My last week at work! I am really excited about coming home but slightly scared of returning to real life. I will have to release all of my day dreams into the real world and see if they survive.
I had lunch with Aisha today. She is half African American (AA) and half Japanese. I hadn’t really thought about the fact that AAs descended from slaves often have no idea where in Africa their ancestors are from which must be weird, or maybe it’s not, I’m just so used to knowing exactly who all of my forebears are. Her Dad’s family (the Japanese side) were not very happy about him marrying her Mum. She works as a teacher but spends her holidays travelling around the world hunting out recording artists to make tracks with or spreading the word about Raptivism. Her next destination is Kazakhstan.
In the afternoon I interviewed a woman who works for the Friends of the San Francisco Public Library about their book donation centre and how they reuse recycle all of the books. They get over 50,000 a month and make over $1.3 million dollars a year in sales. I’m not sure if there’s enough for a proper story though.
After that I walked through the sunny streets to pick up my print and then take it on to Fast Frames for a speedy turn around. Either I’ve been massively ripped off or framing here is really expensive, it was about 3 times more than I would pay in London. But I didn’t have much choice as time is running out to get it framed and sent before I go.
An unexciting evening at home, eating the remnants of my fridge. I will be eating out for the rest of the week unless I fancy dry couscous, chocolate and sauerkraut.
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