On a quiet evening two days before its deadline I sit here trying to complete an application for one of the most pre-eminent writing fellowships in the country. With all the verbiage I can usually muster I am stumped on the one page statement of plans that all applicants are required to submit. The simple question of “what do I plan to do if I get this fellowship?” has me stumped. Of course I can answer it. I will have a party to celebrate my accomplishment but then I will write, write, and write some more. But that is only one line. They’d like a page full of fanciful things to flow across the page like the perfection of a single rose. [...]
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Once again the holiday season is upon and we are all getting ready to pile on top of one another in cars, buses, trains and planes, traveling to see friends and family whether we want to or not. Although the holidays are about festivity they are also a source of stress. The thrilling excitement of the [...] Perhaps it’s just me, but I am feeling pretty bah-humbug these days. Who knows I may have a low-grade case of the swine flu. Or possibly it could be the recession woes. But whatever it is I’ve got the blues. As the great Ray Charles crooned, when I die there will be no more blues and sorrow left to go round. Okay, so I paraphrased, but you get the picture? The lack of sunshine in New York City, the war in Iraq, crappy politicians claiming that we the people are not interested in health care because we are more concerned with the economy. Yet when my medical bills eat up my income, or instead of going to the doctor I suffer in pain making it damn near impossible to go to work, therefore leaving me with little money and no job. Sure I’ll believe the claim that there is no correlation between financial stability and good health. [...] It’s been a few years since I’ve been out on the dating scene. So imagine the cold-water-in-your-face wake up call I got when I realized there was a huge difference between seeing someone, casual dating, serious dating, just hanging out, friends with benefits, a loose/casual relationship versus a serious relationship. And then there are the grey areas that don’t fall within any of the categories I just mentioned. And wouldn’t you know it but none of my current “situations” even qualifies for any of the situations above. I don’t know what to do with myself or them. [...] |
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