random bits...

since i last blogged, i...

- went to a concert benefiting a school for kids that live in the slums. eric wainaina performed - he's this Kenyan singer-songwriter and he's really, really good live. great voice, great energy.

- worked...

- went back to the giraffe center and visited the karen blixen museum for the first time. there's a vet student who's doing a short stint at the cdc, so we hired a driver and did some stuff this past weekend. may head down to masai mara in a few weeks...

- worked...

- had a really strange encounter at a bar this past weekend...went there for someone's birthday. won't go into detail here, but yeah, it was uncomfortable, and the worst part about it was that everyone in our party (many of whom i had just met) found out about it. yeah...

- worked...

- decided to go to sudan for work. still have to work out the details, but i'll probably be heading over there within the next few months.

some of you might be aware that there's been a little bit of violence in kenya recently. apparently, they found the body of a gang leader's wife murdered, and they blamed the police. so there was some rioting...i haven't seen any of it, but yesterday, near the cdc offices, they torched a bus.

otherwise, though, some of the political tensions have been laid to rest, kinda sorta, so most people seem ready to move on and have things return to normal. now the attention's on zimbabwe. dude, have i mentioned that i hate greedy, power-hungry, corrupt politicians and governments with a passion? the news has been so frustrating and depressing lately...

okay, can't end on that...there's hope, right? ...for justice, peace, goodness, grace...there's hope.