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lolaraincoat

I know it's been six months and who knows if you're still reading but if you are

Feb 23, 2011 15:48

So much going on, so little of it anything I got around to talking about here. And right now I am in Mexico City, where I haven't spent significant time in years, and there's so much to talk about with that, and I have all these new projects and all these students whose work is so interesting and and and ( Read more... )

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ptyx February 23 2011, 21:24:26 UTC

Great news! It took them a long time, but I'm glad that they finally did it.

lolaraincoat February 23 2011, 22:36:03 UTC

Well, it is a long way from over, but this is a great step.

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lolaraincoat February 23 2011, 22:59:08 UTC

Meh. I'm here a lot, usually, just not so much for the past few years for life reasons. But this is where my archives are, and also (this visit) this is where the conference is.

But OK, so, the middle of the story is this: Everyone I know here is completely freaked out by the level of violence. As a friend of mine put it, the "insecurity" used to be far away, in Ciudad Juarez and places like that (in the north of the country) but now it's here. And it used to happen to criminals and the super-rich, but now it happens to us. So ... actually, it's a bit like deep winter in Ontario. You have to stop and think before you leave the house, and make sure that you are adequately prepared for emergencies, because it is dangerous out there and if you just wander out into the street without taking precautions (putting on coat and hat and longjohns, or making sure to only get into the right kind of taxi and locking all your doors twice and never staying out after dark,depending) you could die.

elphaba_of_oz February 24 2011, 03:24:27 UTC

Don't stay out after dark.

lolaraincoat February 24 2011, 03:31:38 UTC

Hell yeah, I'm back in the house before dark. I am really clear on this point. Horrifying shit has happened to people I know.

elphaba_of_oz February 24 2011, 03:23:12 UTC

Yay! That's all I can muster after today. But really, yay!

lolaraincoat February 24 2011, 03:32:02 UTC

It's pretty impressive that you're mustering up a yay! Go you!

pir8fancier February 24 2011, 16:18:36 UTC

Just when I'm thoroughly and absolutely furious at the Obama administraton for their lack of cojones, they do something like this to restore the faith. Keep safe, my dear.

lolaraincoat February 24 2011, 18:28:24 UTC

I know, right? I have to hope they've been just sneakily biding their time ...

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lolaraincoat February 24 2011, 18:29:04 UTC

So far, so good! I'm having a lot of fun and nothing bad has happened yet. And I found some cool stuff in the archives.