I pontificate on many things

Posted by Heath on January 26th, 2010 @ 10:43 pm, filed in Uncategorized

Uh, I don’t even know where to begin.

I moved. How about that? Hey, look, my computer is finally set back up. I mean, it’s been “finally” set back up for a week now… but you know how it is, right?

You want to know more about the moving? No! No time! I’m still in Groton, that’s good enough for now.

There were some holidays. They were good. Real good! I definitely wanted to share the projects I was working on for some special gifts. I think I will get to that, eventually. Look for that update mid-February or so.

Keep moving! Keep typing!

This is the year I lose the weight I’ve had since I was 18. Just you watch. It’s already on it’s way out. Peace! (Hold me to it, please?)

What’s next?

Here’s the truth, here’s what is really on my mind:

Conan opted to leave NBC this week, not news. I found the entire thing very inspiring. That gangly goof was one of my TV heroes and I got to watch him do what he does best: Make TV. Furthermore, I can no longer watch any talk show or variety show without remembering what it was like to make my own. I have never done anything more rewarding in my entire life. If you know where I used to spend my summers you know that I’m saying an awful, awful lot. (Okay, a couple kayak trips are probably tied… and that one time at Melody’s, and that time… oh, nevermind!)

So there I was, listening to Conan’s farewell speech:

To all the people watching, I can never thank you enough for your kindness to me and I’ll think about it for the rest of my life. All I ask of you is one thing: please don’t be cynical. I hate cynicism — it’s my least favorite quality and it doesn’t lead anywhere.

Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you’re kind, amazing things will happen.

And it was as though he was speaking to me. I have long since given up on my television degree and experiences.

I’ve had great reasons to quit. There are no jobs to be had and there are certainly no jobs in the dying dino that is the media. I’m a fantastic child-worker and a great educator and sometimes it seems like the world is calling me elsewhere. In fact, a little bit of research has shown that a teaching career can be started by a quick trip across the Thames River and two more years of education at New Haven University.

Conan reminded me. In 2005 when I returned to school I had made up my mind. I was taking the risk, I was going to see what would happen, and I was going to create great things. I know where I will one day end up. Happily in a classroom teaching kids to be great themselves. I’m just not done with myself yet.

I’m trying again. I have until June 30th and then my New Haven application would be due.

Either way I resolve to once again turn down the bright lights, shake hands with the creative team I’m blessed to be a part of, and knowingly say, “Good job, everyone, good job.”