lonely whiny post

so i've been here at the apartment all week by myself - going more than a little insane due to the combined factors of having no one around who speaks english as a first language, a lack of things to do, and being really frustrated with the program and really homesick.

the program coordinators failed to...well...coordinate anything for me for the past three days, so i spent them going stir crazy in the apartment after going on an 8hr bender and reading harry potter start to finish in one go. it was all fine and good for them to fall through on activities when there were other people in the apartment to laugh it off with and most importantly, go do something else with -- but when it's just me here it's not so funny and really frustrating.

however, today i finally got to start my internship with this company called epigram that does print and promo material for white feather films as well as LOTS of other bollywood movies so that's good. downsides are that it's an hour and a half away (each way), and that apparently interns are treated the same in every country (when i first got there they gave me a computer with photoshop and all the still images from a movie and told me to make a preliminary one-sheet...very exciting and scary and legit --- twenty minutes later a woman came in and told me that i had to scan 130+ pages of storyboards into the computer. interning = the dream/lure of doing something worthwhile and the reality of doing someone elses bitch work). upside: i like the people that work there, they do good work, and most importantly, it will keep me busy and give me something to do.

i started taking pictures while driving places in rickshaws - all taken while we're moving and with the camera perched on my knee so don't be too harsh --- i thought they might give you a good idea of some of the things i see all day everyday.

more later

- h