Tales of great men
May. 9th, 2010 11:02 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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Today has been kind of an OK day, but somehow it all turned a bit of a qualm.
Before that, I just wanted to note, that yesterday was V-E Day and a national holiday here and in Slovakia as well. Officially the fire ceased in Europe on May 8th and the Prague uprising came to an end. The red army came the next date and "freed us all." Anyway the day is called Day of the Victory over Fascism here, officially and I think people should not forget.
And so today, first of all, The Public Defender of Rights aka Ombudsman died.
The man was old but really perky actually and he was an amazing person. He spoke French and had tons of contacts and was pretty damn sharp and just overall a great persona. I won´t go into how difficult it will be to elect someone new into his office because that is just a specific of the politic situation in Czech Republic now. But I seriously respected him and found him terribly endearing (once you finally managed to get past the smoke veil that was constantly around him).
So yeah, anyway, basically my employer died so tomorrow, work will be awkward at least. And I so do not envy the head of the legal department at our office. I kind of hope they have thought of the scenario before (he was 77 and I don´t see it improbable he himself devised like a emergency plan in the case it should happen). If nothing else, all the filing from Friday will be screwed, you can´t really send off documents and decisions and statements issued by a man (or with an authorization of a man) post mortem. Le sigh. I hope he rests in peace.
Also the ASH STRIKES AGAIN! And if my flight gets cancelled I will seriously cry (a river).
I have edited an essay on Banana Yoshimoto works earlier (and learned that death is not the end) and now I have about an hour before I need to go to sleep. I will go back to my limbo and think of something to do. Have a nice rest of the weekend!
Before that, I just wanted to note, that yesterday was V-E Day and a national holiday here and in Slovakia as well. Officially the fire ceased in Europe on May 8th and the Prague uprising came to an end. The red army came the next date and "freed us all." Anyway the day is called Day of the Victory over Fascism here, officially and I think people should not forget.
And so today, first of all, The Public Defender of Rights aka Ombudsman died.
The man was old but really perky actually and he was an amazing person. He spoke French and had tons of contacts and was pretty damn sharp and just overall a great persona. I won´t go into how difficult it will be to elect someone new into his office because that is just a specific of the politic situation in Czech Republic now. But I seriously respected him and found him terribly endearing (once you finally managed to get past the smoke veil that was constantly around him).
So yeah, anyway, basically my employer died so tomorrow, work will be awkward at least. And I so do not envy the head of the legal department at our office. I kind of hope they have thought of the scenario before (he was 77 and I don´t see it improbable he himself devised like a emergency plan in the case it should happen). If nothing else, all the filing from Friday will be screwed, you can´t really send off documents and decisions and statements issued by a man (or with an authorization of a man) post mortem. Le sigh. I hope he rests in peace.
Also the ASH STRIKES AGAIN! And if my flight gets cancelled I will seriously cry (a river).
I have edited an essay on Banana Yoshimoto works earlier (and learned that death is not the end) and now I have about an hour before I need to go to sleep. I will go back to my limbo and think of something to do. Have a nice rest of the weekend!
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Date: 2010-05-09 09:26 pm (UTC)and THANK YOU~