Random Thoughts and Ramblings for 2/20
This post may be more all over the place than most of the ones I've done before. Eh, I just haven't written in a while so I have loads on my mind.
Radio is a cruel business. One minute you have a great gig at a great station and the next you find yourself in the line for welfare cheese. No, I haven't been fired *knock on wood* but a couple of people that I know have been. Opie, a guy in Oregon who's really had bad luck with gigs in the last year, found out that he had lost his gig in Medford via a posting on All Access (a website for radio and record people). That's got to be the worst way to find out that you're fired and I would have been pissed. He's taking it well, all things considered. I just hope this doesn't mess things up with his son. His ex-wife is kindda anal about things concerning Riley and I really hope she doesn't throw a fit and try to take him away from Opie. Then there's Clayton. I've talked about Clayton a few times in this blog as you may recall. He and I have had our differences (mainly because of petty things since we worked for different stations) but I would never wish anyone to be unemployeed. He got fired from his gig because he wasn't "street" enough for Hot. I hope he lands something soon... he's too talented to be on the beach for a long time.
C and Opie: If there's anything I can do to help either of you, let me know. Seriously.
Speaking of employment, we thought we had someone lined up for Program Director of my station but that didn't happen. Apparently the station he's at now matched the offer my people made and he decided to stay. So now I'm back in the running for the gig. I'm not sure when they're going to make the decision... but I'm going to keep things running and do my best to convince them once and for all that I deserve the gig. We'll see what happens.
Emily and I are still doing great! We went to Indianapolis yesterday where she was an accompanyist (did I spell that correctly?) for a kid who was performing in a solo competition. He got a Gold so she felt really good about that. We also went to a winter percussion competition that Elmhurst (she went to high school there) was playing. They placed 12th out of 17 schools in their class but the scoring was really tight. I think they were 8 points away from first. My favorite school from marching competition, Avon, was there and they put on a great show. All in all, it was a great day because I got to see some great precussion groups and I got to spend all day with Emily.
Things at home are good for the most part. Mom's getting physical therapy again and seems to be doing well with it. I haven't talked to my dad in a while but he's doing well as far as I know. My younger sister came out last weekend. Yep, she's a lesbian. Honestly I'm not that surprised. We've pretty much known for at least a couple of years that she was. No, I don't hate her for it or anything like that. While I don't particularly care for that lifestyle, I recognize that people can't help what and how they are. If she's a lesbian, I can't change that and hating her for being a lesbian would be stupid.
I think that's all of the updates. If I missed anything, I'll try and post about it later. Off to do music research I go!
--Jonathan
Radio is a cruel business. One minute you have a great gig at a great station and the next you find yourself in the line for welfare cheese. No, I haven't been fired *knock on wood* but a couple of people that I know have been. Opie, a guy in Oregon who's really had bad luck with gigs in the last year, found out that he had lost his gig in Medford via a posting on All Access (a website for radio and record people). That's got to be the worst way to find out that you're fired and I would have been pissed. He's taking it well, all things considered. I just hope this doesn't mess things up with his son. His ex-wife is kindda anal about things concerning Riley and I really hope she doesn't throw a fit and try to take him away from Opie. Then there's Clayton. I've talked about Clayton a few times in this blog as you may recall. He and I have had our differences (mainly because of petty things since we worked for different stations) but I would never wish anyone to be unemployeed. He got fired from his gig because he wasn't "street" enough for Hot. I hope he lands something soon... he's too talented to be on the beach for a long time.
C and Opie: If there's anything I can do to help either of you, let me know. Seriously.
Speaking of employment, we thought we had someone lined up for Program Director of my station but that didn't happen. Apparently the station he's at now matched the offer my people made and he decided to stay. So now I'm back in the running for the gig. I'm not sure when they're going to make the decision... but I'm going to keep things running and do my best to convince them once and for all that I deserve the gig. We'll see what happens.
Emily and I are still doing great! We went to Indianapolis yesterday where she was an accompanyist (did I spell that correctly?) for a kid who was performing in a solo competition. He got a Gold so she felt really good about that. We also went to a winter percussion competition that Elmhurst (she went to high school there) was playing. They placed 12th out of 17 schools in their class but the scoring was really tight. I think they were 8 points away from first. My favorite school from marching competition, Avon, was there and they put on a great show. All in all, it was a great day because I got to see some great precussion groups and I got to spend all day with Emily.
Things at home are good for the most part. Mom's getting physical therapy again and seems to be doing well with it. I haven't talked to my dad in a while but he's doing well as far as I know. My younger sister came out last weekend. Yep, she's a lesbian. Honestly I'm not that surprised. We've pretty much known for at least a couple of years that she was. No, I don't hate her for it or anything like that. While I don't particularly care for that lifestyle, I recognize that people can't help what and how they are. If she's a lesbian, I can't change that and hating her for being a lesbian would be stupid.
I think that's all of the updates. If I missed anything, I'll try and post about it later. Off to do music research I go!
--Jonathan
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