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A Busy Summer

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June 1st  

Photo courtesy of christabanister.com
Photo courtesy of christabanister.com

I keep wondering if I am biting off more than I can chew. I have my regular part-time job at the booth but my manager has also lent me to a good ex-colleague of mine at the location across from the one I’m at now. Aside from working two to three days a week, I’ll also be helping out two days across the street. I’ll only be there for about a month. Everyone has gone over there, well most people with my tenure have so I figured I might as well get it over with. I have a vacation coming up a week before school starts again so I’m feeling pretty good about that.

My internship officially started last Monday. I’m going to be volunteering for the summer and I’ll be working during the fall for academic credit. It’s a pretty decent experience so far. It’s nostalgic in a way because I am doing work that I’ve done before and I’m at peace about that. I’ll be a communications intern meaning I’ll be doing everything which isn’t a bad thing at all. I updated wikipedia pages today and reorganized photos. I’ll be helping out on the transitioning of one platform to another and doing some PR/marketing related work. I got my badge, t-shirt, and I think I’m ready to go. I still have a lot to learn but man did the hours go by quickly! It was 10:30 AM and next thing you know, it was 1 PM. I’m there during the weekdays from the morning to the early afternoon. It feels good to do what you love and are good at!

I’ve also been helping out my former classmate and friend on promoting and editing for her upcoming film.  This is where I wonder if it all is too much but I know I can do anything I put my mind to. I’ve been lazy for a long time and I really want to get things done. I don’t want to be the person who complains about missed opportunities but then lets them pass one by one. It is going to be a very busy summer indeed.

Today

Just waiting for some emails at work. Nothing new. I like the set up and everything seems to be easy and fine on the internship end. Work at the booth kind of sucks lately. There is just so much drama and I really don’t have time for that right now. Today will be my first day over at the offsite. I’m going to show up a little earlier to take a tour of the place.

I was tough waking up today but I managed it. And then I got stuck in traffic, of course.

The filming has been going great even though I’m not doing any filming. I’ve gotten a better system and things are much more manageable regarding time management. It was a hot mess last week. Somehow, I’m the one working on the website now for the film. It’s only in it’s baby phase but I think it looks amazing. I really like it and I have great ideas for it, too. But of course, most likely people will want me to change it and it’ll end up being something completely different. Oh well. I hope not though.

Poetry!

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For all of you who don’t know me too well, I am an avid writer and reader. I love writing fiction but poetry is something I’ve resorted to when I just need to get all of my emotions out. I try not to share my poetry because I’ve found that it depresses people (too emotionally-driven, perhaps lol?) and the fact that I hate reciting poetry. I simply wish to share and have you all read and ponder. I’ve written poetry since … well, since forever really. I’ve thought about having them professionally published as I already have volumes of poems that are ready for print. At times, I must question if it’s really worth it (my poetry, I mean). I’ll try to post more and more poetry. I honestly need to get back into blogging. I’ve been extremely busy with classes but hopefully I make it out of this period alive!

I wish to share so here is one of the poems I’ve written within the year. I wrote it after I read an article about a school that was pillaged and torched because of the religious differences that existed in the area at the time. I closed my eyes and I imagined what it would’ve been like to have been there. I would like to expand on this poem and all of my poems need revision (because I rarely revise). This one is called, “Like Death During a Fire”. 

Like Death During a Fire

She didn’t dare stir
until footsteps fell no more.
To inhale each breath
seared her lungs like
a bloody steak at the spit, bloody
like the street she lie on.

A servant of God,
she prayed, her lips unmoving,
fearing the earth
below would swallow her
from the inside out.

Screams echoed,
leeching away at her psyche
as the last wall of the school fell
across the street, the last
of the fallen flags.
The smoking flames
scorched her soul,
hellfire in the name of discord.

Half breaths taken at most,
eyes retired bringing
about a Juliet sleep
to survive,
to see a tomorrow.

Also, all of my work is copyrighted. ;) I hope to post more articles in general. I have been working on some great articles on the Atlanta nightlife subcultures that we may or may not be aware of (or at least fully comprehend). It’ll take some time but I know you’ll love it. Take care and happy reading.