Exposure to my future

Today the Ball State PRSSA chapter and I drove down to Indianapolis to visit Borshoff. They are an "Indiana-based, full-service communications agency propelled by 50 talented professionals with proven success in public relations, marketing and advertising." (http://www.borshoff.biz)

I did not know what to expect when I said I would attend the visit. I have not really considered looking into interning or even working for a firm. Nonprofit is what I really want to do, mainly with the music and the arts. My dream is to work with Drum Corps International. (I know, big surprise) or a big city's symphony orchestra. Promoting music and the arts in the community is something I strongly believe in and makes a city unique compared to others. When I think of fun and attractive cities, I think of the ones who have a strong music, art and overall cultured based area.

However, today I was exposed to something completely new. I have never really considered a public relations firm. Walking around and talking to the employees of Borshoff I could see myself in one of the offices working either on press releases, something with media relations or an advocacy campaign. The atmosphere was fun, vibrant and something I would want in a future job. I love the fact that they are based downtown, Indiana grown and have a strong reputation with their clients. Overall, the firm is a class act.

Having this experience today I am now torn between what exactly I want to do once I graduate next spring. I can see myself doing so many things, but finding out my love is what I need to do. This summer with my internship, where ever it may be, will help me out with that decision. I do know that my future is full of so many opportunities and nothing will knock me down.

Sleep?

So last night I only got a few hours of sleep. I went to bed around midnight and had to get up for work at 7:30 am. However, it wasn't that easy going to sleep. Here is my theory why...

Ever since freshmen year in collegeI have been sleeping in a room with someone/sharing a room with a roommate. Last night my roommate stayed over at a friends place and not having him in the room made it hard to fall asleep. I know, weird, but I feel thatnot having him in the room had something to do with it.

Now you are probably thinking, well what about back home. At home I have my own room, but it is the same thing. It takes me forever to fall asleep. I stay up until I get tired, which could take quite some time, watching TV. The only time I am home are during breaks from school. During the summer I am maybe home only a free weeks due to drum corps.

Going back to frehsmen year in college I have march drum corps and I spend my entire summer going around the country marching. Many people don't think that they would be able to do corps mainly because they would lose sleep. However, during corps I probably slept better than I did when I was at home or school. Not only was I wore out every day, but I had a bunch of people sleeping around me. All of us on our air matress beds, tightly squeezed in those small and un-airconditioned gyms. People think we must be crazy to do this, but I slept so well. Even with corps members snoring or sharing a coumminty bingo hall with the Mandrains. (Have to love my summer with Thunder DBC).

Not only did I sleep well in random gyms across the U.S., but I slept realitivley well on the buses. I made sure I got my window seat! People complained all the time about not getting any sleep on the bus, but I made it work. It helped sometimes when my seat partner ended up laying on the floor of the bus...

So I come back to last night. I was the only one in the room when I am used to having my roommate or my whole corps "family" around me. Hopefully I can stay awake for the rest of my work shift today, til noon... Thank goodness for Pandora!

Getting Started

So after some inspiration from my friend, Michael King, I have decided to start my own blog. I am not going to be quite as canny and dexterous as him, but hey... why not give it a shot.

Many of you know me as the guy who won't stop talking about drum corps, marching band, winterguard, etc. Well this may give you a look inside my head to the way I see things. It may be rants about certain shows (good and bad), my lasted infatuation with a piece of music or just whatever I decided to talk about... which could be a lot.

VANGUARD! Yes, I literally just yelled that. I'm listening to Santa Clara Vanguard's 2007 show, ! (Eureka)

Aside from the marching arts, I have a pretty sweet roommate and the antics and stuff he says... well they are worth blogging about. Stay tuned for them. (Sorry Kyle)

My motivation behind this is to get my writing and personality out there. It is one thing to know someone, but you can never fully understand someone by just talking to them. So I am going to let you into the crazy and insane mind of Matt. I might sound a little scattered brained right not, but I think y'all will enjoy reading my blog.