A Day Of Rest And Creativity

A Day Of Rest And Creativity

OK. So yoga kicked butt today, but I recharged with an energy-packed breakfast and some caffeine and I meditated and journal. Bring on the rest of the day people! The Journalism Association of Community Colleges (JACC) is winding down, and there's a few more workshops that I could enjoy. I'm all set to meet my friend and composer Soren Sorenson -- the Rodgers to my Hammerstein. We're going to meet in the hotel lobby where I'm staying in Burbank, CA and chill out with a refreshing beverage by the pool (if the weather holds) and catch up and talk about the album we're working on together. I should be a really chill day. I feel my creative juices working and I might take a 30 minute nap if I have time. Later on is the JACC Awards Banquet Dinner. After that, maybe I'll hit the nightlife scene for one big party blast before I head to bed, catch a few winks and make the trip back to San Francisco. Today is going to be so much fun!

The Theme Of The Day Is Perseverance...

The Theme Of The Day Is Perseverance...

I got up and started my day right with yoga and had a good breakfast at the hotel. Later that day Mercury struck when a guest speaker that was the subject of a journalism contest at the Journalism Association of Community Colleges  (JACC) was over two hours late and the conference had to push the contest deadline back by two hours. On the upside they gave us more time to write our feature stories on the downside, we had to write straight through an awards ceremony and the student mixer and I didn't turn in my final draft of the story until 10:45 pm. Overall though, the day went well. I bonded with two students from Foothill college, and got closer to my fellow journalist at the paper as well. I attended a very informative story creation workshop in the afternoon, which I learned a great deal about perfecting my craft from. Even though I could feel the lag of Mercury Retrograde slowing things down, the day felt singularly productive. And the speed bumps that I hit only only served as reminders that we might want to go over things with a fine tooth comb in our writing process.