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So last week my head of dept. sat down with me and asked if I wanted to continue teaching the same grade level (M6, equivalent to high school seniors) or if I wanted to switch to younger kids. I told her that I was happy with M6 and I already knew all the students and had the upcoming semester mostly planned out already. She said that was fine and that was the end of the discussion. No problem right?
Well yesterday I get an email saying "We are not renewing your contract next semester" (mind you I have just bought a new motorcycle, down payment on new apartment, etc). After much discussion I finally get an explanation.... "Well we asked you to switch grade levels and you refused." NO..... You offered me a choice, and I chose to remain with my grade level. Now this isn't really a shock. That's kind of how things work here. And it's bullshit and one of the big negative sides to Thai culture (most Asian culture really). So finally they say "Well we will renew your contract but you have to teach Mathayom 2" (which is like little kids). I absolutely cannot deal with teaching little kids. I've tried it and I hated it. So needless to say I had to refuse their offer.
So now I'm here with no job, motorbike payments, apartment payments, a week at the beach already booked, and all kinds of plans made with students in regards to tutoring and what not. Not to mention my girlfriend and other friends who I don't have any answer for when they ask what if I'm going to be here in a months time.
I guess I'm going to start applying at other school in town, but there aren't many and the pay sucks (my school has the highest pay in town). Also my visa is expiring soon and without work I won't be able to renew it. This is a huge mess and I'm beyond upset at my ex-employer.
Fuck fuck fuck fuck.
So I decided to just stay at my old school for a couple months to get a little money saved and then hit the road again. It's not what I was hoping for, I had planned on staying in Thailand for a bit longer, but I really am not sure what else to do in this situation.
Day six of my 6yo being sick. Day six on antibiotics. Day four on steroids. Day four coming to work with me b/c I don't have enough sick time to use plus I have deadlines I have to meet. Doctor appointment number four for him this afternoon, with one more tomorrow morning. Day six of me being utterly exhausted & fed up & so worried I don't know what to do.
GRRR
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Day six of my 6yo being sick. Day six on antibiotics. Day four on steroids. Day four coming to work with me b/c I don't have enough sick time to use plus I have deadlines I have to meet. Doctor appointment number four for him this afternoon, with one more tomorrow morning. Day six of me being utterly exhausted & fed up & so worried I don't know what to do.
Life just won't let up on me all of a sudden. I'm holding on as best as I can but I'm getting to that breaking point. Oh well. I won't go into details because my little problems aren't worth discussing here. Sending good vibes to all of you. <3
Life just won't let up on me all of a sudden. I'm holding on as best as I can but I'm getting to that breaking point. Oh well. I won't go into details because my little problems aren't worth discussing here. Sending good vibes to all of you. <3
I always hate when people feel the big problems here make theirs unworthy of discussion. Bad times aren't a competition and just because yours isn't the worst doesn't make it any less worthy of good thoughts. Plus, I know being able to send other people good thoughts when I am in a tight spot makes me feel better because it reminds me of the awesome connections I have made with people. Keep your chin up, star shine. All things will be well.
5.5/four tet, daphni b2b floating points, avalon emerson 5.12/neil young 5.19/mannequin pussy 5.21/serpentwithfeet 5.25/hozier 6.12-16/bonnaroo 6.28/goose 6.29/goose 9.17/the national + the war on drugs 9.23/sigur ros 9.27-29/making time 10.17/air
I've travelled more this year than I have in past years, and every time it's time to go home it gets harder and harder. It's making me realize that I'm very unhappy where I'm at. I'm unhappy geographically, but I'm also unhappy in general I think. I don't like where I work, I don't like the house I live in, I don't like my financial situation (even if it is self imposed)..... I'm just not happy. I can't wait till December when I graduate. I'm going to try really hard to turn things around sooner rather than later, but it have no idea where to even start. I have all these things kinda tying me down here that just picking up and moving isn't really a feasible option anytime soon.... Idk, I'm just feeling really down today for some reason. I hope I snap out of it. I get in these moods sometimes and it can last a couple of days or a couple of months... End rant.
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I've travelled more this year than I have in past years, and every time it's time to go home it gets harder and harder. It's making me realize that I'm very unhappy where I'm at. I'm unhappy geographically, but I'm also unhappy in general I think. I don't like where I work, I don't like the house I live in, I don't like my financial situation (even if it is self imposed)..... I'm just not happy. I can't wait till December when I graduate. I'm going to try really hard to turn things around sooner rather than later, but it have no idea where to even start. I have all these things kinda tying me down here that just picking up and moving isn't really a feasible option anytime soon.... Idk, I'm just feeling really down today for some reason. I hope I snap out of it. I get in these moods sometimes and it can last a couple of days or a couple of months... End rant.
