leisure

i like being unemployed. i get to go at no notice to budapest for the evening, or prague for the day. and read diane elson's GRB book on the bus. and the wanker jobsworth who harassed me out of the building is last week's news, and i can go back at the invitation of anyone who cares to invite me. the mission i organised to turkey went, pretty well. my bosses now know how they will arrange beginning some UNIFEM presence/input there. they met with good people, disappointing people (but none that mattered), and the NGO people they met in Istanbul sent me a bag :)

yes, at least it sounds like the last thing i did was successful. now i find out how to not be unemployed for too long. will apply for this internship, which i won't get, and will then return to london for april and may, i think, before being based in blava for the summer for the field visits associated with the youth policy work. fingers crossed.

but yes, the fun at the moment is popping to places without having to plan. i've moved around a lot this year already, and it feels great. yesterday i met paige and charlie in prague, and must say thank you for the fi groll fantasticness. and also, it's very good to know such well sound people are out there and doing their thing. (and your set-up, monday to sunday, sounds fantastic. i'm counting the days to come and visit, but not holding my breath. and hana and i had a great time, so thanks.) no photos, i didn't even think of it. i really crazily like walking around the wall off the Vysehrad though. abnormally. i remember it was even lovely when i was having one of those early difficult conversations about the roma situation in central europe and listening to people i liked doing pain to my PC western european mindset.

eh, ramble ramble. this weekend we go walking in some non-tatra hills. i'm looking super forward. and i'll keep you posted on brussels, london, ____ and the rest. i'd also like to publicise this. what's between blood and water?