I just returned from visiting a colleague who was on the phone trying to find work over the summer to cover his expenses while not teaching. I then noticed some other LJ’s talking about financial issues that raised my already raised concerns for my summer. This will be my third summer in a row without teaching and it hurts trying to find freelance work even though I have a few gigs on the stove. If I didn’t have a new car (and insurance), it would be bad enough but now, I’m pressured to hustle to keep the bills paid. I thought GWBush said the economy was coming back… yeah, right.
I was also talking to a friend last night about the possibility, plausibility of “some unknown event” that could change the socio-political landscape in very bad ways by the time of the presidential election. It is not outside of my realm belief that Bush in his secretive way and 150 yr. old network of cronies could mastermind this event in a way to usurp power. I hope that is just fiction or just a bad dream. I was honestly thinking about investigating changing citizenship to Canada. Gawd, have I become THAT fearful and desparate?!