I love my job

I just got finished watching a show called The Matchmaker. I must say that I enjoyed it. This is the original play that the show Hello Dolly was based on. It's not a musical, though there was a little bit of music. I watched the play as a part of my Acting class (or Being class as my professor wants to call it). I also got a ticket to go and see the USF production of Twelfth Night. And I didn't have to buy a textbook for this course.

I tell you what. Preparing for shows, rehearsal, tech week, etc. Might be a little bit of hell on earth, but I sure love it. I'm studying how to make art. How great is that? (rhetorical question) Of course there's not much money in it, but that's not what art is for.

I am also studying German. I have a great class on phonetics and pronunciation. I tell you what, phonetics and pronunciation in German is a whole heck of a lot easier than it is in English. At least they follow their rules.

So, I'm studying to teach. Share knowledge with others so that they can get beyond me because they have a foot up. And I will be teaching two subjects that increase communication and awareness in the world. And on top of that, I like both subjects and teaching.

I love my job.

Ima Writerer

Ok, I'm kind of ecstatic right now. I just finished writing my first novel. Well, I guess it's not really a novel, more like a juvenile fiction novel (and the rough draft at that), but it's 19,500 words. I thought about pushing it to 20,000 but I just wasn't up to it yet. I still might, but if I do I don't want it to be just a push for words. It's only a rough draft, so it could go up or down by a couple kilos pretty easy (I'm pretty sure I'll completely cut chapter five because it pulls away from the feeling, point, and plot of the whole thing.).

In other news, My wife read my blog and said, "you sound kind of angsty when you write your blog." She might be right.

On a side note, that's something that I learned in German class. "Das mag wahr sein." It means "that might be true". My german teacher said that this is an invaluable phrase to married people. That's true. Not just the words, because saying something like this without meaning it can lead to all sorts of trouble. But it's true that you should always be open to the fact that your spouse may be correct.

So now I just want to tell you how wonderful it is to be married for five years. Five years and three kids. It's been hard. It's been fights. And most of all, it's been great.

Later