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So, my first serious English language exam went fairly well, particularly considering that, apart from looking up the structure of the test, I didn't really prepare for it at all. 

Of course, like most candidates, my beef is with the writing section (statistically, that's where most people get the lowest score) and I feel the need to get this off my chest:
The IELTS team prides itself on the accuracy of the test results it provides, however the writing task seems to reward being able to work well under stress rather than actual English proficiency. Ok, the section isn't impossible, far from it, but time shouldn't be such a huge factor in an exam aimed at determining whether you are capable of producing a coherent and grammatically correct text in a foreign language.  
Because many people simply don't work well under pressure, I think the resulting essays more often than not don't reflect the candidates' full writing potential and, moreover, compels them to robotically memorize sample essays and 'answer patterns' specific to the IELTS test beforehand, rather than actually learning how to write an academic paper in general (hell, the net is full of sites and tutors offering to cram essays written by 'specialists' into your skull).

Still, I think I did ok even though I absolutely hated not being able to make a draft or any kind of plan, especially on the second task.
I swear, though, if I get anything below 6.5 under 'writing' I WILL prosecute, and by prosecute I mean pelt the British Council building with kitty poop.

Ah well, fingers and toes crossed.

So i've been noticing a lot of people moaning about all the 'Nazi art' (because some kid drawing a crooked swastika in any context automatically means they fully adhere to the ideals of national-socialism) here on DeviantArt, which is fine because mass murder is monstrous, but here's what brings my piss to a boil: Why is Communism so 'OK' while Nazism is taboo?

Around 5 million people died because of Stalin's agricultural policies during the Great Famine of 1932-33 alone; five million starved to death in just one year! Nevermind the millions of others who were deported and killed in the Gulags for ideological reasons or often for no reason at all.

But hey, you can still proudly walk around with a Hammer and Sickle on your shirt and everyone will call you a trendy political hipster, you can display the Hammer and Sickle on your house to let everyone know you're fighting the good fight, you're allowed to join a neo-Communist party or to form one yourself if you're so inclined and no-one will as much as bat an eyelid if you sing the Internationale while driving your SLK proletwagen to work; God save you if you draw or display a Swastika somewhere, though !

Stop being so confusing, society, and make up your goddamn mind! Either make both acceptable or make none of them acceptable!

They'll distort your colors, ruin your eyes, make your hair fall out, empty your bank account and cause your wife to leave you.  

I've become a spoiled brat!

Well, I decided to create a new profile (this one) and move all the stuff from my old one to here. It may seem strange but on one hand it could be considered a form of heavy duty spring cleaning and on the other I may have managed to finally get a bunch of people from RL to stop pestering me already. ><
As for my comms/views, /meh care, tbh i didn't have that many to begin with, no big loss.

I never thought I'd get to see the day someone would actually try to steal one of my drawings. Wait, I can't emphasize this enough: someone was actually pathetic enough to try to steal one of my half-arsed drawings.

Now, if you're gonna be a chickenshit and steal someone's piece then you might as well try stealing something GOOD and pray to God the author doesn't find you to rip you a new one.

Forshame.