I’m sad because I am missing my favorite artist performing in my home town tonight. Are there any rock shows tonight that kind of have that hyper literate lyric, stripped back, telecaster slinging, leather jacket wearing Jersey attitude?
So I’m from the US, and I applied to a Masters degree in the UK. I’m there now… and… I kind of feel the time to study abroad was undergrad. I broadly feel super disconnected from my network in the US (job network) also I was heavily involved with some local arts events/festivals and I am continuing those from a distance but the time difference is killing me and I’m not there to see the fruits of labor.
I’m not super interested in the degree, I lost interest a few months ago and the momentum just kind of kept me going. But I’m more interested in my little creative pursuits and would rather just return to my 9-5 job that allows me to pursue those.
I’m also quite a bit older than most of the other student orgs so I don’t really fit in. My cohort is closer to my age but they are hyper engaged in a program/career path that doesn’t interest me. While I’ve put down a deposit, I keep delaying paying my first tuition installment although at some point I figure they will ask for it lol
Any advice?
Unless I impulsively get on a plane tomorrow to come back to the states (I’m toying with it), I’m going to miss his show in Dallas. When do you all think the next time he will come around?
Or should I change my return flight and hop on a bus to the airport in a few hours?
Hello. I want to get into taking photos on film but I don’t really know what I am doing. I’d also love to use how to use a dark room. Are there any cool film photo societies around that I can join to learn the ropes (and you know, grab a pint afterwards).
Hello. I am looking to shadow someone and then eventually learn how to project film. Does anyone know a theatre around that does film projection and then also would be open to me shadowing and learning
The Killers
Gaslight Anthem
The Hold Steady
And also not necessarily rank them, I feel I listen to them equally, but maybe where do you see the differences and similarities within their genre of “kind of sounding like Springsteen”.
I might also throw American Aquarium on there. I feel they sit a little further outside but I do rather enjoy them and their last album has a lot of that twinkly Springsteen sound.
This is a bit broader question and could go in multiple subreddits, but I am directing at the general DFW area. Over the past couple of weekends there have been multiple festivals, from Arlington to Plano to Denton, and state fair coming up, where the weather is pushing 100 degrees and yet the festivals are either in a flat grassy area or flat area with lots of concrete. Brutal. And I see that Frisco has opened a Universal Park and a new city park… cool! But both have a few squiggly trees and that’s it. No shade.
With summers stretching from May to October, why the the DFW area so insistent on not having trees or shade?
I’m having a bit of fun here, but it seems the balloon festival is kind of a pain in the butt, the balloons rarely launch, vendors/food ain’t special, and it’s often way too hot. And it feels like sort of a one and done experience, whereas a more music based sort of festival cycles through various performers so it feels fresh.
Is there some large balloon enthusiast enclave in Plano? Is there a Balloon Fest Committee of passionate Ballon enthusiasts who keep thing thing going? I’m genuinely curious, convince me!
For the record I am quite happy teaching my oddball little electives… I get to play around with cameras and animation all day and at some point I’d like to slide over to teaching theatre. But I also feel… like there is no career progression. I could just sort of do this for 20 years. I have the time and money to get my principal certification now… even though I may not necessarily want to move to administration yet.
I also think it would be good for me, I like leadership, planning, all of that, but I also kind of like the little hole I’ve dug for myself. I just want to do something that feels like I am progressing my career. Any advice?
I have a handful songs, and a deal with friend at a studio to record them. Are there any drummers who would want to rehearse these songs up and go to the studio and record the songs? We can also work up some covers if this were to turn into a live project. I am down to rent a recording space with a backline so you just gotta put it on your calendar and show up.
Genre wise i am a big big fan of sort of electric singer songwriter so think Springsteen, The Killers, Gaslight Anthem, Petty, Hold Steady, dire straits Rolling Stones. Also like punkier stuff like the pogues, pop punk.
I would say my songs are power pop, and a lot of covers i can whip up without much thought are of the bands above. Also for your Texas country fans, I am a big fan of that 90s sort of style of rock singer songwriter stuff like James McMurtry, Steve Earl.
