- Finalize form-filling, payment, and shipping-tube prep to send off my diplomas to be apostilled. See you guys in a few weeks. Bon voyage!
- Scan my new alien-residence card again (can't find the old scan for some reason).
- Create a private-tutoring ad to be placed on my building's lobby message board. Also: Visit my building's admin office on Monday to get permission to put the ad up.
- Finish my long, long review of The Exorcist. Been working on it for days.
- Start working on interactive quizzes for hypothetical private-tutoring sessions about test prep (TOEFL, SAT). These quizzes will prove useful when I bring along my laptop.
Did you see my other recent reviews?
The Magician (Aussie movie and precursor to Mr Inbetween)
Mr Inbetween (Aussie TV series)
Invincible, Season 4 (streaming series)
Project Hail Mary (US movie)
Destiny of the Republic (book)
War Machine (silly US movie)
My buddy Neil was gracious enough to give a Seoul-based agency he works with my contact info, so I'm expecting a call from that agency sometime tomorrow. I hope this doesn't turn out to be a deal with the Devil, but Neil says that, while the agency hasn't been especially great, it also hasn't been especially bad. One possible problem: Neil thinks the agency won't be happy when I tell it that I'm leaving for a short trip to France during the first week of July, so this whole thing might die on the vine tomorrow. Or maybe I can convince them to give me short-term gigs that end before the end of June.
I'm also contemplating two job ads that popped up on Dave's ESL Cafe for—God help me for even thinking this—summer-camp jobs, each lasting about eight days and paying W1.5–1.8 million to teach elementary and middle school students, lead activities (oh, yay!), etc. Neither job requires more paperwork than what I already have on hand (cover letter, scanned documents, etc.), and both are located in Seoul. As much as I dislike working with groups of kids, the money does, at this point, sound vaguely tempting. Can I endure eight days of kiddie hell during my least-favorite season of the year? I think I can if I develop a "this is a just punishment" mindset so that I feel repentant and not angry or resentful.
So that's where things stand today. Life is in flux, but it's not all dried snot and week-old crotch odor. There are always possibilities, Spock says.
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