Today is the first day of the rest of your weekend
- Radio Workshop, hands down my favorite class of the year, wrapped up last night. I have learned many things this year, but persistent and nagging anxieties that I haven't learned enough or the right things are still occasionally fluttering around. My last several pieces were, to my mind, boring and unnecessary. I'd hoped to have them be the shining culmination of a year practicing a new set of skills; instead, I listened to my classmate's final pieces and wished we didn't have to play mine. If my stuff had been actually bad, then at least I'd have something to correct. How do you correct "mediocre?"
There's definitely a mournful, "summer camp will be over soon" feeling around the J-school, and it's no wonder. We've gone through a very intense year together: for most of us, far more intense than our entry-level jobs will prove for years, yet. Soon, people will disperse to the four corners of the globe.
I have one more class meeting, Tuesday night. That's it.
- I officially start at The Takeaway on Monday. I unofficially started several weeks ago. I'm starting to brainstorm about what we want to do with the online side of things, and I'm getting pretty psyched at the possibilities.
- Our apartment is filthy and cluttered.
- Elvis Costello released a new album this week: listening to just the first two bars of the first two songs, I can tell I'm going to like it. Thank you, iTMS.
- After several days of rain, the sun has finally come out; as a result, I can see more clearly than I could before, allowing me to accurately get a count of the obstacles in my way.
- This morning, I intend to play the new Elvis Costello album loudly through our speakers and clean the house. And then, maybe, cook something. A bright, bright, bright sunshiny day, indeed.