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Russian-y version of a Root-Beer Float: Kvas and Plombir Float.

#kvas #plombir #root beer float #russia #ice cream #i did bring root beer with me #so we did have the real thing #and then we ran out #and i was drinking kvas #and the thought hit me:#this fermented bread drink has bubbles!#similar to root beer #we could totally do a kvas floa #t #and then it happened #and it reminded me a bit of beer and ice cream #cause sometimes kvas kind of has a beer taste #cause they are from similar origins #anyway #probably won't be doing that again #oh!#i forgot to take a picture #but it was our four month anniversary today #not that special #but i wanted to make something #so i made burgers with bacon and #i even found a halfway decent avacado #and some not very decent corn on the cob for a side #and made some layered pudding #chocolate and caramel

Went to a sushi place last night

There was a sushi roll called крабс (crabs).

#crabs #sushi #funny #std #obviously they meant the animal #but the disease was where my mind went #I hope you English native speakers find this funny #cause I tried explaining it to the bf #and his reaction was basically #oh #okay

A Lenin statue and the moon, 11:02 pm, St Petersburg.

#white nights #moon #Lenin #just a typical romantic evening in st Pete #with Lenin

Guess what this swanky as heck restaurant is? With it's waiters, menus, and fish tank? Guess what? It's Pizza Hut! When my boyfriend suggested going to Pizza Hut, I expected to eat a dingy little pizza in a cardboard box. But what I got was a dingy little pizza in an iron skillet type thing. What a world.

#Pizza Hut #pizza #fancy #russia #included in the list of things that are slightly better here #I'm sitting in a park right now #and there was a thing for free wifi #and you don't have to do anything for it #like download an app #and it actually works #mind blown #hashtag juggling convention 2015

Juggling Convention, St. Petersburg 2015. Balancing Competition.

#juggling #balancing #I swear #the more time you hang out with these people #the cooler you think juggling is

Update: I’m fine.

I got some medicine, and now am drinking much water. And sleeping.

Hey! You know what’s really annoying? Not being able to spell the word nasueasdfa when you are feeling nauseas and emailing your parents.

#nauseas #spelling #sick #blaaaaaaaaaaaaah #literally #this time

Hey! Fun thing for you, followers! You’re about to find out what the Russian medical system is like. With an inside look. From me!

Ha. Ha ha. Ha ha ha. Magnificent.

In other news, I think I have a urinary tract infection (or kidney infection)? And I’ve been feeling nauseous all morning.

Oooh! Live blogging update, I just threw up. Yaaaaaaaay!

#sick #russia #uti #uuuuuuuuuuugh #in other news #i can't spell magnificient #see when i don't have autocorrect #(like in this section or writing it on the board in front of a group of esl students)#i can't spell it.

I’ve been found out

I showed my boyfriend my blog yesterday (and all the times I’ve mentioned him on here) ((Including the period of time when I didn’t know his name)).

He seemed to like it, although I had to explain why I made many of the posts with, ‘Americans would think this is strange.’

#boyfriend #blog #irl #what have I been doing here the past few days?#mostly cooking and hanging out with the bf #and not seeing my rommates....#my boyfriend is watching me type right now #do you want to say anything boyfriend?#he says hello #how original

You think you’re used to culture shock, and then there’s still some stuff.

Am I right?

Yes. I am.

Man, as this is my third time traveling to Russia, I viewed it more as a business trip type thing rather than one of those life changey type things, so I think I was caught off guard by some of the little stuff. (Like, for example, this was my first time on a Russian airline. At the beginning and the end of the flight they handed out little candies. And don’t you know it, but my first-semester-in-Russia-and-wanting-to-comment-on-everything-in-my-blog voice chimed in thinking, ‘You know this is a really nice Russian innovation. This helps people’s ears pop on the way up and down. Isn’t that nice? People always consider things in Russia as worse, but here you go. Here is something nice’).

#russia #culture shock #coming back #planes #ear popping #*singing voice*#oooooooooooooh #the rain is pouring and it's almost 2 am #and i really want to go to sleeeeeep #but jetlag is interfereing #hashtag jetlag #and despite all of this it's nice to blog with rain sounds in the background #*singing voice end*#the melody i used was one from a children's song about the sun #can't remember what it was called #what was your melody?#tell me in a message or reblog this and put it in the tags #interactivity?#idk it could be fun #anyway whenever there's a song in a book written in poem format #but the author says they are singing #i just don't know what to do with it #most of the time i just read it like a poem #but then hey i am missing out on the atmosphere of the book #sometimes i do something generic like yankee doodle dandee #but that also feels like a lie #although a more fun lie let's be honest #some elf character singing about the meaning of life to the tune of yankee doodle dandee #count me in cause that's very much in line with my sense of humor

Why am I up?

