i am seeing beirut in february YES

http://www.pitchfork.tv/videos/beirut-elephant-gun
this is fucking weird but i love zach condon unconditionally. only he could, so seamlessly, blend my two favorite things: gulags and balkan gypsies.

A Hero of Our Time

in the midst of reviewing for russian lit, i remembered how flyyyy pechorin is. and so in keeping with the theme of the "superfluous man" и так далее


taman

it's perfect

(evil? lermontov says no!) circassian

Serbiaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

it's not like that

everyone has the wrong impression of my intentions, but to be completely sincere all i want in my life is to be a certified deep-sea attorney. it's just hard because very few people have this authority, you know? ima sail into the sun, nukka, just wait.

my honest dilemma

not like i have any executive privileges, but seriously.

albania's weird

mother fucker who the FUCK

Albania Mania

Tirana:






Gjirokastra:








over the summer i met these humans at a farmers market.
http://www.albaniamania.com/

(In Albanian, Albania is) Shqipëria.

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Neutrality Day celebrations


Tolkuchka Bazaar

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and emelyn says hi to everyone

For the moment, it'll have to do.