Other places and perspectives about Bulgaria written by red white and blue blooded Americans. 
PC Bulgaria volunteers blogs:
http://greginbulgaria.blogspot.com/ ---Greg Herb
http://tylerwasson.blogspot.com/ --- Tyler Wasson
http://handofhope.blogspot.com/ ---Katie Filkens
http://thhbulgaria.blogspot.com/ --- Tobias Hewitt
www.billyknox.com ---Billy Knox
http://calexber.wordpress.com/ --- Callie Bertsch
http://bulgariama.blogspot.com/ --- Shah Khan
http://cynthiamccoy.blogspot.com/ --- Cynthia McCoy (shes from the nasty Nati' too!)
http://pcb24.blogspot.com/  --- B24 Group blog

New Movies (to me):
- Revoluntionary Road. (i liked it...kinda. umm the plot is incredible and i have nothing against it. so really i guess i did like it. i just wouldnt  
  recommed it to some people) 
- Secret Life of Bees. (wish i would have read the book first)
-  Legends of the Fall. (really good movie. Brad Pitt = incredibly hott)
- City of Men. (wow. intense. which is probably why i liked it)
- Milk. (very well done)
- Mr. Magnorium's Wonder Emporium. (so cheesy but i am a huge fan of Dustin Hoffman)
- The Other Boyelyn Girl. (really really good movie)


Music that seems to be played over and over again on my ITunes:
Armchair Apocrypha album- Andrew Bird. i mean hes just too good to not have on repeat.
Broken Social Scene self titled album- upbeat. Kevin Drew is a genius
For Emma, Forever Ago album- Bon Iver- soft and a can listen to all the songs - which is good to read a book to.
New album and a lot of different Sigur Ros- for reasons you should know
Iron & Wine- more upbeat stuff like Woman King, Boy with a Coin
Rogue Wave
Damien Rice- always.
Neon Bible album- Arcade Fire. Haven't listened to it in a while but have come to fall in love with it again
The End of History- Fionn Regan. A new love and a recommendation for all.


Books:
Just finished: Blue Like Jazz- 2nd maybe 3rd time i have read it. It is funny how each passing day we learn something and with time it changes us but we dont realize it.
Current read: 1984- incredible! i have only 1/3 left and just keeps getting better.

Things I miss:
- Chipotle
- you (of course)
- new clothes
- driving the beast.
- my bed in Loveland.
- a real grocery store
- chinese food
- a good bath with sea salts.
- Barnes and Noble



Other things:
- Bulgarian grammar is rough.
- I have made friends with the people in my bloc because of the undeniable cuteness that is Mechka.
- There is absolutly nothing for me to do at the Community Center right now. There are projects i am suppose to be 'preparing' for the Spring. Haven't been doing it because its way too early to start on it so i have been writing letters to friends and family. It takes time to write a good letter and i like doing it so that is what i filled my mornings with at work this week. We got a new basically mini fireplace and its called a petchka. Its incredible because it produces a lot of heat and you can hear the crackling of the wood. This is probably one reason i enjoy sitting at my desk- to feel warm, listen to the pecthka and think of how to comprise a letter that explains my life for the last 6 months.
- I teach English to Adults three times a week. I started this in late Nov. and this past week i just had them do conversation- to practice speaking English and ask whatever question they wanted. One guy asked me to explain Carbon Dioxide (but in Bulgarian because their English vocabulary is limited). hah, really?
- Every Friday the Yab. has a bazzar. Every season there is new stuff- like whichever food is in season, winter clothes in the winter, and so on. Apparently Palenchinki's are appropriate for the winter season (i would have to agrue  and say that its appropriate for all seasons). 3 weeks ago a guy set up a Palenchinki stand and i have been going ever since. You see, a Palenchinki is this flat pancake-like texture with goodness filled in the middle. My personal favorite is chocolate and banana's. First time i went I had small talk with the Palenchinki guy and ever since we have been best friends. Now I say i want the usual and we have a nice conversation about our weeks. I may become a fatty but at least i will have friends.  
- i am learning how to knit from an older lady that comes to the Community Center because she has nothing better to do with her time. 
- I have been writing a lot more. i am happy about this. I am writing about experiences, certain situations, or things i have seen. maybe one
  day i will write some of it on this blog thingy
- I do believe that toliet training a puppy is nearly impossible.
- i told some of you before i got here that i think it would be a shame to not run in the Athens marathon while i am on this side of the world. SO i have been consciously eating properly (this is a hard thing for me to do because I think i have a sick obsession with chocolate) and doing some pilates in preperation for when the weather is better to be able to run outside.
- i have been attempting on doing art a lot more. Its crazy because now that i have taken the time to sit down and do it almost every other day and ideas just come to me. pretty awesome. i think my creativity and imagination is being streched because of all this free time.


now you know that i really am a loser and all i do is eat, read, watch movies, and sit on the internet.

Sincerly yours,
Jenna