This is kind of long-winded and rambling, but the highlight of it is that I got a full-time job at WTVQ as a Director after waiting for over a year. And I'm discovering that the more I direct, the more I like it.
At long last my dream has come true! Well, my dream for now that is. As of Monday Feb. 8 I will move to a full-time position with WTVQ. I will now be Full-time Director Sam and reap all of the benefits it comes with. Needless to say, I'm stoked. I've been smiling the whole time since it was official and also thinking. When I was in college I became unsure as to whether I would enjoy a career in TV/Video and began pondering if I had made the right choice. But I wanted to finish my degree (I never liked the idea of quitting) and ended up with a Production Tech job at WKYT. I worked there for a year and a half and didn't really like it. It was boring and repetitive and there was a lot of time where I sat around and did nothing. Near the end of my time there I began thinking about a new career path and started thinking about being a librarian (something I had considered long ago). Once I lost my job and had some extra time on my hands I began preparing to get a Masters in Library Science. Somewhere along the line I started working part-time at WTVQ. When the station added a show I was offered the chance to become a director. I knew that it was the only path to a full-time job there so I accepted, not sure if I would really enjoy it. That was in November 2008. I've been directing for a little over a year, and am now almost halfway done with my Masters (it's only a 4 semester program) and am starting to doubt my career choice yet again. There are a lot of things I don't like about my job, but that's not important right now. What is important is that there are a lot of things I DO like about it. I've discovered that I really love directing. I never had any desire to do so, but now that I have done it, I enjoy it. And I'm good at it. I love going into the studio and the talent being like "you were directing that? you did a really great job!" or "that was a really clean show." or even, "way to stay calm when everything went wrong." I like being good at something, it feels good. When I told the weekend talent that I may be moving to weekdays once a new weekend director is trained they were upset and said they'd miss my clean shows. So once again, I wonder if library science is the right career path for me. I know that we'll be in Lexington a little while longer while Luis finishes his degree, so there is no reason for me to not finish my Masters. But sometimes I wonder if I will enjoy the library as much as TV. TV is fast-paced and exciting, and there's so much pressure to get everything right because you don't get to do it again. When I first started directing I always felt like I was going to vomit before every show, that doesn't happen anymore, but when it did, and the show went well, there was always this great feeling of accomplishment. I do know two things, I want to leave Lexington in the future and I plan on sticking with my Masters through the end. What do I have to lose but money? I'm hoping doing an internship this summer will help me decide whether I would enjoy being a librarian or not. And when I graduate, if I get another job in TV instead of a library job, I don't think I'll be upset. Some old man once told me that with my personality he didn't see me enjoying a career in librarianship because it wouldn't challenge me. We shall see, old man.
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Saturday, January 2, 2010
books 2009
And now the moment everyone has been waiting for....and by everyone I mean me.....my list of books read in 2009! Only 131 books this year, down from last year's 165 (which can be found here), but I blame grad school and the fact of being employed ALL year on that glitch.
Highlights include:
17 Re-reads (most due to grad school)
Favorites:
The Name of the Wind
The Battle of the Labyrinth/The Last Olympian
The Hero of Ages
Tamora Pierce books
Batman: Year One (what can I say, I love Batman)
Gone and Hunger
The Alchemist Trilogy
Discovering that Dumas had a new(ish) book that had been found in the archives in France.
And a whole stack (almost all) of Caldecott winners and honor books which were not included in this list due to the fact that they take all of 5 minutes to read. Also not included, my library school textbooks because they are boring.
Starred books are re-reads, and yes, I'm aware that I read several books twice in one year, blame grad school for that.
