I've decided to pick up the pace at KALW a bit. I really enjoy the work I do there. I just don't like the pay rate. My dad says "Close your eyes. What do you see? Well that's what you're gonna get!" Even though English Soccer announcers would describe the payment as "nil". I feel like some of the skills I can work to acquire and keep sharp there are valuable. My patience for writing 5 minute long news story needs a touch of improvement and if banging out a few more stories for the old portfolio is what I need to do to finally score a paid radio job in this town then it'll be worth it. I'll also be sure to have some fun on the way.

My work for the Teen Media Network's summer session is finally over. We had a great session with 5 kids, a couple of field trips, and we slapped together 30 stories! I feel really good about the work we accomplished this session and the kids were really into some of the interviews I set up for them. The best experience of the semester for many of them was our trip to the Marin Museum of the American Indian in Novato, CA. The students got to talk to a tribal elder and interview the museum's director. They watched younger kids paint horses and got a grand tour of the museum from the guy who donated a lot of the artifacts and photographs. The trip to the museum was certainly worth it for me because I got a radio story out of it and the kids got more than 10 stories out of the experience.

In less that 8 days I will be flying back to Maine for a 2 week vacation. I will certainly miss San Francisco, but as the Wizard of Oz taught us there certainly is no place like home. I am really looking forward to running around the old stomping grounds and seeing my friends that I haven't seen in way too long. It will be a nice mental break after what has been a very busy month of August.