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June 6, 2008

18:00 Lines in Russia are different; you must be touching at least some article of clothing belonging to the person in front of you to prevent someone cutting in front of you.

20:00 My histology professor, Tatiana, told us earlier this week how they use the hair of asian students as the pointers in the microscopes. She wasn't kidding; I looked. They glue foreign students' hairs into their microscopes.

June 7, 2008

00:01 Stu told me he saw a Muscovite line up shots on the hood of his car, do them all, then drive away [1].

10:30 Maria[2], my Anatomy professor, swore at her laser pointer and after looking at where it was made reacistly remarked, "Ahhk! China!"

10:45 The MSU Medical Academy is in a frenzy because Dodge [3] left his book in the hallway and forgot, but he told Maria that he left it in the Babuska-guarded Anatomy Museum.

14:10 I took a pic of Babuskas buying bras on the street. A very serious man came to me immediately speaking in very serious Russian. Thought he was going to kick my ass. I said meekly, "Choo-Choo[4]," and he laughed and walked away.

14:30 A guy dressed in full camo and bearing gold grills just asked me-- I assume, it was in Russian-- if I wanted to buy the baby rabbits he was carrying around in his shoe box.

15:20 "In Capitalism... The way of the gifted. In Socialism... The gifted go all the way!" Best thing I've bought so far. It was done by Mayakovsky. Just finished the museum. We followed a girl giving a tour whose father was completely obsessed with him and whose grandmother saw him dead after his suicide. She has his real death mask she said. Cool museum and it was free.

21:30 Went to the polytechnical museum after Mayakovsky. It was kinda lame. I ate a really good shiskabob. Now I'm drinking gin, getting ready for club "FRABRIQUE" should be interesting.

June 8, 2008

7:24 Long freaking night; just going to bed. Never got into fabrique but we did find another club, called club zona. thoroughly ridiculous. have to sleep. explain later.

15:00 In the Kremlin. Hung over. Russians love Japanese Crap (See: Kremlin temporary exhibit).

15:02 Some things about last night: J didn't make it; puked on the metro. We found a pizza hut. Russians give confusing directions. Russian dancing boggles my mind. Walked around an asked anyone alone if they spoke english; it worked for the most part. had a lot of fun.

15:03 In Russia, crosswalks are called Zebras.


15:25
@ Nabeleskaya
- (green line)
- Railway station
- GROMADA
<---- [5] size 42 __________________________________________________________________ 1. Note: In Moscow, you need neither a driver's license nor a license plate to drive-- only insurance.

2. Everyone* but me is in love with her. She's probably 49 years old. Why am I the only one that thinks having a crush on someone the age of my own mother is weird.

3. Mind you, the medical building here has a rule that everyone must be wearing a WHITE labcoat at all times. Dodge has a dark blue labcoat. You should see the looks he gets from these rooskies.

4. Very little

5. Directions that Irina wrote into my tetrad to a cheap shoestore. I need some Rooski footwear.

*J, B, Dodge