phone interviews & pains in the ass

I had my phone interview for the Peace Corps today. I think it went pretty well. I'm trying not to think about it too much, since past experience has taught me that the more confident I feel about something, the harder I tanked it. (& vica versa.)

Anyway, Melissa--my recruiter--& I talked about general interview stuff, & then moved on to things like "how do you feel changing your personal appearance to align more closely w/ a different culture?" & then came the language training questions. Good thing I love languages. I think that might be one of the things I'm looking forward to the most: learning a new language. She also asked questions about whether I'm a vegetarian (no), & would I feel comfortable eating different cuisines. Now, I know she has to ask these questions, but basically, if it's not American, I'm down w/ it. I'll pretty much try anything once. What the hell is the point of experiencing new things if you're gonna crap all over the way someone else does them?

So, other than that, things have been slow. My surgery, which I promised I would talk a little more about goes something like this: pilonidal disease. It sucks, alot. It's not life-threatening, but a major pain in the ass, literally, if you're like me & have to deal w/ a chronic acute abscess. Basically, it's a cyst that becomes infected. That's not the troubling part. It's the location that sucks. It's tucked down at the base of your spine. Yeah. So I've had surgery on my ass three times now, w/ an incision of 4-5 inches each time. The real issue is w/ healing & giving the area the proper wound care. All of these things are debated by different surgeons, all of whom are arrogant bastards who I cannot wait to have no further dealings w/.

Well, to wrap this up (cause sitting in this chair is really not possible for me): my stitches itch, they look ugly, I feel ugly, my ass hurts, my hips hurt & I'm pretty bored. I'd take a pain pill, but I haven't even eaten yet today. I guess that's something can do next...