So.
Over all, it's been a great beginning to a new job. I was really nervous about starting at such a large paper (the circulation is over 100,000), but everyone has been really nice, and I think I'm starting to make friends here, albeit slowly. But really the whole thing has completely exceeded my expectations (which is good): the people I'm renting a room from are a nice young couple who pretty much let me do my own thing, everyone at the paper has been really friendly and helpful, and Colorado Springs is beautiful, and seems like I won't really run out of things to do (for a few weeks, anyway).
I'm trying to keep my expectations low, while staying positive. So far it's working out well.
And.
Tonight I went to see a movie, for the first time by myself. It really wasn't that bad, aside from a few times when I wished I had a hand to hold or a shoulder to lean on. I saw "Son of Rambow" at a little two-screen theatre downtown. It was really cool, with curtains and crappy old seats and — strangely — glow-in-the-dark pictures painted on the wall. The movie was fantastic, and the theatre's atmosphere only made it better. In one part, they watch a movie in a theatre that was really similar to the one we were in. So that was cool.Now I'm trying to figure out what to do with myself for three days while I don't have to work. I found a really good mall, pretty close to where I live, so I'm going there for a little bit, and then Old Colorado City is having "pioneer days" or "frontier days" or something, so I'm going to check that out. Other than that... time stretches in front of me like I-70 in Kansas. Ha!
Cheers!
inside the theatre
outside The Gazette
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