Future JETtison Heard back from JET last night: I'm in. So the next step would be signing up for GRE and begin grad school considerations, among other things. Somehow I'm not as excited about it as I thought I would be. For the past few months I've been living on the empty promise of JET and the possibility of arriving at that cross-road. Been living on a constant state of hope. Now that the promise is fulfilled, somehow the feeling of emptiness continues. Now that I'm at that cross-road, I still feel a little bit lost as to how to take that next step. I suppose it's better this way. Because nothing has really changed as to how my life is shaping up...yet.

Skipped Japanese class today and played at Danny K's. Practiced for about an hour and half, then prompted the old man at the next table (well, okay, old middle-aged man) to play. His name's Danny, as in Danny K, as in the person who puts the Danny K in Danny K's Billiards. Awesome shooter, in maybe 6 games broke and ran out 3 times. Friendly chatter, plus introduction to a few other shooters: Wayne, who runs the tournament, and Tom, some guy with a brown leather double case. Dropped the line that I might play in the tournament Thursday, think I will.