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Hi.

I believe that I quoted the Great Ferris in a post back, but I think this time, the saying is overly appropriate. It's already half-way through December, and as I stop and take a look around, I wonder where my time has gone.

It's as though my time was just consumed by work and blur. Specifics are expensive and uncommon.

Now, as I try to read what I've attempted to convey, I'm just filled with disappointment. It's not like I'm fighting it, it's just that it's not coming easy right now. Thank goodness for beer because it's been getting the job done since before I was born.

It's early on Tuesday morning. The tuesday before my big break. As I sit and think about what the next couple days have in store, I can't help but think how the new year is going to be so much more and meaningful than I would have ever imagined.

It's pretty safe to bet that by the time I return from my journey through FL and up to the great Minnesota, my lock on hours of employment will have been picked.

It's a good thing that time goes somewhat slow; otherwise, I think I'd really be in a jam. I hope I never take my eyes off the prize- whatever it may be. I hope someday I figure out why I'm so concerned about that prize. And then, maybe, just maybe, I'll be able to describe what it is exactly that I'm chasing.

Until then, I guess I need to start figuring out where I'm going to head when I head out of this place. Is it really time to start moving on? Can 9 months really be enough time to have figured out Austin?

I guess only time can tell. There are less than two weeks left in 2005- now that's a scary thought. You know I won't be waiting around to tell you what happens.

Arriverdirci.

Time Flies When You're Productive

Yes:

It's amazing. I think Ferris Bueller may have said it best when he reported that "if you don't stop and take a look around once in a while. You're gonna miss out."

For example, I got to work today and by the time I turned around, I looked at the clock and it was 5:30 pm. Suffice it to say that I missed quite a bit. What I missed, I'm not completely sure of- but I do know that I missed it.

I did witness some serious frustration in my boss, Jen Ohlson, today. I feel bad for her because she has to deal with an incredible amount of adversity, from all different angles. Most of the time, it's not her fault. I told her that it's merely a flaw in the system and that she shouldnt take it personally.

This, coupled with my personal drive for perfection, has made me really strive to do well. It's sad to think that the biggest indicator of my job performance is attendance at games. It's not how many tickets i sell or anything like that, but simply game attendance.

It's tough to stay focused on that goal given the fact that there are so many other things to worry about. Tomorrow, when i get to work, im going to make it a point to give out the number of tickets that they've alloted me to disperse.

So much to do, and so little time. Funny to think that only a month ago, I was unemployed and very bitter. So weird how things change and how they fly by when you're occupied.

Oh my.

Things do flourish in November

Aloha.

This post is probably about as overdue as my average library book. Nevertheless, here I am. This is what's happened in the past two and a half weeks, and this is what's going to happen in the next two.

The date today is actually December 4, which means there is less than a month left in the year of 2005. Scary thought no doubt.

I got a job. I work with the Events Sales and Services Department in UT Athletics. It's a pretty sweet job although it isn't officially fulltime. My job, as I see it, is to see that the arena is as filled as possible on game days for both women's and men's basketball.

So far the job has been really interesting. It has been pretty crazy because I've learned about the chaos that exists in within the body known as a university athletics department. There is so much money, so many people, and so much red tape that it's absolutely amazing. There is also so much "tradition" which is an incredible hurdle for newcomers and youth such as myself.

The job demands a creative approach as well as persistence and a thick skin. I think that I'm doing a decent job thus far, but I know that I haven't performing as well as I would have liked. Attendance at men's games have averaged about 7,000 people, which is about half of what it should be.

Women's games area whole different story but are equally as puzzling and arguably a bigger problem to solve. Today's women's game versus Duke was probably the most exciting women's athletic event that I will ever attend.

My boss is Jen Ohlson. She is an ex-sportscaster for KXAN in Austin. She's a pretty unique individual, and I enjoy getting to know and understand her. She is incredibly dedicated and a very gifted human. She seems to know what she needs to do but doesn't always know how to get there. My analysis of her usually leads me to believe that I've just been watching too much and not been participating enough.

I fault myself for being swept up in the drama that exists in the job environment. There are about ten students who do what I do as well, but their roles are much more niche roles. I see my opportunity as a great one, but I have yet to swing at the ball that has been approaching my strike zone.

Perhaps I need to take a more statistical and quasi-logical approach, which is what I plan to do in the next couple days. I can't lose sight of the fact that I was hired to get people into the stands, and therefore, that is what I need to do.

I'm going to call it an entry, but please expect more tomorrow for I have been extremely lazy since starting this job. Not lazy in the work sense but more the extracurricular sense. For this, I demand a better job from myself.

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