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*Tenley*

And in the words of Albert Schweizer... I fancy you.

About Me



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My Interests

music, wine, bellydance and bhangra and any kind other kind of world dancing, indian culture, reading, singing, dancing, history, russian language and history, russian antiques, traveling, etc.

Music:

everything... red hot chili peppers, tower of power, supertramp, fleetwood mac, dudley dawson, linda rondstadt, led zeppelin, pink floyd, lynyrd skynyd, bob seger, the beatles, boston, eric clapton, the teeth, james taylor, eva cassidy, billy joel, zox, outkast, U2, van morrison, blind boys of alabama, sublime, peter gabriel, pearl jam, heart, no doubt, nickel creek, neil young, james brown, bob marley, bonnie raitt

Movies:

v for vendetta, superbad, boondock saints, equilibrium, best in show, star wars, moulin rouge, sin city, animal house, muppet treasure island, elizabeth, pride and prejudice (BBC not the one with kiera knightley's teeth) tom jones: history of a foundling

Television:

LOST, arrested development, the office (the ORIGINAL/british version), absolutely fabulous, Red v. Blue

Books:

i couldn't even begin...

Heroes:

my mom and dad.

My Blog

all manner of good things.

So after a winter of grey, monotonous days working in various offices, I find myself in the rare position of having a fabulous summer AND having nothing but good things to look forward to... So I have...
Posted by *Tenley* on Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:13:00 PST

california mountain woman!?

So everyone needs to cross their fingers for me. I applied to an Americorps program that would mean working for the Forest Recovery Team in the San Bernardino Mountains for six months. I would be leav...
Posted by *Tenley* on Sat, 31 May 2008 09:06:00 PST

from russia with love...

while we were in moscow last weekend the weather went from 40s and 50s to 70s, which is great cuz it's been rainy and cold. but on the downside, public transport now smells exponentially worse. w...
Posted by *Tenley* on Sat, 17 Jun 2006 05:34:00 PST

"Amerikanskiye Dyevushki Forever!"

there are a few horrible things going on in russia at this time. namely, mullets. the young male population of st. petersburg has decided that is would be a good idea to shave the sides of their heads...
Posted by *Tenley* on Sun, 04 Jun 2006 05:54:00 PST

first impressions

ok so i've only been in st.petersburg for about 24 hours now, but here are my first impressions of the city and the people... most of the beautiful palaces and architecture are in one small area in th...
Posted by *Tenley* on Mon, 29 May 2006 08:13:00 PST

gone tomorrow, here today...

Soooo I'm leaving tomorrow for NYC, and then on Saturday I'm flying to Germany and then taking a train into St. Petersburg. I'll be in Russia till July.  I'm going to try to keep my photobucket a...
Posted by *Tenley* on Tue, 23 May 2006 09:15:00 PST

"just over the brooklyn bridge"

i just got back from visiting the wife in NYC late last night... and I don't think i have ever been more physically exhausted in my life than i am now. i got there on thursday night, and right away we...
Posted by *Tenley* on Mon, 06 Mar 2006 12:06:00 PST

priceless canada moments

Kyle:  My great-great something signed the Declaration of Independence... Sara: My great-great something signed the Declaration of Independence too! Me: Well my great- great-great something was t...
Posted by *Tenley* on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST