I can’t afford to live there without a job. And I can’t get a job (apparently) unless I already live there. That, I believe, is the textbook definition of a catch-22.

Meanwhile (speaking of textbooks), I’m also looking at graduate school options. I suppose it’s asking too much to find a program which doesn’t require the GRE for admission, will allow me to apply and register for fall 2004 classes, and which won’t be a total bust financially and academically if I do somehow manage to leave New York before a semester is up, huh?