Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Here & now

About the grad school post--totally just speculation at this point, but sorta serious speculation, anyway. I don't know, there was a time a few years back when I was exploring my options, imagining how an MFA might look next to my name. But the time just wasn't then; I was thinking like a practical person. Nowadays, I'm not as easily sold on practical. I mean, so what if an MFA in creative nonfiction won't feed directly into a related job. I'll meet fellow creators, and I'll get better. Assuming I'm w/ this writing-thing for the long haul, isn't this pretty important? Methinks so. And anyway, Hunter's program is damn cheap, especially for residents like myself. Of course, I realize that a 'yes' decision would keep me here longer than originally intended, but w/ Pea also of the mind to perhaps stick around awhile... Oh I don't know. I don't know! At least I have plenty of time--a full year--to dwell on it.

Moving on, yesterday was satisfying. I sorta broke the ice w/ a certain editor I've become fond of in recent months, as the day's end found us swapping wry one-liners via email. That which took the cake: "Why not go the full year and profile one corpulent, wheezing geezer per issue?" (Trust me--context makes funny.) Point being: Cultivating relationships, even electronically, is gratifying.*

The amusement factor was hiked a few hours later w/ the opening of this week's Chicks & Giggles. While casts are generally pretty strong, last night's was outta control. Every woman who got up there, all w/ Chicago roots, churned out hilarity, I tell ya. I can't even imagine...

*Also writing related: I landed another Mind+Body story for Runner's World--yea! It's that one I mentioned months ago on different types of thinking as they're exprerienced during running. My due date's March 5, which I'm truly glad for. Not fun was last year's ridiculously far-out deadline, which gave me endless time to obsess, obsess, hate, obsess... (Hopefully) never again.

Posted by princess kanomanom @ 4:43 PM