C'est Nice

since i did so much bitching in my last post, i thought now would be a good time to update everyone about my future plans, as opposed to my lame present.

first things first: i got an interview for Silvertree Day Camp in San Francisco! Without getting my hopes up too high, in my mind at the moment, this is the perfect summer job. in California, outside, doing something worthwhile, and getting not an indecent salary. i have an interview next tuesday, at 11 AM PDT, which is 8 PM EST (European Summer Time... I know, confusing) so everyone is required to keep their fingers crossed.

as for the ol' "School Year," i've reapplied to this English Teaching Fellowship at the Urban School, which I didn't get last year (i didn't even get an interview), but figured I have a bunch more experience now (the summer thing in Nice, this thing i'm doing now in Nice, teaching Kaplan klasses), and it would be a pretty sweet gig if I got it. I had also been thinking about the LAUSD learn-and-teach-at-the-same-time program, but it starts in July, and I don't think I'll have all my gross standardized test scores in by then. besides, if it started in July, I couldn't do silvertree; yes, there's something irksome about holding off on one job for another job I don't yet have, but the ultimate defeatism in the LAUSD one has sucked all the motivation out of me.

other prospects have yet to surface in any super-meaningful way, but i'm feeling watchful, and i have this idea that once i'm actually in the states, it will be easier to look for a job, you know? I get the impression that recruiters are really turned off by the phrase "I'm in Southern France on the Beach until May, but you can contact me here for an outrageous fee by dialling 0113367024215598298390232939." Anyway, we'll see.

well, that sums it up for today, i suppose. hope all is well where you are.