Updates

Hey everyone, sorry I haven't written anything in a while. I completed my first day at the American Center yesterday. I only had 3 appointments for 30 minutes each, but people kept coming in. Everyone's English ranged from being as good as my Russian (which is not very good) to being perfect; one women was an English teacher. One strange guy only wanted to talk about American Wrestling (of which I knew nothing about); however, I had a really in depth conversation with a girl about my age, who had lived in Chicago for a year, about issues such as affirmative action in the US versus Russia. We also talked about immigration to and within Russia, and also the US. One other guy had lived in Virginia and went to Jamestown High School near Williamsburg and Newport News, VA. He was a little disappointed in the movies being shown at the American Center, and I sympathized with him (they like to show old Aubrey Hepburn movies, which even I would not go out of my way to see).
Today we are once again going to try to watch a movie in English (District 9) if we can find a theater that plays movies in their original language with Russian subtitles.