...although ÷óñòâóþ was actually an untranslated russian word, not nonsense.

That's actually pretty close to the mark. It reads "Hello friends! I rather think I'm not clever."

As indeed I appear not to be. Plans for the weekend, anyone?

I'm going to a masquerade ball! Very exciting. What are you up to?

Doing a workshop with actors, for which the freshly-written script still hasn't arrived from the States as yet! Also, writing a sample song from Lolita! - the musical as a college exercise.