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Post by rosenrot on Jan 29, 2007 7:40:15 GMT
I reckoned it was time for me to come out of hiding. I have posted a few times on the board, and some of you know me, but I used to be 'Minx' on the old board. I am also known as Kaereste for those on the LJ communities.
Rosenrot is my new identity and fresh start. Time for me to join the party properly.
I just want to say a massive thanks to Uke for giving the community a new home.
For those who don't know me, I am 38 years old and screeching at an alarming rate towards the old 4-0. I am currently living and working in Kabul, Afghanistan, but am originally from Scotland.
I have been a fan of Rufus' work since I saw Charles II, which I still think is one of the most wonderful pieces of costume drama I have seen.
I am an ex-dentist, ex-actor, ex-singer and now fully fledged bureaucrat and wannabe photographer.
Anything else you want to know, just ask.
Minx
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Post by quoll on Jan 29, 2007 7:58:02 GMT
Great to have you back on deck, Minx, we have missed you! What an interesting life you must have lead .... are leading! Having seen some of your wonderful photos you ARE a photographer, no wannabe about it!
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Post by Tinkerdog on Jan 29, 2007 13:08:27 GMT
What an incredible resume for someone so young. I am absolutely impressed. To the actor, have you ever been in a film or on stage with Rufus? To the dentist, have you ever gone to the CDS Midwinter Meeting?
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Post by rosenrot on Jan 29, 2007 15:28:51 GMT
What an incredible resume for someone so young. I am absolutely impressed. To the actor, have you ever been in a film or on stage with Rufus? To the dentist, have you ever gone to the CDS Midwinter Meeting? Oh, it is so not impressive. I studied acting and musical theatre at Mountview Theatre School, but just after graduation I was offered a job working for the Secretary of State for Defence and decided to opt for the living wage rather than scraping by as a struggling actor. So I never acted professionally outwith theatre school. I completed the academic part of being a dentist, but when it came to treating patients I hated it with a passion, so I never completed the clinical side of things. See, absolutely not impressive. I have failed at many things. Minx x |
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Post by ree on Jan 29, 2007 16:20:09 GMT
Now that you've been debriefed, welcome!!  I recognize all your names as I lurked around for quite a while before joining this board. I even visited your old site from time to time. I'm happy you can rejoin so many of your old friends here & perhaps make some new ones. BTW loved your recent snow photos. |
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Post by Tinkerdog on Jan 29, 2007 18:16:23 GMT
Okay, I am still absolutely impressed that you have so much drive that you keep on seeking the real thing rather than settling in for anything. By the way, the previous website is worthy of a standing ovation!
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Post by sevensisters on Jan 29, 2007 18:23:26 GMT
Hello again, Minx. I'm glad you're officially here now. May we still call you Minx? You will always be Minx to me. I loved your EMS site and look forward to seeing your posts here.
7sisters
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Post by rosenrot on Jan 29, 2007 18:34:16 GMT
Okay, I am still absolutely impressed that you have so much drive that you keep on seeking the real thing rather than settling in for anything. By the way, the previous website is worthy of a standing ovation! You are so sweet. Thank you for the lovely comments about EMS. I am now pretty settled as a civil servant, which is something I enjoy and seem to be OK at. I am lucky though that I have done some really interesting jobs with the civil service. However, I never thought I would be working within the Afghan Ministry of Defence, advising the Afghan Government on defence reform. It still seems rather surreal. May we still call you Minx? Of course you can. I have been Minx for so long that it would be a hard habit to break. Minx x |
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Post by GreenEyesToo on Jan 29, 2007 20:04:47 GMT
 So glad you're "official" now, Minx! *waves* You are officially welcome! Hugs, GE2 PS - I'm a civil servant, too! PPS - love your sigbar = my absolutely all-time favourite quote about Rufus!
