A Change of Plans...

I mentioned some time ago that is was going to be at a concert in early April featuring one of my favourite bands, Carbon Leaf (among other acts there). That was the plan...at the time. Something came up. On the very day that this concert is happening, there is something going on elsewhere which will be a huge opportunity for me in terms of networking and such. At first, I thought that I would miss this other event in order to go to the concert. Then I realized that, due to other circumstances, it was far more important for me in the long run to go to this other event. I have some occupational issues that will be arising in the very near future so priorities need to be shifted, big time. Some times, being an adult sucks a lot.

So instead of going to the concert, I will be attending an event held by Equality Virginia, which is an organization fighting for LGBT equality here in the Commonwealth. The very charismatic Cory Booker (mayor of Newark, New Jersey and candidate for Senate in 2014, pictured) will be the keynote speaker. He gave a stellar speech at the Democratic National Convention last year (which you can see below). I went from being pretty mad at having to miss the concert to actually being pretty excited about this event. There are some ducks that I want to get in a row before the event. Hopefully I can get together some sort of writing portfolio beforehand (some stuff I have already written needs to be edited, some stuff that I have started writing needs to be completed). I may try to have something published in The Advocate, but we'll see how this goes.

I love Carbon Leaf, but I need to move forward with my life professionally. Into the future...