Tsarina Kristina - ProfilesArchive

About Me

I'm such a waffler.

My Interests

classical ballet, anything outdoorsy, Russian and Central Asian stuff, travel off the beaten path, swimming, jogging, hiking, skiing, being a self-proclaimed health nut

I'd like to meet:

Dr. Stephen T. Colbert, D.F.A.

Music:

Radiohead, Sufjan Stevens, Bright Eyes, Secret Chiefs 3, The Shins, White Stripes, Modest Mouse, Godspeed, Johnny Cash, old country, bluegrass, all sorts of classical

Movies:

Serenity, Lord of the Rings, Fight Club, Requiem for a Dream, Pi, Last of the Mohicans, Dr. Strangelove, Burnt by the Sun, Coen Bros., P.T. Anderson, Wes Anderson, Children of Men, Pan's Labyrinth

Television:

Arrested Development (R.I.P., for you were too good for this earth), The Daily Show, Colbert Report, Simpsons, My Name is Earl, The Office (U.K. and U.S.), Black Adder, 30 Rock

Books:

Master and Margarita, Harry Potter!,Tolkien, Dostoevsky, Daniel Quinn, Chekhov, R.A.Wilson, R.C. Wilson, Dune series, Jared Diamond, John Kennedy Toole, Jane Austen. A Canticle for Leibowitz is absolutely my favorite book ever.

Heroes:

Franz Boas, John Hodgman, Sufjan Stevens

My Blog

Seoul

So I'm in Korea now, Seoul to be exact. WOW - What a tremendously huge city, larger than anything in the Western Hemisphere. I would upload pictures to my account, but Mademoiselle Jambon and Mayor Ki...
Posted by Tsarina Kristina on Wed, 21 May 2008 03:30:00 PST

Thank You, Comrade Stalin

Damn! No blogs for two months - I have been so busy/lazy! But right now I'm truly busy. One more 20-pager to go...then my first fifth annual Cinco de Mayo on May 3, courtesy of le Hilario! Then a fina...
Posted by Tsarina Kristina on Thu, 01 May 2008 04:30:00 PST

Sneg!

Its snowed! Its all melting away now, which is sad, but still! I was inside from 10am-3pm on Friday, and when I left the building to see the light of day, it had already snowed a couple of inches and ...
Posted by Tsarina Kristina on Sun, 24 Feb 2008 05:06:00 PST

New Blog

Wow, I wish I had more exciting things to report. It continues to be cold cold cold, but NO snow at all. Its so sad - I think there is a conspiracy or something because whenever it precipitates, its l...
Posted by Tsarina Kristina on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 04:52:00 PST

dizzy with success

"Baby pygmy goats for sale" - this sign near my dad's house makes my heart warm and fuzzy. If I ever have a farm, you can be damned sure I will have a pygmy goat. My first semester as a grad student i...
Posted by Tsarina Kristina on Wed, 19 Dec 2007 12:15:00 PST

It worked!

Holy crap, it worked! I posted about wanting it to snow and when I got out of Russian class today, it was snowing! I got really excited and ran outside, and my friend from Michigan just laughed at me....
Posted by Tsarina Kristina on Thu, 06 Dec 2007 07:33:00 PST

blah dee blah dee blah

I'm writing a blog because I'm tired of writing about collectivization.I changed my picture because I want it to snow here - also - Colorado, here we come!!!L-S-U! L-S-U! I can't help but be pumped! I...
Posted by Tsarina Kristina on Wed, 05 Dec 2007 07:45:00 PST

productiveniciousness

Accomplished:1.One annoying, tedious paper.2.Assembly of one particle-board Target-brand bookshelf3. Arrangement of floor-books onto said bookshelf4. lots and lots of cleaning!5. Exercise6. Petting th...
Posted by Tsarina Kristina on Sun, 04 Nov 2007 10:51:00 PST

I need more brain power.

Its hard...trying to pay attention to two different football games and read about why Russian Orthodoxy was the path to salvation during WWI (in Russian). I keep thinking the football player with the ...
Posted by Tsarina Kristina on Sun, 21 Oct 2007 07:32:00 PST

I’ve found it!

Only the best coffeeshop in town, that is...Giuliani's is the best for all of the following reasons1. Classical music2. Non-arctic temperatures3. Cute male baristas4. Cappucino art5. Soy frothing abil...
Posted by Tsarina Kristina on Sun, 14 Oct 2007 03:38:00 PST