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Weshinskey

But a good exterior is the best recommendation of the inner perfection.

About Me

Quite unexpectedly, as Vasserot The armless ambidextrian was lighting A match between his great and second toe, And Ralph the lion was engaged in biting The neck of Madame Sossman while the drum Pointed, and Teeny was about to cough In waltz-time swinging Jocko by the thumb Quite unexpectedly the top blew off:And there, there overhead, there, there hung over Those thousands of white faces, those dazed eyes, There in the starless dark, the poise, the hover, There with vast wings across the cancelled skies, There in the sudden blackness the black pall Of nothing, nothing, nothing -- nothing at all. THE END OF WORLD --Archibald MacLeishMyspace Layouts

My Interests

Chalga, tightwire, circus, shadow puppets, Ataturk, kayaking, belly dancing, sailing, beer, rakia, the accordion, parasol foot juggling, turbo-folk, eastern philosophy, Turkish language, vaudeville, ending the whole burlesque revival, having friends, libraries, accordion music, killing hippies and burners (is there a difference?) donkeys, traveling, writing, writers, lion-tamers, merkins, men who can rock a cod-piece, cocktails, cockfights, moustaches, balkan history, bulgarian folk music, hand jobs, cacti, food, bullshit.

I'd like to meet:

You, if you've escaped from prison and are able to relate the story in an entertaining or mind-blowing manner.

Music:

It's all about the chalga. Azis. And the turbo-folk. Then there is sweet pop music, rock music, negro spirituals, ragtime, cafe accordion, bal musette, traditional Balkan, Greek rembetika, Turkish traditional, Turkish arabesque, Middle Eastern. Oh, hell, I like everything but barber shop quartet and pop-country.

Movies:

Sweet Movie, Hands on a Hard Body, Santa Sangre, Pixoxe, Amores Perros, City of God, Salo: 120 Days of Sodom, Pau D'Ane, Journey of Hope

Television:

Come ON!

Books:

Peterson's Guide to Fish and Shellfish

Heroes:

All That Jazz po-boy from Verti Mart.

My Blog

Yeni Tav_an1m1z Var

Both my relentlessly cool flatmate, Julie and I are in the midst of major art projects requiring multiple visits to different markets. On Saturday she needed Astroturf and I was looking for some upho...
Posted by Weshinskey on Mon, 09 Jun 2008 01:16:00 PST

Kokorec Flavored Chips?

I realize I haven't been very up on the blog postings. It's not due to lack of anything to write about. In fact, it is the opposite. My life is moving too fast for words, and definitely too fast to...
Posted by Weshinskey on Tue, 27 May 2008 12:18:00 PST

I’m so behind

May Day! I was warned by my Turkish teacher about two weeks ago not to go near Taksim Square on the 1st of May. On top of that, classes were canceled and the transit systems would be on lockdown. ...
Posted by Weshinskey on Tue, 27 May 2008 11:15:00 PST

Istanbul’day1m

I reluctantly left Stasha in Belgrade to figure out his immensely confusing and often traumatic life. We kept tossing around the idea of "two months". In two months we will know better where we want...
Posted by Weshinskey on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 02:43:00 PST

Dingey White City

The Dingey-White City I am an unabashed stereotyper. I have fully embraced the convenience and entertainment value that comes from pigeonholing. So I was not disappointed upon my return to Serbia. ...
Posted by Weshinskey on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 09:46:00 PST

Pendolino

As could be expected in Switzerlandthe train left on time. And, as could be expected, I was the source of frustration for an entire Swiss family when I was inefficient when trying to stow my belongin...
Posted by Weshinskey on Fri, 04 Apr 2008 05:33:00 PST

Monti

Well, here is how things are working out: I spent almost an entire entertaining week in Berlin, where the S-Bahn got us everywhere we were goingand I will relate those stories later. Right now I am...
Posted by Weshinskey on Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:48:00 PST

Flying Scandanavians

Setting off on this newest journey, I could have heeded the obvious and ominous roadblocks that have presented themselves. For the past month, when I have told people that I am going to look for work...
Posted by Weshinskey on Fri, 21 Mar 2008 01:24:00 PST

Where have all the looters gone?

 I can't answer any questions regarding how I feel about the Kosovo'sindependence.  Since Kosovo's Albanian government has declared it's independence from Serbia I've had friends and fa...
Posted by Weshinskey on Sat, 23 Feb 2008 03:47:00 PST

yeah, what he said. . .

This is my answer: http://www.slate.com/id/2184997/
Posted by Weshinskey on Sun, 24 Feb 2008 04:34:00 PST