Today Sucked, But Was It Necessary?
Somewhere in between wanting to curl up and cry, and applying for a PC Specialist position at Omron (in St. Charles, IL), I came to a realization. My thoughts had been flooded all day with visions of teaching creative non-fiction (there's a position open at an adult education center near Roscoe Village)... and I realized that I didn't want to work on computers all day. I would much rather be teaching people about things I find interesting--like writing. And, lest you think I'm narrowing my vision too much, there's a lot of stuff that I find interesting. I then deleted my application to Omron, and I looked into the GRE and Grad School. I'm somewhere in between wanting to go into an English teaching program and wanting to learn how to teach theatre and improv. I don't know where I am with my future... but sometimes I daydream about being the next Crupi, brilliantly bumbling my way through lectures and instilling a new appreciation of classic literature into my students. Sometimes I see myself as the next Gellman, harshly and vulgarly criticizing my students all the while with an underscore of care and frankly refusing to accept anything but the best from my students. Sometimes I think I'll move to Canada and become a Mountie... and sometimes I think I'll jump out of my window. I suppose they say that this is what makes living life so damn interesting. To me, it just makes me tired.

Rafael Palmeiro Tests Positive for Steroids
The man who wagged his finger at Congress, saying that he's never taken steroids "Period," was suspended today for testing positive for steroids. He now says that he didn't "knowingly" ingest steroids. Might I be the first to say that I believe him. I didn't know Viagra contained steroids either. ZING! God I'm good.