Thursday, March 27, 2008

Il Futuro

Near Future: I have to take an upper-level Italian next quarter. Don't get me wrong, I love the Italian language; but I haven't taken Italian in two years. "Il Futuro" is about the extent of language skills. And the Italian word il futuro is about as close as I get to communicating what my future holds.

Future: One more quarter, one more quarter, one more quarter ... and then college is over. 10 weeks -- yikes. Until this Spring Break I was so comfortable with graduation and my post-graduation plans: chill out and make some money, travel around the U.S., the world. But that particular reality-avoiding fantasy didn't stand up to Spring Break. Yes, I still plan on traveling, but I'm going to have to get a job -- a real job. (As my mom says, "someone with a college degree doesn't waitress for a living.")

It's not so bad. What do I want my future to look like? A series of adventures -- a bunch of different jobs (with theater a part of every phase). So, I just need to start the adventures!

Yeah, I'm pretty scared. I don't know if it makes me feel better that the majority of my friends are going through the same thing. Solidarity. We're gonna rock this bitch (if by "bitch," I mean world).

On an different note (Eb?), my poor little sister got a wisdom tooth out, my red-blood cell count was 43 when I went to give blood (yay iron!), my new house is freaking cool, and I'm going to Cleveland this weekend to support my friend and -- I hope -- party.

List of jobs I wouldn't mind having within the next year:

1. Working for a news radio station (Cinci's NPR station isn't hiring right now, grr)
2. Working in Development, Education, PR, or Marketing for a theatre (So far, I don't have enough experience for the theaters around the area. I might be looking at an internship)
3. Editing for a theater magazine (Dramatics is based in Cinci!)
4. Working abroad -- hostel, pub, theater(!), teaching

I need to start talking to people -- the only way to get a job anymore is to know someone who knows someone who is doing something you want to be doing.

Look, Charlotte found a picture of me online!

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