Mission Control, do you read me?

The time has come for those of us less willing, to go into that dark night of cyberspace. And so, here I am. It's not as pretty or personal as my former journals, but frighteningly more accessible and editable: Anne Frank would be proud.
For those of you whose Italian is rusting, my blog title ("Michela illesa") is best translated as "Michela Intact," although this really doesn't do it justice. The word "translate" actually used to mean "transform," and I find this gives me a more accurate understanding of what exactly is lost in translation.
So, intact, or as Sondheim would put it: "still here," here's to making staying "in contact" easier...