Everything Hurts
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Originally uploaded by eriklandriault. I'm sick, yet again, however this time I'm armed with a collection of Russian-medicines. Although I'm probably injesting mild opioids and carcinogenic materials... I actually feel pretty good -- like that time I injested coal tablets to help with my "paxmel'hi".
What's new with Russia?
Really not all that much. She keeps treating well. Mainly, I've been spending the last few days watching Sex and the City in Russian. It's significantly improved my vocabulary, so I can now explain complex situations, like when a sandwich asks you to "eat me".
Right now, I'm getting ready to go out. Shower... cheap Sangria. Oh, about that cheap Sangria. I was extremely disappointed to find out that despite what is written on the label, it's actually produced in the motherland ("Made in Russia"). A few days ago, I went back to buy more sangria... only to find out that they ran out of my trashy-Russo brand. I settled for "Iago Santiago", which also had a similar bottle with a handle, except the cap is plastic.
Once I got home, I looked at the bottom of the bottle... made in the CCCP / USSR! Pure class. I double checked the expiry date, to make sure they didn't just find this shipment of old sangria left over from Communist days in Arhangalisk.
Erik Yves
PS The picture was taken at Alexandre Nevskogo cemetery
Oh and some funny moments that I just recalled. One of my house-mothers could become an assistant to Borat. We were all speaking in English... therefore:
Convo #1: On mentioning that India might be nice to visit
"Why do you want to go to India, do you want Kama Sutra?"
Convo #2: On me asking about the difference between Kefirs
"Have you taste milk of horse? Very tasty."
(10 minute conversation about the tastiness of horse milk -- though she's never had any)
Convo #3: Ivanov
So there is this guy in Russia who never wore shoes, grew a beard, and cut his diet to the point that he was barely eating, yet he was still strong as a horse. He healed people, etc... and he wrote down a few philosophical laws. He could also "walk through cold river".
"Yes, I respect Ivanov, he wrote good law. We have in house all law. Respect family. No spitting. Good law."