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| | Follow the leader, until we stray...Hmmmm. Well...here I am. I think there is point where I just sort of
have this for my own personal gradification than anything else. But
here is what is up with me.
It feels like I have been spending an unhealthy amount of time with
school. I am always on campus or if not on campus doing work at my
apartment or if I am not at my apartment I am busy worrying about
school. I know that this kind of what college is all about, but still I
have been just kind of floating through these last few months. See, I
lucked out because I only technically have class on Tuesday and
Thursday. Sounds stellar right? Yeah, well, kind of. Now Wednesdays,
until recently ( I will get to that later), have been filled with my
work with the scum that is UWeekly (also, getting to that later). So
from about 4 am until about 4 pm, my days are pretty much shot. I get
home from delivering papers and I just have to crash. My body makes me.
This makes me pretty much worthless throughout most of Thursday, my
crazy busy day. So by the time Friday rolls around I am more or less
trying to frantically re-establish my normal schedule. I usually
correct it by Monday or Tuesday, then, wham, it is Wednesday again. It
is a vicious cycle. I took the required jouranlism-writing class this
quarter and it more or less dominated my life. I mean I enjoyed it but
I am a little worried about my other two classes. Something tells me I
am going to need to do pretty well on these two exams to get by this
quarter. No Wii this weekend I guess....
Speaking of which, I recently got the job of being the assistant Arts
editor at the Lantern for spring quarter. I mean, I know it doesnt
sound that prestigous, but it will give me a leg up on everyone else
who is graduating that didn't have that expierience. I am a little
worried about it. The staff is pretty much staying the same, in fact
they are only losing 2 people (and not many people liked those people),
and they seem a little cliquey. I mean, I know Christina, Amanda (the
head of the Arts section next quarter) and Gerrick (my old editor who
is going to be ast Editor-in-Chief) but I am worried about becoming
part of the group. I suppose it is just insecurity because I had a
similar reaction when I entered the actual Lantern class and I
assimilated pretty well, I think. I guess, I have just heard from some
people "Don't piss him off" or "Don't piss her off" and I guess I am
just a little worried about screwing something small up and ruining my
whole quarter. I am the kind of person who will ask a lot of questions
and that is something that I worry about. Ah.
As of yesterday, I will no longer be working for UWeekly. For those who
might not be, well-versed in the world of OSU campus newspapers,
UWeekly is this crappy little weekly publication that, for all
intensive purposes, is nothing more than a tabloid you might see by the
Kroger check out. It is all opinion, speculations, terrible writing and
pictures of drunk chicks. Yeah, pictures of drunk chicks are all well
and good, but come on. Not to say the Lantern is a beacon of
professional journalism, but we strive to maintain some type of
integrity. I pretty much took the job because the pay was simply
amazing and I was just too poor to worry about who I was working for. I
had joked with some friends that I was peddling smut to students and
that I was, in all reality, just helping this horrible publication
reach people who might be too dumb to realize they are reading filth.
But once, I got the job at the Lantern, I was not allowed to work both
there and UWeekly. So, I went into the UWeekly offices and told them
what was up. It really was not personal at the time, and, surprisingly,
my boss was OK with it. I told him an oppritunity arose to help further
my career after I graduated and I could not do both jobs. He was OK
with it (forgetting that I was a journalism major) and talked to me
about what could be done to make my job better etc etc. Just as I was
about it leave, he asked what I would be doing. I was not going to lie,
so I told him I was working for the Lantern. He seemed pretty hurt and
he understood why I was doing what I was doing, but he said to me he
was kind of hurt that I would not come to them first about writing for
them and all this other crap. I told him I didnt go looking for a job
at a paper, it come to me. But I knew that if I was offered a job at
both papers, I would have taken the Lantern 10 times out of 10.
Well, yesterday, in the issue of UWeekly I was peddling to students,
there was an article ripping both the Lantern and Gerrick, who was my
editor this past quarter. Quality guy, great writer all that fun stuff.
I felt like such a failure. I had helped contribute to people reading
an article that was slanderous, inaccurate and attacked someone I
respect not simply as a writer but as a person. If I had not already
quit, I would have quit UWeekly yesterday in a heartbeat. It was just
so agrivating to me. I know a whole bunch of crap that is just stupid
but let'e be honest, I have become pretty involved over the last 10
weeks. As probably one of 2 or 3 people who can talk about both sides
here, I feel pretty upset.
On a slightly different topic, I got to see a preview screening of
Frank Miller's 300 on Tuesday night. It lived up to expecations. My
review ran in the paper today and here it is:
http://media.www.thelantern.com/media/storage/paper333/news/2007/03/08/Arts/Gore-Stunning.Cinematography.Make.300.A.Spectacular.Epic-2765016.shtml
(DONT WORRY ABOUT REGISTERING. JUST CLICK "HOME" AT THE TOP)
I also finally got a new phone the other day. It is the LG enV. I love
it. It might be a little bit of an over kill for me, but I still am
digging it.
The band is chugging away. There are some pretty cool things going on
including a string of 8 shows in 9 days over the course of spring
break. Add the Brand New concert to the mix (8 days!!!) and it is
shaping up to be a great break.
But I guess I have killed enough time.
All the girls pose the same for pictures
All the boys got the same girls' hair
I am bored 'cause I fell much older
Look at me, as if I've got a reason to stare
- The Format "She Doesnt Get It"
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