Mmmkay

My quiz results said that I was okay at cell phone etiquette, not good, but not bad either. I don't talk on my phone that much unless I'm at home, or if I really need to, I'll have a short conversation in public, or I guess sometimes when I'm really bored I talk on my cell phone in public. Something about having a private conversation in the middle of Target just turns me off. I don't text because I don't pay for my phone service and my dad doesn't want to pay extra just so I can text my friends when I can just as easily call them, which is understandable. I generally don't view my phone as my lifeline, I like to be unreachable sometimes. Much to my friends dismay, I frequently don't answer my phone. I don't want to be available 24/7. While I understand the convenience and safety of a cell phone, I kind of don't like them. It's just one more thing I have to deal with and carry around with me, also, people treat their phones as status symbols, I don't' care what my phone looks like, I've dropped it so many times I've lost count. Having a phone is good for last minute changes in plans, my mother keeping tabs on me, and maybe a couple of other things, but people treat them like extensions of their arms and like something they need; I know plenty of people without cell phones and they're doing just fine. So I guess when I am on my phone I'll keep in mind that the quiz said I could be a little more conscious of my manors, but it might be a while before I can practice.

Radio Days #5

Working at the station has been a very good experience so far. I'm learning a lot and getting more responsibilities. Michael has had me run th board while he talked on the air, and had me talk on the air while he ran the board, but he has recently started letting/making me do both. It's mildly terrifying, of course, but I like it a lot too. I still make plenty of mistakes, but I'm getting better (I just need to remember to BREATHE!). I've been learning a lot more about the automation and how a show is put together on the computer. The automation is what plays at night when there is no one at the station running the board, it's sort of a complicated process, but I got to put together the automation for three different nights last week. For a while I was only monitoring the board while we recorded the show African Perspectives, but this week I got to see what happens after the recording, when the cut the pieces of audio up, splice in music tracks, install faders, and do a number of other things. I'm enjoying all the new things I'm getting to do a lot, it's much better than just observing people and shadowing.