It’s a poetry banner day – got my contributor copies of Rhino in the mail today, (which, by the way, looks great – nice job Rhino editors!) – I’m reading tonight with Kelli Agodon at Parkplace Books, and I just finished a new poem, sort of based on Lucie Brock-Broido’s “Domestic Mysticism.” So, pretty ideal. I am also considering rejoining – at least partially – the corporate world. Tomorrow I have an interview for a part-time position as an editor with an ad agency, which is the first permanent-y position I have been interested in since I quit Microsoft a few years back due to health problems (yup, the same problems I just had surgery for. Still working on the health thing. Apparently I’m not a one-shot, fix-it-up-and-get-on-with-it kind of girl.) So, I went out and bought a white interview jacket, and put together a portfolio notebook, updated my resume, and practiced shaking hands. It’s kind of a sweet position because it’s only twenty hours a week (perfect while I am in school) and most of the work can be done from home. It would be nice to feel I was contributing more, um, fully and consistently to our family finances. Freelance writing is good but doesn’t pay quite as regularly as one might want, and poetry, as you may have noticed, is really not so financially fulfilling unless you’re winning Genius Grants, which, sadly, I haven’t, so this would be a good thing. I think. Until those 10K a pop reading opportunities start rolling in, anyway. Any takers?