Thoughts While Archiving Video After a Long Day At AEDC

I find myself currently staring at the NARA building and the new stairs on the terraces behind the School. I'm archiving tonight, and the download is taking a while...

I love reading the stories from all of my fellow classmates who are stationed around the world. I probably check their blogs at least 5 times a day, full of hope that each one of them has relayed some tale of their lives in the distant lands across the vast oceans full of pirates and seamonsters. One would think that after reading the most recent posts, I'd give up. But, no. Several hours later I get the itch, and I check again. Maybe Julie, Jay, and Marquita can't sleep and have some profound experience that needs to be immediately documented. Maybe Boots the Cat has waged bloody war on rodents in the house to the horror of Sanford, Ryan, and Sarah. Maybe Carly and Molly met a sherpa and took a midnight hike up Everest. Or maybe Sara and Amanda found a city of bones... Maybe Lukman caught a would-be mugger. Maybe Hunter has met everyone in Cameroon and colonized it in the Name of North Little Rock. Maybe James and Chances are ministers in this new "North Little Rockeroon." Maybe Emily has become a meat-arian. Or, maybe Jose met Obama, and in a backroom deal, convinced him to cede victory to Hillary. Maybe Idonia kidnapped Jose. Maybe J.D. won't get sunburned in Hawaii this week. Maybe Lindsey really is a doctor. Maybe all of those without blogs are freeing pandas from the earthquake or backpacking with indigenous peoples of South America, etc. Who knows... Anyway, more often than not, my hopes are dashed. But, my imagination is active.

Well, President Cardoso's public program is now immortalized in the Video Archives, and I'm closing in on finishing the Spring 2007 archive...so, I must go home to the little lady before I get in trouble.