First notebook entry: Introducing myself I skipped this part, when I was activating my account, but I hope simply copying the title will work well enough. :) Hi! I am a Russian student, who has been learning English since his early childhood (though it doesn't help much) and Japanese for about last three years. However, natural laziness stops me from from learning these two languages well enough, and I hope, italki will help me overcome it (also improving my crazy punctuation would be nice). My hobby is drawing and I am interested (at the amateur level) in visual arts, linguistics, natural science and psychology. My favourite book is "Alice in Wonderland". Also I like "1984" by G. Orwell, "Fahrenheit 451" by R. Bradburry and Dostoyevsky's "The Brothers Karamazov" and do really enjoy reading T. Pratchett's "Discworld" series and some of Japanese comics I would be happy to help you learn Russian and even happier, if you help me learn English and Japanese. :)