It continues

More shameless self-promotion... I had another item published online, so now I'm 2 for 2. Not bad... This one was a personal story for a relatively dorky website called common ties, a true incident that happened when I was 11 in the Congo. It's a bit strange for me since this is a pretty private, true story that I really have told very few people about, and to go from that habitual privacy to putting it up there for thousands to read on the internet (with dork-tastic pictures of myself to boot) is, well, a bit uncomfortable for me. But whatever, I got paid for this one and it only took me 2 hours of work, so I really can't complain... The story is here.
In other news, spring has arrived in Belgrade and it's stunning outside. Yesterday I went on an overnight trip to Banja Luka, a city within Republika Srpska, the Serbian enclave in Bosnia. Although the bus rides each way were noticeably longer than advertized (7 long hours) it was a cool trip. The scenery all along the way ranged from interesting to stunning, and Banja Luka itself was a perfectly pleasant town to visit.
The whole point of the short trip (which I took with my roomate and a mutual friend who alternates between living in Belgrade and Banja Luka, he rode over with us) was for us to basically make a border run and get our 3 month tourist visas renewed, so we could renew our police registration cards also. Well... So my roomate could renew his. As you can see from one of my previous blog entries, my attempts at playing by the police's rules didn't go so smoothly. Luckily everything went pretty much according to plan/hopes for this trip. We didn't have any particular troubles at any border (although got more fuss trying to LEAVE Serbia than come back in, go figure). We got our passports stamped correctly and both went to the police station this morning, where, despite much grumbling and foot-dragging, we were able to register as we should. So that problem is solved and I got a nice quick visit out of the whole process.
That's pretty much my update. In the more general sense life is great, never been better. Good weather, good people, good food, good times, and few problems. There is a *slight* possibility that I will start writing for B-92, the biggest and most well known media station in Serbia; after a productive january month, my motivation and inspiration to write sharply dropped, but now I'm trying to get back into it again and keep my momentum going. So, hopefully, there will be more good updates soon...
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