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We all take steps forwards and backwards; sometimes big ones, and sometimes small ones. If nothing else, take solace in the fact that your overall trajectory is forward. From what I can gather, you take opportunities when they appear (Superfly internship, your job at the police station), and while the act of investing your energies in these opportunities may sometimes suck, that investment will likely soon pay out. Life is supposed to feel sorta shitty and outta control right now. You're supposed to be confused. What counts is that you're gaining experience, learning more about yourself, and expanding your network. It'll pay off. Just keep steering towards where you want to go. You'll get there, or you might end up some place better that you never expected. Or you might get hit by a bus. I don't know. But Rome wasn't built in a day, the journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step, etc ad nauseam. If you don't know where to start, start small. Keep a log of your accomplishments or times you've stepped out of your comfort zone. Or times when things have improved when you thought they wouldn't. You'll be fine. <3
5.5/four tet, daphni b2b floating points, avalon emerson 5.12/neil young 5.19/mannequin pussy 5.21/serpentwithfeet 5.25/hozier 6.12-16/bonnaroo 6.28/goose 6.29/goose 9.17/the national + the war on drugs 9.23/sigur ros 9.27-29/making time 10.17/air
I've travelled more this year than I have in past years, and every time it's time to go home it gets harder and harder. It's making me realize that I'm very unhappy where I'm at. I'm unhappy geographically, but I'm also unhappy in general I think. I don't like where I work, I don't like the house I live in, I don't like my financial situation (even if it is self imposed)..... I'm just not happy. I can't wait till December when I graduate. I'm going to try really hard to turn things around sooner rather than later, but it have no idea where to even start. I have all these things kinda tying me down here that just picking up and moving isn't really a feasible option anytime soon.... Idk, I'm just feeling really down today for some reason. I hope I snap out of it. I get in these moods sometimes and it can last a couple of days or a couple of months... End rant.
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You'll get there, or you might end up some place better that you never expected. Or you might get hit by a bus. I don't know.
You'll be fine. <3
I think this is the first time I've smiled, or at least laughed, all day. Thank you for that Jaz. Your words seriously mean the world.
I've travelled more this year than I have in past years, and every time it's time to go home it gets harder and harder. It's making me realize that I'm very unhappy where I'm at. I'm unhappy geographically, but I'm also unhappy in general I think. I don't like where I work, I don't like the house I live in, I don't like my financial situation (even if it is self imposed)..... I'm just not happy. I can't wait till December when I graduate. I'm going to try really hard to turn things around sooner rather than later, but it have no idea where to even start. I have all these things kinda tying me down here that just picking up and moving isn't really a feasible option anytime soon.... Idk, I'm just feeling really down today for some reason. I hope I snap out of it. I get in these moods sometimes and it can last a couple of days or a couple of months... End rant.
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I been there.
I hit a spiral a few years ago where all I could do to escape from my unhappiness was just keep leaving. It was an escape from having no real future, no real goals in life, no idea where I'd even start. Since I couldn't get myself to just up and move far away, running off for a long weekend was the next best thing. Long story short: From June 2011 to July 2012, I spent over $10k going somewhere other than here. (Mostly to festivals.) I hated being here, hated my job, hated the people I was around, hated myself, and it was worse every time I came back. But then I ran out of money around Forecastle weekend, and ended up selling my tickets to MOEMS to avoid going completely broke and unable to pay my bills.
My girlfriend ended up snapping me out of that funk, pointed me in a better direction. I don't know your situation to really comment about it, but it always helps to just vent and be open to having someone point you in a different direction.
I've travelled more this year than I have in past years, and every time it's time to go home it gets harder and harder. It's making me realize that I'm very unhappy where I'm at. I'm unhappy geographically, but I'm also unhappy in general I think. I don't like where I work, I don't like the house I live in, I don't like my financial situation (even if it is self imposed)..... I'm just not happy. I can't wait till December when I graduate. I'm going to try really hard to turn things around sooner rather than later, but it have no idea where to even start. I have all these things kinda tying me down here that just picking up and moving isn't really a feasible option anytime soon.... Idk, I'm just feeling really down today for some reason. I hope I snap out of it. I get in these moods sometimes and it can last a couple of days or a couple of months... End rant.
hey look, my self loathing melodramatic rant made top of page. Awesome.
