Well, let's see, my life over the past few months has been CRAZY! I've been working nonstop for Barksdale and TheatreIV. It's been a lot of work, but I really enjoy it. I'm hoping it'll pay off in the end with good connections and a fantastic experience. I also started bartending at the childrens' show (which is more of selling cupcakes and juice boxes). So I get to see a lot of people throughout my day. I was going to do the Things Remembered ordeal again this year... but I decided against it. I don't have enough time to focus on two jobs through my full time company in addition to a part time that I didn't even like. Yeah, sure, money. Money's always an issue, though. So I can't spend the greater part of my day working. I need to actually, you know, have a life? Run errands? Normal human things. No big deal.
I've been thinking a lot about next year. I spend a lot of my time thinking about the next year instead of the current moment, but I digress. Last year I remember at this time thinking about my options. I was pretty clueless, though. I went through a grad school rush, thinking I could get it done in a month, but it didn't work out. I thought about moving back to Richmond... which is eventually what happened. I think mostly I thought I was going to be in Pennsylvania working for KDR. That's what should have happened, but oh well. It's not like I didn't qualify or even wasn't selected for the position... they just couldn't afford to bring me on, which was highly disappointing. Then at some point the idea of being a University Fellow at school came up... and although I was completely robbed for that job and would have done a lot better than the people they hired, I'm glad I'm not stuck at CNU thinking I'm glorious when I'm not. So I fell back on my safety plan.
This year the options are as follows:
1 - Grad School: I applied to University of Michigan for their Higher Ed program. I'd love to go here and live in Ann Arbor. It's a nice artsy town, and the school is wonderful. It's been a dream of mine to go there for about five years now. So who knows. Hopefully it can come true?
2 - Richmond: I mean, I could always stay here. My lease ends in August, and I'm planning on moving. I can either end up with the folks, my friend Daniel, anyone who wants to move to Richmond, or whatever. Maybe my internship can turn into a full time position of some sort at Barksdale (but I'll need to be able to be in shows or I won't accept it). We'll see.
3 - Different City: If all else fails, I can just move to another city and start anew. I've thought about DC. That's as far as I've thought so far, haha.
I'll keep everyone posted on what's going on. I'd love to end up out of Virginia next year, but I also need to get some professional show credit under my belt before I move on. We'll see.
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