User:Le Pingouin
THE penguin.
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What is the origin of your username?
(It means the penguin.)
Where is your user pic from, and what does it mean to you?
It's a penguin that I stole from some random wingding font, I colored it myself. I think it's pretty fucking awesome. I've had the same avatar the entire time I've been here at Spacefem, and I can't imagine ever changing it.
What do you want to be when you grow up?
Better than all of you, niggaz.
What general things should we know about you?
I am
-a mezzo-soprano
-Russian
-Jewish
-Slovak
-fucking awesome
How do you generally stand on political issues?
Libertarian. Go go free market capitalism!
What do you feel is your greatest achievement in life?
I'm Russian. Not really an accomplishment, but it makes me awesome.
Oh, and I'm going to Yale. I think that's pretty freakin' cool.
Describe any animals you live with.
-leopard gecko
-two Cairn terriers
-two cats
I want to have a leopard gecko and a big black rat when I go to college.
What are your favorite books of all time?
Everything Fyodor Dostoevsky has ever written, but especially the short story "White Nights" and <i>The Brothers Karamazov</i>.
I also adore <i>Natasha's Dance</i> by Orlando Figes, <i>A Tale of Two Cities</i> by Charles Dickens, <i>The Great Gatsby</i> by F. Scott Fitzgerald,
Aaaand <i>Absurdistan</i> and <i>The Russian Debutante's Handbook</i> by Gary Shteyngart.
Hell, I'll throw <i>Anna Karenina</i> by Leo Tolstoy in there, too.
What do you like/not like to wear?
Damn, all you richie rich brand name people...
I shop at Kohl's. And, um, Kohl's.
I would sell my soul to be able to shop at J.Crew regularly, or to have a pair of jeans that were both the right length, and the right hip size thing.
My most expensive clothes are my track clothes. That's weird.
What is your gender?
Female misogynist.
What do you like about yourself?
My handwriting (Latin and Cyrillic alphabets, print and script).
The friends I've chosen, and whose affections I've garnered.
My elocution (English only, my French diction is meh, and my Russian is terrifically poor).
My heritage (Slavic [Russian, Slovak], Jewish).
The fact that when I get a crush on a guy, I usually end up with him. Unrequited love has a minimal role in my life.
The color of my eyes (extremely dark brown, sometimes black). Occasionally my eyes as a whole.
My college, my residential college, my home state.
My taste in music.
What's your major?
Russian & East European Studies (language+literature+history)
