Last week the Mister and I were on the road, and even outfitted with all the technology that all the kids are talking about, like my laptop and iPhone, well, it still didn’t provide me with anything to blog about. Perhaps that’s something for me to note in the future: just can because you CAN doesn’t mean you SHOULD!
My friend Mocha Jean Herrup, the very cool documentary filmmaker and film/TV/radio professor at Austin Community College has invited me to her film appreciation class this week to talk about Mystery Science Theater 3000. When my nieces and nephews were in grade school, I was always the person they brought in for career day – which just cracked me up! I had a succession of nieces and nephews who were roughly a year apart and all ended up going to the same school as my sisters and brothers and their families lived in the same school district. So I’d go to the same teacher’s third grade class for several years in a row and talk about my career. I’ll be honest – I know how to work a crowd and I’d bring candy for the kids so I’d be top of mind for them and create brand recognition for “Mary Jo Pehl”, and plus, it was an important and tactile “take away” for the third graders. Of course, I was never invited for career day when I was a temp. But for a few years, I’d talk about acting and stand up comedy, and then it was Mystery Science Theater 3000.
So Mocha Jean has also asked me to speak about my many “careers” and how certain career paths don’t necessarily fit into a degree program. I can definitely speak to that! The question is: do I bring candy to the class?
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