Remember that song by «Queen»? Well, it’s been a while since I posted anything here. But that doesn’t mean that this blog is dead as you might have though. It only means that relocation to the new place, meeting with friends and drinking beer with them takes lots of time and energy. 
Yeah, we are in Odessa. But I’m not really excited about this fact… Quite frankly, if not my friends and the new job with 3 projects that I’m starting up simultaneously, I would die of boredom. I think I’m even depressed at this point. But that was somewhat anticipated. I’m surprised myself but it turns out that my views on life have changed dramatically and I don’t really feel like I’m at home anymore. Almost everything seems strange.
Well, there’s something positive here too. Yesterday me and a group of people called «friends» went to the local brewery. The idea was that everybody would take laptop and we would play the «Quake» deathmatch. It turned out to be so much fun! I wanna do it again! I think it looked pretty weird from the outside — imagine yourself — you come to the restaurant and see 5 people sitting at the same table, looking at laptop screens and cursing…
The weather here is strange. It’s cloudy most of the time. Not cold, just cloudy. Everything is gray, dirty and depressing. Almost nobody smiles. Everybody looks serious and creepy. Nah, not my place… :-\
А шо в чём дельо?
Artem, I’m so jealous you’re in Odessa! I guess you’re there for a while? Interested to hear your perspectives on life then and now, how long have you been away?
ttyl
Alla,
I’ve been away for 1.5 year. I’m in process of making another visa (H1). It’s pretty much like a lottery — either I’m lucky or not. In the first case, I’ll be back to US sometime in November. In second, I have to wait one more year to apply. Hopefully, it will be clear in a month or so…