This is my brother and I, singing the “I’m a Happy Cockroach” song, which has become the ringtone of champions in Russian-speaking circles (the word “champions” being, uh, synonymous with “twelve-year-olds”). The thumps you hear are supposed to be the sounds of shoes being flung at the Happy Cockroach. The Happy Cockroach is taunting theContinue reading ““I’m a Happy Cockroach” – The World Premiere”
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“Everlasting Love” cover by Sandra Cretu
The person I love more than anything (more than Legolas and the Beatles and beer, guys, so you know shit’s for real), just sent me this video: You can’t see me, but I am smiling.
Mikhalkov’s “12”: One of the most glorious moments in modern Russian cinema
Lezginka! I don’t think you even need to like this movie in order to feel goosebumps crawling up your arms as you watch this one. If you can’t read the Russian subtitles and don’t understand Chechen, the kid expresses admiration for the knife, and the man gives it to him. After the dance, the kid’sContinue reading “Mikhalkov’s “12”: One of the most glorious moments in modern Russian cinema”
Happy Victory Day! – С Днем Победы!
My grandmother started crying on the phone: “I don’t want you to ever know what it’s like to hear the shelling and know that it’s coming for you.” War is banal and blind and savage and ultimately meaningless. But there is still something to smile about today, at least for me. If only because itsContinue reading “Happy Victory Day! – С Днем Победы!”
Spring makes me wish I was in Kyiv
But, you know, Amman is alright for this sort of thing too.
Natalia A. 