follow up

The last recipe I published turned out great. Plus, lots of leftovers which is always a plus on days that John works till midnight.

I've been super sleepy lately, even though I cut my hours this week so I could catch up on homework type items.

I didn't get the internship that I applied for. In a way, I'm happy. I didn't get the best feeling from the place; it was dark, everyone had their doors closed, and it was tucked way off far back into an obscure place in town. Still, that was probably the one Athens internship of the same caliber, and so I probably won't have another opportunity. Apparently they only hire one intern per department per semester, which I don't really understand since it's unpaid, they could at least take on two to three. Anyway, so I'm sure it was that whoever got it was way more qualified than I am. He said I was welcome to apply next semester and that he'd pass my resume on to the other departments, but really I don't expect anything here. I'm not qualified for much. That isn't going to change either by next semester anyway. I like to work, and I'd much rather work and get paid than not, besides, I'm not much into writing news articles and that's really all there is opportunities for anyway. They have a Magazine Club, but well I don't know, whatever I guess.

So, the plan is that I'm just going to work as much as I can, save up as much as I can, and join the Air Force as a Public Affairs Officer like I was planning to all along, and stop stressing myself out about the rest. I dipped my toe in the civilian world just to find out it's disappointing, so at least I can say I made an attempt, and now I'm done. Nobody cares a wink about work ethic I guess, and so be it. Meanwhile, I can continue working break-neck hours just like I like to, pulling in surplus sums of money, just like I like to, and to hell with the fluff.

My only problem now is the "practicum" or whatever I'm supposed to get if I don't get an internship. Apparently I have to be published seven to eight times in The Red and Black (the advisor may have just been using this as an example publication). I wonder if I could swing either just taking another course or maybe getting published in a literary magazine fewer times, instead. That way, at least I'll be writing stuff I want to write, fiction, short stories, instead of "news" stories. Whatever.

We'll see I guess. Since I didn't get the internship, I'll have to talk to my advisor about my options. You can't be a creative writing major at UGA, but you can master in it, not really sure how that works exactly as far as making sense.