Thoughts on Orbán és Magyarország

I have been absent on the blog during the whole Orbán vs EU + IMF debacle, so I thought I'd do a little catch-up.  My time in Hungary back in 2010 (how was that almost 2 years ago?  How?) was enough to seal my interest with this Ugric nation.  My stay there was during the election of the Fidesz party and a realtor I spoke to during my apartment search said he was interested in how this election was going to affect Hungary.  He knew Fidesz would win in a near landslide victory and was excited, but tinged with caution.  What a premonition!

Krtek Coming to an App Near You!

I am coming to my senses a little bit just about 25 days before the wedding.  Then the madness will be over and I will dedicate more time to my CEE pursuits and answering emails from my few (but very adoring!) fans.  I loved the emails.  Truly.

You may remember my post about the passing of Zdeněk Miler, the creator Krtek, a wonderful children's cartoon from the Czech Republic.  Today in my Emerging Europe RSS feed from the WSJ blog, I saw this article about Miler's granddaughter and her plans to take Krtek global.  I'm pretty excited for people beyond the Eurasian continent to come in contact with good children's animation.  Maybe I'll get my future tikes some little Krtek plushies.  I am honestly going to be the most off-beat mom on the block; my children will know CEE from their early years.  

Dreams CRUSHED

All I have time to say is that the Gorbachev event is SOLD OUT and I didn't get a ticket!  My dreams of seeing Gorbi in the flesh have been dashed, crushed, pulverized, and mangled beyond recognition.

All I wanted was Gorbi.  All I got was broken dreams.


Sigh.

Judson University isn't a real university anyway. {bitterness and a hint of truth}

Hiatus

I should have posted this earlier even though I'm pretty sure I have no real consistent, "loyal" audience per se. 

I have been engaged since January 16th with a wedding looming on May 12th.  It's a pretty short engagement by most standards and every day I wish I had the funds to hire a wedding planner.  Since I don't, I have to do things myself.  So this blog has been kicked to back backburner.  I will have some very cool material come May, but until then, I am out of commission.  I hope you come back in May!

Gorbi! Gorbi!

I have a really special post coming up in the near future (I'm talking about you, Loredana!), but right now I need to campaign my case for Judson University's World Leaders Forum. 

I really, really, REALLY want to go.  As in, I would cry for joy if I got to go.  Gorbachev is speaking and we all know what a big deal he is.  Hearing this man speak would be the greatest honor since it is obvious I have this inexplicable need to breathe CEE.  I don't know if this post will help anything, but it's worth a shot.

Please let me attend with my fiancee!  I promise to do a really nice write-up of the forum.  I did some nice ones on CCGA.  We're both really nerdy about politcal/economic subjects and I hoard all things CEE.  If you're unconvinced, browse my archives.  It would be better if you saw my bookshelves and the hundreds of dollars I spend on CEE related books (I spent $60 the last time I stepped into a book store in Hyde Park, which has TONS because they're all University of Chicago cast-offs).  There should be more posts, but life gets crazier when you work full time instead of doing piecemeal occupations. 

Anyway, I want to go!  I think I should go!  Let me go!