Yes, I'm still alive. Mostly.
It's been a busy spring/summer collection, between the deportation woes and the incompetent new boss and the computer meltdown.
As the flooded streets and the gas riots - and that's just my block - attest, this is kinda a crappy year for all of us, huh?
(BTW, why am I getting loads of hits when I haven't even posted for like a decade?)


Anyhow, my sudden inspiration for visiting you again is not a pleasant one. It may be a touchy subject in your neck of the woods (censors?). A young girl of the catwalks and from my home territory has recently passed on. Unwillingly. Is that too obligue? Is it nessacery to be obligue?
There is a lot of interest in this situation here in victoria. Maybe a good story in it for you, maybe some freelance work or even a shot at a job. wouldn't it be great security if you could leverage a good local story into a "foreign correspondents" position with ,say, the Vancouver Sun? Or, more likely, the times colonist or some local radio station. Good window dressing for visa applications. Could be a book in this too.
ever your admiring reader;
graham
grahampop@ yahoo.ca should more discreet communication be required.
ps: guess we were lucky when we were in HK. only took 10 minutes to pick up a visa. Hope your troubles are smoothed out. Maybe use some of your many important contacts to get "real" job? something that would look good on paper but not necessarily require much real commitment from them. Perhaps publicity consultant for a museum, etc.? (Comment this)