Why do awesome job opportunities keep popping up in not-as-awesome places?

I must say, Grand Forks, North Dakota is starting to make Tulsa, Oklahoma sound pretty darn appealing.

Tulsa v. Grand Forks

Population: 382,457 v. 56,573

Distance from Austin: 452 mi v. 1,396 mi

Average Temp. in January: 26 low/47 high v. -4 low/15 high (degrees Farenheit)

Number of America's Next Top Model contestants produced: 1 v. 1

Number of America's Next Top Model winners produced: 0 v. 1

If my head weren't screwed on, I would probably leave it at the gym

First it was a hair brush (my keroppi hair brush that I've had since high school). Then it was another less exciting hair brush from CVS. Then it was a pouch with little bottles of shampoo and conditioner. Then it was two full-sized bottles of shampoo and conditioner. Then it was a plastic bag of sweaty clothes, including my fun yellow shorts from Target.

The times I've asked to go through the gym lost and found previously, I've never recovered anything. Today, I went in to search for the sweaty yellow shorts, et al. A gym employee took me down to lost and found proper, but the bag of clothes was nowhere to be found. Then he took me around to a few other places where lost and found items might be. During this trek, I found the aforementioned lost pouch of shampoo and conditioner lying on a random table in the lifeguard area at the pool! After more poking around, we went back up to the front desk. He decided to double check to see if my clothes were there. And they were.

So, yay to the return of shampoo and shorts! You are welcomed back with open arms. Now that I know what a treasure hunt it is to recover lost items, I'll try to be more careful about not losing you in the future. Well, I can't promise to try. But I'll try to try.

Should I Move to Tulsa?

Everytime I start a job search, I get this overwhelming "the world is my oyster" type of feeling that I can do anything and move anywhere. This is, of course, closely followed by intense, anxious thoughts along the lines of "but, if I move there, I won't know a soul and I'll have to find a new person to cut my hair!" I'm not searching in earnest yet, but I am keeping my eyes open and am starting to see opportunites that might interest me. In Albuquerque. In Chapel Hill. In Charlottesville. In Tulsa.

Since I've been in DC, my thoughts have run the gamut in terms of what to do and where to go next. I've gone from wanting to stay in DC, to wanting to move home to Texas, to wanting to go back to California, to wanting to blindfold myself, point randomly at a map, and move wherever my index finger leads me. If I had to limit myself geographically, I'd say I've narrowed it down to DC and the western half of the United States. But I'm pretty much open to whatever, or, more accurately, wherever. I feel like Shakira.

Would I be happy in a place like Tulsa? I'm definitely not a geographic snob. I'm a firm believer in "Wherever you go, there you are." As long as you have friends, a good job, and something to do for fun, any place is bearable, right? I felt hesitant about moving to Corpus Christi, but ended up really liking it there, and was sad to leave. The idea of picking up and starting all over again is scary, but also exciting, like starting a new adventure.

The original focus of this blog was a log of my job search during my clerkship. It seems that things have come full circle and a similar theme may well pervade many of my future posts. :)

Bag Lady: Emma's Dilemma

One of my students this semester has the cutest tote bag ever. I asked her about it and she told me that you can customize your own on the LL Bean website.

I've sought advice from Evita and over at Global Wage Slave, but I thought (on the off chance that anyone is reading this) I'd pose my dilemma here as well. I've decided I want a small tote with a long strap, a zip top, and a front pocket, but when it comes to picking a color scheme I can't decide on the right permutation.

Color options I like: yellow, natural, cocoa, olive green, blue, red. Color options I'm so-so on: true teal, mulberry, dark green, cayenne. Color options I'm vehemently opposed to: black and foliage.



Any thoughts?

Transition to Blogspot Bloghood

Apparently myspace is out and blogspot is in.