Hello, world! The world we live in is so nice. Well, not entirely. Not to everyone... but anyway I'm lucky enough to have the spare time to learn a new language, something that I think will enhance my appreciation of some countries. I'm progressing slowly in Italian, but that's because I haven't actually sat down and studied yet. The only words I can remember is uomo (man) and Io (I). I think beve is (he/she/you polite) drinks. Well, the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, right? Io sono bene. Hehe. On the Russian front, so far I've almost got down the Cyrillic alphabet, and I can't type it on my computer. So much for that study. Privet, kak dela! Or is it kak deya? Ay, dios mio... Grazie per aver letto questo! A bientot.