oh, how nice, how nice, thank you. yes, formal introductions were somehow overlooked. my full name is yelena, but you can call me just lena. or lenka, or whatever else comes to mind. the name "grushenka" on my profile (the cyrillic bit) is a name by which i think i would like to have been named. it is short for agriphina. i dream of getting two fish that i can name napoleon and josephine. or maybe count alessandro di cagliostro. or maybe chagall. what i would really like to have as a pet, actually, is a tiny elephant. wouldn't that be charming?
Agriphina like Agrippina like Nero's mother? I love, love, love the story of her and the poisons (curiosly enough a bedtime tale to me in my youth!)But do confirm, lest I be mistaken...
Happy sigh @ Napoleon and Josephine, the fish; tis a most brilliant idea. Did you ever see the Swatch watches, by the way? I can't seem to find it online, but it was this limited pair with Napoleon drawn on one and Josephine on the other; I had the Napoleon one for a season - apparently they were designed with the original purpose of his/her wedding gifts by the wily Swiss.
Ha @ Cagliostro, and reminding me of his fairly-ridiculous impersonation in The Affair of the Necklace; I love the name Alessandro, however, and I'd be up for naming a son assuch. Even Chagall is nice, but I'd save that (no reason why) for the fourth son of a large family; in other words, I think Chagall would have suited my younger brother
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yes, agriphina, like agrippina, like nero's mother :) but alas, it is not my name, but i guess mine is fine. it is greek, anyway, helena. there is a german actress named grushenka stevens and i just really like that name. she was in mondsheintarif, a lovely film, in manner of lola rennt and goodbye, lenin!. germany has really been coming out with brillint films lately.
no, i have not heard of these watches, but am now really really hopng to stumble across them someday. oh sigh sigh. i love cagliostro - he is just so fascinating. i read a very entertaining biography last year and i think he was quite the genius. i love the mane alessandro, too.
i am getting a bit of a headache by all of these new films starring "hollywood heartthrobs" depicting the great heroes and historical figures. i half expect a fim called "napoleon" to come out on the big screen starring someone like...hmm...brad pitt? ech.
Hahaha...I'm so old school Nick-at-Nite (I stopped watching it fervently around 5th grade); if I went with that I'd probably end up naming it Doby Gillis, Maxwell Smart, or whatever the hell Zsa-Zsa Gabor's character was named in Green Acres. I had already moved on when they introduced Happy Days into the line-up - TOO MODERN! I was all The Patty Duke Show and Mary Tyler Moore. And Rhoda!
Haha, I think my suggestions were just too POSTmodern for the cat to handle. Anyway, have a great time at Annie Proulx (tell me all the non-spoiler details) and good luck with you-know-what on Thursday.
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yes, formal introductions were somehow overlooked. my full name is yelena, but you can call me just lena. or lenka, or whatever else comes to mind. the name "grushenka" on my profile (the cyrillic bit) is a name by which i think i would like to have been named. it is short for agriphina.
i dream of getting two fish that i can name napoleon and josephine. or maybe count alessandro di cagliostro. or maybe chagall. what i would really like to have as a pet, actually, is a tiny elephant. wouldn't that be charming?
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Aaack [thrilled exclamation at everything], yes!
Agriphina like Agrippina like Nero's mother? I love, love, love the story of her and the poisons (curiosly enough a bedtime tale to me in my youth!)But do confirm, lest I be mistaken...
Happy sigh @ Napoleon and Josephine, the fish; tis a most brilliant idea. Did you ever see the Swatch watches, by the way? I can't seem to find it online, but it was this limited pair with Napoleon drawn on one and Josephine on the other; I had the Napoleon one for a season - apparently they were designed with the original purpose of his/her wedding gifts by the wily Swiss.
Ha @ Cagliostro, and reminding me of his fairly-ridiculous impersonation in The Affair of the Necklace; I love the name Alessandro, however, and I'd be up for naming a son assuch. Even Chagall is nice, but I'd save that (no reason why) for the fourth son of a large family; in other words, I think Chagall would have suited my younger brother ( ... )
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no, i have not heard of these watches, but am now really really hopng to stumble across them someday. oh sigh sigh. i love cagliostro - he is just so fascinating. i read a very entertaining biography last year and i think he was quite the genius. i love the mane alessandro, too.
i am getting a bit of a headache by all of these new films starring "hollywood heartthrobs" depicting the great heroes and historical figures. i half expect a fim called "napoleon" to come out on the big screen starring someone like...hmm...brad pitt? ech.
oh. a tiny kangaroo. oh!
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