Xina
My blogs
Blogs I follow
- Daria Gredysa’s Blog
- About Amish
- Americans For Bosnia
- Balkan Witness: News and Progressive Perspectives on the Yugoslav Wars
- Condensations
- Florian Bieber
- Jetsethobo's Weblog
- Month of Remembrance: The Bosnian War
- More to come
- Peter Lippman's Reports from Kosovo and Bosnia
- Professional Raconteur: The racket of Professing
- Roy's Travel Blog
- Srebrenica Genocide Blog
- Virtual Vita Nuova
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education |
| Occupation | professor & researcher |
| Location | Brigantine, NJ, Belgrade, Serbia |
| Introduction | I am a professor of Comparative Genocide & Rhetorical Studies. Wierd title, I know, but I love my work because I get paid to read, write, think and talk about cool ideas. I also love my cat, my gramma, music, movies, LOST, The Office, Facebook, travelling, and sleeping in. |
| Interests | Stephen Colbert, David Sedaris, NPR's This American Life, biking, reading, dancing, drinking wine, traveling, drinking coffee, hanging out with friends, listening to music, global politics, seeing live music, going to happy hour, going to nice dinners, trying new things, taking naps with the cat, hiking, writing, playing with the cat, genocide, rhetoric, books, movies, music, TV, laughing, Bosnia, Holland, Canada, (really anyone or anything foreign), smart guys with charming accents (British, S.African, Aussie, Kiwi, Dutch...), nice parties, biking, social critique, peperoni pizza |
| Favorite Movies | I love movies, but I also really really love TV on DVD! The BEST way to see a series! OK - movies - What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Dancer in the Dark, Oceans 11, 28 Days Later, The Pianist, 13 Going on 30, Mean Girls, Heathers, Elf, Frida, Closer, Talladega Nights, Sliding Doors, About a Boy, Save the Last Dance, (i know there are others), and for series's - Heroes, Lost, Alias, Jericho, Freaks & Geeks, and Criminal Minds |
| Favorite Music | So so many things...all genres...Edith Piaf, Dolly Parton, Johnny Cash, Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia band, Zero7, Jack Johnson, Josh Rouse, George Michael, Neil Young, Pink Floyd, Beth Orton, Bob Marley, Britney Spears, Miley Cyrus, Tom Jones, Tom Waits, Nirvana, Jane's Addiction, ColdPlay, Bowie, Gypsy Kings, Christina Aguilera, the Sugarcubes, the Smiths, Guns n' Roses, Shakira, scissor sisters, olivia newton john, Led Zepplin, Black Sabbath, Bjork, Severina, Sertab, euro-pop, break-beats, Postal Service, basically all DANCE music, World music, disco, hip-hop (esp. Nelly, Snoop & M&M), Justin Timberlake, Electronica, Blue Grass, 80s pop, Duran Duran, 90s grunge rock, modern pop, any cool mash-ups, the list could go on and on... |
| Favorite Books | I mostly read non-fiction for my job, but in the last year I have enjoyed - Coetzee's Waiting for the Barbarians, Desai's Inheritence of Loss, Saramego's Blindness, Murakami's Wild Sheep Chase, and Dance Dance Dance, and a great story of travelling and self-discovery called Honeymoon with my Brother. I also LOVE anything by David Sedaris!! |
You've just inherited a manufacturing plant that specializes in plastics. What are you going to make?
jelly shoes