I haven’t seen so many judges in one place for a while

Maybe even ever. And, it is work-mostly-unrelated.
By the way, after all the exhilaration of the first week having a job, the hard truth sinks in: I am actually supposed to work now – in the sense of accomplishing things. In time. Without being asked specifically or reminded to do so. Who knew? ::mind boggles::

Anyway, I am working – quite overwhelmed by it, yet making stuff happen. The funny thing is what four years mostly not working did to my meager organizational and time-managing skills. They are non-existent – please don’t tell anyone about it. I am trying to fool people into believing I am a capable worker.

Cue me, writing this instead of an appeal I should be writing.

Actually, I like writing that appeal, too.

I seem cannot write anything, but work stuff these last days, so you are witnessing my first attempt to combine writing my usual cheerful nonsense and the stuff I am expecting to be paid for.

Going back to the judges: yesterday I was present at the Canada-Russia Judicial Conference on Property Rights – just for fun (I suspect that fun was, indeed, the real purpose of this conference: judges hanging out together, making friends, sightseeing, having dinners.)
I mean, someone else would be making useful contacts; I had an inspiring discussion on the property rights in the Constitution of the Russian Federation and the separatism as a legal problem with a law student from McGill (Montreal, Québec), and a Russian PhD student in Political Science from University of Toronto. At least, this PhD guy invited us to have a lunch for the conference members. The lunch was great. And then I had to go to work – just when I started to feel brave enough to talk to other interesting people there. I also kick myself that I decided to go to work on Monday – instead of going to this conference.

http://www.utoronto.ca/crees/program.pdf the conference program. details to come.