failing at life, or more likely just blogging

epic fail on my resolution to write often in this thing. oh well. i kinda just forgot/have been less emo lately i guess. SO wanna hear some recap? welllllll for the past two weeks i have gone to a ballet each saturday, and both were fantastic. the first was Selfida which was set in Scotland and about some kind of fairy that lures the affections of a betrothed man and ends in double death. sort of like romeo and juliet except--not. that ballet was fun. afterwards me eunice katie and laura went to carl's jr. for some good ole american heart disease promoting fast food. and let me tell you it was goood. the most recent ballet that i have seen was called the humpback horse. it was one interesting flashy colorful truly russian ballet. I liked it alot. there were crazy wardrobes, horses, merpeople, a humpback horse and a gorgeous but somewhat dimwitted main character who spent most of the first act with his shirt off displaying his rock hard abs and very defined arms. *sigh* if he wasnt wearing lipstick i might have come away from that ballet with a crush. the music was amaazing. and everyone (mostly) from our group was dressed to the t's. it was cool seeing everyone in theyre ballet-wear.

soooo apart from the ballets i also went out for a bit on friday night with eunzie and liza. I met them at some art exhibition opening near m. Chernishevskaya. It was interesting modern contemporary stuff that you have to be able to "see" to understand. Needless to say my favorite piece was one that featured a dock with two trees to the side. it was preeeetty.

And so that brings us to yesterday, or as I like to call it Sunday. It was a usual sunday with unusual weather. (thank you god) it was SUNNNY. get it. SUNday. ok so that was lame. so sue me. buttt it really was gorgeous weather out. keep your fingers crossed for spring. so i didnt feel like keeping myself holed up indoors envying the sun so i went outside and joined it. I took a walk to the metro which was nice and EVERYONE was outside walking. the sun is liberating here in Russia. if winter is the evil villain of the comic book then sun is the superhero that comes unexpectedly to rapidly save the day. So besides walking to the metro i also did some "research" for my senior russian project. By "research" i mean hunting down reklama's that have pictures of children on it or some kind of demographically oriented subliminal message. I was victorious! thank you gazprom for your strategically located reklama-things that say gazprom children on it. so after finding what i needed i decided to go to the superawesomegrocerystore on vladimirskaya ulitsa--LEND. its the best. i bought some goodies that you can not find on the whole of vasilevsky island--hummus, iced lemon green tea, pita chips, peanut butter for a decent price, and a few things from the PREPARED FOODS section. amazing. then later i went grocery shopping for the staples with bimini which was fun. i like hanging out with her. i talked to my rents and fam as per usual and my sister was home. apparently my parents are planning a family trip to CANCUN again for next year and they were going to see if me and my sister have the same spring break but we dont so we are both excluded now. ON the bright side they have a banked time share week that expires in 2010 that my mom said my sister and i could use over christmas break! so me jill and cath are probably going to go to CANCUN then. i feel like such a spoiled brat. but at least im an appreciative spoiled brat right?

so another story. the epic chicken salad. yep i decided to make chicken salad and it was gooood. it has apples and other stuff in it and its the first thing i have made from scratch that actually tastes amazing and not just mediocre. i even poached the chicken myself. do i have a future in the culinary arts? i just might.

until next time,

Love,
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