Jun 01 2007
staging continues apace
Last night I got the unexpected gift of more Bonnie-time - we were free to do whatever for dinner, and Bonnie still had the car rented, so we went to a tapas place (Eclipse di Luna) that I like - it was really nice 
Yesterday we covered each other, mostly, plus some discussion of the Peace Corps Mission and basic security awareness. There are about 50 people in my group with more diversity in gender, heritage, etc., than I expected. Some pretty neat people perhaps
The most entertaining part was the “find who has done x” part. There are people with a lot of random neat things - like the person who is a champion horse rider and the person who has authored a variety of articles and books on asian geopolitical matters.
Today has been covering more the nitty-gritty. We talked about coping with harassment (general/living, not physical or sexual assault-type things) and strategies to mitigate or moderate those issues. Generally speaking I don’t get much of that in the US, but from what I observe or hear about from my sister and some friends, it can be pretty pervasive even here in the US. So I am a fan of not necessarily saying it’s due to being excessively paranoid about such issues or what-not.
We also talked about the “don’t do this” policies - drugs, leaving site without contact info, working for the CIA, etc. I should be ok on those.
I’ll be trying to call people who have left me VMs, but I am still working on a paper that’s due today that I got an extension for until Monday. Lots of working time on the plane, I suspect, and in Seoul. We have a 28(!)-hour layover there and I probably will spend most of it inside typing frantically.
Also I’ve had some work requests for the several hats I wear - I’ll be trying to beg off on most of it…
