March forth

Today's date. It means "to move forward in a decisive and orderly fashion." So today we have a list of things I want to get done in the next month or so, as my still-flexible start date approaches.

- Get a laptop. This entails: talking to a techie about what a cross-country laptop needs; deciding on an operating system; deciding on software; and buying the actual machine. If I end up with a Mac for security reasons, I need to figure out how to play the .wma files Kino produces.

- Field test Kino by asking a friend for a love story.

- Field test both Kino and myself by asking a stranger for a love story. Still need to figure out where; probably a coffee shop.

- Buy a car. Still hoping I get to buy a lightly used Honda Civic.

- Get some cheapie business cards printed from any of a dozen online vendors. Needs to include my name, website, and email. A publicity tool and a way to stay in touch with interviewees as well as a way to seem more credible.

- And get that email (loverslanes at gmail dot com) to forward to my personal email address so I don't have to check it separately.

If these things are done in a month I'll be ready to leave in June easily. I'll have the technology. All I'll need then is the planning and the willpower!