Also looking for a bassist to fill core central band.
Wanting to add lead guitarist/keys/saxaphone at some point so if you play those hit me up also but the drums/bass comes first:)
I’ve largely taught in the DFW area. Was in one really big school district for three years, did a lot of great stuff. Flitted around for two years doing non-teaching jobs and a teaching job at a not great school. Now I’m a bit desperate to try to get back into my OG district. But I’ve always wanted to live in Austin, my stuff is already in boxes, and although I haven’t had much luck here at my old district, I guess I guess Austin is equal opportunity.
DFW: my general trajectory is I want to be hired back on at original district and complete a Principal Certificate and eventually move to AP/or working in the admin. Now timeline may be a few or several years, but this is a path I’d like to eventually take I also feel a bit ownership here because I helped design the new CTE Building etc.
Austin: Austin ISD seems to be in shambles. I also would be starting from scratch on network. Also overall pay would be 10k less in Austin. But also, I haven’t had much work penetrating back into my original district so this may just be a good fresh start. I also like music and film, and Austin gets more of that than DFW.
So I was a teacher at a high school for four solid years. I was heavily involved, built programs, sponsored stuff, had great evals, and I left on very good terms with them to pursue a non-teaching career. Over the last two years I have been a bit aimless, shifting back and forth from non-teaching jobs and teaching jobs… and through these experiences I kind of have figured out my direction (getting a Masters in Instructional Design and I want to eventually get my admin cert).
I see that the teacher that replaced me at my old school has left (I knew him before and followed him on social media). As far as I can see they have not hired a replacement. How should I approach my old school about returning? I’ve looked and most of my old admin have dispersed across the district, although there is one AP (my old evaluator) still there and the current principal I have met before.
TLDR, the last two years have been aimless career wise for me, suddenly know what I want to do, and realize I had it pretty good at a great school!
So I am just a few weeks into a one year masters (MBA) program and I feel disappointed. It is a networking heavy major and I feel like I could have gotten a much better network doing it near where I live. And my cohort is from all over the world which is FINE, great even! But it doesn’t quite seem to fit with my professional goals. Unfortunately I am also a little checked out myself as I am also doing a program to become certified to be an Administrator (Principal) in education so it is admittedly partially my fault.
I did a quick little search and the school does offer a MA in Education Technology which is more so would fit my background and current trajectory. I did email the person in charge of it to discuss switching over. Anyways, anyone else have advice?
So I am just a few weeks into a one year masters (MBA) program and I feel disappointed. It is a networking heavy major and I feel like I could have gotten a much better network doing it near where I live. And my cohort is from all over the world which is FINE, great even! But it doesn’t quite seem to fit with my professional goals. Unfortunately I am also a little checked out myself as I am also doing a program to become certified to be an Administrator (Principal) in education.
I did a quick little search and the school does offer a MA in Education Technology which is more so would fit my background and current trajectory. I did email the person in charge of it to discuss switching over. Anyways, anyone else have advice?
I am attending a kind of preppy private university, and one thing Ive noticed is that all the males my age have sort of clean cut, short haircut. To the point where i am literally the only guy with long hair (to my shoulders). Ive always liked standing out but for some reason i want to get rid of the long hair. I am also in a fairly conservative major (finance) so maybe i should get a short haircut. Also i dont know what ask for.
TLDR should i get my haircut short to fit in?
A few years ago I left the school I was teaching at one very good terms with the admin. Unfortunately though it seems like they have dispersed over the districts. Turns out the grass wasn’t greener. I follow my replacement on social media, and I saw that he left. But so far my old position has not been posted. I’ve filled out the pool application, applied for other positions in the district and emailed the principal and some assistant APs. Nothing. Silence.
I have a vision that I can swoop in, start from where I left off and kind of put the past two year escapades behind me. The is even a house I could easily rent right next to the school. But every day that passes is another little bit taken out of each paycheck as school as already started.
Any advice?
