the Dancer - how much do I love this song? *This much* PJ Harvey, you just know.  Play it alongside with Long Snake Moan from the same album and you've nearly attained musical bliss in my ears.

I'm going to attempt a raw food (fruits and veggies, occasional nuts) diet for the next 7 days. I've been feeling overwhelmed easily, and quickly frustrated. I know that this seems like an odd solution to this issue, but trust me. I'm not telling you everything!

So far, I'm two hours into it.  A bowl of cut watermelon for breakfast along with a big glass of freshly made juice of cabbage, carrot, apple, lemon and ginger. My juicer will be getting a workout this next week. Its about time it earned it's pay. Now I know that juiced cabbage sounds gross, but anything juiced from the cabbage family, and the greens family, is intensely good for you. This is why I include the apples, carrots and lemon. To make it taste prettier.

Oh and I'm not giving up coffee. I won't drink so many energy drinks during the day, but by god I'm not giving up coffee and tea.

In the meantime, I'm working on my Fulbright application for Jordan next year. The staff at U of L who I work with are all quite excited about my prospects for this program. I'm applying for an English Teaching Assistantship which will assign me to a school of Jordan's choice in their country, where I will work with students and staff to teach them English in exchange for my living allowance. I would live in Jordan for 10 months, and would be able to work on my own research on my off hours (the ETAship would only take up about 20 hours a week for me) while also working on improving my Arabic.

Hells yes. So I'm working on that heinous application.

In addition to studying for the GRE, which I don't know when I'll take.

In addition to working for U of L (again), this time as the assistant to the director of the Middle East and Islamic Studies program. Which is gratifying, if not a little baffling and bureaucratic.

Off to work. (at Whole Foods.)