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Katya Kurtova von Rockinov

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About Me

I am.

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My Interests

Politics, conflict resolution, post-conflict reconstruction, women and gender issues, sustainable development, improving the fair trade system, improving all human systems, film, books, iambic pentameter, animals (especially goats and cats and Marabu Storks), music, making stuff, other people making stuff because I'm not so good at it, knitting (though I cheat because like I said, I'm not so good at making stuff), Molly Murphy Artwork (cuz she's real good at makin stuff), my rights, your rights, cuddling, tofutti, manginas, plushies, bizarro dance parties, African thunder storms and karaoke.

I'd like to meet:

Rockers, rollers, anyone who is down with the struggle, anyone who can challenge me intellectually, but can still have fun, anyone who can prevent me from making an ass out of myself when drinking whiskey (perhaps I should just stop), anyone who can figure out that when giving me advice, you should always tell me to do the opposite of what you actually think I should do because even though I'm 28, I still have a small amount of teen angst that causes me to be defiant at times.

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Music:

Yo La Tengo, JJ Keki, Neil Young, Pixies, King Missile (III & JSH), Richard Hell and the Voidoids, Television, Manu Chau, Minus Story, Make Up, Dan Pound, Fela Kuti, The Black Heart Procession, Ampara Ochoa, Built to Spill, Elvis Costello (and the Attractions), Solomon Burk, Nick Cave, The Birthday Party, Modern Lovers, Will Oldham, Death Cab for Cutie, The Fall, Velvet Underground, Sonic Youth, Azure Ray, Blonde Redhead, Nina Samone, PJ Harvey, Carla Bozulich, Public Enemy, Buzzcocks, Johnny Cash, Bjork, Outkast (earlier stuff), Iron and Wine, The Who, The Modern Lovers (JR), The Replacements, Skip James, Joan Jett, my own "music", Bob Dylan, Ryan Adams/Whiskey Town, Sean Paul, Patti Smith, James, The Bad Livers, The Mountain Goats, Sage Francis, Old Canes, Soweto Gospel Choir, any mix's made by A. Stowers, thunderstorms and breaking glass.Check out this MySpace MP3 Player !

Movies:

Royal Tennenbaums, Rushmore, Frida, American History X, The Weather Underground, Magnolia, The Young Poisoners Handbook, Pedro Almodovar films, Rabbit Proof Fence, City of God, Lost in Translation, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Hotel Rwanda, Hellraiser, Woody Allen, Maria Full of Grace, Harold and Maude, Natural Born Killers, good zombie movies, Donnie Darko, Niagara, Niagara, Jean Junet, Following, Pi, Alfred Hitchcock, John Waters, Jim Jarmusch, David Lynch, North Country, The Last King of Scotland, Amandla: Revolution in Four Part Harmony, Paradise Now, Jan Svankmajer shorts, Jesus' Son, House of Fools, House of Yes, etc. Basically, I like documentaries, foreign films, and dramas!

Television:

Oh how I miss my brain rot box. I no longer have one, but am fond of renting pirated copies of the following: Boston Legal, The OC, House, Flight of the Concords, Six Feet Under, Sex in the City, The L Word, Coupling, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (damn you Adrienne!!!), Angel (seriously Adrienne!),etc.

Books:

"Our Word is Our Weapon" by Subcomandante Marcos, Kurt Vonnegut, Tom Robbins, "How to Talk Dirty and Influence People" by Lenny Bruce, JD Salinger, leftist political writings, Jared Diamond, "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela, "Prison Writings" by Leonard Peltier, David Sedaris, Dave Eggers, "Aboke Girls", "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man", "Banker to the Poor" by Muhammad Yunus etc.

Heroes:

My family, especially my Gammy and my big sister who have never lost faith in me (or at least they hid it well if they did), my friends, and Leonard Peltier.
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My Blog

This is Uganda...

I have not written in quite some time because I have simply been too busy.  So much AMAZING stuff has been happening and it just kills me that I haven't been updating my readers!  This blog ...
Posted by Katya Kurtova von Rockinov on Sun, 10 Aug 2008 03:35:00 PST

One Year in Uganda Down...

Hey everyone!Today is officially my 1 year anniversary with Uganda (well, livinghere).  It's actually just past my 2 year anniversary with falling in love with this country.  Can you believe...
Posted by Katya Kurtova von Rockinov on Sat, 09 Aug 2008 01:56:00 PST

Happiness

It has occurred to me that complete happiness, for me, seems to be found in Gulu.  A few months ago I was interviewing for a one year fellowship which would have required me moving to Gulu and qu...
Posted by Katya Kurtova von Rockinov on Fri, 11 Jul 2008 02:03:00 PST

Happiness

It has occurred to me that complete happiness, for me, seems to be found in Gulu.  A few months ago I was interviewing for a one year fellowship which would have required me moving to Gulu and qu...
Posted by Katya Kurtova von Rockinov on Fri, 11 Jul 2008 02:04:00 PST

This is Bat Country

**Quickly I want to thank some of you for your witty responses to my last entry.  Yes, you are right&it is god that I'm not working in southern Uganda because you're right, I probably would have ...
Posted by Katya Kurtova von Rockinov on Thu, 10 Jul 2008 02:37:00 PST

Illegal Milk and Chicken Club Sandwiches

I would like to start this entry with a correction to my last two.  Now, I assure you, I know the difference between a ferry and a fairy.  It may not have appeared that way in my last two en...
Posted by Katya Kurtova von Rockinov on Thu, 10 Jul 2008 07:57:00 PST

You Can Take The Girl Out Of The Country...

It is the American Independence Day and I am celebrating with a relatively quiet vacation in Ssese Islands.  Kalangala to be precise.  I have to say I am missing bar-b-ques, fireworks and my...
Posted by Katya Kurtova von Rockinov on Sun, 06 Jul 2008 02:24:00 PST

My First Ugandan Vacation

And so begins my first real vacation in Uganda&ever.  My first trip to Uganda was with United Students for Fair Trade, and while I did have a couple of "free days" in Jinja, it wasn't an actual v...
Posted by Katya Kurtova von Rockinov on Sun, 06 Jul 2008 02:19:00 PST

Gas Pump Logic

I'm sitting at Café Pap (formerly written about as Café Pelvic and Café Turn-Your-Head-and-Cough) in the city.  I don't really like this place too much, but I had to go to a couple of places in t...
Posted by Katya Kurtova von Rockinov on Thu, 12 Jun 2008 07:36:00 PST

Vegetarianism is Looking Quite Good Again...

This week has been an exciting one.  On Wednesday my new housemate, Daniel (aka The German), moved in.  Jenny went back to Canada yesterday (on Friday) after spending three weeks with her hu...
Posted by Katya Kurtova von Rockinov on Sun, 08 Jun 2008 12:24:00 PST