So in a few short days I will be heading back out to San Diego for Comic Con 09 and I am SSSSOOOOO excited to be going. I have been looking forward to this for about 10 months now. It took a few months to rebound from last year.
This has been perhaps one of the most challenging years in my 30 years, and I need a break from the reality to just geek out and not worry about what anyone else thinks. I was just offered a position (non-paid) as the CAC (Comic Arts Conferences) official coordinator for academic panels and conferences at Comic-Cons. This is a HUGE offer and will hopefully allow me to begin getting my foot in the door for other ventures. Also, it will look great on my CV when I head back to grad school for my Phd.
I think I finally figured out what I want for my first tattoo (I just have to figure out where to put it). It is a line from T.S. Elliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" that states:
"In a minute there is time for decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse."
My life, as of late has been in a constant state of flux. It seems that I am constantly running from one moment to the next, and just when I think everything is fine, the coin flips and I am running again. This line stuck out to be the other night as I was doing some prep work of a college literature class I am teaching this summer. I love Elliot, and have all of Prufrock memorized, but this line had never hit so hard as it did then. Between the divorce, trying to balance time with my kids, attempting to build a completely non existent social life, work (all three jobs), and catching even an hour of sleep before it all starts again, I am constantly running with little to no direction.
Take today, for example. I got off work @ midnight, went home to pack for a weekend trip to see my kids, stayed up until 2:30 doing laundry so I had something to wear, slept until 6:00 when my 3-year-old called me because he had a bad dream and needed some daddy comfort, worked on some personal writing projects until 7:30 got ready for work and went to campus where I teach from 8:30 until 3:50, Once I'm off i get to run home and throw everything in the car, run to the store to purchase materials for making a water balloon launcher, gas up, and make the 2 hour drive to my ex-wifes place. Along the way I get to stop @ the comic books shop to grab my latest fix, return a broken external HD to Wal-mart (i hate that place), and then watch my kids for the evening while my ex is at a baby shower for one of her friends (all of which hate me). After putting the kids to bed I will sit up putting together a Newsletter for a summer school program I work for, and hopefully will get to read a little before I go to sleep The Goal for today is to get more than 4 hours of sleep! I'm going for at least 5.
Minus the drive to the ex's place this is a really common day for me. Fortunately I don't work one of my jobs tonight (because I'm traveling) so I get to cross work from 6-midnight off my list of things to do. YEAH!
I am wondering when my life will slow a little, and when I will get to enjoy a slower pace. Perhaps in a few more years. Anyway, I really need the break and Con is just what the doctor prescribed. Let the healing begin!
Cheers,
Price
p.s. I'v said this in a few of the groups I am a member of, but If anyone wants to meet up for drinks or something let me know I am game.
This has been perhaps one of the most challenging years in my 30 years, and I need a break from the reality to just geek out and not worry about what anyone else thinks. I was just offered a position (non-paid) as the CAC (Comic Arts Conferences) official coordinator for academic panels and conferences at Comic-Cons. This is a HUGE offer and will hopefully allow me to begin getting my foot in the door for other ventures. Also, it will look great on my CV when I head back to grad school for my Phd.
I think I finally figured out what I want for my first tattoo (I just have to figure out where to put it). It is a line from T.S. Elliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" that states:
"In a minute there is time for decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse."
My life, as of late has been in a constant state of flux. It seems that I am constantly running from one moment to the next, and just when I think everything is fine, the coin flips and I am running again. This line stuck out to be the other night as I was doing some prep work of a college literature class I am teaching this summer. I love Elliot, and have all of Prufrock memorized, but this line had never hit so hard as it did then. Between the divorce, trying to balance time with my kids, attempting to build a completely non existent social life, work (all three jobs), and catching even an hour of sleep before it all starts again, I am constantly running with little to no direction.
Take today, for example. I got off work @ midnight, went home to pack for a weekend trip to see my kids, stayed up until 2:30 doing laundry so I had something to wear, slept until 6:00 when my 3-year-old called me because he had a bad dream and needed some daddy comfort, worked on some personal writing projects until 7:30 got ready for work and went to campus where I teach from 8:30 until 3:50, Once I'm off i get to run home and throw everything in the car, run to the store to purchase materials for making a water balloon launcher, gas up, and make the 2 hour drive to my ex-wifes place. Along the way I get to stop @ the comic books shop to grab my latest fix, return a broken external HD to Wal-mart (i hate that place), and then watch my kids for the evening while my ex is at a baby shower for one of her friends (all of which hate me). After putting the kids to bed I will sit up putting together a Newsletter for a summer school program I work for, and hopefully will get to read a little before I go to sleep The Goal for today is to get more than 4 hours of sleep! I'm going for at least 5.
Minus the drive to the ex's place this is a really common day for me. Fortunately I don't work one of my jobs tonight (because I'm traveling) so I get to cross work from 6-midnight off my list of things to do. YEAH!
I am wondering when my life will slow a little, and when I will get to enjoy a slower pace. Perhaps in a few more years. Anyway, I really need the break and Con is just what the doctor prescribed. Let the healing begin!
Cheers,
Price
p.s. I'v said this in a few of the groups I am a member of, but If anyone wants to meet up for drinks or something let me know I am game.
wow that sounds like a big deal, Im sure that will lead to a lot of other great jobs.
that is a great quote.
Damn, sounds like you have a really busy life, I hope things slow down a little and get better.