It certainly is different. Da, konyeshnah. You will find that Americans have a lighter sense of life than Russians. We are not burdened down with tragedy and pain. Russia suffers. She always has suffered and most likely, she always will. Maybe it is the climate. Six time zones and most of it in a range of latitude higher than the U.S.- Canadian border. Having four fair months a year can press down on the spirit. Russians are survivors and children of grief. Americans give a good imitation of fat, dumb, happy folk, but if attacked they can (and have) gotten very tough very fast. We are generous, light hearted, short sighted and silly, but we are very bad to have as an enemy. Maybe one in twenty Americakanskis have deep thoughts. Americans produce comedy. Russians produce dark and grim works of literature. And the music matches, too. Ba'al Chatzaf As much as I like tragedy and pain, I like to experience it personally without inflicting it on anyone else though. My partners/friends have always found me a light hearted fun person, even though I love dark and grim art/music/literature.