I'm home. I mean, really, really home. I mean, home, for good.
So.
If you are my friend in RL and you still have a set of fingers, use them and call me up for coffee. Because I am HOME, Baby ! (But yes, I know, I know, and I am getting on that phone, yes, I promise.)
I just went to college today for my "English written skillz admission test".
I rocked, of course. Because I rock.
It's a bit like being on the recovery track after a long illness - I go to the swimming pool every day. I eat well. I try to be a good girl about my own life. I have about 60lbs to lose, and I'm working on that. I also know my brain is going to come back in shape.
I'm on the mend, and that's good, it's really, really good.
Also, one of my pictures made it to Schmap for the iPhone. How cool is that?
But I'll admit that I am crying in emotion right now - in relief. History has been made. American citizens, you are changing the face of your country, changing the face of the world.
I wanted it for America, my southern labor. I wanted it for the world.
For the past year, I've been consistently mistaken for a US citizen, in all the countries where I've been.
For the past year, I've had to tell people my opinion on what I see as foreign politics.
For the past year, I've met Africans, in Africa, rooting for Barak Obama.
All my life I've wanted equality.
Today, it happened. Martin Luther King would be proud. Nelson Mandela certainly is.
297 tears.
Of joy.
The Beaver
My guest map is wonderful ! And you'd all be wonderful to post, all of you lurk mode readers! Thanks and may the winds of Fate blow your way !
On the eve of this election, I urge you to watch (if you can find it), a "Clean Escape", by Sam Egan, which was the first episode of "Masters of Science-Fiction".If you can't find your hands on it, read this very detailed and adequate recap - but warnings, because it is SPOILERIFIC.This being said - I'll be watching, and crossing my fingers. The US is making history, in the next 24 hours. So what else is new?
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I fail at work, these days. Come to think of it, I'm fail at a lot of things - including NaNo, it's not even funny. I'm not sure what's wrong with me in that respect. For work, I know - I'm suffering from Short Timer Disease. Even if I'm trying to motivate myself with the desire to not let down .... Mr. Burns. (current boss, here, yes, he really, really looks like Mr. Burns, except he's actually nice, and I actually like him. No, that doesn't make me Smithers. **shudder**)
ETA: My boss just made an impersonation of Monty Burns. I am flailing inwardly.
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But for NaNo, I'm not sure. I like my story - it's a fun adventure thingie, where I get to be very cruel to my people. I created a fun pair of characters, and I like them. So. Why can I not write? Damn it! I feel so lazy, at night, it's not even funny. I told my mum about NaNo, and Burns, and also ... how do I call this one? I'm going to call him Wallace, for the Wallace in Sin City. No. He should be Helmholtz Watson, from Brave New World. Because he's perfect. Though I guess I could recast Mr. Burns as Bernard Marx, in that case. Which makes me Lenina. It even works because BMarx has been sort of hitting on me, much to my despair. I'd much rather it be HWatson. Srsly. Anyway. HWatson said he'd be my reader, which is cool. I like him, and I trust him. Too bad this is a one-time assignment together.
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I saw Sin City again last night. It was awesome. I love Marv. I love to hear him say, "That is one damn fine coat you’re wearin’ ". I love Dwight McCarthy so much, too.
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I've been rediscovering Pink Floyd. High Hopes feels so appropriate - I'm not sure why, exactly, but it feels like a good song for a place like Rwanda, were innocence has been so direly tested over the past 40 years.
Beyond the horizon of the place we lived when we were young In a world of magnets and miracles Our thoughts strayed constantly and without boundary The ringing of the division bell had begun Along the long road and on down the causeway Do they still meet there by the cut There was a ragged band that followed in our footsteps Running before time took our dreams away Leaving the myriad small creatures trying to tie us to the ground To a life consumed by slow decay
The grass was greener The light was brighter With friends surrounded The nights of wonder
Looking beyond the embers of bridges glowing behind us To a glimpse of how green it was on the other side Steps taken forwards but sleepwalking back again Dragged by the force of some inner tide At a higher altitude with flag unfurled We reached the dizzy heights of that dreamed of world
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Encumbered forever by desire and ambition There's a hunger still unsatisfied Our weary eyes still stray to the horizon Though down this road we've been so many times
The grass was greener The light was brighter The taste was sweeter The nights of wonder With friends surrounded The dawn mist glowing The water flowing The endless river
Well, I'm still in Rwanda. I just spent the last two weeks out on the field, and well, I didn't quite feel like writing about that. So instead, I joined NaNoWriMo. I'm writing a novel in my free time. I have a month to write 50,000 words.
Here is the synopsis of my first novel to come, Dead Ends.
Vivien Saint-Amour, a shy, insecure and socially inept Anthropology PhD postulate from Montreal, arrives at an unknown Latin-American airport for a few weeks of vacation.
Her easily planned vacation soon turns to a nightmare as the first attempt of her life at an act of courage propels her into a world she never knew existed.
Torn between her own fears and her survival instincts, she will find out who to trust, and who to fear, and will discover that heroism takes the most unexpected form.
So, if you see that this blog is sleepy, have a look at the counter, on the side. The soaring word count will tell you that yes, I'm still alive.
I'm just busy writing a book.
The Beaver
My guest map is wonderful ! And you'd all be wonderful to post, all of you lurk mode readers! Thanks and may the winds of Fate blow your way !
