new stuff

Well, I had a 3 hour phone conversation with Doug Lipman yesterday. It was very interesting and it made me aware of some things I should have been doing before now, but then again it's never too late to start.
I guess there were a few main things that I learned from the conversation:

1. Marketing yourself is really just a lot like dating: don't work for/date people who don't need what you have to offer. Have integrity enough to let someone go if you realize you're just not a god fit. Also, if you're desperatethe relationship will fail. Have the integrity to be picky about your shows and your dates.
   
2. Be specific. Don't try to fit what everyone needs or no one will see you are fitting what they especially need. Specialize and you will find GOOD audiences (good for you and good for them).
3. Get feedback from everyone- and make sure you can quote them for testimonials if you need to. They can tell you why a show didn't go well, and why it did. They can tell you what needs you fulfilled that you may not have noticed.
   

So that's mostly just a summary- although there was more.


Charlie

Oh my! My teeth are huge!

The Orange

At lunchtime I bought a huge orange-
The size of it made us all laugh.
I peeled it and shared it with Robert and Dave-
They got quarters and I got half.

And that orange, it made me so happy,
As ordinary things often do
just lately. The shopping. A walk in the park.
This is peace and contentment. It's new.

The rest of the day was quite easy.
I did all the jobs on my list
And enjoyed them and had some time over.
I love you. I'm glad I exist.

By Wendy Cope

New Year- New Semester

Well, the semester is about to start. I guess it's not really about to start for me, though. I will work 10 hours a week but otherwise I am on my own. It feels kind of scary to be really responsible for all your own motivation.
For such a long time I have wanted to be more organized, more self-disciplened, in so many areas of my life. I guess it's time.
I am co-organizing a women's bible study this semester with another girl from church. She's a med student and I am glad to be doing this with her because she always has such great insight. We're not sure what topics we're going to hit on, but we should have it up and going by the 28th.
A lot will happen between now and then. I wil have a performance at Freed. I will have a phone conference with Doug Lipman about the marketing support he's doing. my graduation forms are due a little after that.
There's so much going on.
The truth is that i am nervous about this semester, though. It's sort of a practice run for the rest of my life. I have to get 43 hours of practicum work done between now and May- if I actually get paid for some of that it will be nice but right now it's less important that I get paid than I get work. Maybe this will help me get work in the future- doing free work now. HA HA HA!
Well, that's enough of my vain ramblings.
I hope eveyone is doing well. I'm not even sure who actually reads this sometimes.
It's sort of like I'm sending my thoughts out into the wind and hoping someone actually finds them.

Charlie