So now that graduation is approaching kind of fast, I can't help but think, "Oh shit!" What are you doing after you graduate? Have you thought about it? Well don't think too hard because you just may have a panic attack. I have found peace of mind in the last few days however, in a pretty far out way.

Earlier this week I got a phone call from my local Peace Corps recruiter. Apparently the on-line application I had done reached her and the ball had begun to roll. After the call and a subsequent e-mail disclosing futher information I had a small wave of euphoria rush over me. I do not have to worry about life after Pierce just yet. For at least the next two years I will be serving mankind in some part of the world. In the words of Johnny Cash, "I don't know where I'm bound." I won't know where they want me to go. I don't know what they want me to do. All I know is that I'm available.

Two years seems more like an eternity now that the Peace Corps is now a reality for me. As badly as I want to do it I still feel hesitant to commit..although I sort of already have. I will stick this out. First of all I want to do something for someone else. If you are reading this that means you have a computer adn you probably have an education and some cash in the bank. Therefore you should dedicate some small portion of your life to a community that has no computers and no banks. Maybe that's not fair, but I kind of believe that.

Secondly, I have a friend serving in Namibia right now in the Peace Corps. If I don't go through with it this kid will call me a pussy for the rest of my life. This friend hates attention so I won't mention Sam Dolphs name. Woops.

I lost the point of this a while back. Perhaps I just wanted to get this out. I think most of us graduating seniors have some small fear of what will happen to us next. I will take comfort in the fact that I will be doing something more important than you. Hmmm. That sounds arrogant.