The real update
I feel like I haven't actually updated in a while. Which is too bad because I feel like there have been a million wonderful things going on.
First off, Lizzie Tracee and I adopted a wonderfully adorable puppy who Kirsten then named Hugo. He's a puggle (half pug, half beagle), is now about 5 months old and is the light (and annoyance) of our lives right now. The cats, of course, are simeltaneously intrigued and thuroughly irritated by him. He's got a lot to learn in the ways of manners, but he's gotten so much better since we've had him and I'm truly in love.
I also got a new job. Hooray!!!!! And it's kind of perfect. I'm working at the Creative Arts Team (the organization my Applied Theatre Program runs out of- they are a very well-established arts activism program who do a lot of work in the public school, prisons and various places around the country). It's part time, so I can spend the rest of my time working on school stuff. I'm actually working with a program I care about, it's just as diverse a group as Reebok and it's a great opportunity to see the inner-workings of a functional non-profit. Plus, as much as I loved Reebok, it feels SO good to be out of there. I feel like I learned some really valuable things and I'm really grateful to all the folks there for making my time there as good as it was. That being said, I was really ready to be out and working on something had an investment in.
Classes have been brilliant. I go from being totally overwhelmed with the amount of stuff I need to do and the number of things I'm learning, to wanting to take on 3 billion more projects because it's all so exciting. We had our first real-life application of the stuff this weekend as me and 2 other people in my class we led 30 teenagers in a hour and a half project about Rachel Corrie. The teens (who were an AMAZING group) were incredibly receptive and seemed to really be interested in what we were doing and invested in the topic. It was terrifying and I have something like 3 million changes I would love to make to the actual presentation, but it was incredible to put it all into practice.
We're also working on touring From the Inside, Out to a number of high schools and colleges in the country. We've got a HUGE episode of The Gifted Girls coming out on the 31st and we're working hard core on the non-profit status for 4th Meal.
It's so much stuff. Sometimes overwhelming, but I don't think I want it to end.
First off, Lizzie Tracee and I adopted a wonderfully adorable puppy who Kirsten then named Hugo. He's a puggle (half pug, half beagle), is now about 5 months old and is the light (and annoyance) of our lives right now. The cats, of course, are simeltaneously intrigued and thuroughly irritated by him. He's got a lot to learn in the ways of manners, but he's gotten so much better since we've had him and I'm truly in love.
I also got a new job. Hooray!!!!! And it's kind of perfect. I'm working at the Creative Arts Team (the organization my Applied Theatre Program runs out of- they are a very well-established arts activism program who do a lot of work in the public school, prisons and various places around the country). It's part time, so I can spend the rest of my time working on school stuff. I'm actually working with a program I care about, it's just as diverse a group as Reebok and it's a great opportunity to see the inner-workings of a functional non-profit. Plus, as much as I loved Reebok, it feels SO good to be out of there. I feel like I learned some really valuable things and I'm really grateful to all the folks there for making my time there as good as it was. That being said, I was really ready to be out and working on something had an investment in.
Classes have been brilliant. I go from being totally overwhelmed with the amount of stuff I need to do and the number of things I'm learning, to wanting to take on 3 billion more projects because it's all so exciting. We had our first real-life application of the stuff this weekend as me and 2 other people in my class we led 30 teenagers in a hour and a half project about Rachel Corrie. The teens (who were an AMAZING group) were incredibly receptive and seemed to really be interested in what we were doing and invested in the topic. It was terrifying and I have something like 3 million changes I would love to make to the actual presentation, but it was incredible to put it all into practice.
We're also working on touring From the Inside, Out to a number of high schools and colleges in the country. We've got a HUGE episode of The Gifted Girls coming out on the 31st and we're working hard core on the non-profit status for 4th Meal.
It's so much stuff. Sometimes overwhelming, but I don't think I want it to end.