Write a resum� for your heart. What kind of "job" is it looking for? Seasonal training? Long-term development? What are its skills? Crisis management? Endurance? Outreach?

Break down your heart's "past experience." When did it first come of age (graduate)? Where, when, and for how long were its most formative periods? Be creative. For each period, what were your heart's duties and responsibilities? What closed that particular chapter? A better position elsewhere? A "career change"? Getting "fired"?

This doesn't have to be a romantic resum� � is your heart stubborn? Loyal? Giving? Does it have major accomplishments? Surviving tragedy? Changing lives?

�Diarist.Net Spark

To Whom It May Concern,

I'm writing this in regards to finding a place for my heart. It's been stuffed in a safety jar for protection. Sometimes I let her out to frolick on stage, in front of a camera, at a karaoke bar, in my mind with imagination and [a looooooooooooooooong time ago] indulging in lesbian "activities". My heart is looking for a place of uninhibition, sweet voices, no judgement but with plenty of love, compassion and humour: This is very important. You must allow her to amuse others and keep her mind off of troubled past events. I'm submitting her resume for your consideration.

Yours Truly,

Chuffnutt

Chuffnutt's Heart

Types of Jobs: Dreamer and Entertainer.

Currently: Stewing in a pot of frustration and unfulfillment.

Duration: Until death do us part.

Skills: Will amuse for money, cellphone cards and an unlimited access to movies and music.

Experiences: The love of both parents; the judgement and mockery of misunderstood friends; the rejection of potential loves, casting agents and potential employers; Separation anxiety over moving to various homes and cities, the joy of stage/film craft, the frustration of waiting for busses, strangulation from pent-up desires, unrequited loves; instant gratifications; the joy of like-minded companions; trauma to the sexual self; too many bad chemicals inducing an anxiety attack, and insatiable desires over potential DVD's coming out at Wal-Mart.