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R.D. Hooley

I am here for Dating, Serious Relationships, Friends and Networking

About Me

I'm originally from Minnesota, but have moved around a bit and now am in Russia. I enjoy living in St. Petersburg and plan on staying for a few years. I like to travel and am always keen on meeting new people. At the moment I am teaching English, learning the Russian language, and studying Russian history. Please send me an introductory message before sending a friend request, unless I know you from somewhere before. Then just send the friend request and no message...

My Interests

I like people who are interested in things.

I'd like to meet:

interesting people

Music:

Heads & Bodies

Movies:

anything by Ingmar Bergman.

Television:

not much lately

Books:

I read a lot. Novels and historical books mainly. Now I'm trying to read kid's books in Russian.

Heroes:

My heroes have always been cowboys...

My Blog

At Language Studio taking Lindy's advice

I've decided to take Lindy's advice from last night and update my blog before it hits the year mark since the last entry. I'm waiting to teach an individual student here at Language Studio. She is a g...
Posted by R.D. Hooley on Thu, 05 Jul 2007 06:45:00 PST

nearly finished in Finland

Nearly finished in Finland after 8 weeks of kid's camps. A few photos, some memories, a little money. Now off to Holland before the US, can't wait to be away from teenagers. I need a break.
Posted by R.D. Hooley on Wed, 02 Aug 2006 11:34:00 PST

Finland (again)

I'm teaching in Finland again. This time at a really big camp with 88 students and 7 teachers. It's on a beautiful lake with a view of the paper mill. It is also White Nights, so it doesn't really get...
Posted by R.D. Hooley on Sun, 02 Jul 2006 05:09:00 PST

normal

Life is normal for the moment in Russia. I'll be teaching Russian teens in Finland during June/July, then it's back to Minnesota before returning to St.P for the fall and another year of teaching. Oth...
Posted by R.D. Hooley on Wed, 19 Apr 2006 12:56:00 PST

new photos

I've finally added some new photos, which were taken on Karla's camera when she was visiting in December. Some are of me at work, and the hot one of Karla with the Soviet-retro waitress I took myself,...
Posted by R.D. Hooley on Wed, 15 Mar 2006 02:05:00 PST

End of Winter?

The Russian winter has definately tested my Minnesota resolve during winter. Nearly March, but still it's cold and I'm a bit traumatized from that bitter cold we had in January. I'm not sure if w...
Posted by R.D. Hooley on Mon, 27 Feb 2006 02:40:00 PST

Finland

I spent Christmas away from home for the first time. Karla visited from Amsterdam for the weekend which was a real special treat. Now I'm in Finland at a winter camp teaching English to Russian t...
Posted by R.D. Hooley on Wed, 28 Dec 2005 01:43:00 PST

Russia

So I'm in St. Petersburg now and thought I'd leave a post about my life here. I've been here for about 6 weeks, I'm adjusting slowly, yet my Russian is horrible. Teaching alot of classes and doing pri...
Posted by R.D. Hooley on Mon, 24 Oct 2005 11:13:00 PST

Stillwater summer

It's been a while since I left one of these, so here it goes. I've been living back at home since Christmas and it has been a nice little homestay. I've caught up with a lot of family & friends such ...
Posted by R.D. Hooley on Tue, 23 Aug 2005 07:07:00 PST

Minnesota

I'm in Minnesota for the holidays. Good to see old friends and family, and participate in a wee bit of holiday cheer. Another year passes, another chump MN Vikings team comes up short in the big game....
Posted by R.D. Hooley on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST