mockba, day 1

i arrived in moscow at 2 am this morning. igor was there with my name on a sign. i felt all special. he spoke no english, so we had a very quiet drive to where i was to sleep last night, which was a complete mystery to me. turns out it was the apartment of a woman named irene. she spoke a little engish; very little. she made tea, we chatted. in the morning she made me eggs and we chatted some more. we talked about our cultures and the inevitable question: "do you like bush?" NO! it's important to let the world hear first hand about all the bush haters! i told her bush only cares about rich people. she said putin is the same. she said russians are unhappy because of unemployment. but i'm under the impression that russians have always been unhappy? she said she doesn't watch the news because it gives her agita (my word). she really enjoys reading, and she has been reading some very interesting new information lately. if i understood her correctly, the devil came to earth millions of years ago in spaceships in order to kill all the white people. WTF? SHE DID NOT JUST SAY THAT!!!! oh, i clarified and pantomimed and her story did not change. she was very happy to see my open minded interest and was thrilled to give me a photo copied article. there are pictures of the galaxy and pictures of spaceships. my mission is now to have this translated to me by someone who is hopefully not psychotic.