Yes! As of yesterday I officially am employed! Unfortunately, it's for the Evil Empire. Yes, I am now a Wal-mart employee. Fortunately for me I'm not one of the floor staff so there's little chance of you finding me in the local paper having gotten run over by a mob of people after the latest Furby model. Instead, I will assembling shelving units at a new store they're building in a nearby town. When that's done I'll be helping to set up merchandise and displays. And then I'll be helping to take apart the old store. Work starts on Monday and continues through February. It's full time, 9 to 5 and the kicker is that I get paid $10.00 an hour. Sweet. After that things are still up in the air. I have interviewed with a couple of different places. One was with Conservation Corps and another was for a study down in Texas dealing with black-capped vireos and golden-cheeked warblers. I also interviewed for WRP and as a result was contacted by a company called Bender Consulting who have been interested in working with me. We'll see how things go.

Also: as you might have noticed today is Thanksgiving. Therefore, I have a question for all you people out there who are reading this journal: what are you thankful for? It could be something big. It could be something small. Doesn't matter. Just what are you thankful for?