Wow, it's been a while, eh?

I figured it's been a while since I last updated my blog, but I didn't realize it was almost a whole month. I mean, what have all my faithful readers done with their time in my absence? Well, fear not... I'm back. The end of my semester was insanely hectic with school, but I am now all done. And I am done for good. Now whenever I submit a resume, I can put my name as J.J. Elliott, M.A. which is kind of cool. But now comes the fun part of finding a real job until I go teach overseas because hosting karaoke one night a week won't quite cut it. So the next couple weeks will be interesting. I might get on with a movie crew in town here, I might get accepted to get on the Regina Folk Festival committee, helping to organize next summer's event, I may be another overqualified bartender or server, I may be the next DJ at The Pump, or I may be a high priced male escort. We'll see where life takes me. Okay, April may have some issues with the male escort thing. So scratch that. Maybe. But seriously, it is nice in a lot of ways to be done school, and it is especially nice to finish on a high note. I really liked my Creative Writing class this semester. I got lots of positive feedback from my professor and classmates regarding my short story writing, so I am going to try to get some pieces published in the next few months. I worked really hard this semester and shut myself off from a lot of people, but now I can pull my head out of the sand and live a little again.

The day after I handed in my final paper I was an extra in a tv show called Renegade Press. I've never seen the show, but after checking out the website, it appears to be similar to Degrassi. The scene was shot at The Exchange for an open mic/ jam night. Local band Yossarian got to mime to one of their songs so I got to see Robbie Green and co. basically shoot a mini-music video. Its nice work if you can get it.

And now Xmas is right around the corner. It's crazy but it seems the older you get the more time just flies by. But yesterday I finished my Xmas shopping except for some cards so I can pretty much relax for a while. With Xmas and New Years comes a few out-of-town friends and family coming to visit for a few days. A few weeks ago I pumped into an old friend Rob who I haven't seen for 4 or 5 years, so it will be nice to catch up with him and Meghan. As well, Tina and Gianni will be in town so I fully expect some crazy shenanigans to occur.