a comment on higher education: i arrived at my class last thursday evening to find i had a paper due already. apparenty i was supposed to divine that i should look at the university website in advance and have a research paper ready for the first evening. ouch. i am enrolled in an audition. if i don't pass this class, i don't make it into the program. no pressure. on one hand, i'm not worried. "graduate level work" has never been a problem for me before, so i should have what it takes to get into this program. on the other hand, my arrogance concerns me: what if i need to try harder? i have decided i am going to wish in one hand and wait for a cow to shit in the other and see which hand fills up first. i am going to make it, i have what it takes and besides, i want this. next!