alive, yes, but tired.

Hello devoted readers... if there are any. Lisa Czapski updated her blog, about a month ago, and has inspired me to write in this thing again, just in case someone checks it.

Last you heard, I was:
1)Going to Switzerland
2)Learning French
3)Tap Dancing
4)Tutoring Korean Kids
5)Applying for a Fulbright
6)Dating Nate
7)Following Jesus
8)Quitting Smoking

Well... Since then I have:
1)Decided not to go to Switzerland
2)Ditched French
3)Stopped Tap Dancing
4)Quit Tutoring
5)Applied for the Fulbright
6)Stayed with Nate
7)Still an adherent, of course (of course? hm. yeah. yes, of course.)
8) Uh...

1)I joined forces with a theater group called Walk and Squawk--the very group that introduced me to my Fulbright Connection in South Africa. I decided that instead of joining them for a month and then saying "Nice to meet you, now I gotta split..." I would stick around. They are doing the exact kinds of work I proposed to do in South Africa. The money I saved up is now going toward a trip to Durban this summer with the group. In January I will start a story collection with them in the Cass Corridor, but right now I am helping put together a Humanities Convening in Detroit for 2006.

2) No more Francais for me. I got busy with other stuff, like I was just in a play called Flowers for Algernon.

3)I hurt my knee, and then I got a job at JC Penneys that sometimes scheduled me during the class (now they schedule me M-F, 5-11am. LORD HELP ME. This is why I'm tired. I have to get up at 4am). I may start up again after the New Year. I'd like to... We'll see.

4)I gave the job to Jenni when she got back from her honeymoon, because I was just too busy with the play and work and babysitting and Walk and Squawk. Gosh I miss those kids though.

5)Done applied already... Now I'm waiting to hear back. I will know if I did not make the first "cut" at the end of January. If I do get the Fulbright, I will be gone from Jan-Nov, 2006. If I don't, I'm applying for Grad School and Moving Out.

6)Yes, of course. Who wouldn't stay with a guy who interrupts you while you're talking to sigh and say, "I love the sound of your voice" ? (HAH, we'll see how long he loves it, because Lord Knows, I can talk.)

7)Yep, still following Jesus, and still learning things about Him.

8) I haven't smoked in a week! Hahahaha.

OTHER NEWS:
9)In February I will be playing Margot in the Jewish Ensemble Theater's annual remount of Diary of Anne Frank

It's probably good that I haven't updated in a while, because I'm sure that many of the blogs would've been chock-full of political acerbity. But don't worry if you feel bad for missing it... I'm pretty sure there will be for more years of my attitude problem documented.