Thoughts of Vladivostok

So...I checked my email this morning to find that none other than Ms. Koryakova herself had commented on my pictures on my website. I tried to get in touch with her to little avail, emailing her to find that her account was no longer active. Zhenya, for those of you who don't know, was my girlfriend when I was living in Japan the first time for my study abroad. I hold those times close in my heart.

I emailed her and she wrote me back this afternoon with a bunch of pictures, letting me know what's new with her and welcoming my to Vladivostok anytime, despite skepticism of my seriousness. I am, in fact, very serious about going there, it's only 2.5 hours from here, and by the end of the summer I should be able to afford it. I don't wanna go when it's a complete frozen wasteland, so summer seems like an appropriate time.

It stirs up a lot of memories though, and a lot of feelings I had forgotten about. I mean, when you're in a country for two months and you have a relationship with someone, it has a certain feeling about it that's kinda different from a relationship that could have but didn't last longer than that. I came home happy with the whole thing, knowing I made the most of it I could. And, in all honesty, Zhenya is the only person I've actually had an actual, titled relationship with since Liesl. But I've never actually really considered what things would be like in a longer term type deal. Not that it's in the immediate future or anything, but talking to her now makes me think about it.

So. I'm going to go to Mother Russia and see this girl. Liesl wasn't the only person to tell me Zhenya looks like the kind of girl they always pictured me with. So. Ugh.

She's needy, and kinda bitchy, and somewhat high maintenance, as any well to do Russian woman ought to me, and frankly I like that in a girl. One girl in particular who's e-stalking me and reading this knows exactly what I mean ( I love you stinky).

I will give her this though; she swears in Russian, and that's fucking hot.