Back in the USSR (Day 2)

30Jun08

Friday, June 27, 2008.
The drive to Sanksi Most is ricketty and winding in our touring bus. There was only room in the luggage hold for three suitcases, the rest are stacked four-deep on the back seat. We have no air conditioning and only the driver’s window opens. But we drove through a rainstorm and the [...]

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Tags: Bosnia, Europe, politics, Sanski Most, travel, Travnik

back in the ussr (Day 1)

28Jun08

Thursday, June 26, 2008.
I arrive in Vienna at 8:10 am local time. Turning on my iPod, I notice it says 2:09 am, meaning I should be sound asleep.
Seen from the air, Austria is gorgeous. Farm fields as far as can been seen, and flat with just a few tiny hills here and there. Every so [...]

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Tags: Bosnia, Europe, flying, Sarajevo, travel, Vienna

my eurotrash girl

26Jun08

Hello from Sarajevo. I have landed safely in my Mecca. Biggggg update soon. Miss everyone!

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all my bags are (over)packed, i’m (not really) ready to go

25Jun08

I am absolutely exhausted, so my last-night-in-DC post is going to be rather quick.
My follow up interview this afternoon went really, really well, I think. The job wouldn’t start until at least August 1, meaning I don’t have to worry about my being in Bosnia detracting from my hirability. In addition to the interview, they [...]

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Tags: Bosnia, job search, packing, preparing, travel anxiety

and she’s chosen where to be

24Jun08

Day 162 of 365.

I own a 32 ounce Nalgene water bottle and right about now seems like the most appropriate time to utilize it. Why? Because I’ve found a particularly delicious brand of red wine here in DC and have never seen it sold at home. Naturally, I have purchased a couple bottles of it [...]

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Tags: 365, anxiety, books, Bosnia, complaining, conclusions, DC, job search, pictures, preparing, roommates

just for fun he says, get a job

20Jun08

I didn’t want to blog about this, because blogging about it would be acknowledging it, and acknowledging it would mean hoping for it, and hoping for it would mean I want it. And wanting it would mean (with my luck) that it wouldn’t happen.
Back in April, when I really started preparing for what leaving school [...]

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Tags: anxiety, job search, preparing

And sing I love this town

18Jun08

The media likes to talk about something they call the Beltway Crowd or the Washington Insiders. It’s a cynic’s connotation given to the gaggle of politicians, lobbyists, pundits, etc., who give the appearance of being the voice of DC.
I’m not going to kid anyone, six months in a city is nowhere near long enough to [...]

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Tags: complaining, DC, lists

I Like Your Sundress

15Jun08

I’ve started packing for Bosnia, if you can call throwing almost every item of clothing I have in a suitcase, studying it for a minute, then pulling everything out again packing. The director of Global Youth Connect, Miki Jacevic, a wonderfully in-touch Bosnian native living here in DC, has said repeatedly that shorts and tee [...]

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Testing The Water

15Jun08

Hello, there.
Welcome to One Great City!

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