life is good

hellllo again,

so i covered the story today and it was all in arabic. this has happened before, and luckily i found a guy who was willing to translate it for me. i had to give out amanda’s number to 3 different lebanese guys, but i got the story. and i called ahead and set up an interview with the UNDP project manager, since it’s usually a safe bet that the UN reps or the ministers speak english, and he gave me really good information.

but now i have to write it. and format, etc. the pictures. by the deadline. which is fine. this time i have plenty of time. but i find myself taking an online quiz about being burned out at work..

the cheese/lamb-slaughtering story made front page. and page 2. i thought it would be page 12 b/c it’s a feature, but they ended up choosing 2 pics and putting it in the front. which is nice. if they put it front page and it’s not that important of a story it usually means that there was a photo that they wanted to print in color. hence the kite festival making front page. hooraaay.

alright well i guess i’m gonna go do my job. i guess. last week.