I am certified in Tech Apps, Journalism, theatre. Have a resume of success that involves building new programs and internship pipelines for students, and writing district wide curriculum for new pathways.
Austin ISD looks pretty bare on the teaching front…
So, this post makes me come across as a destructive asshole. Idk, I do care deeply care about other people and I often sort of get depressed thinking of how I’ve treated people discussed.
Basically I think I have some form of (big) decision paralysis. Incident 1: I quit my job to pursue a masters degree overseas. It was something i felt firm on doing. However like two weeks before leaving I got cold feet, applied to a bunch of jobs, dragged me feet arriving, arrived two weeks late, was sort of wound really tight. Blew up at someone, left to come home after two weeks.
Incident 2: I am located in Texas. I applied to a teaching job in Austin (three or so hours from me). Interviewed accepted, always had a goal of moving to Austin. I even put down application fees for an apartment. Then sort of two weeks prior I accepted a job nearby, didn’t move. Sent a “sorry” email two days before Austin in service.
Incident 3: largely the same thing happened as 2 but for a school in Colorado but the embarrassing thing is that schools principal called my principal and my principal told me “errr you better tell them”.
All this was between 2023 and now, but I think a similar thing played out when I was choosing colleges to attend pre-covid. I had been accepted to some quite highly ranked colleges but drug my feeling that my options became quite limited. I feel like generally at the last minute in life i drag my feet last minute lol.
Anyways i can hold down a regular job (even #1 I fell on my feet however I lost career progression), but I am sort of sad and fulfilled all the time. And I sometimes wake up with cold sweats on how just unprofessional those above incidents were.
So, this post makes me come across as a destructive asshole. Idk, I do care deeply care about other people and I often sort of get depressed thinking of how I’ve treated people discussed.
Basically I think I have some form of (big) decision paralysis. Incident 1: I quit my job to pursue a masters degree overseas. It was something i felt firm on doing. However like two weeks before leaving I got cold feet, applied to a bunch of jobs, dragged me feet arriving, arrived two weeks late, was sort of wound really tight. Blew up at someone, left to come home after two weeks.
Incident 2: I am located in Texas. I applied to a teaching job in Austin (three or so hours from me). Interviewed accepted, always had a goal of moving to Austin. I even put down application fees for an apartment. Then sort of two weeks prior I accepted a job nearby, didn’t move. Sent a “sorry” email two days before Austin in service.
Incident 3: largely the same thing happened as 2 but for a school in Colorado but the embarrassing thing is that schools principal called my principal and my principal told me “errr you better tell them”.
All this was between 2023 and now, but I think a similar thing played out when I was choosing colleges to attend pre-covid. I had been accepted to some quite highly ranked colleges but drug my feeling that my options became quite limited. I feel like generally at the last minute in life i drag my feet last minute lol.
Anyways i can hold down a regular job (even #1 I fell on my feet however I lost career progression), but I am sort of sad and fulfilled all the time. And I sometimes wake up with cold sweats on how just unprofessional those above incidents were.
I’ve been stalking some people on LinkedIn/online bios and it seems like sort of a common path is let’s say “Development Intern” to “Assistant” to working for a studio in sort of a smattering of different roles. On these bios/LinkedIn there is a mix of major studios, minor studios I have sort of heard of (I program local festivals so I am pretty knowledgeable about the 12 studios that flash their logos before indie movies lol)
My background is I went to a university that didn’t really have much industry pipeline. The university was away from big powerhouses, career fairs and networking were pretty bad. Looking at the linkedins, I can tell there is a geographic/prestige advantage a lot of these people had.
I applied to every internship I could find, never got accepted to any known studios, did do two internships with local production companies, one of which went under. I also never could have afforded to move to NYC or LA and work an unpaid internship.
I finally did get an Creative Development position in NYC and my bags were all packed up in March 2020:( Since then I’ve been working steady 9-5 as a teacher, which I could do for the rest of my life if I wanted. But now I actually have the funds where I could move to NYC and LA and not immediantly have to make money.
However, have I missed my shot? Any advice?