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Cineman
Member

We must be twins my waisteline is 42

Posted: 2008-08-12 01:06:19 #

  • Svetlana
    Member

    Thank you. You see, I am an only (or lonely?) child!

    Posted: 2008-08-12 01:08:22
  • Cybie
    Member
  • You can never be lonely as long as you have yourself to talk to..Its the only way to have an intelligent conversation.. (jk) lol
    Posted: 2008-08-12 01:39:03 #
  • Svetlana
    Member

    True, but I kinda prefer having conversations with other people. They have a better chance of surprising me. I love being with other people. Literally.

    Posted: 2008-08-12 02:08:33 #
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  • footnote
    Member

    6×7=42

    Posted: 2008-08-12 10:31:03 #
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  • Svetlana
    Member

    You think that all I do is joke? Think again. Check this out. I was in Chapters today (common, it’s my favourite store).

    Yehuda Berg “The Prayer of the Kabbalist 42″ The 42 – Letter name of God. What is the answer to life, the universe, and everything?

    Find the key to the world of answers in the powerful prayer of the kabbalist and learn how to create miracles in your life and the lives of those around you.

    Tell me, you did not like it!

    Posted: 2008-08-13 23:47:36 # 
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  • Svetlana
    Member
  • Have you ever noticed the “GO GREEN” stuff? Well, look again. It’s very suggestive. I found something GREENE. Robert Greene “The 48 laws of POWER” (National bestseller) ISBN 0-14-028019-7. He also wrote “The ART of Seduction” and “The 33 strategies of WAR”. Why do I talk about this? No, really, why?

    Posted: 2008-08-13 23:52:20 #
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  • Svetlana
    Member

    By the way, how come I have only guy friends? I mean here on zip.ca? It must mean something!

    Posted: 2008-08-14 00:20:46 #
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  • footnote
    Member

    The sounds the boat made were green and wispy. They were 6 by 7 days at sea. A man holding 5 octopi, two missing a tentacle each. Ink running black down his forearms.Two cars colliding head on. An 84 year old man with the stick shift through his forehead, I did not try and save him, he was split in two. I laugh as I pull the mangled victims, (girl 20, guy 22) from the other vehicle just before the fire spreads. The blood is red but smells green on my fingers. The old man was crispy. Everything seems A-minor.

    I watch The Doors again. It is not about the Doors, but it is not about Jim either. It is the trip, thank you Huxley. Where has Neko gone down to? Jim died and I was born, Val is Jim is me. Red is the earth, blood on the streets. Red is Zip. Long live Zippy.
    Crazy? Andy Kaufman, help me.

    Posted: 2008-08-14 14:36:01 #
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  • Svetlana
    Member

    Thank you! At least one person is alive!

    Posted: 2008-08-14 15:37:13 #
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  • Svetlana
    Member

    By the way, talking about literacy. You know what my name means? Literally? Svet-lana ==> Svet means light in Russian, also the world.

    We say the white world. The funny thing is that my mother wanted to name me after either of my grandmothers: NINA or Anastassia (Greek. Means Resurrection)My father did not consult my mom, he just told everyone that he has a daughter Svetlana and my mom did not have the guts to rename me. You see? Sometimes it is all about the guts, sometimes it is all about speed. Of LIGHT!

    Posted: 2008-08-15 08:47:21 #
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  • Svetlana
    Member

    Homework: who knows what Kallinik stands for?

    Posted: 2008-08-15 08:48:07 #
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  • fsavoie
    Member

    You should watch the movie 23 (I’ve did not saw it yet, but its about a guy with an obscession on a number)…

    Posted: 2008-08-15 09:44:28 #
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  • fsavoie
    Member

    What kallini stand for… http://www.kallinipuppets.co.uk/

    A puppet!! (I just find that funny.. .first thing came out on google)

    Posted: 2008-08-15 09:54:27 #
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  • footnote
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  • Svetlana
    Member

    A puppet, huh? Keep looking.

    Posted: 2008-08-15 15:01:33 #
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  • Svetlana
    Member

    Sandman1, why not? You are my friend, are you not? You know that sense of humour cannot be taught?

    Posted: 2008-08-15 15:02:18 #
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  • Zaphod
    Member

    My mother use to say a triangle was a square missing a piece. She use to call me a triangle. I told her once that a triangle is the strongest geometric shape. I learnt that at school. She stopped calling me a triangle, she just called me stupid.

    Posted: 2008-08-15 15:59:53 #
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  • Svetlana
    Member

    You know how my mother tortured me? She called me a sophist. I was only 7. My logic was always my strength.

    You know the meaning of

    Sophia ==> sophisticated ==> sophism

    It’s fun! It is like playing a game and being happy without the necessity of acquiring all the wealth in the world. I was always good at it.

    A triangle, huh?

    Posted: 2008-08-15 19:58:55 #
  • PokerFace
    Member

    Homework: who knows what Kallinik stands for?

    From the Greek:

    Kallini = “Beautiful victory”
    Kallinike = “Beautiful victory”

    So, I assume Kallinik means the same thing.

    What’s really odd, however, is that PokerFace means “ugly loser” in Swedish (pokeransikte).
    Believe it or not! ;)

    Posted: 2008-08-16 03:37:10 #
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  • PokerFace
    Member

    Round 2:

    Kalli= beautiful [from the greek word: kallos (noun) or kalos (adj.)]

    Nike= The goddess of victory in ancient Greece. She was honoured by Zeus because she fought on the side of the gods against the Titans. So the Athenians dedicated her statue in Delphi after the naval victory over the Persians at Salamis (480 BC). However, athletes and charioteers also paid her honour for their successes in the games. For the Romans Nike became a symbol of victory over death, their own Victoria ensuring earthly conquests.

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    Kallipugos is a Greek word that means “beautifully shaped buttocks.”

    Nike is the maker of running shoes and other fine products.

    So, I assume Kallipuginike means “beautifully ass-shaped running shoe.” ;)

    Posted: 2008-08-16 05:30:21 #
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  • Svetlana
    Member

    So it was so easy, PokerFace, was it not? Thank you. Also, calla lilies are from the same Greek word kallos. So, beautiful flowers. Are they not? That is why I picked one as a picture representation.

    But the reason my school friends nicknamed me Kallini was much simpler: my maiden name was Kalinichenko. But I grew so used to Kallini, I don’t really wanna change. Besides it suits me perfectly now. Yes, I am beautiful in my own mind and I fight until I win, big time. I have been through Boot Camp, believe me. And it is not so much about fighting and winning, it is about justice.

    An I intend to go from Ivanova (my husband’s name) back to Kalinichenko. Why? Because after 16 years of following rules and doing everything that others think is right for me, I realized nobody and nothing can really stop me from being myself. They can try. Be my guest.

    Posted: 2008-08-16 06:55:06 #
  • Svetlana
    Member

    I will reveal (oh, no! she is going at it again!) my inspiration!

    Vladimir Voinovich “Monumental Propaganda”

    - “And I saw him there dead, just like yourself.”
    - “What d’you mean, just like me? objected Zhikharev, ready to take offense. “I’m not dead.”
    - “Not in the sense that you’re dead, but I was standing right beside him. … So… I could see his face as well as I can see yours. And he was quite dead. He wasn’t breathing, he didn’t blink, he was made up and the colour was like a live person all right, but he was dead as a doornail.”

    -”I’m not saying the corpse wasn’t dead. Only the corpse wasn’t Stalin, but People’s Artist Gelovani. They buried him instead.”
    -”Alive?” Saraev asked in horror.

    Posted: 2008-08-19 14:44:11 #


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