keepin’ busy
School
I can’t wait for the semester to be over. I skipped class last Tuesday because I am sick of going to class. I look forward to having my weekday evenings back. I feel like I’m learning the structure of article writing but when it comes to the grammar side of things…I still feel like I’m hanging out in 6th grade. I have decided not to take class in summer even though I am tempted by a documentary storytelling class.
Work
I will be teaching first summer session (woot! woot!). The class I’m teaching is “New Media and Technology.” There are 14 students registered so far and it will meet Tuesdays and Thursday from 1-4. Here is the generic course description:
Broad overview of current trends and new forms of media and technology and their potential effects. Course focuses on the World Wide Web, interactive media, online services, digital photography, and other current topics. Lecture/lab, discussion, hands-on experience with computer applications, including fundamentals of website design.
Still haven’t heard if my position will be renewed or not. I did find a cool job at mediastorm.org that I’m going to apply for. Trying to keep my eyes open and psych myself for another possible job search.
Other than not knowing my future and the pay, my job is great!
Freelance
I’ve had about 10 hours of work each in February and March so that has helped pad the ol’ pocket book. It hasn’t been design work. It’s just been updating Wordpress and some photo editing. I really enjoy photo editing.
One of the students I worked with at IU has hired me to design him a “business” card. It was fun to just and think of ideas. I sent him four mock ups yesterday.
Volunteering
I have been frustrated with volunteering but the last couple of meetings have been refreshing. I was feeling overwhelmed because we still do not have a lot of people involved. We now have activities for when people do get involved and that was my goal. There has also been some changes to patrol. Now that the warm season is around the corner, we expect our loitering problem to rise. When the problem increases that is when folks will come to complain and, hopefully, stay to help solve/reduce the issue.
Dating
I deleted my profile from FastCupid. I am bored with the dating site thing but glad I tried it out. I’ve gone on a couple of dates with Terry a guy I met at chainlink bar night a few weeks ago. It was cool meeting him on that night in particular. My date for the night canceled and going to bar night was Plan B for the evening. I dig this guy and hope we can brew up fun times for awhile.
