January 2008
27 posts
Dream: In my dream last night I was at Kristal’s parent’s house. We were hanging out in her room and some other people were there with us too. Kristal had a small dorm fridge full of alcohol, but she didn’t drink it. She just had it there “in case.” I couldn’t believe her parents would let her keep a dorm fridge running all the time for no real reason. I thought...
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Hymn by Ioane Zoisme -- some time in 900 AD
Buried is the Georgian language As a martyr until the day of the Messiah’s second coming, So that God may look at every language Through this language. And so the language Is sleeping to this day And in the Gospels this language Is called Lazarus. And, on her arrival, Saint Nino converted it And so did Queen Helen. So they are two sisters Like Mary and Martha. And friendship It spoke because...
Giorgius says: belgradshi mivdivar
Laura says: ratom midixar?
Giorgius says: mesame coli unda movikvano
Mysterious Ways
So I started taking Eurasian Studies 298 at Berkeley today. Which really is more aptly titled “Advanced Georgian Language Class for Laura.” The class is fabulous! I googled my Prof to show Emily what he looked like and ran across an article written by him about the Pankisi Gorge. THe article was the same I had cited HEAVILY in a paper I wrote as a sophomore at Wellesley. Random....
12House.com →
“Woot woot!
OFF MONDAY!
MLK day, hilarious!”
– -E
“You can be my Peace Corps colleague/roommate/business co-owner/best...”
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The Top 10 real life Star Trek inventions →
The best and worst flags of the world. →
I totally have to disagree with the low ranking of Kazakstan (it got a D+). Kazakstan has long been my favorite flag
Watchუძინართა მზე- Sun of the Sleepless Quality Georgian film with English Subtitles
AlterNet: Gloria Steinem and Sally Kohn discuss... →
Women Are Never Front-Runners - New York Times →
Colour revolutions in the former Soviet Union | A... →
Rothko and Nietzsche →
Win a Trip to Abkhazia →
Too Many Innocents Abroad - New York Times →
I’ve been saying it and saying it. Now I can refer people to the NYT
From my brother Lee: i went into the bathroom when buddy was getting out of the bathtub yesterday and mom was drying him off and i said “ooh buddy you’re so naked,” and he replied “does that excite you lee?”
The life experience preservers: My Dad in the Star... →