I been there.
I hit a spiral a few years ago where all I could do to escape from my unhappiness was just keep leaving. It was an escape from having no real future, no real goals in life, no idea where I'd even start. Since I couldn't get myself to just up and move far away, running off for a long weekend was the next best thing. Long story short: From June 2011 to July 2012, I spent over $10k going somewhere other than here. (Mostly to festivals.) I hated being here, hated my job, hated the people I was around, hated myself, and it was worse every time I came back. But then I ran out of money around Forecastle weekend, and ended up selling my tickets to MOEMS to avoid going completely broke and unable to pay my bills.
My girlfriend ended up snapping me out of that funk, pointed me in a better direction. I don't know your situation to really comment about it, but it always helps to just vent and be open to having someone point you in a different direction.
Yup, this sounds about right. I'm well on track to a $10k year if I'm not careful. After this summer alone I'm just under half way there... Music and festivals have become a very expensive escape that I really need to get under control. But even just for a couple of hours or days it helps. It's even worse that winter is right around the corner, and seasonal affective disorder is a bitch. I'm pretty sure my friends are tired of hearing me bitch about some of the same things though.
Post by snowmanomura on Oct 15, 2014 23:16:21 GMT -5
so I was grading a coding assignment and realized that about 1/3 of the class copied their code form the internet. and I don't just mean used the internet code as a guide, these idiots straight up copy/pasted code from the very first google link that popped up. word for quacking word. So now I am going to meet with all of them, face to face, to give them a chance to defend/explain themselves. I sent out an email announcement at the beginning of the semester saying this sort of shit is totally unacceptable, but the professor feels like I should give them an in-person warning before the hammer drops. unfortunately, student reviews are one of the factors considered when a professor is up for tenure, and hard ass professors get shitty student reviews. it's a terrible policy, if semi-well intentioned. I have been teaching/TA for 5 semesters now, and this sort of leniency on the students (re: cheating, grading, etc...) is systemic, and turning out really dumb kids. The stereotype of the idiot ASU party kid (even in biomedical engineering) is sadly true, from my experience. We have great graduate programs and students, but they will let anyone in off the street, and then not hold them accountable for anything. The university of Tennessee isn't necessarily considered a bastion of respected higher education, but some of the stuff I have seen never would have flown when I was and undergrad. It's hard to explain my overall disappointment, and bewilderment, at these students who want to be engineers for christ sake.
I just got done setting up all the meetings (about 20 of them) and now my phone/email is blowing up with scared little kids trying to reschedule or explain away the issue or whatever. im gonna go eat some ice cream.
I just got done setting up all the meetings (about 20 of them) and now my phone/email is blowing up with scared little kids trying to reschedule or explain away the issue or whatever. im gonna go eat some ice cream.
Do you think the professor would be down with giving those kids a zero on that test, but offering a make-up that must be done at said meeting in front of you or the professor? If they don't show up, the zero stays.
so I was grading a coding assignment and realized that about 1/3 of the class copied their code form the internet. and I don't just mean used the internet code as a guide, these idiots straight up copy/pasted code from the very first google link that popped up. word for quacking word. So now I am going to meet with all of them, face to face, to give them a chance to defend/explain themselves. I sent out an email announcement at the beginning of the semester saying this sort of shit is totally unacceptable, but the professor feels like I should give them an in-person warning before the hammer drops. unfortunately, student reviews are one of the factors considered when a professor is up for tenure, and hard ass professors get shitty student reviews. it's a terrible policy, if semi-well intentioned. I have been teaching/TA for 5 semesters now, and this sort of leniency on the students (re: cheating, grading, etc...) is systemic, and turning out really dumb kids. The stereotype of the idiot ASU party kid (even in biomedical engineering) is sadly true, from my experience. We have great graduate programs and students, but they will let anyone in off the street, and then not hold them accountable for anything. The university of Tennessee isn't necessarily considered a bastion of respected higher education, but some of the stuff I have seen never would have flown when I was and undergrad. It's hard to explain my overall disappointment, and bewilderment, at these students who want to be engineers for christ sake.
I just got done setting up all the meetings (about 20 of them) and now my phone/email is blowing up with scared little kids trying to reschedule or explain away the issue or whatever. im gonna go eat some ice cream.
Try to focus on the positives. I did an externship with a DA's office my third year of law school and mostly prosecuted people for non-felony possession of drugs. The marijuana cases were particularly soul crushing for me. But hey - trial experience!
