Now begins my week of hell. I have 4 interviews in three days for jobs in Portland, Seattle, and Chicago, and 3 pre-interview employer briefings. Then next week, two more of each. My future depends on my ability to answer questions like "tell me a time when you were unable to achieve a goal you had set for yourself." Hopefully in a little over a month I'll know where I'm going to be in a year.

Jen and I went to see Howard Dean this afternoon at the Kohl Center. We were only like 10 feet away, it was pretty cool. Before he came out, we were warmed up with such stellar music as the Ataris' "Boys of Summer." Nothing pumps me up for politics like the Ataris.