I'm a big fan of Hyperbole and a Half. Likely you're also a big fan of Hyperbole and a Half. Even if you're not a fan per se, if you are on the internet, you have likely seen this particular post: This Is Why I'll Never Be An Adult. Heck, there's apparently t-shirts now inspired by that post and everything ( Read more... )

I could swear I did a post some earlier year not too far in the past about the Russian Ded Moroz (Grandfather Frost) and Snegurochka (his grand-daughter), but I cannot find it.

I can, however, find this!

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It's an excerpt from a Russian "Tom & Jerry" type show, except with a wolf and hare instead of cat and mouse, called "Nu pogodi," or "Just you ( Read more... )

I was actually going to make a post on depressing Russian movies, and why American movies on the same subjects never manage to be quite as hopeless and bleak, but instead decided to post on the more upbeat movies today ( Read more... )

I'm back in New Jersey again, and intending to see some NY area folks this upcoming weekend please. I should go back to DC for more than two days though, so I can get some better visiting time in. I also need to come to Boston sometime soon. And back to Philly. Why is it that I have plenty of friends in all the major cities on the East Coast, ( Read more... )

...I didn't realize all these Russian children's movie clips were on youtube!

I definitely have a Peter Pan complex, but it's merited, dammit. Those films were awesome. So much 60s, 70s, 80s fun. Plus with songs!

I must share some of this goodness with you. Yes, a lot of it is ridiculous. ALL THE BETTER.

First off, "Buratino," the Russian ( Read more... )

Watching it again, "I Dream of Jeannie" is a fairly terrible show: cheesy, predictable, painfully plotted, even more painfully acted. It is made somewhat more palatable by the fact that its gender politics really were quite a step above "Bewitched," even if "Bewitched" were better written. But watching this show in my youth, I already knew that ( Read more... )

So I am finally home! Or at my parents', whichever. Left just after midnight, and arrived at 3:45 am. At least the roads were clear ( Read more... )

Goddammit! This seriously sucks! My fave New York coffee shop, Alt cafe, is closing down in a week in order to be reincarnated into "Hopscotch, a café tailored to the needs of children and families." Fuck.I can't believe the rate at which East Village is disappearing. First the Korova Milk Bar closed down (it was just two blocks up from Alt ( Read more... )

strangedivine posted a link to a Youtube video of the The Worst Witch tv movie recently ( Read more... )

My dad is cleaning out his computer, and he emailed me some files of mine that were on his harddrive. I just read this again--I wrote it senior year of highschool, for a college prompt. I wanted to put it here ( Read more... )