The first day of being a grown-up… it feels nice and really tiring. I woke up at 3 this morning in anticipation of my first day as a Production Assistant at KMIZ. I realized quickly that there is absolutely no traffic on the streets at 3 in the morning. I got to work in 6 minutes when I thought it would take 15 to 20. Arrived 20 minutes early and then just sat for 45 minutes.
I suppose that’s what the first day is about though: realizing what time you truly need to wake up (not 3 am, more like 3:30) and what exactly you are going to be doing at the job. In today’s case, I found out I scroll the teleprompter and by about 6am on the words seem to just appear as black lines scrolling up and down. It was tiring and somewhat depressing after getting off and realizing I woke up at 3am to only make like 21 dollars. However it’s all about paying dues right? You gotta do shit you don’t like before you get an opportunity to do the job you really want. It may just be minimum wage but at least it’s better than a part-time job at the mall. I finally feel like I’m actually doing something with my life.
Scrolling through the prompter may not be that exciting, but it at least seems somewhat essential to putting on the news broadcast every morning and I can say I was a part of it.
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