A New Adventure

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It’s official. Come Friday the 13th, I will be joining the ranks of the unemployed, as a member of that less common heirloom variety, the Voluntarily So. I’ll be kicking off my inauguration into the Creative Class with this combination mudbath/5K on the following day.

Here are my goals for this blessed stretch of tiempo libre:

• Write. I’m working on a collection of interviews/essays. Poetry-wise, I’m going to be experimenting with various straightlaced forms.
• Study Spanish. Daily at home, and in a yet-to-be-determined Latin American country for at least a month.
• Take pictures. My mistress creative outlet, the one that doesn’t hurt my brain. I want to learn how to use my camera manually.
• Travel. I’m off to the Caribbean for a week in January, then a few days in Chicago, and then a tour of the Northeast with a good friend. Later I plan on spending a month in Guatemala, Mexico, or Ecuador studying Spanish.

I know the economy is crumbling and all that, but the way I look at it, I am giving someone else a chance at a great job. We shouldn’t be greedy with what little work there is in Portland, Oregon.

And I don’t know how long I’ll be able to stay away from working with survivors. The women and kids I have gotten to know over the last three years are very close to my heart.

But for now, ¡a explorar!

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