Got another interview offer today–site in San Diego. Also got my registration as a psych assistant approved. Finally. I also bought books, and put new books on my Amazon wishlist. Now I’m gonna have Ramen, or something equally nutritious for dinner. Things are looking up.
PS-I forgot to mention my supervisor gave me all the free [...]

My day sucked. I’m considering calling it “Meltdown 2006″. I officially got tired of school, having no paycheck, letting a Seminary run my life, bureaucracy, having life on hold, etc. in a matter of 22 hours. I mean, REALLY tired. If Oprah were around, I would tell her about how my spirit has been broken. [...]

That’s a quote from a post in October 2005 entitled Mount Everest in Miniature. I had just sent in my first internship application, was feeling like I was attempting the impossible (as it proved I was), and was seriously doubting that the process would ever end. Well, it is now one year later, and the [...]

Caption: The Mild Menace Strikes Again
Yesterday we had lunch at the DL (Downey Landing), and a bunch of kids were running in circles around a planter which surrounds the big tree outside Starbucks and Quiznos. All of us are mildly annoyed/scandalized, except Paul, whose eyes gleam as he watches little kids act crazy and do [...]

Creativity finds its soul when it embraces its shadow…One day the inspiration leaves and emptiness takes over. If we could see how our blank spots are a part of our creativity, we might not so quickly exclude this aspect of work from our humble lives. –Moore, p. 198
Failures, whether they come in the form of [...]

One (hyphenated) word: Girl-fight.
One champion: Pam.

Welcome to a brief series inspired by my reading of Care of the Soul, by Thomas Moore. He’s a theologian, writer, psychologist and former monk. Thanks to Dad for the used copy. I ask for your forgiveness in advance for any theological ‘looseness’ or over-psychologizing which may be found herein.
And yes Mike, I’m using the [...]

Get out the Kleenex. We’re not moving to Oklahoma. Turns out their program would require me to work with children a lot and would require a minimum of 52 hours per week, although 60 is more the norm. Yeah. And the pay is $22,000 for the year. Yeah. Did I mention its in Oklahoma?
Missouri, Texas, [...]

The sunset on the drive home this evening was world class. On the 710 south, just before the Imperial offramp, for a short while you’re on a curve high above the neighborhood and the riverbed. And tonight, the sky was 180 degrees of orange and pink. I don’t think we had a sunset that nice [...]