At times during the externship I felt the same way as you are describing- why am I part of this terrible organization? This isn't fair! Am I crazy? Why are my superiors so misguided?
At the end of the day, you need to appreciate what you're getting out of the experience. I look back at my experience now and it's by far my most useful and practical one. Even if I felt like a massive (and helpless) POS the whole time doing it.
so I was grading a coding assignment and realized that about 1/3 of the class copied their code form the internet. and I don't just mean used the internet code as a guide, these idiots straight up copy/pasted code from the very first google link that popped up. word for quacking word. So now I am going to meet with all of them, face to face, to give them a chance to defend/explain themselves. I sent out an email announcement at the beginning of the semester saying this sort of shit is totally unacceptable, but the professor feels like I should give them an in-person warning before the hammer drops. unfortunately, student reviews are one of the factors considered when a professor is up for tenure, and hard ass professors get shitty student reviews. it's a terrible policy, if semi-well intentioned. I have been teaching/TA for 5 semesters now, and this sort of leniency on the students (re: cheating, grading, etc...) is systemic, and turning out really dumb kids. The stereotype of the idiot ASU party kid (even in biomedical engineering) is sadly true, from my experience. We have great graduate programs and students, but they will let anyone in off the street, and then not hold them accountable for anything. The university of Tennessee isn't necessarily considered a bastion of respected higher education, but some of the stuff I have seen never would have flown when I was and undergrad. It's hard to explain my overall disappointment, and bewilderment, at these students who want to be engineers for christ sake.
I just got done setting up all the meetings (about 20 of them) and now my phone/email is blowing up with scared little kids trying to reschedule or explain away the issue or whatever. im gonna go eat some ice cream.
Just be glad you aren't dealing with Thai students. This shit is an absolute joke over here.
Post by tealeyedangel on Oct 16, 2014 9:18:07 GMT -5
So I was out to dinner last night with some friends of mine. Well unfortunately with the mixture of rain, cold, etc the step off of the sidewalk at the restaurant was slick, I was in wedges, and when I stepped down, I slipped at the same time and my ankle rolled under me, like almost touched my leg...now I'm sitting at work my foot is swollen, I feel like hell, every move I make brings tears to my eyes, and my stubborn ass self won't go to the ER
so I was grading a coding assignment and realized that about 1/3 of the class copied their code form the internet. and I don't just mean used the internet code as a guide, these idiots straight up copy/pasted code from the very first google link that popped up. word for quacking word. So now I am going to meet with all of them, face to face, to give them a chance to defend/explain themselves. I sent out an email announcement at the beginning of the semester saying this sort of shit is totally unacceptable, but the professor feels like I should give them an in-person warning before the hammer drops. unfortunately, student reviews are one of the factors considered when a professor is up for tenure, and hard ass professors get shitty student reviews. it's a terrible policy, if semi-well intentioned. I have been teaching/TA for 5 semesters now, and this sort of leniency on the students (re: cheating, grading, etc...) is systemic, and turning out really dumb kids. The stereotype of the idiot ASU party kid (even in biomedical engineering) is sadly true, from my experience. We have great graduate programs and students, but they will let anyone in off the street, and then not hold them accountable for anything. The university of Tennessee isn't necessarily considered a bastion of respected higher education, but some of the stuff I have seen never would have flown when I was and undergrad. It's hard to explain my overall disappointment, and bewilderment, at these students who want to be engineers for christ sake.
I just got done setting up all the meetings (about 20 of them) and now my phone/email is blowing up with scared little kids trying to reschedule or explain away the issue or whatever. im gonna go eat some ice cream.
So I was out to dinner last night with some friends of mine. Well unfortunately with the mixture of rain, cold, etc the step off of the sidewalk at the restaurant was slick, I was in wedges, and when I stepped down, I slipped at the same time and my ankle rolled under me, like almost touched my leg...now I'm sitting at work my foot is swollen, I feel like hell, every move I make brings tears to my eyes, and my stubborn ass self won't go to the ER
I honestly wouldn't go to the ER. Instead, try to get in to see your regular PCP today or go to an urgent-care clinic such as Concentra. It's likely sprained. As I'm sure you know, Rest Ice Elevation Compression (RICE).
