Let's Get This Party Started
It seems that as the gates of the new year opened, my horse dashed full speed right off the starting line. It's just a week into 2006 and I've already got myself deep into many new projects. I'm planning two Young Adult retreats - one for the St. Dominic's YAG in March and a National Conference being hosted by the San Francisco Archdiocese in August. I'm the head of Logistics for both events, which mean I am in charge of making sure everything runs smoothly - from preparation to transportation to event execution. It is a challenging task, but one that I am happy to be doing. In addition to these two retreats, I am also serving on the St. Dominic's YAG Committee which oversees the various YAG events at the parish. I was asked to join them last year, but left suddenly for New York before attending a single meeting. I'm excited to finally be working on the committee. I'm also still working on developing a program digital film program for Sunset Youth Services. All of this is on top of my job hunt! You don't know how good it feels to finally be doing things like this that actually feel important.
Speaking of the job hunt, I'm very excited about the possible opportunities at Berkeley. I've now met with two different departments there about two different possible positions. They both sound like jobs that would be very interesting and I'm looking forward to having the chance to prove that I'm the right person for the job. Working for a place like Berkeley would be awesome. I've always been a very academic person, and higher education has been of particular importance to me, so to work for a reputable academic institution like Berkeley would be about as close to perfect as a job could get.
I'm sitting at Starbucks at the moment, and I swear that my friend Ryan Greenberg is standing in line at the counter. Of course, it can't possibly be him as he is engaged in two noble years of service with the Holy Cross Associates in South America. OK, the "Ryan" look-a-like just turned towards me and I no longer think it looks like Ryan at all. Scratch this whole paragraph.... except for the noble service bit, you can leave that in.
The MacWorld Expo is coming up next week. I managed to get a few free passes to the event, which is very exciting. The passes normally cost $45 each. I'll likely use only one of the three passes they sent me since I have nobody to take with me. Well, that isn't completely true. I am going with Jeanne's son, Cliff, but he already has a pass. If Mike were here in San Francisco, I'm sure he would want to go, but he decided it would be cool to stay in cold and snowy New Hampshire until January 22. Give me a break...