it has begun

i thought it would take a little longer than a couple weeks. in a school full of females, there was bound to be one of them to have the hots for me. the problem is that she's apparently fallen for other teachers in the past and has had disappointing consequences. the parents have gotten involved in the past also, the father i've been told can be quite unpleasant. whatever. i know where the boundary is between a professional rapport with a student to build confidence and something more. i know how to handle it.

my new passport is ready for me to pick up, go to the local ministry and get another visa. tomorrow morning i'll head down and take care of all this nagging crap and then i should be in the clear.

i'm also almost finished with a really good book called 'See No Evil,' by Robert Baer. it's about the CIA, the government, terrorism, and how the faces of all these identities have changed over the past ten years written from an ex-CIA intelligence gatherer. he had been stationed in lebanon, iraq, sudan, russia, and other places where g dubya's evil-doers reside. good stuff. i'll fill you in when i finish.