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I’m not exactly a fan of mass-murdering fuckheads

But, I can’t get over the fact That They’re going to execute Saddam Hussein. Because. Killing. Is. Wrong.

Posted byNatalia AntonovaDecember 29, 2006Posted inDirty Politics11 Comments on I’m not exactly a fan of mass-murdering fuckheads

Um, not that I forgot or anything

*cough* But here’s a piece I did on the Christmas festivities (the old-calendar, Orthodox Christmas is still ahead, so… there you go).

Posted byNatalia AntonovaDecember 29, 2006Posted inWorkLeave a comment on Um, not that I forgot or anything

A gorgeous old building smack in the center of Kiev

Bears the following sign: (translated from Ukrainian) DEAR MAYOR THE BUILDING IS CRUMBLING SAVE US

Posted byNatalia AntonovaDecember 29, 2006Posted inUkraine1 Comment on A gorgeous old building smack in the center of Kiev

My cousin the actress

Gets her clothes cut with a real knife during every performance of “Prologue to King Lear” (for more information, please go here, although it doesn’t look as though they have the info on the new play up yet). If the knife slips… And I thought writing was crappy.

Posted byNatalia AntonovaDecember 27, 2006Posted inKultur, Ukraine3 Comments on My cousin the actress

Doing research for my book

Has been a sobering experience. In Ukraine, law & order stands on shakier ground than I thought, and I don’t mean the TV show. But it’s so damn beautiful here though, you tend to forget about these things, at least for a while. And you tend to believe, and I still do, that everything isContinue reading “Doing research for my book”

Posted byNatalia AntonovaDecember 27, 2006December 27, 2006Posted inUkraine7 Comments on Doing research for my book

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