Post by snowmanomura on Oct 16, 2014 13:31:39 GMT -5
so I talked to the professor in charge of the class, and explained my feelings about the whole thing. He was very receptive, and agreed with me that they shouldn't necessarily "get away with it." The cheaters will get a zero on the assignment, and an official warning about cheating. That warning will be made public to the whole class (not who the students are, but that cheating was an issue). Any further instances of cheating will result in honor code violation and an official mark on their transcript. The entire class has an extra homework assignment that can be used to replace their lowest grade, so the zero on this assignment won't totally sink these students, but it also doesn't give them the safety net of legitimately quacking up on another assignment. I think, more than anything, the most frustrating part about it wasn't that a group of students got together and worked on an assignment or something. I remember getting tough hw in college and meeting friends at the library to all work on it and help each other out. This was just blatant copying. Not even taking the effort to pretend it was original work. the mind boggles.
bacon that story is crazy. The article makes it seem like a deliberate attempt by that professor to blur the line between plagiarism and collaboration. Definitely an abusive use of her position as his adviser.
Because I believe in giving discredit where discredit is due, the story concerns University of Arizona, not Arizona State University.
yeah, bacon goes to UA, I got to ASU. there a bit of a rivalry between the schools,but the general stereotype is that ASU is a dumb party school for kids who didnt get into UA or California schools.
Because I believe in giving discredit where discredit is due, the story concerns University of Arizona, not Arizona State University.
Yes, that was the point.
And ftr I don't actually thing she was deliberately trying to plagiarize, but it's obvious the needed citations were missing. I'm more concerned about how the College of Architecture, University, and Board of Regents appeared to do everything possible to keep this behind closed doors. If the student hadn't directly contacted local media it still wouldn't be public.
I hit a spiral a few years ago where all I could do to escape from my unhappiness was just keep leaving. It was an escape from having no real future, no real goals in life, no idea where I'd even start. Since I couldn't get myself to just up and move far away, running off for a long weekend was the next best thing. Long story short: From June 2011 to July 2012, I spent over $10k going somewhere other than here. (Mostly to festivals.) I hated being here, hated my job, hated the people I was around, hated myself, and it was worse every time I came back. But then I ran out of money around Forecastle weekend, and ended up selling my tickets to MOEMS to avoid going completely broke and unable to pay my bills.
My girlfriend ended up snapping me out of that funk, pointed me in a better direction. I don't know your situation to really comment about it, but it always helps to just vent and be open to having someone point you in a different direction.
Yup, this sounds about right. I'm well on track to a $10k year if I'm not careful. After this summer alone I'm just under half way there... Music and festivals have become a very expensive escape that I really need to get under control. But even just for a couple of hours or days it helps. It's even worse that winter is right around the corner, and seasonal affective disorder is a bitch. I'm pretty sure my friends are tired of hearing me bitch about some of the same things though.
Yea, the seasonal depression is no fun.
What I've been doing is this: I pick one show a month, maybe two. I usually try and keep it to the weekends (Fri or Sat nights), and something within 90 minutes drive (usually Boston). I go to two fests, maximum. Newport Folk is one, since it's close to home with a quality lineup. I then pick another fest, usually Freefest, that's within a reasonable driving distance and isn't terribly expensive to pull off.
I currently have this predicament - my gf and her parents all want to see The Who next year in Boston. I'd go, but I'm not a huge fan. I'd have no problem with buying a ticket on the balcony, but the other three don't want to be so far back and are willing to shell out the extra $100 a ticket. I think it's outrageous spending $165 on just one band. I've gone to three day festivals for less than that. I'm in the building, I can hear it regardless, and how badly do you need to see the guys on stage anyway? So I don't know what to do.
Yup, this sounds about right. I'm well on track to a $10k year if I'm not careful. After this summer alone I'm just under half way there... Music and festivals have become a very expensive escape that I really need to get under control. But even just for a couple of hours or days it helps. It's even worse that winter is right around the corner, and seasonal affective disorder is a bitch. I'm pretty sure my friends are tired of hearing me bitch about some of the same things though.
Yea, the seasonal depression is no fun.
What I've been doing is this: I pick one show a month, maybe two. I usually try and keep it to the weekends (Fri or Sat nights), and something within 90 minutes drive (usually Boston). I go to two fests, maximum. Newport Folk is one, since it's close to home with a quality lineup. I then pick another fest, usually Freefest, that's within a reasonable driving distance and isn't terribly expensive to pull off.
I currently have this predicament - my gf and her parents all want to see The Who next year in Boston. I'd go, but I'm not a huge fan. I'd have no problem with buying a ticket on the balcony, but the other three don't want to be so far back and are willing to shell out the extra $100 a ticket. I think it's outrageous spending $165 on just one band. I've gone to three day festivals for less than that. I'm in the building, I can hear it regardless, and how badly do you need to see the guys on stage anyway? So I don't know what to do.
