Argh.

In my most Charlie Brown moments there is nothing more appropriate than a well-placed "Argh". And my pursuit of a career in academics feels like Charlie Brown's own quest to kick the football. Just when I think I've got my strategy all figured out, I keep running into the same problem: it's difficult to kick a ball that gets moved from in front of my foot.

And so I continue to research and attempt to write. No matter how much I try to make my objectives small and attainable, I find myself drawn to conceptions of changing the world and discovering theatre that affects me with its passion and power. Those who know me know well my potential for binging on the critical side of a discussion--often emphasizing what didn't work over what did--in my attempt to understand how the production missed the passionate aim.

But I am really committed to this effort and if my life continues to be punctuated with falling on my rear after another attempt to kick the bloody football...well, I think there are worse things.