About Me

My Photo
Name:
Location: Aspen, Colorado, United States

I'm a 25 year old man living near Aspen Colorado, one of the most beautiful places on Earth. I enjoy blogging occasionally, about completely random topics.

The life and times of an intrepid American student spending a year teaching English in Moscow Russia.

Previous

Ron Paul 2008

Get Firefox!

100% MS free

Powered by Blogger

RSSBlog.ArthurK.com RSS Feed

Click for Moscow, Russia Forecast

02 December 2005

Press Release: Three Months Down!

December is now upon us. The last month of the year is here. 2005 has grown old, and its retirement is near. Today, I have been in Moscow exacly three full months. I hope the fourth is as good!

So far, so good, I would say. I still love the fact that I am here. I am settled, and used to daily life. I still have not even come close to learning the Russian Language. That doesn't mean I don't have any friends though. Other than my colleagues at the school, I have many friends from the EA Division office, and from Church. I have a good collection of good memories to treasure. Unfortunately my dead camera batteries prevent me from posting these memories to my gallery :(
And my AA recharger's power supply gave up the ghost. Guess I'll have to buy another tomorrow.

Well, we have a three day weekend, thanks to the school being closed for the elections. These are local elections, and I really don't know much about them, but the Communist Party is doing a lot of advertizing!

posted by Excalibur at 01:15 4 comments

4 Comments:

  • I haven't really kept track of Russian politics in a while--but I do remember hearing how a big schmucky Communist was running for office a while ago--did he get in? How big is the communist party over there now, and how do the mass public feel about it? You just spiked my curiosity. If I didn't have class in a few minutes, I would go online and find my own answers right now :).

    Anyway, have an awesome weekend!

    By Blogger Sweet Onion, at 00:31  

  • P.S. I just now went into your Photo Gallery, and saw the picture of St. Basil's in Moscow, and it reminded me of my favorite childhood game: Candy Land. It looks so pretty I almost would want to eat it :) Is their architectural coloring like that a lot over there, or is that just a special one? (And yet another question:) )

    By Blogger Sweet Onion, at 00:35  

  • About Communism, it is not mainstream, but yes, it does exist. There are a lot of people in the Duma (parliment) under the Communist Party. The party is at odds with the current administration, however, and as such, they sometimes find it difficult to acheive thier goals. In my opinion, neither side is ideal, as is the situation in our own country. And the of the better third parties, none seem to be able to get the footing requried to have much power.

    About St. Basils, that is a highly unusual architechture. It is the only thing like it in the world. It was commissioned by the eccentric Ivan the Terrible. It is very beautiful, though not too edible, I'm afraid. Most other cathedrals do have the big gold or copper onion domes though.

    By Blogger Excalibur, at 11:29  

  • Thanks for the information! That was interesting.

    By Blogger Sweet Onion, at 23:22  

Post a Comment

<< Home