I admit I don't want to start work right away, that I can afford to sit around a while. Well, I can afford to sit around a while if I know precisely when I'm going to start work, and can therefore budget instead of hedging my bets.

IT's not looking bad right now, and my recruiter's motivated, and friends are being v. helpful. But I'm so not the gambling type.

In the meanwhile, though, it's fun to visit the world a few of the other instructors inhabit--the ones that get a lot of money for teaching so they don't need day jobs or the personal trainer ones, or the actors, one one chick who's a high school tutor so she has a weird schedule, but summers off.

I envy them everything except the unpredictability. I wish I were better with ebbs and flows. I'm hopelessly conventional that way.

I envy you the morning thing.

And I'm a morning person. It's kinda wasted on me.

Nah, I'll be enjoying the hell out of it while I can. Just because I'm a morning person doesn't mean I actually want to do stuff then. I never want to do stuff, morning or no.

I want to not do stuff too.

Thinks about evening

Heh. Never mind.

ita: I have an idea. You should do the sleeping thing and tell us what crystal-clear clarity is like!

You should do the sleeping thing and tell us what crystal-clear clarity is like!

Ha. If sleeping cures the migraines, I'm in. Otherwise...not so much, with the either pain, memory of pain, or fear of pain. No time for crystal.

You should do the sleeping thing and tell us what crystal-clear clarity is like!

bon bon wins!

Ha. If sleeping cures the migraines, I'm in. Otherwise...not so much, with the either pain, memory of pain, or fear of pain. No time for crystal.

Damn. Well it was worth a try.

In all seriousness, ita, I hope that you get some time to not work before finding the perfect job. It is possible that not being so stressed constantly will help the migraines at least a little bit, right? Either way. I won't hug you (I like my pinky and the rest of me to remain intact), but I am wishing good things your way.

Good luck, ita. Having more or less taken off the summer before coming here, I kind of look back on that time as a much-needed relaxant after four years of crazily-paced work. So maybe scheduling a month for yourself is something good that is just for you, you know? Either way, I have nothing but confidence that things will work out for you.

It's morning, and everyone's in a meeting, and I'm not really sure what I should be doing. It's that weird line between responsibility and only being a temp. I'm not sure which direction to go in.

sconey follow-up:

I just about died laughing at this. Bonus points: mentions Joss!

Man, I hope Jars gets back from the States quick. This posting by oneself business is eerie.

Thomas Allen makes really cool art:

A photographer based in Michigan, Allen's made a career of tearing other people's work apart. Literally. Armed with an X-acto knife, a stack of old paperbacks, and a camera, Allen works, as he says, to create new worlds. In his artist's statement, he writes: "I've always been fascinated by pop-up books, dioramas, 3-D glasses and the View Master for they all have the ability to picture false realities." Fitting, then, that he should use pieces of fiction in order to create new worlds of his own.