A Monday.

Taylor trial off to a bumpy start, as you can see or hear from various news sources.

The radio tends to blare in the Green Advocates office. Most of the time it blares (really, really loud) a steady stream of mediocre American pop R&B, on a very short playlist. I think there are about 7 songs that they play on this station.

But this morning the BBC announced "The former Liberian president, Charles Taylor, has announced that he will boycott his war crimes trial in The Hague," which produced laughter in the office.

Soon in the general workroom (where the average age is probably 21), the radio was back to bad music and funny ads, but in Alfred's office the live CNN television coverage is running while he works. Last I heard the prosecution will make a 4-hour opening statement today and then there will be a 3-4 week recess for the defense to prepare. They're expecting 18 months total (fortunately, I think Taylor is younger than Milosevic was.)

Later on the radio I heard an advertisement for an electronics and perfume store:
"Tired of your smell on a hot day? We sell perfumes that increase their odor as you sweat!"

Next time I'll listen closely enough to get their location.
Liberian English is still flying by pretty fast for me a lot of the time.

I've posted a few early photos here. The quality is not great, but as yesterday, I'm not complaining about bandwidth.

N.