For the past week, I couldn’t get away from the graduate student world to write one darn blog. I have so much to tell you about…especially about the rising tortilla prices that are connected to the unbalanced trade agreements with the U.S.. I promise to get to this. Thank you for your emails with questions of, “hey, why aren’t you writing about the corn and tortillas? People are protesting in the street!” That is a good question. After six years of graduate school life, I can tell you that grad school allows a person just enough free time to get wrapped up in things that are much more fun than grading and writing papers. And then everything comes crashing down because everything is always due in the same week. In my department, the professors tend to leave you alone and allow you to work at your own speed. But every once in a while I will receive an email from an administrative staff person informing me that if I am not at a certain level in my research, then I can’t work, I can’t receive funding, and my life comes to a screeching halt. However, things have worked out in the end. If I can write another 60 pages in the next couple weeks, I can probably advance to candidacy in the beginning of February.
In any case, this is all just to say thank you for giving me a week off. I have missed the blog world more than you know. But soon, in the next couple of days, you will see a fresh new post on tortillas, corn, and trade.
And I will take this opportunity to say thank you for enjoying my pictures. I would love to hear from people who have looked at them. The picture forum doesn’t allow for comments, which is a shame. But please feel free to email me and let me know what you think and if you are using them for anything. I will be returning to Oaxaca at the beginning of February. I would also love to get suggestions on local events that may be coming up in February and March in Oaxaca or Chiapas, especially anything to do with activism, corn, organics, and local organizing.
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