Here's the list:
1. The Name of the Wind – Patrick Rothfuss
2. Moving Targets – Mercedes Lackey
3. The Battle of the Labyrinth – Rick Riordan
4. Holidays on Ice – David Sedaris
5. Kabul Beauty School – Debbie Rodriguez
6. Goodbye, Jimmy Choo – Annie Sanders
7. Tweak – Nic Sheff
8. Winner Take Nothing – Ernest Hemingway
9. Dewey – Vicki Myron
10. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy – Gary D. Schmidt
11. Falling Off the Map – Pico Iyer
12. The Hero of Ages – Brandon Sanderson
13. Locked Rooms – Laurie R. King
14. Coraline – Neil Gaiman
15. Sun in Glory – Mercedes Lackey
16. The Wednesday Wars – Gary D. Schmidt
17. Rifles for Watie – Harold Keith
18. Deep and Dark and Dangerous – Mary Downing Hahn
19. The Time Paradox – Eoin Colfer
20. The Pirate Hunter – Richard Zacks
21. A Confederacy of Dunces – John Kennedy Toole
22. Deadline – Chris Crutcher
23. Parzival – Katherine Paterson
24. The Blade Itself – Joe Abercrombie
25. Sword of Ice – Mercedes Lackey
26. King of the Mild Frontier – Chris Crutcher
27. The Mysterious Benedict Society – Trenton Lee Stewart
28. The Gebusi – Bruce Knauft
29. Watchmen – Alan Moore
30. Breaking Dawn – Stephenie Meyer *
31. Here There Be Dragons – James A. Owen
32. Easter Rising – Michael Patrick MacDonald
33. The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey – Trenton Lee Stewart
34. Two for the Summit – Geoffrey Norman
35. Forever Lily – Beth Nonte Russell
36. Before They are Hanged – Joe Abercrombie
37. Turn Coat – Jim Butcher
38. Rumors – Anna Godbersen
39. Backup – Jim Butcher
40. Peter and the Secret of Rundoon – Dave Barry
41. Death in the Afternoon – Ernest Hemingway
42. Welcome to the Jungle – Jim Butcher
43. The Sun Over Breda – Arturo Perez-Reverte
44. Last Argument of Kings – Joe Abercrombie
45. breathe – Cliff McNish
46. Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion – David Bassom
47. A Home at the End of the World – Michael Cunningham
48. The Last Olympian – Rick Riordan
49. Maps and Legends – Michael Chabon
50. Sailing Alone Around the World – Joshua Slocum
51. Mystic and Rider – Sharon Shinn
52. Song of the Lioness – Tamora Pierce
53. On Royalty – Jeremy Paxman
54. Batman: Year One – Frank Miller
55. The Language of Bees – Laurie R. King
56. Hood – Stephen Lawhead
57. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas – John Boyne
58. Merlin’s Dragon – T.A. Barron
59. Schooled – Gordon Korman
60. Mexico City Blues – Jack Kerouac
61. Three Letters from the Andes – Patrick Leigh Fermor
62. The Three Musketeers – Alexandre Dumas *
63. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – JK Rowling *
64. Gone – Michael Grant
65. The Perfect Storm – Sebastian Junger
66. Sarah’s Key – Tatiana de Rosnay
67. The Thirteenth House – Sharon Shinn
68. The Black Book of Secrets – FE Higgins
69. Chinese Handcuffs – Chris Crutcher
70. Dark Moon Defender – Sharon Shinn
71. The Hedge Knight II: Sworn Sword – George R. R. Martin
72. Massachusetts Curiosities – Bruce Gellerman & Erik Sherman
73. Looking for Alaska – John Green
74. Envy – Anna Godbersen
75. Reader and Raelynx – Sharon Shinn
76. X Files: Ruins – Kevin J. Anderson
77. Warbreaker – Brandon Sanderson
78. Nineteen Minutes – Jodi Picoult
79. Persepolis – Marjane Satrapi
80. Persepolis 2 – Marjane Satrapi
81. Airman – Eoin Colfer
82. Hunger – Michael Grant
83. The Invention of Hugo Cabret – Brian Selznick *
84. The Hours – Michael Cunningham
85. Angry Management – Chris Crutcher
86. In the Hand of the Goddess – Tamora Pierce
87. The Woman who Rides like a Man – Tamora Pierce
88. Red Helmet – Homer Hickam
89. Lioness Rampant – Tamora Pierce
90. 3 Willows – Ann Brashares
91. You Don’t Love Me Yet – Jonathan Lethem
92. Where the Sidewalk Ends – Shel Silverstein *
93. Queste – Angie Sage
94. The Alchemist’s Apprentice – Dave Duncan
95. Bridge to Terabithia – Katherine Paterson *
96. Dicey’s Song – Cynthia Voigt *
97. Hatchet – Gary Paulsen *
98. The Higher Power of Lucky – Susan Patron *
99. Foundation – Mercedes Lackey
