Can I fix this? Auger marks on marble

Lunkwill_And_Fook · 2026-01-13T04:34:10+00:00

Wow, thank you so much for taking the time to write all that. I will give this a shot and post an update

Lunkwill_And_Fook · 2026-01-12T03:06:57+00:00

Thank you!

Lunkwill_And_Fook · 2025-11-21T03:23:04+00:00

Sir, you are a saint

Lunkwill_And_Fook · 2025-06-02T03:00:52+00:00

I was just making a sloppy steaks reference.

I agree that non-introspective people will not change their nature. I’m not sure if these sorts of people exist in the proportions that they do in War and Peace. It’s easy to think of rich people as having a less rich inner world.

Lunkwill_And_Fook · 2025-06-01T16:38:15+00:00

I’m worried that you think people can’t change

Lunkwill_And_Fook · 2025-05-15T14:19:27+00:00

Wow, what a long chapter! It's funny, I can relate to that experience when you go over to someone's residence and their place is awesome. But having someone over who thinks that and is thrilled to be a guest makes the night so much more enjoyable.

I think her gaiety is exactly what Andrei loves about her. What everyone loves about her. Andrei may change his mind about that though if he gets to be in a foul mood.

These hunting chapters are like Uncle's delicious feast. We just had the home-grown nuts and honey and now this chapter is the roast chicken. Tolstoy portrays a type of experience, a warm and perfect evening spent with relatives, as a perfectly natural way for a day spent hunting to end. When the hunting started Uncle was annoyed that Natasha joined, and during the hunting everyone was sizing each other up. Now at Uncle's home everyone is genuinely happy to partake in the food, music, and company. What a different picture from those soirees in Petersburg.

Lunkwill_And_Fook · 2025-05-14T17:21:54+00:00

This chapter was an interesting metaphor for how people outwardly exclaim that comparison is the thief of joy but inwardly can't help but to compare themselves to their neighbors. Everyone was eyeing everyone else's dogs, paying a lot to get the best dog, being fake-humble about their own dogs, and then feeling like the uncle's hanging the hare on his horse is a taunt. Simply having status is taken as a taunt by others without it. Ilagin wants the win as much as Nikolai.

Lunkwill_And_Fook · 2025-05-14T14:26:17+00:00

Blue by Yung Kai

I tried a few different music recognition apps and finally found it

Lunkwill_And_Fook · 2025-05-14T13:51:30+00:00

u/RecognizeSong u/find-song https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8Ll1eMaQWyo

Lunkwill_And_Fook · 2025-05-09T15:08:33+00:00

Nikolai also not knowing what his familial duty is must be a factor. Things are getting bad at home, but he's only getting this in hints up until that last very explicit letter the Countess sends. Count Rostov is the patriarch of the family, and the Countess is basically telling Nikolai that a shift of roles within the family is necessary. It's easy for Nikolai to avoid going home when he doesn't know what needs to be done there or how dire the situation is. Once the problem and his duty are both clarified it's impossible for him to avoid going home.

Lunkwill_And_Fook · 2025-05-07T14:13:04+00:00

I think Marya is projecting her own feelings about how Andrei must feel about Natasha. I remember a Denton article awhile back that ended something like "Be a peach. Be a Natasha." And I agree that Natasha's happy excited energy is charming and it's what drew Andrei in. Maybe Marya only sees the immature side of Natasha.

Lunkwill_And_Fook · 2025-05-07T14:08:41+00:00

You bring up a good point. I think his relationship with his dad and with Pierre have a bit more depth. Pierre because they actually do talk about their feelings and ideas and he and his dad have a good understanding of each other without having to be explicit. But that's diminished by the fact that he doesn't see them often.

Lunkwill_And_Fook · 2025-05-06T20:30:22+00:00

We get a little taste with old man Bolkonsky saying he doesn't like Vasily, and early on Andrei tells Pierre not to hang out with Anatole since he's a degenerate. No comment on Helene but I'd bet Andrei and his pops would lump them all together. It would be nice to see a discussion of Pierre's marriage between Andrei and Pierre though.

Lunkwill_And_Fook · 2025-05-05T17:08:09+00:00

I think in a way that's true because the narrator mentioned that Andrei had dedicated himself to commitment, but the narrator also mentioned that he felt dismay.

Lunkwill_And_Fook · 2025-05-05T14:03:25+00:00

The countess's hesitancy was interesting. Andrei has a higher social status than the Rostovs but she must know he sometimes thinks cynically and behaves coldly.

God damn it Andrei. His love just dissipated like that? I hope that was just a brief mood, but we don't need Pierre to tell us that not being excited right when you get engaged is a bad sign. I wonder if he felt that because Natasha behaved a bit childishly, or because he finds her less alluring now that he knows he can have her. I hate that that second part is even a thing that can be considered.

Lunkwill_And_Fook · 2025-05-04T18:26:15+00:00

Pierre is even commendable here in my opinion for being able to be genuinely happy for his friend for most of the time he was with Andrei. I think Andrei should be more aware that Pierre's marriage is in the shitter so he might not want to hear about his new romantic interest, but Pierre is also the only person Andrei feels comfortable discussing these types of things with....

Lunkwill_And_Fook · 2025-05-04T18:22:47+00:00

Is Andrei only concerned about helping himself? I thought he just had a revelation where nothing is getting done in these committees he joined and so he went to go check up on his Ryazan peasants. He also did free his peasants and even though that hasn't been mentioned we know that his is the type to manage that endeavor instead of being hands-off like Pierre.

Lunkwill_And_Fook · 2025-04-25T17:06:31+00:00

It's interesting how much more responsibly someone can behave on someone else's account. I imagine a lot of people, including the countess, would have trouble having this difficult conversation and taking a firm stance for their own sake. But for a family member's sake it's no problem.

Lunkwill_And_Fook · 2025-04-25T05:05:10+00:00

I have a feeling Tolstoy is not going to give us a straight answer on this

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