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kristina donovna

the gateway seminar

About Me


Bu yao wen wo cong nali lai
Wo de gu xiang zai yuan fang
Wei sheme liu lang?
Liu lang yuan fang, liu lang.

FINNISH-japanese music video

My Interests

listening to taiwanese pop music, arguing, adoring rick wakeman, mourning robert moog, learning.

Music:

Timo Rautiainen, Tang Chao, Goran Bregovic, Tublatanka, Team, Dio, F.I.R., Jay, Wang LeeHom, Jolin, Rhapsody, Goblin, Os Mutantes, David Bowie, Cynic, Ennio Morricone, Giorgio Moroder, Faun Fables, Mortiis, Walter/Wendy Carlos, Brian Ferry, Shakira, Isao Tomita, King Diamond and Mercyful Fate, Abba, the Egyptian Lover, King Crimson, Yanni, Nightwish, Peter Gabriel, Joy Electric, Iron Maiden, Hawkwind, Manu Chao, Arthur Brown, Dimmu Borgir, Dolly Parton, Therion, MIA, Kate Bush, Momus, Blue Oyster Cult, stuff with synthesizers (especially analogue ones), folk music, live music, tapes i find on the street. And some Aaron Kwok and Sammi Chueng thrown in for good measure.

Movies:

mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios, flight of dragons, barbarella, le mepris, nosferatu (esp. herzog's version), tenebre, infernal affairs, ashes of time, 2046, phantasm, red sonja, conan the barbarian... you know, freddy mercury says, "jaws was never my scene and i don't like star wars." now, freddy mercury is pretty much the most awesome person in the world, but i couldn't disagree with him more here. because of shelby i like snake movies, sequels made in the 80s, and "Droid." Well, maybe "like" is too strong a word for "Droid." "Watched" is probably the best i can do here. And last but not least: Micheal Jackson's "Moonwalker." If you haven't seen it, run, now, and rent yourself a spiritual experience.

Television:

dr. who

Books:

myra breckenridge/myron by gore vidal, lost on venus by e.r. burroughs, the idiot, demons, brothers karamazov and any other dostoyevski i've ever laid my hands on, tales from neveryon, babel 17 and any other samuel delany i've ever..., la invencion de morel by a. b. casares, ficciones and other borges, the dreamquest of unknown kadath though i'm only into lovecraft if it's read aloud to me, the weekly world news, minima moralia because i love adorno forever, the holy bible, grimm's fairy tales.

Heroes:

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My Blog

according to sunshine taking this quiz for me, i am a Targaryen

-->t-->My score on -->/t--> The Song of Ice and Fire House Test: House Targaryen (90% Dominant, 63% Extroverted, 63% Trustworthy) Ancient. Noble. Passionate to the point of insanity. Tra...
Posted by kristina donovna on Sat, 06 Oct 2007 11:19:00 PST

bach

sometimes, esl kids really rule. one of my students was trying to get me to say "bitch" in class; he and his brother pretended to be confused about the pronunciation of "beach". So one mischevous lad ...
Posted by kristina donovna on Tue, 20 Jun 2006 07:53:00 PST

i'm not obsessed with herzog

this is just a coincidence, i know, fitzcaraldo on my page and aguirre in my pics, and now this, but my friend just sent this quote to me, and it's too beautiful not to share in some way.so here."Kins...
Posted by kristina donovna on Sun, 11 Jun 2006 09:06:00 PST

according to this quiz, i am a buddhist

You scored as Buddhism. Your beliefs most closely resemble those of Buddhism. Do more research on Buddhism and possibly consider becoming Buddhist, if you are not already.In Buddhism, there are Four ...
Posted by kristina donovna on Fri, 19 May 2006 11:49:00 PST

dream, death, consent

My papoo just died. When I was little I couldn't say "grandpa" correctly. I guess my childish lips managed something which sounded like "papoo", and so he was called thereforth.Last night I had a drea...
Posted by kristina donovna on Tue, 04 Apr 2006 08:36:00 PST

It

Word tells me that my grammar is wrong. I say, fuck the word. It's erased. It's over. I want to write my own logos and I want to call it music, I want it to come pealing out like bells, like the voice...
Posted by kristina donovna on Mon, 27 Mar 2006 06:30:00 PST

Loss

Jaye Bartow is dead.The teacher who believed in me the most, who gave me the confidence to pursue my academic dreams, never heard from my lips how much of a difference she made in my life.In my last c...
Posted by kristina donovna on Sat, 18 Mar 2006 11:36:00 PST

peace of mind

http://www.thesurrealist.co.uk/slogan.cgi?word=jesusNothing Works Faster Than Jesus.Word.PS BAWWWWWWWWWWWWSTONNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!! Boston (the band) rules!!!!
Posted by kristina donovna on Thu, 09 Mar 2006 09:17:00 PST

christmas blues

so... i know it's stupid, but this is the first time in my whole life that i've not gone home to celebrate christmas with my family. and i'm pretty sad about it. i know it's just a social construct, a...
Posted by kristina donovna on Sat, 24 Dec 2005 08:08:00 PST

hit and run

i got hit by a murderous cab driver today. i am alright but my scooter has a yellow dent in it now. i didn't do anything but mouth the words "please be careful" to him. i'm so tough i'm a wuss.
Posted by kristina donovna on Thu, 01 Dec 2005 07:01:00 PST