100. School of Fear – Gitty Daneshvari
101. Leaves of Grass – Walt Whitman
102. Best Served Cold – Joe Abercrombie
103. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas – John Boyne *
104. The Wednesday Wars – Gary D. Schmidt *
105. Batman and the Monstermen – Matt Wagner
106. Chains – Laurie H. Anderson
107. Beauty – Robin McKinley
108. A Wrinkle in Time – Madeline L’Engle *
109. The Secret of Platform 13 – Eva Ibbotson
110. Coraline – Neil Gaiman *
111. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe – CS Lewis *
112. The Alchemist’s Code – Dave Duncan
113. The Graveyard Book – Neil Gaiman
114. The Giver – Lois Lowry *
115. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – JK Rowling *
116. The School Skeleton – Ron Roy
117. Did You Carry the Flag Today, Charley? – Rebecca Caudill
118. Eagle Strike: An Alex Rider Adventure – Anthony Horowitz
119. The Alchemist’s Pursuit – Dave Duncan
120. Crazy Horse: Sioux Warrior – Brenda Haugen
121. Lincoln: A Photobiography – Russell Freedman
122. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village – Laura Amy Schlitz *
123. The Book of Time – Guillaume Prevost
124. The Wild Things – Dave Eggers
125. Charlie Bone and the Shadow – Jenny Nimmo
126. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow & Rip Van Winkle – Washington Irving
127. Kitchen Confidential – Anthony Bourdain
128. The Last Cavalier – Alexandre Dumas
129. An Abundance of Katherines – John Green
130. Sandry’s Book – Tamora Pierce
131. Knight: Noble Warrior of England 1200-1600 – Christopher Gravett
Now on to 2010! First up: Tris' Book by Tamora Pierce, book 2 in the Circle of Magic Quartet
Highlights include:
17 Re-reads (most due to grad school)
Favorites:
The Name of the Wind
The Battle of the Labyrinth/The Last Olympian
The Hero of Ages
Tamora Pierce books
Batman: Year One (what can I say, I love Batman)
Gone and Hunger
The Alchemist Trilogy
Discovering that Dumas had a new(ish) book that had been found in the archives in France.
And a whole stack (almost all) of Caldecott winners and honor books which were not included in this list due to the fact that they take all of 5 minutes to read. Also not included, my library school textbooks because they are boring.
Starred books are re-reads, and yes, I'm aware that I read several books twice in one year, blame grad school for that.
Here's the list:
1. The Name of the Wind – Patrick Rothfuss
2. Moving Targets – Mercedes Lackey
3. The Battle of the Labyrinth – Rick Riordan
4. Holidays on Ice – David Sedaris
5. Kabul Beauty School – Debbie Rodriguez
6. Goodbye, Jimmy Choo – Annie Sanders
7. Tweak – Nic Sheff
8. Winner Take Nothing – Ernest Hemingway
9. Dewey – Vicki Myron
10. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy – Gary D. Schmidt
11. Falling Off the Map – Pico Iyer
12. The Hero of Ages – Brandon Sanderson
13. Locked Rooms – Laurie R. King
14. Coraline – Neil Gaiman
15. Sun in Glory – Mercedes Lackey
16. The Wednesday Wars – Gary D. Schmidt
17. Rifles for Watie – Harold Keith
18. Deep and Dark and Dangerous – Mary Downing Hahn
19. The Time Paradox – Eoin Colfer
20. The Pirate Hunter – Richard Zacks
21. A Confederacy of Dunces – John Kennedy Toole
22. Deadline – Chris Crutcher
23. Parzival – Katherine Paterson
24. The Blade Itself – Joe Abercrombie
25. Sword of Ice – Mercedes Lackey
26. King of the Mild Frontier – Chris Crutcher
27. The Mysterious Benedict Society – Trenton Lee Stewart
28. The Gebusi – Bruce Knauft
29. Watchmen – Alan Moore
30. Breaking Dawn – Stephenie Meyer *
31. Here There Be Dragons – James A. Owen
32. Easter Rising – Michael Patrick MacDonald
33. The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey – Trenton Lee Stewart
34. Two for the Summit – Geoffrey Norman
35. Forever Lily – Beth Nonte Russell
36. Before They are Hanged – Joe Abercrombie
37. Turn Coat – Jim Butcher
38. Rumors – Anna Godbersen
39. Backup – Jim Butcher
40. Peter and the Secret of Rundoon – Dave Barry
41. Death in the Afternoon – Ernest Hemingway
42. Welcome to the Jungle – Jim Butcher
