everywhere

I looked up the word for spicy before leaving the neighborhood. Was on the way to our very conveniently placed food market at the foot of the neighborhood with Armenian/English dictionary in tow. Bar-ka-han was bookmarked and everything. Mission: cilantro and Armenian version of the jalepeno for my salsa roja. This had been on my mind for some time, but I only later remembered why i'd yet to go through with the B.Crockerness of it all. Chips are not readily available.

I stopped at the first peppers spotted. $.03 per. When answering the vendor's question with "Mexico" I was wrapped in warmth at her knowledge-dropping rhetorical question, "You all like spicy things, right?" Yes. The substitute called in for the chips was buckwheat. I love that stuff, truly, but i, as one might guess, was let down.



These ducks are famous, they live in a duckhouse that is just to the right of the picture, in the middle of the structure. It's a pretty cool zodiac fountain in front of the Moskovian movie theater near the opera house. I was late on the click, missing the lighter duck stretch its neck down for a drink of its swimming/waste water...



To celebrate the 4th i read Eej's hijacked Black Garden, nationalism's nationalism ya know? Then the next day saw Shrek 3 in Russian. If only Eddie Murphy could speak Russian, then audiences around the world could truly embrace the character. Luckily, Puss in Boots uses more visual cues. friggin' Shrek... Lots of details expounded just to convey that it was a little bit of home to see the Familiar.


Any time i read about the struggle between Armenia and Azerbaijan, knowing that the Dark Years were only about 18 years ago, i can't help but stare longer at the aged. A lifetime compressed into a shrinking body so tightly the gray and wrinkled blooms begin outnumbering memories; and then the connection is made that this cohort had kids to worry about and protect back when - i wonder what their version looked like. Armenian language needed stat.

Armenia came in 2nd to Moldova for the C Division of Women's European Championship tournament. So, they're movin' on up.
Interesting telemarketing practices in these parts. 1) Call to sell internet service, 2) Ask if resident is using internet service, 3) Ask which provider resident is using, 4) Hang up abruptly after retrieving info that informs no sale can be made. ta-dah! Why US telemarketers didn't start off with this tactic, who knows, i mean their unregulated days were always numbered right?