while by the end of june and in july this blog was particularly active, it has been quietly enjoying the wonders of silence - if silence is possible in written words! such a situation is not due to lack of inspiration or time. it's simply because of my forced exile on my homeland, where the only internet connection i can afford is old, slow and expensive. right now it's working at 28,6kbps - hardly enough for me to post something on the blog. will try to come and keep the place tidy now and then, but there isn't much that i can do for the time being.