Heat.

Insomnia… It’s not a condition that I have but I am experiencing the symptoms. It’s the dog days. The night is still and hot. I can’t sleep.

I know that I promised 5 songs on Friday, but here they are.

1. Open Arms- Journey
I heard this for the first time in a long time while on the way back from North Carolina. I know it’s journey but seriously Steve Perry ,hero of the bros, is not bad.

2. Mr. Sincere- Raekwon
“kamikaze yankee thank me” It’s enough for the sample that’s used.

3. Saturday Morning- Real Estate.
It was raining last Sunday, and this was the perfect sound track for coffee and quite. I don’t think there is anything as therapeutic as the sound of rain and this song. Try it next time it rains.

4.Little Brother – Grizzle Bear.
So good. I think yellow house is still my favorite album. For some reason this song always reminds me of this the oath of the Oath of the Horatii painted by David.



5. Pap Smear – Crystal Castles.
The track is amazing. It’s like listening to a sequin dress.

Dog Days.

I know ,I know, I lied. I said I'd keep up with this thing, and I haven't. I'll try to make amends.

Just for continuity’s sake I’ll fill in the blank about Charlottesville. The job was for me to be the night side photographer, which is good. But because of the economy, which is bad, it was a “max part time” position. Basically they chopped an hour of a full time job and called it that. At this point I was thinking, “Okay, maybe this could still work out. It’s not that bad here.” Then I found out that I would be making 9.50 U.S. dollars an hour. My mouth was open. I know that I just got out of college and I shouldn’t be hoping for too much, but my high school neighbor who babysits 5 days a week is making more than that! They also told me that it would be OK to get a second job. It may seem more of a clear decision than it actually was. I gave it some thought and I decided to pass. Finding and moving into a new apartment on 9.50 hr wasn’t worth the foot in the door opportunity.

It's now August and still all quiet on the job front. But much like trench warfare I have made slow progress. I've decided to take a chance with the PR world. Ideally I would love to be an in-house production person; someone who has the creative freedom to shoot and edit video, interviews, and a variety of content. Since most of my experience has been in video production, it feels right. I’m more of a creative person.

To be honest I didn't feel that the news/ sports side gave me the creative leeway that I really like. There's no real art in news. There could be http://bop.nppa.org/2010/tv_and_web_video/editing/winners/. The topic of the story is pretty weird/ boring, but it’s really well done. It might be a ‘foot in the door,’ but I just can’t see myself doing something like that on a daily basis.

Switching gears: Just to make myself work on this more often I'm going to start putting a run down of 5 weekly songs that I've been listening to constantly, and 5 things in the news that I’ve been keeping up with. I’ve already set up the alerts to do such things!

Like I said before, random web explorers who washed on my blog’s desolate shores, feel free to comment on things.

As always Upwards and Onwards.

AH HA !!!

YEAH, you thought that I forgot about this bad boy. Well, to be honest I did. It was senior year and I was drunk with the heady power of college nostalgia. Now I am a college graduate and extremely unemployed, which is how I have come to rediscover this thing. Kinda like Columbus with America. All my other posts have been mere Viking expeditions into the world of blogging, but from here on out, it's all Spanish, mainly a journal of my job hunting experiences. So if you accidentally stumble upon this, here is the run down.

I just graduated from Virginia Tech.
I majored in Communications/Broadcast production (why?) and English (I like books and writing)
I’m looking for a job in the broadcast industry. Hopefully Sports probably News.
And I have been at it for about a week.

Basically I would really like to get into sports broadcasting. Over this last semester I worked on a show called "Virginia Tech Sports" ,and I really enjoyed it. So, my lofty goal is to hopefully make that a career.

I’ve been applying for jobs and my ideal would be to get a job with Comcast Sports Net. It's local and they do some good work. One of my professors said that regional sports networks are often over looked by graduates and that it's not unreasonable to start out there. Maybe it’s a bit advantageous trying to break into the number market but I’m confident.

But is television really going to be my career? I'm not totally sold on it, to be honest. I'm still kicking around the idea of law school, and maybe getting into the PR industry. It seems like a law degree would be useful, especially communications law (with the growth of social media) and I really liked the law class that I took last semester. I know that it was undergrad and really was nothing like an actual factual law class, but I found the material to be interesting, and it required some thinking, so that's got to count for something.

Having mentioned my doubts about the television industry as a career I have an interview tomorrow in Charlottesville. It should be interesting. If I get it I'm not sure if I'll accept it. The position isn't that great, but in this job market, who am I to be greedy with work? Should I take this opportunity as a sign of upcoming job prosperity where I can be selective and see what else comes down, or should I just jump at the first thing?

In the words of Arrested Development, "I've made a huge a mistake." (See posts below) But tonight “I'm going to rest my chemistry” - one of the two songs I actually like on the new/old Interpol.

MG
Upwards and Onwards.

Yah, well... wow.

Ok, so i haven't been here in awhile. And for those who care here is the update.

