The Podcast
As I probably could have predicted, I was unable to finish Episode 2 by the end of the semester. That is okay, I did start editing and it is hilarious. Michael adds to the vibe so much, I can’t wait to share the finished product. When that will be really depends on my access to internet after graduation, more on that later on, but I do plan on at least trying to continue this. If not right away I will pick it back up, but I have had too much fun with it to just stop. We will see where this goes from here.
The Website
It seems pretty much done to what I can make it. I do plan on building more of that out as I keep going and find more things to talk about and share, but for now I am proud of it where it is. It was fun to learn how to build and make something worth sharing with other people. I do still need to move ownership of the domain from the school to myself, but that seems like an easy enough process. I also made copies of all the content and saved them on my computer so I now have that to rebuild it in case it does not work to transfer the ownership.
Research and Creativity Day
This was a fun presentation. I was not at all worried about it, and I wound up having a hype squad of some Preservation Major friends who wanted to see what this project was all about and one other friend who also happened to be at my Conference Presentation in Gettysburg, so that was cool to have a support there. I was the third of three presenters in the session, so I got to end it well. I did just that, opening with a quote from Moneyball (The Movie): “How can you not be romantic about Baseball?”. That got some laughs and I just fed off that energy. I talked about the project, where it came from, things I’ve learned and picked up, basically everything in these posts with some more baseball sprinkled in. It was one of the better presentations I’ve given, and I did not have notes either, just talked about what felt natural. People loved it too, I am proud of that.
The End
This has been a fun project and a fun Fellowship. I learned a lot, found that I am more capable of using technology than I thought, and now have a pretty cool website to show for a pretty cool topic. I am glad I got to do this fellowship to build out the project more, so thanks to Cartland, Shannon, and the DKC for letting me do this and offering support! Thanks to everyone who has been following along too, you’re a big part of why I do this and why these stories matter, so you all rock for sticking with me! As far as the future goes, I am graduating in a week on May 10, then start a position on May 18 as a Seasonal Park Guide at Minuteman Missile National Historic Site in the Badlands of South Dakota. It should be pretty cool to interpret a different aspect of our history in the Cold War, so I am pretty excited. I’ll be living in park housing so that is why I am unsure of internet access, but even if I do not have it there, I want to continue this research and sharing after I get back. This is the last update for the DKC, but definitely keep checking preservingourpastime.com, because hopefully I’ll have some cool things coming. Thanks again, and wish me luck!