Life in Maine

I feel settled in. The job is going pretty well. People who knew the place kept saying oh, they're going to keep you really busy, but they haven't yet. I can't figure out if it's because we've had easier weeks so far, or if things are different than they used to be. I met a guy who was a staff editor here a few summers ago and he said they had 4 full time people his summer and they were always busy. There's 3 of us this summer and my intern is part time and the only time I feel like we have enough work is Fridays and I never feel "busy". I wonder if it's because I'm a faster editor than they're used to having. At this pay rate they usually only get people just out of school, which generally means inexperienced. Or it's possible that fewer classes are asking for Post support.


After the first week I caved and started working on Ghost Tours in our slow times. I'm nearly finished with the first rough draft. I plan on finishing the first draft today. Then make it just a little less rough tomorrow, and send it off to my advisor on Monday. If you want to follow the editing progress check the film blog. I'm going to post weekly updates with a screen shot from each scene. I figure that will give me incentive to keep making progress. The summer will get away from me if I'm not careful.

I haven't gotten into a good routine for exercising yet, but I have been sporadically doing stuff. I bike to work most days, but that's a mile each way, so it's good but doesn't count against my 3x a week exercise goal. But I have managed good weekend rides. And I've got a 2 mile loop for jogging that will do for a while longer because it's hilly enough that I'm still walking about a third of it. And today I found a good place to go kayaking. I might have over done it today. I paddled for an hour and a half straight. I bet tomorrow I will have a hard time lifting Thor. But it's only about 5 miles from my house, so it would be a good place to paddle before work for an hour on days I know I'll have to work late and can't run after dinner.