I was recording and editing today in the digital media lab from two until nine-thiry: and it was for Washington society, not even for a class. Ahh! Exhaustion! I don't think my body can take 20 hour days along with this new "we go to the gym every fucking day" program Mansha and I have started.

But, in all honesty, I did get to eat dinner with Kate, Ally, and Tara. And, to be honest, I like going back through and listening to these interviews. I love listening to what everyone has to say and, despite the tedium, I love editing out the "like"s and "um"s. It's true, I love it. I love listeing to a phrase go from "Um...then I like, um, went to my first um meeting and um met Adam," I went to my first meeting and met Adam."

Maybe the beauty doesn't translate into text.

It's a labor of love, it really is. This job has turned into making the words of the people I'm coming to love sound good, and I'm loving that. I love that I can do that for them, change them into the sure-footed, declaritive orators I know them to be.

I really enjoy that I now know what the general sound-shape of an "um" is.

So, this day isn't really a "down" following last night's up. It's more that I'm exhausted in my bones and no where near done with anything.

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