I was intimidated by the Cyrillic at first but I memorized it tonight and began translating words. Chapter one of the Penguin book breaks down the letters and makes it easy. I'd take breaks and use the Russian Alphabet iPhone app to drill in the sounds of each letter. Should not take you more than an hour or two to be able to "flash card" through the letters and know their sound without missing more than a few. I'll probably skip ch2 of penguin (handwriting) and move into ch3 (basic phrases) while also focusing on numbers and other basic vocab via apps. I'll also do an hour of pimsleur in the car tomorrow. I'll give Rosetta a try at some point (only tested it with Spanish and Portuguese and yeah it was a waste of time).
"...it's the quiet cool...it's for someone who's been through the struggle and come out on the other side smelling like money and pussy."
"put her in the taxi, put her number in the trash can"