Month: July 2009

This Is My Life

Ever since The Man with Two Brains came out in about ’83, a certain scene has remained vividly in my mind. After much Internet searching and a little editing, I bring it to you now. Whenever I have to make a major decision, I find myself wishing for some kind of sign that confirms I’m heading in the right direction. It happened once when I wondered if I should move to a new neighborhood, and […]

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Hallelujah, I’m afraid. Hallelujah, terrified.

So it’s official: I have been admitted to SIT Graduate Institute in Brattleboro, Vermont. I found out the day before yesterday. Numbness from shock has become worry and then excitement and then anxiety about all I have to do before I go and then panic that I’m insane to be doing this and then happiness that I am and then… From morning to night I think, Will I be able to rent my house in […]

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Admissions Status

I was awoken by an early morning phone call. Hoping it was from SIT, I got out of bed and retrieved the message. It wasn’t from SIT. It was from my auto loan people saying my car is no longer insured. It would have been a good time to go back to bed. But as I was sitting in front of the computer thinking, “I am paralyzed” (on account of having no clue where I’ll […]

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