… I guess? Then again, I can’t imagine most well-adjusted parents buying novachek booties. And by this I don’t mean that Alyosha and I are particularly well-adjusted. We just happen to find sanity an admirable quality. I am amused, and slightly petrified, whenever I observe so-called helicopter parents from a distance. And by this IContinue reading “Thank God we can’t afford Burberry Baby”
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That one “Dealbreaker” piece on the college girl and the punky dude
I’ve of two minds about this piece. The headline is misleading, for one thing. And it starts out as if its trying to bait you – “I went to college… because that’s what people like me did.” As someone whose financial future has now pretty much been ruined by student debt, I have a knee-jerkContinue reading “That one “Dealbreaker” piece on the college girl and the punky dude”
Look homeward
I was in the U.S. Embassy applying for a new passport for Lyovka the other day. If you’ve been in Moscow long enough, you’re struck by how efficient and friendly the staff at the U.S. Embassy tend to be (on a sidenote: when my Russian husband and I were getting our paperwork approved at theContinue reading “Look homeward”
Student debt and double standards
So ever since this interview went up on Forbes, I’ve had a couple of people dropping in here to troll – of course. I’m used to the trolling, but I’d just like to point something out: Student loans reflect a double standard in our society. You, person who calls me “one of the worst examplesContinue reading “Student debt and double standards”
Lisa Taddeo, cheating, power and sexy ladies!*
* – I mostly just threw in that last bit for the hysterical Google search terms that will show up in my stats. Maybe. I have no idea who Lisa Taddeo is, first of all. The fact that I’m even blogging about her just shows you how derivative the Internet is. A friend sends aContinue reading “Lisa Taddeo, cheating, power and sexy ladies!*”
Natalia A. 