. . . . this growing up and taking action with my life stuff. I sent my book off to a publisher yesterday, which isn't the first time I've done it, but this is when I get serious about it. I finished an article on the theological basis for veganism as well, sent that off to a magazine for a tryout. (Two more ideas for articles are percolating.) Oh, and I sent a story to Glimmertrain. Then, wow, got my GED, and my bachelor's is within sight. I'm already thinking about grad school--I want to get a masters in anthropology. (Ok, I'll even divulge that I want to get a doctorate in theology, and I already know what my thesis will be.) Then there's this new job--no more drone work behind the cash register, I actually have a professional job where I'm paid to be creative and write and play with the computer. I'm about to start classes to get a certification in.(I taught myself years ago by looking at source codes, but finally decided to learn it for real, and at some point in the not-too-distant future this site will reflect the new stuff I've learned.) I'm getting it together with my business too, aiming to reopen my etsy shop by November (it was August, but despite diligent work all summer I have nowhere near what I wanted to have in my shop). Then today my friend Nathan hooked me up with a guy who needs photography work for his CD. I'm not in the least confident I can do it, but I can certainly fake it. So, all this stuff is happening, and I'm no longer passively watching life go by while I accomplish nothing and hope for nothing, and it's like living in Bizarroland. All my life I've been tucked into myself too scared to move, and now who is this person who is doing things?

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