Instant job

So shortly after my last post, I was able to start my new job. Yes. My new job. I lined up the interview in NYC right after my embarrassingly horrible thesis defense in the Tdot. It helped to boost my ego after my ego was shredded during the defense (my fault, probably). No, I'm not out of the MFA box teaching--but if I was to be completely honest with myself, I'm not sure if the politics of academia is where I belong anyway. I belong in galleries, on the street, in events.

I am still in an academic setting, though. Oh this job. The woes... It's more of a confirmation of my role as a glutton for impermeable situations (i.e., punishment). I may never see the easy life.

And maybe this will lead me through the back door of teaching. But mostly, it will afford me the quality of life to:
1) have a studio.
2) have health insurance.
3) take days off if needed and know I still have a job the next day.
3.1) have a regular work schedule.
3.2) be able to orchestrate life around that regular work schedule.
4) have a retirement package.

See, life is good in the normal, straight world. So the long and short is: I have stability. I have a paycheck. However--it is mucked in the political machinery of academia.

Wish me luck!