Doesn’t this look like a lot of fun? We see this every weekend from the house. This was taken from the top of the roof. Someday, I’m going to go hang gliding and sky diving.
Month: July 2004
H O T
When I showed up for work yesterday at 4pm, the temperature was at 104 degrees on the set. On top of that, management decided to make us walk to the theater rather than our usual trip in the van. The van doesn’t have air conditioning but is still a welcome ride in comparison to walking to a theater in such high heat. We have no control over this new change in policy either.
When you’re outside sweeping a set with a broom in 104 degree weather, it makes you think of better times. It makes you want a better job. It’s hot, it’s hot, and it’s hot!
At home, I’m usually sitting around on my computer or watching TV. The heat usually starts to attack during the noon hour and lasts for the rest of the day. Last night, I arrived home at around 11:30pm because I was stuck in traffic for almost 2 hours. Yeah, seriously! It was 11pm and traffic was backed up for 5 miles on Interstate 5 north of the 5/14 intersection. When I got into my room, the temperature in my room alone was probably in the upper 80s or lower 90s. I open my door, turn my fan on and try to hope that by the time I need to put my head to rest the room temperature has dropped by about 20 or more degrees. Sometimes it’s almost impossible to reach those temperatures because it’s still in the upper 70s outside at 11pm.
Because I was home for half of Sunday, we decided to run the air conditioner for the first time in I don’t know how long. Even then, it was almost unbearable. The scary thing about this heat is that we’re only 13 days into July, and it’s going to be this way until at least the end of August…
here’s why
If you had asked me a year ago whether or not this would be what I’d be doing, I would have laughed in your face. I would have called you crazy and dismissed your question as just plain silly. Yet, I face the facts. I am here, I am applying myself, I am super busy.
I have two jobs, one at my internship and the other at Six Flags. I haven’t yet directly mentioned the theme park for reasons of censorship, but I feel comfortable enough now. It keeps me so busy lately and I feel like most of my free time is spent preparing for it or winding down from it. This weekend is my first weekend free to myself in over a month and it feels really good so far.
My job at the park is with the Batman show. I am a stage technician and I am in charge of helping the actors with their costumes as well as cleaning and preparing props and the stage for shows. It’s a physically intensive job and very good for me in that sense because I am so lazy about working out. As much as I don’t enjoy the low pay, I know this job is benefiting me physically. It also puts me in a social situation of working with lots of people, which I’m not used to being that I’ve been working with computers for so long.
During the show, I have such responsibilities as changing Batman costumes, Batgirl costumes, and starting some vehicles. There are so many different little things going on but I’d rather not bore you with the details.
As enjoyable as this summer job is, I am hoping that sooner than later I can find something suitable for me in the music field. My internship isn’t going to guarantee me a job, only experience. So I now begin my journey of establishing another source of income designing web pages as well as trying to continue to network with people in the industry. Being in it for yourself is very difficult when you don’t know many people, and being shy on top of all of that hinders my chances. I hope I learn how to make it happen soon because I am so ready to continue with this chapter of my life. It’s exciting, there’s much potential and I can’t wait to see what happens next!
uninspired and tired
I enjoy my website. I enjoy writing in here to update my life. I know people enjoy reading what happens to me from day to day. But recently, I’ve been so uninspired to write and that’s large in part to my busy schedule. But I know that if I really wanted to type something worth reading, I could have. It’s just been pretty slow as of lately and I don’t want to update this thing with a lot of meaningless verse.
I have four more consecutive days of work this week before I get my whole weekend off, which I’m very much looking forward to! I don’t work well with this kind of busy schedule where I have just a few hours a day to enjoy myself and relax. This has been a common problem throughout my life as well because I’m sorta afraid of going into a normal job that requires such hours. And then having a family on top of that is going to be so difficult.
I have more to say now and will continue as soon as I feel the time is right.