gypsy lady

so it turns out i have a totally unfounded fear of gypsies. i was in spain working for the last few weeks and i went for a run along the river in bilbao. basically i kind of ran to the outskirts of town- to the place where the banks of the river stopped being the nice 'please jog here' kind of banks and started being the 'gypsies fish here' part of the river. i was overcome with fear, got totally paranoid and ran up to the street so i didn't have to run near them. it was shocking. they were just sitting there fishing. i mean i've read tonnes about the plight of the gypsies - if a few national geographic articles counts as tonnes. plus, i always wanted to dress up as a gypsie for halloween - although maybe it was less about cultural understanding and more because my mom let me wear all her pretty scarves, hoop earings and lipstick. regardless, i felt like a bigot. a gypsy fearing bigot.

ok. thanks. i just needed to get that off my chest.