its october and i finally feel like my life is a little normal. adjusting to this lifestyle has been really something. teaching is awesome. i love my kids. even the troublesome ones ( Read more... )

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today at work, i noticed an unattended backpack sitting on the floor of one the rooms of the store. it had been there a while and there wasn't anyone in the room where it was ( Read more... )

finally. and not a moment too soon. weird thing happened today. i made more sales in one day than i've made yet. i wasn't even trying.
one guy i gave up on for saying he didn't know about it and started to give him the standard non-sale close when he said 'wait--can't i just try it?'
really weird.

i read a small article in the times today that left me rootless, mystified at its position in the recesses of the paper ( Read more... )

sunday's a&l section of the times had an article about a new genre of videogame wherein the goal is to resolve real-life unresolveables. one of these, peacemaker allows ordinary citizens the opportunity to work through virtual solutions to the israeli-palestinian problem. i think this is a great idea ( Read more... )

i feel like july is the january of summer ( Read more... )

i was thinking about it today on my way home from the art supply store to eat lunch, the humanity problem. and i think i might have been on the wrong case about things ( Read more... )

on monday i got hired to teach two courses this fall at an art school.
i am so happy. i've been so lucky since moving here except for dial america, although, even that was lucky in its way. it filled some holes.

i've been working for dialamerica for about a month now and i'm afraid for my faith in humanity. for a while i've painting about people under the pretense that i'd like to get at something basic about what humaness means, even though trips to the mall and even walks outside remind me regularly that i have no idea. and maybe i'll never know what ( Read more... )