That is a good plan.. but I feel like two shows a month is a lot less than I can handle. music therapy, yo.
I can't say anything against the ticket cost... I bought floor seats to MACCA, so I say go for it... but I also have a spending problem so you should do the opposite of what I say.
I feel like I need my brain needs a weekend at a spa. I've been a bit all over the place lately, but it all came to a nice, stressful head this morning. I was doing some last minute cuts and edits on a midterm project due this afternoon, and I accidentally deleted the main vocal track off my computer - and I was really happy with the way it was sounding, too. I have checked my logs and folders, previous versions, etc. and it's nowhere to be found. Three hours in the studio this afternoon, and I haven't come close to what I had. It was pure zone!
To top it off, I was coming home last night and left a shopping bag on the bus. Inside this bag were two important things: some brand new underwear, and a ginger brûlée tart from Bourke St Bakery - the signature dessert of one of the city's best-loved bakeries. I schlepped over there especially for it. Such is the karma I get for wanting to hold onto some plastic until I got to a recycling bin.
If you couldn't tell, I am way more broken up about the $5 dessert than the $30 worth of undies. Don't lie... you would be, too.
What I've been doing is this: I pick one show a month, maybe two. I usually try and keep it to the weekends (Fri or Sat nights), and something within 90 minutes drive (usually Boston). I go to two fests, maximum. Newport Folk is one, since it's close to home with a quality lineup. I then pick another fest, usually Freefest, that's within a reasonable driving distance and isn't terribly expensive to pull off.
I currently have this predicament - my gf and her parents all want to see The Who next year in Boston. I'd go, but I'm not a huge fan. I'd have no problem with buying a ticket on the balcony, but the other three don't want to be so far back and are willing to shell out the extra $100 a ticket. I think it's outrageous spending $165 on just one band. I've gone to three day festivals for less than that. I'm in the building, I can hear it regardless, and how badly do you need to see the guys on stage anyway? So I don't know what to do.
That is a good plan.. but I feel like two shows a month is a lot less than I can handle. music therapy, yo.
I can't say anything against the ticket cost... I bought floor seats to MACCA, so I say go for it... but I also have a spending problem so you should do the opposite of what I say.
When I seen Macca a few years back, it was from the upper deck of Yankee Stadium - from around the area behind home plate. Couldn't see much anything without the video screens, but at least I was there and able to hear everything.
Ended up paying $107 for The Who tickets, lower level but far back of the building.
What I've been doing is this: I pick one show a month, maybe two. I usually try and keep it to the weekends (Fri or Sat nights), and something within 90 minutes drive (usually Boston). I go to two fests, maximum. Newport Folk is one, since it's close to home with a quality lineup. I then pick another fest, usually Freefest, that's within a reasonable driving distance and isn't terribly expensive to pull off.
I currently have this predicament - my gf and her parents all want to see The Who next year in Boston. I'd go, but I'm not a huge fan. I'd have no problem with buying a ticket on the balcony, but the other three don't want to be so far back and are willing to shell out the extra $100 a ticket. I think it's outrageous spending $165 on just one band. I've gone to three day festivals for less than that. I'm in the building, I can hear it regardless, and how badly do you need to see the guys on stage anyway? So I don't know what to do.
That is a good plan.. but I feel like two shows a month is a lot less than I can handle. music therapy, yo.
I can't say anything against the ticket cost... I bought floor seats to MACCA, so I say go for it... but I also have a spending problem so you should do the opposite of what I say.
I used to go to shows 3-5 nights a week. When I started cutting back, I picked my least favorite venue in my immediate vicinity and stopped going to shows there. The place had terrible sound and I frequently left shows disappointed because of it. Ugh and there's this stupid support beam thing right in the middle of the floor in front of the stage. I hate that pole. Anyway, it helped a lot.
That is a good plan.. but I feel like two shows a month is a lot less than I can handle. music therapy, yo.
I can't say anything against the ticket cost... I bought floor seats to MACCA, so I say go for it... but I also have a spending problem so you should do the opposite of what I say.
I used to go to shows 3-5 nights a week. When I started cutting back, I picked my least favorite venue in my immediate vicinity and stopped going to shows there. The place had terrible sound and I frequently left shows disappointed because of it. Ugh and there's this stupid support beam thing right in the middle of the floor in front of the stage. I hate that pole. Anyway, it helped a lot.