Saturday, August 26, 2006

From Russia with Love!

This is the story if a transcontinental love affair between him, a friend of mine and her, the spy that came from the cold. I’ll refer to them as Giorgio and Elena, two obviously fictional names to protect their identity. The story began when she contacted him trough a famous website and he hesitantly replied. Now he’s broken-hearted because Elena is not writing back. I decided to post their story here to help him convince her to let him join her. Will my fisherman friend win back the heart of the attractive Russian?

It began with her email:

(Elena to Giorgio)

“My name is Elena.
I already very much for a long time dreamed to get acquainted with the USA man.
I was involved always with USA.
I think, that USA will like those people who want to work and be happy. I think, that
I the good woman and I want to have the best life. I want to lift family and I want
To go in marriage sometime! I the young woman. To me now XX years and I think, that now
When I already enough adult it is necessary for me to think of private life. For this reason
I addressed to the Internet in search of mine soulmate. Now it is very popular.
I understand from a structure, that you also in search soulmate and I would like to speak with you!
I am not confident anyhow, that you will receive my letter. I am not familiar with the Internet
And I only casually found this site %#^#^.com and it speaks, that many people found
The love and now are happy! I want to try also!
I think, that I should tell about me a little. I think, that I the attractive woman.
I have blond hair and gray eyes. I 5 " 7 " foots high and I also 118 pounds to weigh.
Right now I cannot send you a picture. But I can send you pictures if you will write on my direct address.
If you will write to me the letter directly to mine E-Mail I promise that I shall send you a picture!
My E-Mail: #**#*&#@inbox.ru
Only please
With me be serious. I sincerely hope, that you good the man and you will write to me.
Until then I wish you all most good. Write to me soon. With hope, Elena
PS I want to pay once again your attention, that I can I shall receive your letter only on this Mail: #**#*&#@inbox.ru”

(G. to E.)

“Hello Elena .... thanks for your message.
I am not sure if I understand it right ... where do you exactly live? I'd like to find out more about you ...

Have a good day,

G.”

(E. to G.)

“Hi Giorgio!
WOW! I very much hoped to receive from you the letter back and now I have yours
The letter! It really brings to me pleasure, that I have received the answer to my letter!
I at once want to tell, that I sent that letter to two more other men. But I should
To tell, that up to this time I have not received more any letters back. I want to be
Fair with you and to have your trust from the first letters! I shall ask you that you also were always fair with
me.
I do not think, that there is a sense to speak a lie. You agree with me? Both of us search for love and I want,
that my love was strong, pure, present and long! I think, that you want the same things!
I want to hope, that you will be good the man! The matter is that I almost nothing know about you. I wrote to you
Casually. I chose absolutely casually you from the list of men. I also did not think, that so many men will
search for the
love on the Internet! In our city there are no many opportunities to get acquainted with men from other
countries.
I used the Internet at my work. I casually opened a site and it spoke me, that here there are many men!
It was very interesting to observe a site #*#*#*(@.com and it many opportunities for the man and women from the
various
countries are valid! You agree with me? I want to speak you so many things! Please excuse me if I can not speak
you much
Today. We shall have still time to speak! Before us still it is a lot of time to learn
Each other! About! I so to worry, that you will not love my picture and will stop to write to me!
I am valid to worry as the small girl at the first appointment to the man!
I would like to ask you that you sent me as much as possible your pictures. It will allow me to represent you
and your
life better! Well, I shall inform now to you some things me. OK? You are available to read and understand?:)
So, I want to start with my history. My profil is spoken that by me from the USA but it is a mistake.
I was no time in the USA. I was given birth March XX, 19XX in Russia in city Cheboksary.Where I now live.
I am now XX years! I am a sign zodiac Pisces. If you have the book of an astrology I think it contains a lot of
similarity to
my character. Sometimes the astrology is mistaken, but some things really the truth! It is a complex and ancient
science of stars!
You heard much about it? By the way, when your birthday? With early childhood I had good education and care of
my parents.
I went in good school and was enough the good pupil! At least the teacher always me to praise! Oh! These school
days!
These years to not return any more never! You liked to go in school? The first school love!:)..... Giorgio,
For you these sounds are familiar? In those years when I was small it was easier to bring up children.
Now the state to not care at all of young families. After school and I had good luck to enter the university.
Daddy gave me to be trained in economic sciences! However ours the university was technical, but anyhow I have
received
good economic education. I loved always the exact sciences and except for it to us taught a lot of humanist
And psychologies. I bore much from walls of university and it there were fine years! Tell to me please where you
were
trained? It is very interesting to me to know your history also! So, years of study were finished also I met my
first love.
Yes, I also would like to speak with you about it. You should know, that I had unsuccessful relations.
I remembered on all mine life, that such treachery. My guy changed to me with other woman. he betraid me.
I thought, that we shall marry and create family, but he seems did not want serious relations.
I was young and naive. After that I more never loved anybody seriously. My last relations were enough
Long, but anyhow I did not notice, that my guy may betray me. he found the woman from rich family.
For him the question of money was actual. I think, that I quite beautiful woman and I can find many men here in
Russia.
But I slightly now to be afraid to have relations. I want to find my love, my unique love.
I want to grow fond of the man up to the end of my life. You understand me Giorgio? I never was married also
I think, that it is a serious step in life. I have no children and I think, that I would like the child from
loved men.
I in general very much love children and if you have already children it will not do a problem to me.
Well, Giorgio, whether I do not know to you it will be interesting to hear about my city. Our city has a
rich history.
I shall attach a picture of our city. Only it is not so big picture from the Internet. Probably you may find
Our city on the Internet also? In our area we have a temperate climate. It is an average part of Russia with
good display
of seasons. We have a lot of snow in the winter and also in the summer air there is enough is hot! We visit a
beach and
I like to float! You have a beach close? You like to float? If there will be time please tell to me more about
your city!
I also want to ask you, what you understand as happiness? Right now I shall speak you that I understand as
happiness.
I should tell, that everyone is happy in this world in own way. For me to be happy
Means that I exist in this world. I think, that I want, that me loved.
I want, that me respected and estimated. In general I see happiness that my life will be
It is lived with sense. I should find my love create my family.
You agree with me. In tis world we should leave after ourselves good memoirs.
It is very difficult for one to find happiness. When two persons like each other,
It already does people happy. Love - very much good feeling and this sacred!
You agree with me?
Well, I probably now shall come back to my work and I shall wait your letter soon!
Heave nice day! Yours faithfully, your new familiar from Russia, Elena.”

