though my expectations were very low).
It was interesting to watch and felt deeper and sadder than the trailer made it seem.

Ништяк, а что за skin care?

My addiction is this taste of Berlin.
In Chicago, I end up paying five bucks for this caffeinated wonder.

My convertible sometimes can beat some SUVs in terms of cargo space

We watched Hoppers.
It was great — nice to see Pixar still delivering.
If Beavertown wasn’t translated as Bobruisk in the Russian version, I’ll be pretty disappointed.
And they didn’t show a short before the movie, I thought that was always a thing.

Of course, you’d need to account for women's makeup and generate multiple versions for men with varying levels of hair loss.

I was thinking that humanity should already have a large enough dataset of childhood and adult photos of the same people to train a neural network to predict what a child will look like as an adult.

Just a typical Chicago spring

At our office, for St. Patrick’s Day, they dyed some of the bagels green — and now they look like they’re from last year

I made a soup from some kind of Chinese mushrooms.
I have trouble with soups — I either oversalt them or undersalt them.
This one is probably undersalted, but it’s still tasty!

I discovered that Uber Eats has a group order feature.
It’s actually really cool and convenient — you can send a link to friends, and everyone can add whatever they want.

For the first time in five years of living in Chicago, I ran into a line at the entrance to the subway

It’s like a whole multiverse of Andreys.
She even has a theory that it’s the same Andrey in different states.

My best friend is named Andrey. And in Chicago, I also have a friend named Andrey.
When we were about to go to Haifa, I told Olesya that I had a friend living there.
She asked, “What’s his name?”
I said, “Andrey.”
She replied, “I didn’t even need to ask.”

Asked Grok to make a badge photo

We went to the Chicago Auto Show, and the car market still feels kind of depressing.
Most cars are various shades of gray, many don’t have modern features like a 360° camera or memory seats.
Not to mention that, for some reason, not every car even has a hybrid version yet.

My wife just bought me an apartment.
How's your day going?

I somehow ended up at a hackathon where you’re supposed to vibe-code an AI app.
The perks of being unemployed.

Seems uneven to me

I’m getting ready for the citizenship exam.
Division of powers between the federal government and the states:
- the federal government has the power to print money and declare war
- states have the power to issue driver’s licenses and provide schooling

Haifa has this absolutely unreal vibe.
The last time I felt something like this was five years ago in Berlin.

Who are these Jews trying to fool?
I’ve watched SpongeBob.

Israel gives off a strong militaristic vibe right away

I went to New Orleans with my mom.
Great food and music on every corner — it never disappoints.
And +25°C after Chicago’s near-zero weather is just amazing.

Funny that the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services building was surrounded by Family Dollar and similar places.