languages

I just can't believe, that I've learned German language for 12 years. I've almost forgotten all german words and now I understand and speak English, that I've never learned at the school or some courses, much better :) And when I'm trying to read some text in German, I don't understand it at all (without vocabulary :D ). I want to learn another one language, when I'll sure with my English. I wanna learn French rather, but German is good too :) As for Polish, here I know only dirty words and some prayers :D Strange combination, huh? It's because I've got friends-sailors, who works with polish sailors, and I acquainted with many priests and nuns from Poland, who's working in Odessa. :) I'm kidding and exaggerating here, 'cause when I see some text in polish, in 80% cases I understand all the text or its meaning, but the polish speech is still to difficult to me. There are free polish language courses from polish consulate in my city, but now I'm too lazy to attend them :(
As for our state language - ukrainian - :D I understand it of course and can speak it, but I use it very seldom - only when people don't understand russian or just prefer to speak ukrainian :)

Yoohoo

I haven't posted 'cause I played as host to my near relations from Siberia Oo. Yep, I've got lots of relatives there (cognation), and it's hard to meet each other often because of the distance and money :) So, I was busy, showed the city, drunk beer, talked to them etc.
The heat weather returns to my city these days and it is time to switch on fans and air-conditioners. :) I've alreay done it.
Today I bought a book I accidently found on a desk in a bookshop. It is Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML, in russian. I've got lots of manuals in this area on my PC and in my brain, but i decided to buy it to fill in the gaps in it's knowledge. Cause sometimes, when I don't understand some simple things I feel myself like an idiot.:D

upd. Ha! Some days ago a squirrel came to our balcony. This stupid creature broke one of our cactuses :D But the cactus will live, and the squirrel will too, I'm a kind man :D

my cat

I remember one quote, that i found some day.
"My cat, as it turns out, is an excellent debugger, and she has helped me solve a number of nasty bugs when I talked to her about them."
John Robbins, Debugging Applications, Microsoft Press, 2000

Haha, after it I decided to talk to my cat about all my problems.  But I'm afraid, she doesn't even listen to me. She only likes to bite me, scratch me and ask for some food. :D And she's nice with me only when I'm at home alone, and only I can feed her. Her name' Eva. Here is that nasty creature :)

the power of nature

In the last 20 years I've never seen so horrible weather in summer in Odessa. Hundreds trees fell on houses and cars, crashed windows and roofs (one tree fell on an old woman and she died, one girl was injured), about 100 villages in our region left without electricity. And weather prognosis says that it won't be the end. Well, thank God I'm with electricity and with internet now. The city looks like after a band of dinosaurs were running through the streets.
And there is a tree near my house on the pictures.

crash!

It rains all day, very strong wind blows, +13'C. Our neighbour of our summer cottage called and said that our apricot tree fell right on our house, something was crashed, a window or a roof, or both of them. My father's going to find out it tomorrow morning. And just 10 minutes ago fell the maple, that is right opposite my balcony. I heard how it tore wires and crashed some windows too, but thank God not ours. I loved that tree, cause with its help one squirrel comes on my balkony to get some nuts :) Now he (or she) won't get it :(
My friend says that many trees fell in the city core, one of them crashed a tram, I hope nothing will fall tomorrow when I will go to my academy Oo. I'm going to take my camera and get some pics tomorrow, if I'll find some horrible nature's pranks.
By the way, check it out, the squirrel from my court in winter. :)