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I am excited about our border trip. We are finally buying things, like tickets, and contacting people. There is a chance that we will be published, which is kind of amazing. We are working with a former professor of C, who is now teaching a border related studio at Berkeley. I need to send out a million emails confirming appointments. I feel like I have to be the nag when there are organizational things that need to be done. Is it because my mother instilled excess worry in me? Or that C would completely drop the ball. We are making an extended stop over in Marfa and if you are in Texas and want to make a run for the border, I am sure we can meet up with you. The Texas part of our trip will be happening the third week of September. I hope this trip doesn't fall flat. I initially set the bar lower, thinking we would self publish something on Lulu that would be available for free in limited distribution, with the possibility of working my only 'connection' to do an installation in a obscure gallery space.
I am forcing myself to cook beans so that I will have time to sent down and start sending out more applications for jobs. I am a bit worried about jobs, not because of the economy, but because the people who took the summer off are now looking too. I feel like cover letters always sound cheesy. Maybe it is just my cover letters. I am not good at selling myself or working connections. I don't know if this is ultimately a fault, because I know I could have gotten more out of Columbia if I did. I like to think that now I know that I earned everything that I have received because no ass-kissing or questionable connections were used.
I am forcing myself to cook beans so that I will have time to sent down and start sending out more applications for jobs. I am a bit worried about jobs, not because of the economy, but because the people who took the summer off are now looking too. I feel like cover letters always sound cheesy. Maybe it is just my cover letters. I am not good at selling myself or working connections. I don't know if this is ultimately a fault, because I know I could have gotten more out of Columbia if I did. I like to think that now I know that I earned everything that I have received because no ass-kissing or questionable connections were used.