I have been living in Blacksburg for the summer, and interning at WSLS (news channel 10. 10 on you're side.) That has been interesting. It's unpaid which is bummer, but experience is experience so hopefully this will pay off in the future. So far it’s been good. I feel like I’ve learned a lot, and thankfully it's almost over. To be honest time has flown by.

I've been back to Alexandria, once accompanied by a lovely companion by the name of Foster. He's my cat, and he's pretty cool. I don't think he can see well which leads to his uncharacteristic feline clumsiness... which is both sad, and comical. Krusty the klown had it right... comedy is only funny when it happens to someone with dignity. Which all cats have in spades, so needless to say seeing him jump and misjudge is a little but funny.

I went and saw sonic youth a week or so ago. It was a great show! I think that i finally have something that beats the surprisingly awesome Built to Spill show that Paul and I went too. It was like going from reading Shakespeare too going to the globe and seeing a production. It was incredible... but something that i don't feel is interesting enough to dwell on. I think Shakespeare is the best author of all time... and any comparison is meaningful.

I took one summer class, and got an A, now I’m learning how to direct, and writing news casts. It's good. I work mainly with the Fox producer, Rachel, and she is awesome. Her and I write really similarly so we get along great. I whish that i would have spent more time writing, because that's become something that i think I’ll be good at. It's local news so nothing revolutionary, but it's nice to be around people who think that SW.VA is a little strange as well. During a Shaq press conference highlight, the sports guy, appy, had to bleep damn. i asked him why and he said " you have to remember where we are." it was funny. He thought that it was ridiculous as well.

The end of school was all right, didn't do as well as i hoped, but nothing is perfect. Just try again this fall. Crew is over? i mean i think it is, but apparently I’m coaching... still haven't made up my mind about that.

So that's about it.

I Miss Em

I Miss Em...

21 and a week

It’s a strange feeling when things start to make impacts on you. I’m sitting in the living room of the apartment listening to the beach boys. I just have this uncontrollable feeling of melancholy. It’s strange. I guess this past week was synonymous with life. It was Spring Break and I was stuck in town with crew practices. I remember on Monday taking to my friend Emily and being amazed that it was only Monday and that this beak would take forever. It’s now Sunday and I can’t remember where the time went. It’s an awful feeling to have an entire week blow past and not feel like anything was accomplished.

Another that is starting to dawn on me is that fact that I am now 21. 21 and week. I was in the store today buying two bottles of wine, and the checkout guy asked how I like being 21. It was the first time that anyway had asked that. It caught me off guard, and I said that it was all right. That it felt like nothing much had changed. The attendant said that’s how he felt about it too. His manager added that after 21 you wake up and in no time you’re 30. These words might be the most frightening things ever.

I feel like until you are 21 you are always looking forward to birthdays. That each year is a step closer to the attainment of some goal. I guess I finally reached the destination of my year gathering. Now I’m hear I just want to give them all back, and relive it again. Sadly I don’t think that’s how the system works. I’m left with an undeniable feeling of what now? I guess my next big life event will be the graduating of college, but truth be told I’m not looking forward to that as well.

Listen to the Beach Boys. I don’t care who you are Pet Sounds will love you. Brian Wilson at one time wanted to believe in the romantic ideals in this album. I want to believe them too.

#3 It's been busy.

It's been a busy few days, strangely. It all started on Sunday when i cleaned the crap out of the appt. It may have been the hanging smell of a pan fried steak from some early morning hour that was the spark for this trend of cleanliness, but whatever the cause it was sorely needed. It looks better now. Had dinner with emily and grace that night, did some reading for class and then went to bed.

Monday was an absolute show. I told grace that i would drive her around to random rescue squads to see if she could volunteer. So i did that in the morning. Then came the matter of fixing my bike. A link in my new 70 bone chain bowed out, what a load, and the back tire tube had a slow leak. So monday morning, and early afternoon were dedicated to bike maintenance and motoring. It was interesting driving with a freaking out grace. After that went to classes, got into a bike accident, and filmed my first TV project in a few years. It's total crap. I'm going to re-shoot tomorrow...

Today wasn't as bad. I'm just missing out on my usual after practice nap. It's taking it's toll. Little zoned out in class most of the time. I spent an hour fifteen this morning coloring in all the open spaces in the letters on this hand out. Tried to edit my project to see if i could make it work. Linear editing is the worst system. I hate it. Pretty much did megans project for her. In the process,though, i did meet her roommate katey who's major cool.

I have become recently obsessed with the Breeders. A kinda of off-shoot of the pixies but not really. Just listen to Pod, and Last Splash. I was expecting a more pixie-esque sound, but what i got is an eclectic mix. Some track sound like MBV turned a little down with stronger vocals, and others have a folksy southwestern ballad feel. It's good early 90's music.

TMC had some great movies on this past saturday. I watched Gunga Din and Lawrence of Arabia. Lawrence still amazes me. Just the shot compositions in the film alone make it worth while. My favorite is when Lawrence has gone back into the desert for Gahsan, and one of the Lawrence's "servants" is waiting of the desert fringe. You'll know it when you see it. It's too perfect.