Hello world! This place is crazy nowadays, isn’t it? To think that this would be happening… I just heard the news that my city of birth - Saint-Petersburg, Russia - was attacked by Ukrainian drones. I always knew that Ukraine was attacking Russian deep territories, but once it happens to your city it just hits differently, doesn’t it? This war was started by one elderly idiot, trying to gain social status(?), power(!), and stability(???). Because of him I had to leave the country, leave my friends and homeland behind, learn multiple new languages, and acclimate to the ‘brave new world’ of today. My home was left to rot and crumble under the sheer weight of time… My friends turned on me because I did not support genocide of civilians… My life was broken because of one man’s wish to rule forever!.. I never talked to anybody about the weight of these feelings, let alone cried to anyone about them. Man don’t cry, they said. They do… Some just lie about that… And now I am in the USA - a progressive and liberal country of limitless opportunities, one made for the American Dream! - sitting in the corner of my apartment afraid that ICE would one day come and break the small, fragile world of safety and peace I built from ground up. Sorry for dumping all that on you, reader caring enough to read this to the end. I really wish I could get your response, but staying unknown is probably for the best. I wish you never have to endure this hollow, empty feeling in your chest. I… And here I am again, rumbling nonsense about myself… Just want to really thank you, random no one, who read my feelings and did not let them be carried away by the winds of time… Thank you, thank you, thank you… :) - TomCat