Monday

Today was another day of moving-related stuff. We have chosen one room for the stuff that we do not want to be stored for us during the time between living here and living in Vietnam. I am trying to get all of these particulars located in that room. Mostly I have been trying to organize back-ups today. So I've been uploading photographs like crazy, loading our entire CD collection into digital storage, etc. I've been running back and forth between two offices since yesterday, loading photos to Flickr on my computer and songs to iTunes on hers. Speaking of Sunshine, tonight is girl's night out, and she is off at a posh Asian fusion place called Señor Tanaka's probably eating very great food. I am here, updating my blog with moving details. You may stress either word at the end of that sentence. The news: in Oaxaca, university students returned to classes yesterday through a cadre of masked demonstrators. Did I mention that the APPO protestors who have been driven from downtown by federal police are holed-up in the nearby university?* Apparently, there is a law restricting federal police from setting foot certain campuses. This weekend, masked youths fire-bombed a McDonald's, but there was very little damage to more than the Play Place outside. Last month they attacked Burger King.* In México City, the city government is beginning to come under fire for allowing the months-long PRD protest that blocked major streets and made life difficult after the federal election in July.* Also for not responding the claims of police brutality when that protest was challenged. For their part, the PRD are reportedly threatening a kindred-spirit protest against Oaxacan Governor Ulises Ruiz in that state's capital.* Lord knows that's what Oaxaca really needs right now: more yelling people. [Cavin]