September 2011
25 posts
Eight Unimportant Thoughts That I Will Share With...
1. Everyone is Russia has style. I know, I know, you want to shout: “Surely you jest!” It is ridiculous, but style it is indeed. Here, people can be divided into six simple groups:
A) those who buy expensive styles from Vogue, polish their shoes, and know that they are beautiful
B) the hipsters
C) the punksters and emo kids (greasers)
D) those who think they are living...
“Well-behaved women rarely make history”
– Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
“Yes, yes, that’s right! And everybody has to go mad, everybody must...”
– D-503 from Zamyatin’s “We”
“Everything will be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, then it’s not...”
– Auntie Julie
“There is no force equal to the power of a woman determined to rise.”
– someone who got in the way
“It’s not to late to conquer, however dark the view, unless you let your...”
– Edgar A. Guest
“Which way should I go from here?”
“That depends on where you want...”
– Alice and the Cheshire Cat
“что посеешь, то и пожнёшь”
“Do not urge me to leave you or turn back from you. Where you go, I will go and...”
– the Book of Ruth
Санкт Петербург
It’s hard to believe I’ve only been here a week, for some reason it has been dragging. I need a schedule. My only qualm with the whole situation is that I haven’t spoken enough Russian since I arrived. Don’t get me wrong, I can more than get by in the street, but I have little confidence. Yesterday I just sat in the mall pretending to read a book and watched people (a...
Москва
Well, I made it to Saint Petersburg - AT LAST! So, since the last entry, I have wandered around Moscow, met some friends, got entirely too pissed off, and finally left that God-awful city, to the place of my dreams! YAY!I waited til DashaS got home and we went to exchange some of my money and for a walk. I forgot how anal Russians at the bank are and that I should have gone to the bank for all...
European Dreamin'
So, since my last post, as I was packing, I have paid over $300 in overweight baggage fees, gone through a whole slew of bullshit at the boarder, and had the time of my life. The flight from DTW to JFK to Frankfurt was pretty decent. Some turbulance freaked me out, but I slept a lot and watched a couple movies (Bridesmaids was just as funny as I expected) AND I “took on the ...
Пока!
Do not fear. This blog will never be in Russian, although it will probably have some Russian words and phrases sprinkled in. Google Translate.
So the packing is now complete. My luggage is 2-3 kilos overweight, but it’s totally worth it. I know I promised a complete packing list, but I pitched it somewhere along the way (probably right after I zip-tied my bag shut so that I would stop ...
Beginning of the Adventure
I have just graduated from Michigan State, completed a TEFL course, and lived in Middlebury, VT for the summer on the fifth floor of a dorm speaking only Russian for 2 months. In one week (from Aug 31) I am moving to Russia. There is a story. It all starts with my study abroad to Volgograd last summer. I went to an English club meeting and was offered a job, if I ever wanted to come back to...
