departure & redemption
This is our last day in Yerevan and I must say I’m glad to be taking off. The past weekend has been draining and anxious as I’ve felt like a prisoner in my hotel room. Some of the young men here are so pushy and persistent, not needing an inch of encouragement to start hastleing you, that one or two in particular have gotten into the habit of calling my hotel room day and night to ask that I go meet with them. And if you think hanging up or saying NO is enough to disuade them in their purported claim, then you’d be very, very mistaken. To one, “NO, I don’t want to see you, please go away” means coming up to the hotel room at 1:30 am and knocking on my door, whining that he misses me and any other load of bullshit you can think of. Where they get these crackpot attitudes and oblivious assumptions is beyond me.
Today, though, I waited out the day by the rooftop pool and then hit up a local market in the afternoon. Quite a site, in the pit of an old soviet fountain, dozens of merchants selling anything from detached rearview mirrors to busted up radios, though mostly woven carpets and communist memorabilia. Among the mish mash was this amazing USSR vs. USA chess set and some russian dolls. (Don’t these leaders look sweet, watching over baby Lenin like that?)
Our flight leaves at 5am for Vienna, where we will interview a media artists couple and blogger. I likely won’t have much time to post from now on, but I will try to keep uploading photos here and you can make up your own adventures for me based on what you see.
July 18th, 2005 at 7:04 pm
hey mira, check me out, I`m posting a comment on your blog!
your blog is fabulous. i feel like i dont even know you cause i havent been reading it all this time. but dont you stop emailing me just cause i finally caught on to thid whole “blog” thing.
so did you buy that crazy little chess set or what? pretty nifty.
July 18th, 2005 at 7:10 pm
youre pictures are all really great. and now i`m going to be late meeting friends cause i keep looking through them instead of leaving.
i hope you`re happy now.
July 19th, 2005 at 2:33 am
hey soph! i’m glad you’ve finally caught up to all the cool kids, though obviously the coolest for you to do would be start a blog of your own, but one step at a time, eh? don’t worry i’ll keep emailing you anyways, though the blog is just easier for me sometimes than sending mass or personal emails to everyone.
also i didn’t buy the chess set cause i’d already spent the last of my drams on the russian dolls.
July 19th, 2005 at 7:40 pm
hello to my number one girl,
i have just been reading/looking at all your adventures…. such an exciting life you lead. your hair looks really beautiful, i didn’t know you cut it.
i don’t know what else to say… i miss you, i hope you’re having the most amazing trip of your life and soaking it all in.
love you mira!
July 20th, 2005 at 3:25 pm
love you too allie! wish you were here hitting up all these crazy towns with me…