No, I'm Mr. Brightside

My goals for today are as follows:

• Watch December Bride
• Watch Persona
• Grade my student's objective essays
• Write a paper on Hero
• Read IAC articles
• Create worksheets for tomorrow's class
• Weep for joy that I finished it all OR cry in fetal position that I didn't

This semester may in fact kill me. I'm starting to get extremely stressed about school. What if I don't pass comps, or don't get into a PhD program? I mean on some level, I suppose I could take that as a sign from God that I was not cut out for academia, but then what am I supposed to do? Teach high school?! I just don't think I'd be happy there. Part of me wants to become a chauffeur like Sabrina's dad in Sabrina; he became one "so he'd have time to read." And that's what he did--read (and invested money to become a millionaire). It's too bad I don't enjoy driving all that well.