Seriously?

[windemere]

Got an interview for the Guyana job.

Oh my fucking god. That's more terrifying than a PhD proposal!

Edited: No dice, Thank You Goddess. Now I don't have to feel guilty for turning it down. Because seriously.

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[grav-ity.livejournal.com]

Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

(Is that the phone interview? I am about to reply)

[eldanna.livejournal.com]

Yes, phone interview as the Commonwealth Association is in Calgary.

I was weee! until I went and looked up travel info for Guyana. I'm not even remotely weee anymore. Georgetown (where the museum is) has one of the highest murder rates of any city in the world. And the museum is located in an area where no one goes out at night because they are pretty much guaranteed to get mugged/rapped/shot. Also, that country has horrible diseases even in the city and not an ounze of water anywhere outside a bottle is safe to drink. Tourists reports say avoid the food too, except in the resorts. All of those things add up to: do I really want to risk my life for a 6 month job developing education programs?

The answer is no. It would be a great opportunity, but I would be in fear of my life every single day. It is not a country with many westerners and many of the natives hate the English for dominating them for so many years (they only got their independence from Britain in the 60s). I'm just scared thinking about it. I wish the job had been for somewhere else, but I honestly didn't think I'd even get an email back let alone an interview.

I also wouldn't be able to do the PhD app this year, owing to no access to a library of any kind or easy phone capabilities in order to contact people. And I don't want to put the proposal off another year, not when I've emailed Gaisemi again already.

I know, I talked myself out of it, but honestly, reading the travel advisory page on the CIA website today? Freaked me the fuck out.