Что это?

I'm trying to learn Russian on my own. It engages my brain in a way work doesn't. My primary resource is a copy of Rosetta Stone we picked up at auction.
It's a fun program and I like the way you learn at you own pace and then it re-enforces what you have problems with.
Russian in 10 Minutes A Day is my text book. It's from Cliffs Notes and is just as info dense as those old yellow guides. This edition is fun because its copyright 1984- pre breakup of the Soviet Union.
I've been supplementing these with movies online, last night we watched The Dead Mountaineer's Hotel, a Russian scifi movie from the seventies, based on the novel by the Strugatsky brothers.

I'm going to use lj as a workspace for this, I need to have a mental demarcation between work and life; I guess it'll be Russian.

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After five years together, Perry and I finally have a Christmas tree. I hope all my lj friends had as good a Christmas as we did.

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I bought this book at an auction- someone had bought several boxes of books and instead of bidding against him to get it, I approached him after the sale. Because it is a military issue phrase book, there's some things in it you wouldn't find in a Berlitz guide. Like gas mask (противогаа) or Смотрй у меня, беа штук! (according to the book "don't try any tricks!)

Any spelling errors are mine since I'm using an iPod to post this.

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