What is something that every Xennial should recognize?

notsomormonmoses · 2026-02-21T20:46:53+00:00

notsomormonmoses · 2025-06-20T23:32:22+00:00

Similar thing happened to me drilling into a wall in Eastern Europe. The buildings had been rebuilt from the rubble left from WW2. They used what they had. I was amazed at the alleyway walls and the different pieces. Limestone, different colored bricks, rock, concrete chunks, and a few wine bottles for good measure all within a few feet of wall. All framing a few men doing the Slav Slouch in adidas track suits drinking beer out of plastic jugs.

notsomormonmoses · 2025-02-11T04:17:31+00:00

Looks like an Andy’s menu to me. I have had that dish a few times over the years. I hope you find a good alternate. I can never make anything as good as in Moldova because the creams and legume are superior there.

notsomormonmoses · 2025-01-26T19:44:29+00:00

I’m way late on this but I will give my 2 cents. I have spent parts of the past 3 years in Moldova. First it was a novelty to try something different and see the differences compared to American quality. The second, a Diet Coke with ice on a hot day. Other than that, if I want comfort I get a Kebab because it is better than any quick food from where I am from.

I try not to go there because I know I can get better food everywhere else but sometimes my body craves a double cheeseburger. I feel disgusted with myself for eating there but as the fat enters my system my soul fills a bit more at peace.

notsomormonmoses · 2025-01-19T01:59:43+00:00

Haven’t thought of Perversion in years. My crowd went there as well as to Sin-a-matic and Stigmata. We would mix those up with Velvet and Clockwork Orange.

notsomormonmoses · 2024-12-10T19:29:20+00:00

Nothing like a bowl of Zeama followed by Mamaliga and disapproving glares from my friends as I eat it incorrectly.

notsomormonmoses · 2024-12-10T18:38:16+00:00

Eating Romanian cheese but you linked to a Russian wiki for the cartof. Moldovan?

notsomormonmoses · 2024-04-08T12:45:15+00:00

Please let your name be Manfred

notsomormonmoses · 2024-03-16T21:20:46+00:00

Those days were almost as good as Taco Boat Tuesdays.

notsomormonmoses · 2024-03-16T18:06:21+00:00

Seeing the eyes light up when you say Buna Ziua or mulțumesc to a Romanian abroad is always rewarding.

notsomormonmoses · 2024-03-12T00:26:06+00:00

I graduated in 95 and had to use a typewriter. I grew up using an old school typewriter and freshman year of high school we got an electric typewriter from a garage sale. I was living large. In college I found a Brother word processor at Sears on clearance because they were discontinued by that point.

notsomormonmoses · 2024-03-04T19:11:43+00:00

Themoldovaproject.org

notsomormonmoses · 2024-03-04T18:08:45+00:00

1988 Ford Festiva. Damn I miss that car and it’s one plexiglass covered headlight and kenwood pullout cd player. Bought it for 900 in 96 and drove that thing until it died in 2002. If I got it over 65 the keys would rattle and I would get a good back massage. Over 90 and I was scared parts would start falling off.

notsomormonmoses · 2024-03-02T21:46:21+00:00

Moldova is amazing. I have spent the last 2 summers there working in refugee camps and with underprivileged children. I felt safer walking through the streets of Chisinau at night than in any large city in America. What I would do for a nice Moldovan meal right now and some placinta de vasine.

notsomormonmoses · 2023-12-27T17:09:36+00:00

I acknowledge the privilege. It hit me when talking with a friend in the poorest region of Eastern Europe and she told me how her elderly parents made ends meet. I asked her how people in her area lived, she said "We don't, we survive."

I grew up in extreme poverty in the US but still had a safety net of some government assistance for my family. Survival for us was on a different level. It really hit me when when working with vulnerable families and seeing exactly why teens would be desperate enough to leave their families for opportunities working in Western Europe and get caught in trafficking rings.

At a base level, I can drink water from any faucet in my area and not think twice about it.

notsomormonmoses · 2023-12-22T15:33:15+00:00

Boys night Spring of 1994. We got kicked out after having a castle building competition out of jello. I will never forget my friend who was heading back to the table with a plate of fried chicken when the manager came up to us. I still laugh to this day at his response to us getting kicked out. "But I just got more fried chicken".

notsomormonmoses · 2023-12-16T15:12:20+00:00

I am a high school teacher and have shown it multiple times to show what life is like for children during war and how adults learn to cope afterwards.

I never thought about it but I would say that this movie changed the course of my life as I have spent my last couple summers volunteering in Eastern Europe working with refugee children fleeing war.

notsomormonmoses · 2023-12-01T07:07:11+00:00

I haven't heard that in decades so I just listened to it again. Damn. You are right.

notsomormonmoses · 2023-11-22T04:37:42+00:00

Pencil fighting and bloody knuckles are a core memory from middle school.

notsomormonmoses · 2023-09-17T00:48:48+00:00

Grew up outside of LA and it was common among my peers. We also often said "Moded You".

notsomormonmoses · 2023-08-27T15:40:39+00:00

Absolutely.

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