It's been a while. And there's news

[regfoghorn]

First the good news: I GOT A JOB! After 8 months, I found a job through an acquaintance at teh Society for Technical Communications (Berkeley Chapter, where I am VP). I went through 2 rounds of interviews, and I don't think they interviewed anyone else. I start Monday. And though the base salary is less, the bonus MORE than makes up for it!!

Now if only they take well to the 4 conferences I have to travel to this year.....

Next Good News: I HAVE A VENUE!! I've been planning a mid-year music hall for over a year, and just needed an affordable venue. And I found one - a place that I had my eye on actually had bodies there as I drove past on Friday afternoon, so I stopped for a few minutes to open a dialog. And htey will probably GO for it, because the timing is right. New Millenium Music Hall WILL be a reality!

Now I just have to convince all the people I want as performers to go for it (including 2 people whose LJs I read regularly)

AND because Musique did:

1. As a child, who was your favorite superhero/heroine? Why?
Does Tom Swift count?? He was smart, scientific, and fought bad guys.
If not, probably Batman (Adam West version) because it was so silly and he had neat gadgets. I also liked the Thunderbirds, but rarely got to watch them.
(Now, it's Doc Savage)
2. What was one thing you always wanted as a child but never got? LEGO set 398 - The Constellation - BUT I got my revenge - now I own TWO of then

3. What's the furthest from home you've been? New Zealand, during my concert tour of Australia/New Zealand in 1988

4. What's one thing you've always wanted to learn but haven't yet? Languages - Spanish, Tagalog, Italian, German, Welsh, Gaelic, Danish or Swedish

5. What are your plans for the weekend?
Saturday - put up shelves in the bathroom, put together new 1500 CD shelves, get the car smog-checked, mail in the registration (last day)
Sunday - finish shelves, go to a concert in the afternoon and rehearsal in the evening. Maybe even get some LEGO sorting done.

Comments

[toxgunn.livejournal.com]

I don't know if you've come across them, but I find the Pimsleur audio tapes to be better than anything else I've tried (including other highly touted tapes series and live classes). I'd put it as second to immersion. If you want to learn to read/write as well as speak and don't mind drier material, the Defense packages used for training mil/gov folks are now available through nist.gov.

Some local libraries have the Pimsleur bits available for checkout. Folks who download their audio instead of buying it can also find rips on the net already converted to mp3.

Good luck!

[regfoghorn.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Languages will have to wait, as performing always comes first. I've heard good things about Pimsleur from others, so I'll check them out when I start.

And you look really familiar - have we met in person, perhaps at the Dickens Fair?

[toxgunn.livejournal.com]

Dickens is likely - I have been playing a period photographer named John Mayall the last couple of years, running around w/ an old wood 5x7. Userpic was me lecturing the photographer's SO on period photo techniques at Dickens last winter.