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christina

believe me, this hurts me more than it hurts you

About Me

Moved to Chicago for love. He's the beautiful being on my pics - other than my first love Chip! Now, I have two white haired boys to love me to death! :)a bit of history and myself: If you dont know me already, Im originally from StL - born and raised. I was born the day before my mothers 21st birthday. My dad and mum divorced before I was a year old. My dad never remarried. He's an engineer - union. My mom remarried twice. My moms mom was a latvian immigrant - raised as a foreigner in St. Petersburg until the seige on St. Petersburg left them stranded outside the city where her and her sister hid in holes, bombs, wwII etc. In their country home, outside st. petersburg, they housed soldiers from all sides of the war -- until German soldiers saved them and sent them to get jobs in Germany. She dreamed of being an actress but was told she could never be for her accent and ended up a secretary, a maid, a waitress? and on and on. Knocked up or in love? - my grandpa brought her out of the war and into America. Flash forward, my early childhood I was raised in a trailor park. 70's brat. I have an older brother. I became the stereotypical good girl whereas my brother ... enough about sibling rivalry! I went to school to become a psychologist upon realizing that the world sucked and I woud have nothing to offer anyone. I toe at the idea of graduate school constanty - ? But still on occassion find myself disppointed with myself - . But I prefer to bask in and overindulge in the luxury of boredom. Time to think, drink coffee, keep up w. an old friend. watch a movie. lay on the bed w. my pup. sit outside for a smoke. a glass of wine. lazy or luxurious? I hate excercise, running, sports - competition. I just dont see the point in some things and refuse to participate. Im not pretentious and would rather not be around pretentious people (am I pretentious for saying that?) and with that in mind - I love elitist and hate hypocrisy.Now and currently, I reside in Chicago w. Ben and my pup in an awesome old house we attempt to renovate. After a summer of not working in 2006, I work for the University of Chicago as a Research Administrator for Dermatologic Science - and as much as I bitch about life, I've never been happier.

My Interests

cheap trinkets, cigarettes and expensive perfume, sleeping in, sleeping all day, european chocolate, euro almost anything, psychoanalysis, my therapist, dimples, christmas, traditional latin mass, *snow*, cold dreary weather, being warm, import beer, foreign foods, nordic countries and northern climates, love & hate, cynicism, sarcasm, death, train rides in foreign countries, ferries too (not fairies!), the Baltic, strays & rescued pups, kittens, I want a bunny too, chips flop chops and silly diggity ways, vw, driving not riding, Smith & Wesson, coffee w cream, mornings, earl grey, herb gardens, latvian or finnish saunas, finnish design, mod culture, mittens and muffs, patent leather, shopping, wine, corner bars, travel to latvia, germany, finland, iceland, nordic countries, faroe islands, london, cuba, learning latvian, thrift stores ... collecting forlorn unwanted or identityless cute things such as

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Music:

i always hate this question, but here are a few things i listen to on occassion or often. yes, vincent gallo, some john renbourn, pentangle, and a song by jackson c. frank called milk and honey, current 93, dij, danzig, misfits, bowie, joy division, morrissey, belle&sebastian, blur, ladytron, stereolab, donovan, t rex, tatu, blondie, sol invictus, apoptose, autechre, THE SCARED, CRIPPLERS, femme fatality, 7 shot screamers, boards of canada, the shins, patsy cline, iggy pop, beach boys, 13th floor elevators, zombies, mum, air, bjork, nick drake, cabaret voltaire, the pretty things, forseti, LUFTWAFFE, VALENCE + more

Movies:

giallo films or italian horror, fulci, argento, never torture a duckling, suspiria, donnie darko, buffalo 66, auquteenhungerforce, family guy, spinal tap, office space, all greenaway movies, zed and two noughts, drowning by numbers, the cook the thief his wife and her lover (or whatever its called), el topo, holy mountain, mannajja, motorcycle diaries, y tu mama tambien, dawn of the dead, zombie movies in general. old movies too, foreign movies, movies with bad endings are the best, and the royal tennenbaums, virgin suicides, the ice storm, gummo, mean girls, remy and michelles high school reunion, american psycho, silent films, nosferatu, pandoras box, the wickerman, japanese films, ringu, the eye, suicide club, audition, the brown bunny

Television:

TV WHA? ARTIST HERE INSTEAD... *Henry Darger *Eugene Von Bruenchenhein *Nara Yoshitomo *Dare Wainwright *Cindy Sherman

Books:

flipping through magazines is the best but i like some authors borges, calvino, miller, salinger, flannery o'conner, plath, ibsen, i like "the story of the eye"! books about therapy, pop psychology, psychoanalysis, traveling, cooking, & dogs. currently reading bio. about dare wright, here are pics from her 'lonely doll' books

Heroes:

my hero.... the only real hero, the Uber hero, is my love my life my all - my puppy, a dear white boxer mix named chip. otherwise called chippy chipper chiparoo roo dig ... click on pic to see more of my babyroo.

My Blog

pirts - latvian bathhouse

This is my families pirts in Bergi (Riga, Latvia). Latvian bath houses are wonderful places to drink eat and be merry AND get in a sauna! Latvian saunas are like Finnish saunas - dry heat, birch bran...
Posted by christina on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

how to "party" in latvia 2004

start by drinking lots of absinth, then go to the bars absinth vodka beer! cheers! "svieks! man sauc christina. ka tev iet?" i love my latvian family! ...
Posted by christina on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

LATVIA

Latvian language Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description Latvian is one of two extant Baltic languages, a group of its own within the family of Indo-European languages. Both Latvian and pa...
Posted by christina on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

ART

neon park: daniel martin diaz: ...
Posted by christina on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST