• lilacs
• lemons
• fresh cilantro
• the beach in pei
• sunscreen
• nutmeg
• soup
• vanilla
• old books/libraries
• laundry
• hay

• camp counsellor
• cookie maker
• windex master

• gilbert ( anne of green gables)
• benedick
• jim from the office
• devon sawa in 'now and then'
• shawn from 'boy meets world'
• the guy from mighty ducks

• little red riding hood
• sleeping beauty
• cinderella
• princess
• princess
• princess
• hippie
• witch
• gypsy
• greek goddess
• fairy
• angel
• one half of the electric pantsuit duo
• a cat ( i hate cats)

• physics
• cars
• sports
• golf ( which is not a sport)
• video games
• wine
• pop culture
• what the kids are listening to these days
• american history
• determining left from right
• mechanics
• gardening
• restoration comedy
• philosophy
• new wave
• fishing
• hunting
• politics

• lots of spicy sushi
• apples, nice and cold and crispy and tangy
• oatmeal with brown sugar and coconut
• salmon
• butternut squash soup

• anchor man
• elf
• national lampoons christmas vacation
• waiting for guffman
• blades of glory
• any snl collection

• upper west side
• funny people
• cute babies
• christmas decorations
• laughing
• inside jokes

• little women
• anne of green gables
• the wizard of oz
• aladdin
• singin' in the rain
• the court jester
• rudolph the red nosed reindeer

• sushi
• thai food
• apples
• grapes
• clementines
• carrots
• vegetable soup
• squash soup
• chick peas
• salmon
• asian apple pears
• cherries
• peanut butter
• almonds
• popcorn

• afton lakeland elementary (minnesota)
• ecole active bilangue (paris)
• st. mary's elementary (edmonton)
• louis st. laurent jr./sr. high ( edmonton)
• ivan franco school of ukrainian studies ( edmonton)
• victoria school of performing and visual arts ( edmonton)
• american academy of dramatic arts ( nyc)
• fordham university ( nyc)

• sloth:prime example- i'm doing this and i have a final in exactly 12 hours
• greed: i want money so i can support myself and don't have to rely on anyone else- does that count?
• envy: don't get me started, i'm a jealous little bitch
• lust: oh lordy-no comment
• gluttony: can we say peanut butter?
• anger: just catch me walking down the street behind some tourists and an old woman- i'm a rage-o-holic
• pride: i'm proud to be canadian...and i can be pretty uppity at times...

• improv games-red deer
• playworks festival
• social 30 ib
• my posse
• skipping class to go for sushi
• figure skating at city hall at lunch
• the bus rides back and forth downtown
• directing
• shakespeare workshop
• OUR TOWN!
• CIG in ottawa
• mr. howe's english class
• our fascination with mr. sproule
• the eva o. theatre
• rehearsals
• auditions
• the painted hallways
• working in the kindergarten
• trips to the citadel

• living in paris in duran-duran's old apartment
• growing up on a farm
• dying my hair black
• being canadian
• how i switched from 'going to pre-med' to 'acting school'
• ukrainian camp

• anne of green gables
• everything is illuminated
• the ramona books
• the stories of eva luna

• FUCK! CUNT! SHIT!
• I LOVE YOU!
• HOLYERA YASNA!
• SON OF A BITCH!
• I AM CANADIAN! AND UKRAINIAN!
• JUXTAGLOMERULAR APPARATUS!
• FIRE!
• NOMENCLATURE!

• moving to paris
• moving to edmonton
• skipping fifth grade
• going to a performing arts school
• applying to theatre schools instead of college
• moving to new york
• dumping old friends
• moving to brooklyn
• quitting the cookie store
• moving away from new york
• getting a new apartment
• applying to college
• admitting how i felt. feel. whatever.

• gogol bordello
• rufus wainwright
• hawksley workman
• regina spektor
• ray lamontagne
• the beatles ( yes, i know the impossibility)

• bogey and bacall
• will and violet (shakespeare in love)
• joel and clementine ( eternal sunshine)
• laurie and jo ( little women)
• beatrice and benedick
• mathilde et manech ( a very long engagement)
• gene kelly and his tap shoes

• tiffany- i think we're alone now
• loverboy- everybody's working for the weekend
• duran duran- hungry like the wolf
• boy george- karma chameleon
• pat benetar- hit me with your best shot
• george michael- faith
• always something there to remind me

• queen elizabeth vs. the spanish armada.
• the world premier of much ado
• napoleon's coronation
• a ball in st.petersburg at the height of the golden age of russia
• the play that lincoln was at
• first beatles concert

• facebook
• listography
• amazon
• hotmail
• dotmac
• backstage

• seen the 'swan princess'
• had a russian imperial family themed party- we made faberge eggs
• had a tea party
• worked my regular shift
• had a princess party
• sleepovers
• gone to a restaurant
• sat for hours talking with a guy
• went to the mall with lisa

• old women with attitude
• skeevy old men with huge egos that are obviously compensating
• saying 'how are we this evening' and having some haughty dumbass thrust two fingers in your face, which means, and let me know if this is wrong because i'm just an idiot hostess, that you need a table for two. just answer back, assface. it's polite.
• being patronized
• having to go on wait lists. yes, i said 'wait' even though im not supposed to
• being treated like an idiot because i'm at the hostess stand
• getting yelled at
• getting bullied
• the fact that i invest even an ounce of energy into caring about where menus are and what table is about to get up

• picking off my nail polish
• spending money on cookies
• buying magazines
• hibernating
• expecting too much

• diet snapple peach iced tea
• ipods with snappy tunes
• apples from the union square farmers market
• tea

• a very long engagement
• it's a wonderful life
• life is beautiful

• unrequited (feelings)
• going 'home'
• being awkward
• tired
• finals
• stupid professor

• acting
• directing
• ukrainian dancing
• world religions
• academics
• volunteering

• roommate showdown, april '07

• bio 20 IB
• social 30 IB
• acting styles (commedia/greek/restoration)
• faith and critical reasoning
• world religions
• directing 35

• seeing the play i directed be performed
• running through the thunderstorm
• nights around the campfire
• english class
• summer camp evenings
• swinging on the hammock
• catching fireflies on the farm
• curtain call-all of them
• bernarda alba
• farewell party
• arriving in new york
• sitting in the coffee shop

• neediness
• greed
• spinelessness
• pompousness
• sense of entitlement
• whining
• ego, overinflated and overly stroked

• surprise 17th birthday party
• postcards sent to me with poetry on them
• learning ukrainian for me
• sending me flowers
• calling my mom to say they were worried
• cards

• when i am old and gray and full of sleep- yeats
• sonnet 29- shakespeare

• aly
• meags
• lisa
• hannah
• bruce
• mila
• stefanie
• stefan
• sarah
• sara
• dan
• patrick
• laurence
• jessica
• norah
• emily
• morgan
• heather
• hillary

• ella fitzgerald
• nat king cole
• louis armstrong
• nina simone
• chet baker
• billie holliday
• duke ellington
• stevie wonder
• george gershwin
• judy garland
• norah jones
• jon brion
• rufus wainwright
• hawksley workman
• feist
• joni mitchell
• james taylor
• paul simon
• sufjan stevens
• joanna newsome
• etta james

• feliz navidad

• ukrainian history
• apples
• bullshitting
• the new york subway system
• walking and thinking
• 80's music
• ukrainian folk songs
• irish accents
• procrastination

• laughter
• curly hair
• tea
• letters
• randomness
• twisted humor
• sarcasm
• crinkled eyes
• comfort
• home
• family
• dogs
• hatred of cats
• theatre
• music
• dorky stories
• new york city
• smiley voice
• christmas
• whispers

• wake up
• talk with roommate
• make cream of wheat
• internet
• study
• eat sushi
• subway to work to get shoes
• walk down broadway
• urban outfitters
• home
• procrastination in list form

• ra-ra-rasputin

that is the only one. and i won't dance but i will sing along and do my best rasputin immitation.

