Now that I got that off my chest...
Saturday I made it out to the Wrigley Mansion hidden away in the hills north of the Phoenix Biltmore for the latest performance of the burlesque/cabaret troop Scandalesque. I'm not saying I didn't enjoy this assignment ; ) ...I'm just saying that there are more important things happening in the world... If you get a chance, catch one of these shows. They're a lot of fun.
5 comments:
Well when Arizona is underwater from a super duper storm, or the valley somehow spontaneously combusts due to 150 degree heat....I think you might be in the wrong place for human condition. Granted we do have the border issue which was covered beautifully by the way in the publication, just be thankful you do have a job within your world and know something is bound to happen that will be a signature to your career
That girl has sparks coming from her boo bays. I love a good burlesque show! Good job.
I love reading jeff's very serious comment and then ashleys... but don't worry Ryan, I feel the same when I have 8 assignments in a row that feature cute kids or cute animals.
Fiery boobies are the best!
In response to Jeff's comment: It is impossible to be in the wrong place for human condition. The human condition is everywhere; It's in all of our backyards. And who knew the news/undeniable access to "human condition" would explode itself all over eastern Iowa during my internship!? Not me, but I still do have assignment after assignment of cute kids and fuzzy animals!
In response to Ashley's comment: You took the words right out of my mouth
Of course, as your editor, I'm going to have a slightly biased perspective. But remember, I went from following the governor around the West; from investigating the practices of the region's largest power and utility companies to overseeing a staff of young writers at a paper that publishes pictures of people with flaming "boo bays."
You could say that I went in reverse of what you aspire to do.
And after many days and years of conflicting guilt and acceptance, I can tell you this, the people tracking down the so-called "human condition" don't always have it better than you; they aren't always the one making "the difference" they seem to be.
We make differences in many different ways. You have a wife, a family, neices and nephews and people in your office whom your presence brightens every day. You have responsibilities to those people in your life. Sometimes the difference you make at home, but working in a simpler environment that gives you more time for perspective makes you far more of a "difference maker" than those people chasing down war atrocities and burning buildings.
Their work is very important - don't get me wrong. But in a oversatured media world of right and wrong, red and blue; those differences are far more difficult to measure than the differences you probably make right in your own back yard.
Life's a complicated picture, my friend. I stare often with jealously at the people I feel captured their "career dream." And, often, when I investigate the picture of thier total life; when I investigate the picture of my total life, I find that I'm doing just fine exactly where I am.
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