(G. to E.)

“Dear elena,
I really much enjoyed your letter. I can almost imagine you so far away from here! I feel there's so many things we share already, although we are so distant. But tell me more about your work? What do you do? As for me, I work in a fish shop an you are pisces, what a coincidence! my training as a fisherman started when I was young and a I had a friend and she was a fisherman. I was the fisherman's friend and she thought me how to catch fish from a distant sea. We were at sea together alone for so long that eventually we had an affair married and had 3 kids. She was american and that's how I came to live in this country. Then we divorced and I decided to work in a fish shop. I sell fishing rods, live baits and all that you need to catch the biggest fish! But enough said about me. Tell me about you? Do you ever go fishing in your country? I'd love to meet you and spend some time with you. But it is impossible because you are so distant and I...I am poor, because these american don't like to fish and eat only meat. I hate those people, communism is much better, don't you think?... I'd like to come and visit you and your beautiful country. Imagine, I could even live there and open my own fish shop in your beautiful city. you had a training in economics. you for sure have a good job, why don't you help me buying a ticket to come and visit you?
Wouldn't it be wonderful: me and you in your beautiful country? Help me realizing this dream!

Yours expectantly,

G.”

(to be hopefully continued…stay tuned!)

Disclaimer: Every fact mentioned here might be ficticious. Any similarity to any person living or dead could be merely coincidental. Or could not.

Monday, August 14, 2006

La sorellina/The li'l sister

Tempo fa aveamo pubblicato le foto del primogenito. Si chiama Atlantic, ha due ruote e sta crescendo benissimo. Ora siamo orgogliosi di annunciare che e' arrivata la sorellina! L'abbiamo chiamata CR-V, e' venuta ancora meglio (ha addirittura 4 ruote...), e' nata gia' di 5 anni ma sembra nuova! Oggi, in occasione della sua prima uscita pubblica ci ha portato a fare Kayak sul Russian River, per 200 miglia senza fare neanche un versetto....La piccola CR-V sorride al fotografo/Baby CR-V smiles at the camera

A while ago, we published pics of the newborn. He's called Atlantic, has got 2 wheels and he's growing well. Now we are proud to announce that his little siter is here! We named her CR-V, came out even better, (hey, she's got 4 wheels..), was born 5 years-old, but she looks new! Today, for her first public apparence, she got us to Russian river to Kayak, up 200 mi without even a whine.... Il sederino della piccola CR-V/Baby CR-V's butt

Una visione endoscopica della picccola CR-V/A somewhat endoscopic view of baby CR-V

La mamma posa con la piccola CR-V con il piccolo Atlantic sullo sfondo/Mami poses with(in) Baby CR-V, with little Atlantic in the background.

Ora siamo davvero una famigliola felice, anche se io quasi, quasi farei anche il terzo, magari decapottabilie!/Now we are definitely an happy family, even though I wouldn't mind a third one, maybe convertible!