• fashion magazines
• perez hilton ( i know, i'm an awful person)
• watching top chef at the gym
• youtube/collegehumor
• whole foods
• window shopping

• scar on right wrist ( hand through door)
• dent in skull ( i have no idea)
• three-pronged scar on ankle ( bicycle peddles ripped into leg)
• keloid scar on left knee ( huge wipeout in gym class)
• scar on left knee ( kneepad failed in fightscene during a play)
• scar on thumb ( ripped open by soup can lid)

• funerals
• bad music
• money
• lack of drivers license
• the month of march
• boys
• empty mailboxes
• cats
• daytime television
• hair in the drain
• finding wrinkles
• poachers
• dictators
• bad teachers
• indifference
• valentines day
• growing up

• subways
• skylines
• airports
• car rides
• december
• coincidence
• cello music
• the met museum
• the opera
• dogs
• cobalt blue
• christmas lights
• silk ribbons
• boxes of apples
• woolen hats
• prince edward island
• my stories
• old pictures
• home videos
• will ferrell
• shakespeare

• i'm a hermit
• i'm a nerd extreme
• i love apples
• i hate pigeons
• i count rats in the subway
• if i'm eating something while talking on the phone, it's probably an apple
• i walk everywhere
• i love french movies
• i'm a russofile
• i play piano
• i sing in bed before i go to sleep
• i love christmas
• my imagination is over the top
• i need to run to feel better
• i crave freedom

• independent
• intelligent
• assertive
• accomplished in my own right
• happy
• determined
• focused
• laughing

(disclaimer: except for marie antionette, i could not replicate the awesomeness that these ladies/creatures had)

• amelie
• violet in shakespeare in love
• velma kelly in chicago
• beatrice in much ado about nothing
• marie antoinette in the awful movie, because i could have done it better
• jo in little women
• chewbacca in star wars
• anything in lord of the rings, just because
• anne of green gables
• harry potter

• worn a paper bag on my head while taking public transit
• moved to new york with no where to live
• moved into an apartment not really knowing my roommates

• cello
• knitting
• cooking
• baking
• photography (developing photos et al)
• latin club
• violin
• debate team

• the louvre
• muse d'orsay
• centre de george pompidou
• moma
• the met
• the edmonton art gallery
• the field museum
• the art institute of chicago
• the museum of science and industry
• the museum of natural history (nyc)
• the cloisters
• the vasa museum- stockholm
• museum of confederation- pei
• the provincial museum of alberta
• the childrens museum- minneapolis

• finally growing up

• eudokia
• mary
• matrona
• benjamin
• laurence
• barbara
• kay
• rose
• dianne
• bonnie
• gregory
• melana
• thomas
• luke
• matthew
• anya
• stephen
• brian
• alexander
• victoria
• stephanie

• aladdin
• beauty and the beast
• lion king
• cinderella
• snow white

• my sister
• finishing ukrainian school
• my book
• hetmanska virlitska
• outstanding achievement in acting
• living in new york city by myself/finding my own apartment/paying my own rent
• my play
• directing award
• my family
• being ukrainian and speaking the language
• my dad and mom and all they do/have done

• ran naked until i was three
• didn't speak english until age three
• lived on a farm
• had a dog as big as a miniature horse
• rode on tractors
• went to ukrainian school every saturday
• played by myself, alot
• dressed my brother up as a girl
• was forced to go to ukrainian summer camp each summer
• didn't particularily like my little sister when she was born
• lived in duran-duran's old apartment in paris
• went to a school a few blocks away from the arc de triomphe
• skipped fifth grade
• was obsessed with the russian emperial family/ russian revolution

• christmas!
• christmas lights
• subway rides
• play
• haircut
• sleep
• exams
• hot chocolate
• talking
• laughing
• the guy who proposed in the restaurant last night

• joseph fiennes
• john kraninski ( from the office. i think he's cute, alright?)
• michael cera ( hes funny and canadian. thank you very much)
• that guy from 'a very long engagement'. good lord hes beautiful.

• horrible spelling
• neo-nazi propaganda
• gramatically incorrect writing
• tacky ads
• pop-up windows
• no more snail mail
• it's addictive

• to judge
• to forget to laugh
• to be selfish
• to let my room get messy
• to sing too loudly to disturb the neighbours
• to call home too often
• to let people know how much i like them
• to look like i care too much
• to be a grown up

• paul simon's graceland
• spicy sushi
• ukrainian stuff
• french movies
• theatre
• random knowledge
• memories
• secrets
• apples
• subway rides
• belly laughs
• cute babies
• wedding stories