THE LOYALIST

1961, Leonid Rogozov, 27, was the only surgeon in the Soviet Antarctic Expedition. During the expedition, he felt severe pain in the stomach and had a high fever. Rogozov examined himself and discovered that his appendix was inflamed and could burst at any time. With a local anesthesia, he operated himself to remove the appendix. An engineer and a meteorologist assisted surgery.

(via adamfrankenstein)

Title: One/Hundred//First/Running

By: Galina Ustvolskaya’s Nephew’s Neighbor’s Former Housekeeper

  
it’s plain                                      about you and my sister/   

your sister is damaged/               congratulations       

just left her drunk in her seat/     fuck you/   

she’s just sleeping                     she’s not well/

sleeping ain’t that/                      to bet on/

l know sleeping/                         on anything my sister wants   

she’s probably not feeling well/ to put a cent down

how could she after losing all that money?/I’m not stupid enough

she’s not well, all right                 nope/

she’s fine                                   you should pay my losses/   

she’s not well                                what?/   

she’s fine                                    fifteen hundred/

she’s not well                               looks like something near

she’s fine                                    let me check/

she lost all my money/                 how much you win today?   

We should call her doctor           he might/

he’ll come pick us all up             ask him   

after the last race/                      can he reimburse me half of these losses?       

here at the track?/                         I’m sure of it/

sure/                                            I’m sure of it/   

he medicates her heavily/            he’ll pick us up   

he shares some of the burden/    her doctor/       

burden/                                        yeah, the burden of her behavior/       

yeah, the burden of her behavior/burden/

her doctor/                                  he shares some of the burden/

he’ll pick us up                             he medicates her heavily/

I’m sure of it/                               sure/

can he reimburse me half of these losses?/here at the track?/

ask him                                         after the last race/

he might/                                      he’ll come pick us all up   

how much you win today?/              I’ll call her doctor

let me check/                                 she’s fine





looks like something near            she’s not well



fifteen hundred/                          she’s fine


what?/                                            she’s not well

you should pay my losses/             she’s fine

nope/                                           she’s not well

I’m not stupid enough                  how could she after losing all that money

to put a cent down                       she’s not feeling well

on anything my sister wants        l know sleeping

to bet on/                                    sleeping ain’t that

she’s not well/                            she’s just sleeping

          fuck you/                             she’s drunk in her seat

congratulations                           your sister is damaged

about you and my sister/            it’s plain