I was definitely disappointed in the scaling back of the paper because I was liking the pace even though I was still getting published every other week. Now it will be about once a month every other issue, now that we’re back on a two week distribution timeline. But anyway, we also lost the gift cards that were so helpful on an as needed basis.
I mean this is a street paper about the streets! Living on the streets is pretty much the bottom wrung. So we were doing pretty good considering! I see the photography group which I haven’t been able to join in due to me trying to get my very own book together. But this group came out with a photo book! That’s great! I haven’t even been able to get to my very first photo book yet due to my email issues with Google as I spoke about in my past feature titled “Ongoing issue.”
I mean, it really just slows everything back down in order for us all to gather ourselves for a moment and our next push. We set a goal and a standard there with the things we’ve been able to accomplish already. When we initiated and brought about a filmmakers co-operative workshop we transformed into a media company. That’ll be our challenge, to gather ourselves to re-attain what we’ve lost and stepped back from.
I also believe it’s a push by the administration as they try to bolster back up the workforce. I had been checking out the oh-so-many job notices I’ve suddenly started to receive out of the blue. Overwhelmingly so! The only way I had returned to the workforce was by my driving skills. But I’ve been suspended and my records got lost when I tried to renew or transfer my driving records and files to D.C. from Maryland, because now the driving jobs are paying great!
I just missed Lyft and Uber and went out on too low of a turnover with Takeout Taxi and the U St. Pizza Hut. I thought the tips would be good there! Years ago, before I found my way to Tenleytown, although I wasn’t driving by the time I arrived there, I managed to attain a couple of jobs outside of Street Sense. I worked through a temp agency out of Langley Park and RFK Stadium where I worked overnights cleaning up after the D.C. United games. I figured since I was already out overnight why not utilize the good time for night differential pay? My other gig was with Baller TV, as I utilized my newly acquired (at the time) D.C. TV Videographer and Cinematographer certification which Street Sense Media so totally invested in as a further extension and training of the film co-op. While a book is nice, we still have very big shoes and goals to go get done and fulfilled!
