sittin’ on a christmas tree here
A friend once told me a story. It was about a situation in which she was very frustrated, and the person representing the entity that was ultimately causing her frustration couldn’t help her. This representative, as she threw her hands up (I imagine her doing this, but in fact my friend was on the phone, so there’s no way of knowing), she exclaimed mildly ‘I don’t know how to help you, I’m really sittin’ on a Christmas tree here’. Yes, it makes no sense, but yes, it also is a nice way to put things.
Madagascar is crumbling. I will keep my eye on it, and I will try to continue writing about it and talking about it, and I’ll probably go back there at the end of this year. My travel guide will come out in a few months. I hope it’s good. I hope people buy it. And I hope the people who buy it find it valuable, and pass it around to other travelers, and email me with updates and stories.
Here’s the plan. I have to finish my Capstone so I can graduate with an oh-so-glamorous and very complicated-to-explain MA in Sustainable Development in May. I am coordinating the BGI Global Fellowship this year, which runs from May until September. I’m volunteering for the Interfaith Food Shuttle in Raleigh, and I’m applying for every part-time job I see. Anywhere. So far I only have jobs that have no salary. Wouldn’t it be great if we could do whatever job we wanted and not need a paycheck? Oh lottery, why can’t I win you.
I won’t have a lot of time to be fumbling around with this website during the next four months, but I’ll try to be interesting.