43. The Sun Over Breda – Arturo Perez-Reverte
44. Last Argument of Kings – Joe Abercrombie
45. breathe – Cliff McNish
46. Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion – David Bassom
47. A Home at the End of the World – Michael Cunningham
48. The Last Olympian – Rick Riordan
49. Maps and Legends – Michael Chabon
50. Sailing Alone Around the World – Joshua Slocum
51. Mystic and Rider – Sharon Shinn
52. Song of the Lioness – Tamora Pierce
53. On Royalty – Jeremy Paxman
54. Batman: Year One – Frank Miller
55. The Language of Bees – Laurie R. King
56. Hood – Stephen Lawhead
57. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas – John Boyne
58. Merlin’s Dragon – T.A. Barron
59. Schooled – Gordon Korman
60. Mexico City Blues – Jack Kerouac
61. Three Letters from the Andes – Patrick Leigh Fermor
62. The Three Musketeers – Alexandre Dumas *
63. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – JK Rowling *
64. Gone – Michael Grant
65. The Perfect Storm – Sebastian Junger
66. Sarah’s Key – Tatiana de Rosnay
67. The Thirteenth House – Sharon Shinn
68. The Black Book of Secrets – FE Higgins
69. Chinese Handcuffs – Chris Crutcher
70. Dark Moon Defender – Sharon Shinn
71. The Hedge Knight II: Sworn Sword – George R. R. Martin
72. Massachusetts Curiosities – Bruce Gellerman & Erik Sherman
73. Looking for Alaska – John Green
74. Envy – Anna Godbersen
75. Reader and Raelynx – Sharon Shinn
76. X Files: Ruins – Kevin J. Anderson
77. Warbreaker – Brandon Sanderson
78. Nineteen Minutes – Jodi Picoult
79. Persepolis – Marjane Satrapi
80. Persepolis 2 – Marjane Satrapi
81. Airman – Eoin Colfer
82. Hunger – Michael Grant
83. The Invention of Hugo Cabret – Brian Selznick *
84. The Hours – Michael Cunningham
85. Angry Management – Chris Crutcher
86. In the Hand of the Goddess – Tamora Pierce
87. The Woman who Rides like a Man – Tamora Pierce
88. Red Helmet – Homer Hickam
89. Lioness Rampant – Tamora Pierce
90. 3 Willows – Ann Brashares
91. You Don’t Love Me Yet – Jonathan Lethem
92. Where the Sidewalk Ends – Shel Silverstein *
93. Queste – Angie Sage
94. The Alchemist’s Apprentice – Dave Duncan
95. Bridge to Terabithia – Katherine Paterson *
96. Dicey’s Song – Cynthia Voigt *
97. Hatchet – Gary Paulsen *
98. The Higher Power of Lucky – Susan Patron *
99. Foundation – Mercedes Lackey
100. School of Fear – Gitty Daneshvari
101. Leaves of Grass – Walt Whitman
102. Best Served Cold – Joe Abercrombie
103. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas – John Boyne *
104. The Wednesday Wars – Gary D. Schmidt *
105. Batman and the Monstermen – Matt Wagner
106. Chains – Laurie H. Anderson
107. Beauty – Robin McKinley
108. A Wrinkle in Time – Madeline L’Engle *
109. The Secret of Platform 13 – Eva Ibbotson
110. Coraline – Neil Gaiman *
111. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe – CS Lewis *
112. The Alchemist’s Code – Dave Duncan
113. The Graveyard Book – Neil Gaiman
114. The Giver – Lois Lowry *
115. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – JK Rowling *
116. The School Skeleton – Ron Roy
117. Did You Carry the Flag Today, Charley? – Rebecca Caudill
118. Eagle Strike: An Alex Rider Adventure – Anthony Horowitz
119. The Alchemist’s Pursuit – Dave Duncan
120. Crazy Horse: Sioux Warrior – Brenda Haugen
121. Lincoln: A Photobiography – Russell Freedman
122. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village – Laura Amy Schlitz *
123. The Book of Time – Guillaume Prevost
124. The Wild Things – Dave Eggers
125. Charlie Bone and the Shadow – Jenny Nimmo
126. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow & Rip Van Winkle – Washington Irving
127. Kitchen Confidential – Anthony Bourdain
128. The Last Cavalier – Alexandre Dumas
129. An Abundance of Katherines – John Green
130. Sandry’s Book – Tamora Pierce
131. Knight: Noble Warrior of England 1200-1600 – Christopher Gravett
Now on to 2010! First up: Tris' Book by Tamora Pierce, book 2 in the Circle of Magic Quartet
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