Just a typical photo session in my household in Ukraine: I’m not really sure why I’m in curlers. I’m not even going out. We do have live crayfish at the house, and the cat broke a crystal honeypot trying to escape from them. So maybe the curlers are there for the sense of solemn occasion.Continue reading “Your daily dose of WTF: of crayfish, curlers and impudent teenagers”
Author Archives: Natalia Antonova
Man with 86 kids going for 100… and he gets applauded? Really?
Remember the outrage over the Octo-Mom – Nadya Suleman? How come I am hearing nothing of the sort directed at Hot 100-Dad? Could it be because of… *gasp* sexism? Because Islam only allows 4 wives at a time, I’m assuming he marries and then gets divorced to make room for the next crop of broodma…sorry,Continue reading “Man with 86 kids going for 100… and he gets applauded? Really?”
Tuesday Music: the kappamaki/Kappa Mikey edition
I had a teacher in high school, an old-school Chinese dissident, who used to say “why are you so tired? It’s only Tuesday,” upon encountering our miserable faces in miserable little rows on Tuesday mornings. I think he had a point. It was a lovely, hot Tuesday, anyway. My new hairdresser convinced me to goContinue reading “Tuesday Music: the kappamaki/Kappa Mikey edition”
So… about Otty Sanchez…
If you haven’t heard the grim news, this somewhat maligned Salon headline speaks for itself: “How could a mother eat her own baby?” Well, then. When something as horrific and tragic as this happens – a new mother, a schizophrenic, splits with the baby’s father, who is also schizophrenic, goes into a tailspin that mayContinue reading “So… about Otty Sanchez…”
A moment of marshrutka goodness
I was coming home late from the center today, riding in a marshrutka (a small bus where you can request stops). I wasn’t really paying any attention to the people around me, engrossed as I was with the latest playlist on my iPod and the wind on my face, but I did notice a coupleContinue reading “A moment of marshrutka goodness”
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