A chicken with its head cut off...

What can I say... I seriously think I must be crazy.

As many of you know, I decided a few months ago that I was going to go back to school to study Radio Broadcasting. Radio was my original "that's what I want to be when I grow up" plan before it was derailed by people who supposedly knew better. Classes began Oct. 6 and needless to say it's been a bit of an adjustment. When I originally met with the admissions guy, he started explaining to me how the class schedule worked. I don't think I was fully grasping it. I decided to take 12 hours thinking I'd only have classes 3 days a week. Well, apparently one of the classes actually meets twice a week. So Mon-Thurs, I'm in class from 8-12 then I get to do my full time job after that. Needless to say my days are a little long. It's kind of a trial thing. At times, I believe I'm more productive at work then I have been in a while. I manage to avoid the typical morning "lets grab a coffee and catch up" thing that happens as people trickle in to the office. I still get my catching up in, it's just not as prolonged as it used to be. Also, I think the class load will lighten up when my transfer credit classes kick in for the others in my program.

Well enough about my crazy schedule and on the to good stuff... Apparently, I'm good at it! I know it's really early in the program, but I received a fantastic compliment from one of my instructors. In my first Radio Studio Operations class, we had 5 mins to pre-read a script then we had to record it. The following class, the instructor reviewed the recordings with us individually. During the recording, he took notes on things we needed to work on. This includes things like reading accuracy, voice & articulation. I noticed he had a notepad with all of our names written in a column with shorthand & notes next to it. I only had one thing written next to my name. I have a slight prominent S which apparently he didn't even think was a problem. He didn't give me any exercises to work on it and told me he thinks it was due to nervousness or bad mic placement. He said I have a great sounding voice and has no doubt that I will do well in the industry. Yay!

Anyhow. Other than the actual class stuff, the classmate aspect has been interesting. A chunk of the class is those fresh out of high school crowd but also a good chunk of us are at least a few years out of high school. There's even a little more than a handful of people older than me or right about the same age. It's an interesting and fun dynamic. It seems the younger group seem shocked that I'm 29. One of the girls said she would have never guessed over 25. I was even told by one classmate that I was "aging really well." Wow... Am I really at that age where I can be told that? It made me laugh so hard. Oh well, Good Times.

Let's see. What else is happening? Well not much really. I was dating for a bit, but ultimately had to decide that I don't have time for anything much right now. Plus, I'm enjoying the radio thing so much right now and it just feels right. I owe it to myself to figure out where it will lead me. It can be a compliment to what I do now or a secondary thing, or I could go all out and perhaps some of you will hear me on the airwaves one day. So, I pulled my self off Match and spending my free time doing homework & vegging out on WoW. (I know... NERD!) Other than that, my favorite holiday is this week! Yay!!! I can't wait to see the kids all dressed up and of course - Ghost Hunters has it's annual live episode. (I know... HUGE NERD!) I'm also anxiously awaiting Nov. 8 when I'm going to see Avenged Sevenfold!!! They're coming with Buckcherry so Stacia will deal with A7X for me and I'll only semi-suffer through Buckcherry for her. Speaking of music, as a bunch of you are aware, I actually attended the New Kids On The Block concert last Tuesday. I planned on going for what I was calling the "Trainwreck Factor." I couldn't imagine how they could do all the music of the past. I was amazed! It was actually a fantabulous show. They were on stage for about 2.5 hours and it was pretty much non-stop. It probably helped that I had great seats (Floor Row 11). When they came out I just looked at them and suddenly I felt like I was 10 again. I am thoroughly impressed with their show and hope those of you going to see them soon enjoy it!

Kitty Update: The furkids are getting along swimmingly. Sheer proof that Rufus just needed another buddy to keep him occupied. Stuart is being a little pain the ass, however I think most of it is still a bit of kitten insanity. I hold on to a shread of hope that he'll outgrow it.

That's enough for now. I've been my typical verbose self. Hope all is well on your side of things!

Cheers,
Franz