Burning That Candle

It's only Tuesday and I'm burned out. I don't think having spent the past two nights out drinking into the a.m is helping matters. I probably should quit hanging out with people who like to drink so much. Eh. Last night's drinking session did lead to some good brainstorming. I've been writing a book for the past two years but haven't really worked on it in several months. I mentioned this to my friend and all of a sudden the project has been resurrected from the dead. I know I've told him about it before, but something clicked last night. So now we're going to try to revive the project, redo some things, and get it off the ground. I guess all I needed was a kick in the ass to jumpstart it. It's a really great idea and everyone I talk to about it agrees so hopefully it'll finally come together.

Yesterday I was officially offered an internship with Time Out Chicago. I am very excited about this. This will be my fifth internship overall and second in publishing. I feel like I'm going around in circles and doing an unpaid internship probably isn't in my best interest, but you have to keep knocking on doors and trying different methods. Time Out hires on a lot of their interns, too. I know a guy who interned for them and now has a full-time job there so who knows. Plus I'll be writing for them a little and making some awesome contacts. I also feel like there are some expectations for me to live up to. The guy who hired me is very impressed with my work, so I really need to live up to his expectations. I'm still doing a temp job and will be interning part time yet working full time until the project is done. I'm going to be working 60 hrs. a week for a while. Ugh. I did this my last year in college. I was going to school full time and working at least 14 hours a day production gigs. Somehow I managed to get by. I also think Time Out will be more fun than work but I want to do a good job all around. I might need to curtail the drinking a little. Hopefully I can balance it all. At least everyone involved is being really flexible. And maybe when the temp job is over I'll have enough money to get by on without working. That would be the dream. What a crazy life I have.

Next Tuesday I'm having a dinner party. When I lived in L.A, my cousin and I constantly threw them. They always ended up with someone crying, though. Drama. I hope everyone can come and that it'll be interesting but sans drama. I just want to bring people together. Or something like that. My new roommate will officially be moving in tonight. It's so strange to be living with someone I actually know. It may take me a few days to get used to having him around, but I'm sure everything will go along swimmingly.

This weekend is Lollapalooza and I think I'm going to actually work the event. I'm getting paid to sign people up for a website. I don't particularly want to do that, but if it gets me in legit free instead of illegally free (like last year) then I'll do it. I just don't want to miss some of the bands. Another jam packed weekend ahead. I think I'm going to take the night off tonight and catch up on Entourage and Big Love. Maybe.