Wow, 8) there's even a theater option here! It's funny, actually, I'm either going to study philology or at least foreign languages at Moscow State University, but I recently went to GITIS just for fun. Well... um... I took a test. They told me to come back for the exams, saying that I "fit them very well." Now I have to decide what's best =) I guess I'll probably go to Moscow State University, it'll be more relaxing, I think =)

By the way, you can also relax in the 11th district, which is what I'm doing, basically. I wouldn't say I'm working very hard, or even working at all. I really would like to spend more time with my friends, but until I was about 15, I was a total nerd, coming home and doing homework, hardly ever going out (very rarely) and almost always playing on the computer, and I mean REALLY playing 8). One day, one of my friends just told me that I couldn't keep living like that, because it was too much. And so, starting in 10th grade, in the second semester, I finally started going out with my friends to different places in our vast capital, I've been to the theater, to the movies, and sometimes we just hung out, and even had a "drinking party" for a birthday... =) It's strange, but every meeting with my friends is very memorable for me! Because before, they were only about 2-3 times a year, and no more. Now I'm finally slowly pulling myself out of that nerdy swamp that I dug myself into. And, you know, it's reflected in my studies... in a good way! I finished 10th grade, the year of my liberation from nerdy slavery, with ALL fives, and I didn't even have to try hard, while before, even when I was studying hard, I still had 1-2 fours. In short, I realized that there are things in the world besides the computer and studying, and they're much more fun.

So, for the past year and a half, I've been as happy as can be =)

That's the story