This is a memoir of my life from the years 2005-2008. It was a tumultuous and eventful period in my life, with episodes scattered across several countries, and I wrote this book to help myself and my friends and family understand what had happened. Reactions have been mixed: my family doesn't like that I'm not a Republican, my friends don't like that I'm not an American, and nobody likes the Russians. It's a divisive, peculiar story and honestly it...