A new day dawns…

And I’m feelin pretty good. Despite my concern for the fact that my better half can’t reciprocate on that point, I’m swimmingly clear, though tangible evidence of a new success has filled me with a degree of angst.

“Freedom,” the May issue of Naked City, has just hit stands and my two articles in this months issue are spectacular, if I may say so. And I do.

The year in school has closed and is soon to reopen with summer classes, a thought that surprisingly doesn’t bother me, save for perhaps on principle. It seems strange, and also lacking in propriety: it’s like a guest that doesn’t overstay its welcome so as to know that it can barge back in days later without feeling terribly guilty. And as I gracious host I will keep my mouth shut.

Anyways, this way I maintain momentum, hoping in the back of my mind that top speed is not too soon to come. History has told me that continuity after critical mass, though real and apparent, finds something of an edge and a subsequent violent slope.

I have earned a new position at Naked City, that of “Junior Culture Editor.” What this really means for now is that I am my bosses assistant, so to speak. At least until September when the mag reaches critical mass and explodes onto the Manhattan and Lawrence scenes, at which time my training will be complete. If all goes well I will no longer be a grasshopper, but… well, a super-gnarly insect of some kind I guess.

I also have two new jobs at the Sunflower News. I am no longer a copy editor, but now a page designer. I have also taken up the job of sales rep, in my scheme to obtain the position of ad manager at the beginning of the fall semester. So far, the plan to reach that goal seems well-lain, but you never know. The best-laid plans of mice and men and all that jazz.

The ever-elusive “they” say that my generation will hold between 12 and 15 jobs in our lifetimes. And so I am well on my way to and past success, as I am somewhere just above my 15th job at this point.

So with three summer classes, two vacations, and three jobs this summer… you know where I’m going with this. It’s gonna be awesome.