Well, last night I couldn't sleep and an idea for a blog came into my head so I got up at 1 AM and wrote down 10 things most people didn't know about me.
1) I cry at so many movies. I cried during What's Eating Gilbert Grape, The Truman Show, The Terminal, The Boy In the Striped Pyjamas, Atonement, Stepmom (I practically bawled my eyes out), The Elephant Man, and Little Miss Sunshine . And those are just off the top of my head!! I'm a lot more sensitive than people think. I actually cried during a commercial once (but it was a really sad one!!!). I even cried during College Road Trip, then I realised "What the hell am i doing??" and turned on something normal.
2) My grandpa used to be a leader of a communist party in Ukraine. So weird. I only found out like a year ago. My dad just said it oh-so-casually like it's an everyday thing. I just kept thinking "GRANDPA??? THE SAME ONE WHO GIVES CANDY EVERY TIME YOU SEE HIM?? THE SAME ONE WHO FALLS ASLEEP AFTER WATCHING TV FOR A MINUTE?? THE SAME GRANDPA WHO SOMETIMES DANCES LIKE A RETARDED BLIND BIRD? HIM?? ARE YOU SURE??"
3) I look exactly like my great grandma Rose. I am so fascinated by her. I never met her and she died long before I was born. My family barely has any pictures of her (when my family was immigrating from Ukraine, an entire suitcase full of our photographs got lost) and barely any information on her.
This is the best photo we have of her where she's young. Not the best but hopefully you get the gist. 4) When I lived in Israel, I lived in a solar powered self-sufficient home. Not really something to know but to me it's cool because I was eco-friendly while I was still in diapers, betches!
5) I'm a hugeeeeee nerd. (see above). But for my real fact; My first best friend was named Yulia and her mom was named Evgenia. And she was my best friend since I was 6 until I was 11. My best friend now is ALSO called Yulia (Julia, duh)and her mom is also named Evgenia. Weird circle, eh? But then again, both are Russian and as we know, Russians aren't too creative when it comes to names (Sasha, Masha, Slava, Anya, Katya, Nastya, Alyona, Svetlana etc. etc.).
6) My absolute favourite song (well actually, it's a piece :D) is "I will wait for you" from the french musical Les Parapluies De Cherbourg. I never saw the musical but the song was always played in my house and I really love it. I can't even begin to explain it.
7) I'm naturally blonde.
(I don't have a better picture <.< )8) When my brother was first born, he was really sick and the hospital where he was living in was really bad and unequipped with medical tools. Basically, they had no idea what they were doing and it was just a waiting area before people died. They were basically making my brother even more sick. My grandpa saved my brother's life because he kidnapped my brother from the hospital in the middle of the night and drove him to a proper hospital in Moscow. My brother then healed.
9) Queen + Paul Rodgers was my first concert ever and it has absolutely changed my life (but if you know me, you already know how).
(My Ticket from the concert)10) My family dates back to Ukraine for many many centuries. My mother's side of the family were all Ukranian blue collar workers (mostly farmers). My dad's side also goes back centuries to Ukraine as more prestigious workers though (doctors, engineers, scientists) but since my last name ends in "sky" which is mostly originating in Poland, my dad thinks we might have immigrated hundreds of years ago from Poland to Ukraine. Yeah, not really interesting but I think it's pretty crazy to think of my ancestors living in Ukraine hundreds of years ago.
