Radio Days #6

As my service learning is winding down, Michael has been letting me be on the air a lot more. He had me read an entire weather report last week and he's had me run the board a lot more too. Even though being on the air is scary and brain sort of shuts down when the mic opens, I really enjoy talking on the air.Working at the station this past semester has been really fun and I think I'll miss it over the Summer. If I wasn't so busy and in need of a break I would take one of the Summer internships available at 103.7, but I don't need a hectic Summer after a hectic semester. Anyways, I've learned a lot about radio at WUGA and I had a really good time. I'll always remember it.

Danger! Danger!

At WUGA there aren't a lot of dangerous situations I think I could get myself in, but I guess there's danger everywhere, if you look hard enough. Since I have asthma, and at the station I work in some confined spaces where the air flow is poor or restricted, that could pose a hazard if I ever got a bad attack. There is a lot of electrical equipment at the radio station too, and I'm sure it's risky to be around so much wiring and whatnot. I mean, I've seen an electrical fire before, and it was extremely scary. Really I think things are pretty safe at the station, they have the required workplace safety posters posted up all over the place (it was actually my job one day to make sure they were all up to date) and they don't let the equipment get run down or fall into disrepair. I think as long as you have your wits about you, you can remain pretty safe.

After reading some articles about potential workplace hazards I've learned, well, not a whole lot. The articles basically reiterated what I said in the paragraph above, except with more technical terms. A lot of the information didn't apply to my workplace either. The radio station is a pretty safe place, as long as you don't take drink into the control room, which is strictly against the rules anyways.

No one can do the things you do.

Alright, I'm supposed to write about skills that I possess that are unique to me, but I'm pretty sure there is at least one other person in the world who has some of the same skills as me. I watched Barney and Mr. Rogers when I was a kid, so I know just how special and unique I am, but there is no way I'm that special and unique. I do have skills though, and so I'll tell you what they are, regardless of whether or not I'm the only one who has them.

Well, I'm really good at figuring things out. If I am faced with a problem I will figure out the best course of action to fix things. I'm personable; I like to talk to people and I'm good at talking to all different types of people from different backgrounds. I have a good memory (most of the time) and can recall facts quickly from my head. I'm really good at multi-tasking and can think about multiple things at a time. Once I start a project I see it through to the end. I'm creative and have a good sense of what looks right and what doesn't. I can focus on what someone else wants and not what I think they need.

And now I feel really conceited...

Say what?

I think I have the ability to communicate well, whether or not I always use that ability is questionable though. I get distracted easily while conversing, and sometimes my brain just glitches and I can't find the words to say. Also sometimes I really have a lot of trouble speaking correctly, I have a lisp, you may have never noticed, but that's only because I concentrate really hard on not lisping. Also I went to three years of speech therapy when I was a kid to try and get rid of the impediment. My mom always taught us that how we speak and convey ourselves to the public is important, so she told us to use "ten dollar words", proper grammar, and try to think of more intelligent ways of explaining things, instead of cursing or using slang. I think I'm better at writing than I am at speaking, just because when you write you can analyze what your saying before anyone else gets the chance to see or hear it. Sometimes words fail me, and I sputter and stutter, but I think most of the time I do an alright job of getting my point across.