tabula rasa

Pronunciation: "ta-by&-l&-'rä-z&, -s&
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural ta·bu·lae ra·sae /-"lI-'rä-"zI, -"sI/
Etymology: Latin, smoothed or erased tablet
1 : the mind in its hypothetical primary blank or empty state before receiving outside impressions
2 : something existing in its original pristine state

so i'm yet at another time of new beginnings. respectfully letting go of the past is difficult. i love beth's most recent post. recounting life a year ago.

a year ago, i was lonely and without any friends in austin.
a year ago, i worked in sales at dell.
a year ago, i was miserable in the dying gasps of a long-term relationship.
a year ago, jeff beebe and i went to our first monday night dinner at adam, dory and cassidy's.
a year ago, i was applying for jobs like a madman.

now, i am in seattle.
i work at starbucks, but like dell, it is only temp.
i am not in a relationship, and despite jeff's claim otherwise, i'm not "thirty seconds away from one."
i have a new monday night dinner crew, although it's been 5 weeks since my last dinner. need to change that.
however, i am applying for jobs like a madman.

specifically, teaching jobs. i will stay here and teach at a civic theatre in renton, a community just south of seattle. adult, shakespeare and a teen class. also, this fall i will begin a kind of apprenticeship with my physical training mentor, robyn hunt.

after next year, however, i will apply for university teaching positions across the us.

things are beginning to come together for me. all in a new way - a clean slate, i guess.