Memories of the first time

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I’ve never been one to put up my hand and volunteer to go first. And I’m usually not the one to take the first plunge into a cold swimming pool either; I prefer to wait and let other people convince me that the water is alright. I’m rarely the one to lean in for the first kiss, and never the one to ask for a first date.

I mention my apprehension of first-times because I’ve been sitting on this empty blog for almost a month now, shying away from making the first post (insert rumbling of the earth here). Not, like, puke-on-my-shoes shy or anything, just unsure of what it should be about.

But, conversations with friends, a weekend in Toronto for Podcamp 2008, and a lot of reflection on a topic that I would want to commit this blog to, has pruned my decision to this:

Higher Submission.

“What does that mean?” you might ask.

“A few things,” I say.

First of all, it’s a cop out. I can’t pinpoint a topic that I feel comfortable writing about from different and interesting angles on a regular basis, other than electronic music. And there’s already so many blogs that deal exclusively with this topic, so I would be adding nothing new. But that’s not to say that I won’t write about E-music, cause I will. No doubt. But it will be about so much more…

…about those things that, either by overwhelming desire or by secret compulsion, I submit myself to. Time and thought are valuable commodities, and the objects that attract these should be respected as such.

Music, dance, art, film, politics, writing, food, pop culture, media, business, dating, sex, friends, family, yoga, meditation, you got it all. Twisted reflections on skirted passions and missed higher callings.
‘Higher submission’ is also a play on words. See, being in J-school and all, I hope to one day make a living out of this kind of work – you know, to be ‘hired’ for ‘submissions.’ I plan to make this site a nexus for the work I’m doing in all of my free lance gigs and school projects. So expect short radio docs and television public service announcements.

The implications of the converged, digitized media world on the traditional profession of journalism is bleak: everyone who’s anyone should have a blog or a podcast nowadays. That’s what they told us at Podcamp 2008 anyway.

So, while I await the great day where free lancers unite, I will write about the trials, tribulations, and glory of trying to make it as a journalist.

Thanks for taking the time to read this.

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