Tuesday, May 25, 2010

the end of an era

LOST's finale reminds me of some papers I've written: I start out the paper bringing up creative ideas, intriguing back-stories and compelling mysteries for a few pages.  Then I realize I'll have to double or triple the page count in order to satisfactorily answer the questions I've posed, and, being too lazy and probably on my 6th Starbucks doubleshot and 2nd hour of sleep, decide to just go ahead and wrap it up.  I quickly funnel the loose ends into a shitty "well see, you should really think about that and be good humans, and what if it is all a dream, meaning of life blah blah" catch-all ending, and pass out with my head on the desk.  So you see, ABC writers, we're not that different.  My professors were probably just as let down as SEVERAL MILLION VIEWERS are right now.  Not a big deal.

Friday, May 07, 2010

¡Deséame suerte!

Today is officially the day where I start making use of my degree.  I took a job with the U.S. Census, and under "languages spoken" in the application, I entered Spanish, because a) it would help me get the job, and b) I actually do, on some level, speak Spanish.  It is very very entorpecido, rusty, but how am I going to brush up on it again if I don't practice?  This will be the right combination of pressure to perform and not actually mattering too much in order to get me to do it, I think.