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Post by britfan2 on Jan 29, 2007 21:45:14 GMT
Loud applause here, to welcome you Rosenrot also. Don't forget to include artist, (the EMS site was beautifully done).......& incredible photographer. (Your photos of Afghanistan, are worthy of magazines) You are truely a lady of many talents! It is so amazing to me, that one so accomplished, can be also thoughtful & caring & sweet......all roled up in one package! ;D At my age even I can't help but look up to you.  So where did that Rosenrot come from? Sounds like some dying vegetable? LOL |
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Post by uncorked on Jan 30, 2007 0:05:28 GMT
MINX---welcome back!!! ...I so enjoyed EMS and I am also glad I had snagged sooo many of the pictures from the site before it went down. I'm so glad you posted some info about yourself ...you have been somewhat of an enigma and godess to me with all of your info and pictures of Rufus...Your site saved my spirits many days --as has this one!! and with the personal info you have given us --you are still a sort of enigma Where are your photo's of Afghanistan? I would love to see them. Do you have them posted somewhere? Do you have family with you there? What's is it like there? Do you need any of us to send you anything? What kind of place do you live in? ......I'm so nosey.....and yes where did Rosenrot come from ---it sorta does sound like a dying vegetable  |
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Post by rosenrot on Jan 30, 2007 2:33:31 GMT
Where are your photo's of Afghanistan? I would love to see them. Do you have them posted somewhere? Do you have family with you there? What's is it like there? Do you need any of us to send you anything? What kind of place do you live in? ......I'm so nosey.....and yes where did Rosenrot come from ---it sorta does sound like a dying vegetable Where are your photo's of Afghanistan? I would love to see them. Do you have them posted somewhere? Do you have family with you there? What's is it like there? Do you need any of us to send you anything? What kind of place do you live in? ......I'm so nosey.....and yes where did Rosenrot come from ---it sorta does sound like a dying vegetable LOL!! Dying vegetable... yeah, that's me.... "Rosenrot" is German for "Rose Red". It is the title of a song and an album by my favourite band Rammstein. The song tells the story of a girl who wants a red rose from a mountaintop and asks her sweetheart to get it for her. He attempts to and dies in the process. I had posted some of my photos of Afghanistan on EMS, but I will copy them over here if you aren't all too bored of seeing them.  I will post them when I get back from work. My family isn't in Kabul with me. I share a house in the city with the other British defence adviser. This is unusual because most diplomats etc live in heavily guarded compounds or on military bases, but our jobs mean that we have to live in the community. The house is well protected with a high wall and we have armed guards. We are also lucky enough to have a cook, a maid and a gardener so I am getting very used to not having to lift a finger around the house and will have a severe shock when I get back to normal life.... I travel around Kabul in a soft-skinned 4x4 and have a local driver. Again this is unusual because most internationals travel around in armoured vehicles with close protection teams. However, our job relies upon us being able to move at a moment's notice and we therefore have to adopt the lower profile option. I have an office on the American base in Kabul and another within the Afghan Ministry of Defence itself. I spend about half of my day in each location. Kabul itself is desolate. It has been bombed continuously for over 30 years and most of it lies in ruins. This is a postcard that I found which shows 'Carpet Sellers' Street' in the 1970s and the same street today. The whole of Kabul is like this.  The air in Kabul is extremely bad. It lies at 6,500ft, so the air is thin anyway, but it is thick with dust (13 times the maximum level allowed in the west) and it is hard to breathe. The life expectancy for an Afghan here is 47. Since arriving here I have been shot at once, have experienced 5 large earthquakes, have had 10 or so bombs or rockets go off close by and had a suicide bomber attack a convoy just in front of my car. But I am still in one piece. When you get outside of Kabul, Afghanistan can be extraordinarily beautiful. I was lucky enough last year to be able to visit Bamiyan (where the Taliban destroyed the buddhas) and also to visit the Band-i-Amir lakes, which are extraordinary to see. Afghan people are extremely hospitable and kind and I feel I am seeing a culture that very few people get the chance to see nowadays and I feel I am very lucky to be here. Minx x |
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Post by sevensisters on Jan 30, 2007 3:24:43 GMT
Minx, your living conditions sound terribly dangerous. I can't imagine what it must be like living like that. Do you plan to stay in Afghanistan indefinitely, or move on to something else soon, hopefully safer? I'm sure being able to make a difference in the world goes a long way toward making the living conditions more tolerable, but please be careful.
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Post by rosenrot on Jan 30, 2007 3:43:37 GMT
I am scheduled to stay in Afghanistan until the end of July. I am not sure where I am going next though.
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Post by uncorked on Jan 30, 2007 17:21:33 GMT
Oh my! thanks for sharing all of that and do be careful ---I have a suggestion for where you should go next....how bout London? |
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I will post them when I get back from work.