Hashtag jetlag.

*airhorn noises* bew bew bew bew!

#jetlag #airhorn #or is it called a fog horn #or something like that #idk #point is that this is a shoutout/reference to my sister/an inside joke that we have #also her boyfriend #i will explain no more #to the fury of some of you probs #*why did she mention the thing if she isn't going to explain the thing?*#because it's my blog #and i can do what i want to #*airhorn noises* bew bew bew bew!#(btw hashtag jetlag has a good ring to it)#(i had already finished this post and then i said it aloud in my head)#(and i was like well gosh now i have to go back and make a comment on that)#(shout out to poets using modern dialects in their works?)

Just found the new gif feature

#gifs #i pronounce it with a 'soft g'#but i respect all dialects #you know #anyway this is exciting for me #who kind of thinks/communicates this way sometimes #especially in russian #cause when i don't know the word for like 'egging me on'#or something like that #i just kind of make a face #sometimes the boyfriend gets what i'm trying to say #sometimes not #then i have to explain it #'he was encouraging me to do the thing but in a negative way possibly'

What have I been doing with my life in this past blog hiatus? Good question

1. Submitted my long and complicated paper about computer lexicon. Woo.

2. Hung out with my boyfriend some.

3. Rediscovered the joys of reading on public transportation.

4. Decided to stay in St. Pete over the summer.

You are now caught up. Congrats.

#blogging #also my parents visited #and my aunt and uncle #shout out to you #woo woo #that's me shouting out #also cute story about the word woo #maybe i'll make that a separate post #oh man you guys missed so many cute stories between me and my boyfriend #and by cute i mean him not understanding english or me not understanding russian and the hilarity that ensues #or should i say en SUES #(because my name is susan #which can also be shortened to sue #for those who don't know me #or have otherwise forgotten my name)

Nevsky Prospekt, St. Petersburg, 5/14/2015, 9:05 pm.

#st petersburg #russia #north #sunset #white nights #let the white nights begin!#and also right after i took this #a buy on a bicycle passed me on the street #only it wasn't a simple bicycle #it had a stereo system attached to the handlebar #playing electro/club music #and there were also strobe lights #it's the moment that i decide to blog again that all of the sudden something weird like that happens #of course #although i feel like as time has gone on the things i once thought weird are not any more #for me #which has lead to less blogging ideas #and also lazyness

FYI: it was snowing this morning. (This was taken at about 5 pm). Man these weather changes are throwing me for a loop.

#weather #st petersburg #spring #russia #Kazansky sobor #btws #I have a conversation club today #the theme is American and Russian slang #and pretty much all I can think of is old slang #that you can use ironically #fun fun

Telling a Knock-Knock Joke to my Russian Boyfriend

Me: Knock knock.

Him: Кто там? (Who's there?)

Me: Boo.

Him: Who is Boo?

#jokes #knock knock jokes #foriegners #funny #then i said 'no you have to say boo who'#and then he said 'boo who'#and then he asked what boo hoo means #and i had to explain that it was a crying noise #ah the wonders of understanding foreign humor #he didn't really catch on to the 'blank who?'#pattern of the jokes #so i had to just kind of tell him the punchline alot #which ruined it a little #but whatever

Hey! Look at this hottie!

(Helloooo). Oh, look, he said hi back!

This is Victor Tsoi, the lead singer of the underground rock band Kino (Cinema). I came to know about Victor after having to do a short essay on Soviet underground rock, and let’s say that this music is pretty darn good.

Anyway, new goal: go to the Victor Tsoi museum (that I found out exists today). Also, if you are a student of the Russian language, I know it can be hard sometimes to find quality entertainment in Russian, so here you go. Listening practice вперед!

#victor tsoi #music #soviet #underground rock #rock #so beautiful #in face and voice #and lyrics #i'm listening to him right now #it's magnificient #also to said russian students #watch the serial ekaterina #ii #and watch vecherny urgant #and every single soviet cartoon #and every single disney cartoon dubbed in english #good luck #мои друзя

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