| Ah, real world |
[Dec. 31st, 2008|11:04 am] |
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I'm now officially a member of the P-J copy desk.
And I have to wear a tie every day.
Gah. |
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| Creaking through the timber |
[Dec. 20th, 2008|09:53 pm] |
I miss you.
Am I allowed to say that?
Everything else I'll keep to myself. Like always. |
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| Stay in school! |
[Dec. 16th, 2008|06:22 pm] |
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| | mellow | ] |
| [ | Current Music |
| | The Gaslight Anthem- "The '59 Sound" | ] |
Had the interview at The P-J yesterday. Started out with the interviewer telling me the position I applied for had already been filled from within.
Nice.
But, now they had a position open on the copy desk where a person had moved from to take the reporter position I was applying for.
Copy desk. Editing is fine, I like it honestly. That's part of what makes me a geek I suppose. But pagination and layout are two main components of the position- exactly the kind of stuff that drove me nuts when at The BV.
Pfft.
Took the AP Style test today and will see how it goes from there. Meh.
Also, went to the December Recognition ceremony on Saturday. I saw quite a few kids graduating in three and a half years. I couldn't help but thinking to myself- "What is going through your mind? Do you really know what you're getting yourself into?" Denny Wilkins' quotation of Rodney Dangerfields' epic, "Stay in school! It's a jungle out there!" was quite fitting. Unless they're saving some major coin by leaving a semester early, or already have a premo job lined up (insert jealousy here) I can't possibly think of one reason why someone would want to leave school early. I've always wondered that, but especially now. Maybe I'm just lucky in enjoying the last few years of my college experience enough to wish I was still there, but with the way the job market is now....all I can say is it isn't pretty, and if I had the choice I'd be in no hurry to run out into the real world.
Too bad I'm already old and don't have a choice. Yay. |
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| Take me where the streetlights glow |
[Dec. 10th, 2008|03:59 pm] |
In between spurts of studying for my spanish final tomorrow, these are the five songs burnin' up my iTunes this week:
1. "Life in Technicolor ii" - Coldplay
2. "Let it Rain" - Living Things
3. "Winter Sun" - Balance Problems
4. "You Found Me" - The Fray
5a. "Use Somebody" - Kings of Leon
5b. "High Lonesome Sound" - Vince Gill
Okay, keeping it to five was harder than I expected. Christmas music is slowly creeping into my playlist. I'm just not quite ready to embrace it yet. Mainly because it means another birthday, meh. |
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| What to do |
[Nov. 20th, 2008|10:51 pm] |
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| |  anxious | ] |
| [ | Current Music |
| | Vertical Horizon | ] |
Today, I got a call from the Hagerstown Suns baseball team which I applied to about a month ago and interviewed with in a two-part process last week.
They offered me their broadcast internship position for the 2009 season.
I'm excited about the opportunity. The only thing holding me back from snatching it up right away is the money issue- the salary is purely commission based. Now, I know I can sell to some extent after the past season in Jamestown. And sure, businesses should have bigger ad budgets down there. But, at the end of the day I'll basically be taking a hit financially. Plus, I'd be moving to a place where I don't know a soul.
But, everyone has to start somewhere. This is really what I want to do. I don't want to be sitting around years from now and wonder "What if?" I already know what that feeling is like, its one I could do without having double helpings of. And, with the current economy, I could have a long wait before finding anything else.
Another thing I know- I'm definitely unhappy here. Why not take the risk of being unhappy somewhere else? I'm not exactly leaving the world behind in western New York.
I have until Monday to decide. I have a track record of screwing up big decisions. I really hope I don't mess this one up. |
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| Why I love SBU Tech Services |
[Nov. 19th, 2008|04:13 pm] |
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| | amused | ] |
One of the strange things about being a student at St. Bonaventure University but yet not really being one is the fact I still receive SBU Notice Boards through my SBU e-mail account which, I guess, stays up until I get around to actually graduating.
Honestly, some of the writers of the Notice Board should consider applying to be writers of network comedy TV. Earlier,I noticed my SBU e-mail was down. When it came back up, I had this in my inbox:
"Internet Outage Internet service is currently down due to problems with our outside service provider. We are working with our ISP to restore this connection as quick as possible. We apologize for the inconvenience. Technology Services "
But no one could see that e-mail when the outage was actually taking place since, you know, INTERNET SERVICE WAS DOWN. Kind of defeats the purpose of sending that e-mail, no?
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| Nada ver aquí |
[Nov. 18th, 2008|08:24 pm] |
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| |  frustrated | ] |
So, I definitely chose to study the wrong things for my Spanish test tonight. Not like it was important or anything.
¡Estoy muy frustrado, necesito dar un puñazo a algo! Nunca lo comprendré bien- nunca, nunca, nunca.... |
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| The drink was sweeter before we had a dime |
[Nov. 12th, 2008|12:13 am] |
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| |  pensive | ] |
"If you feel restless where you are, it may be easier to stay.
There are a million other fools to make your bed.
And they'll be closing all the shades
To keep you right there in that grave.
And I'll be knocking cause you never left my head."
I need a change of scenery.
I know I once said this was my place, and once it was, but it is no more. Nothing left to tie me here but a million memories, all of which can do nothing to fulfill the present. On the off chance I run into those from my past, they all seem to have moved on. They have things figured out. A job, a relationship, a place. I'm happy for them. But their wholeness leaves me feeling empty.
Christmas is coming up again, another birthday. For the first time, I'm dreading getting older. I mean, I thought I'd have something figured out by now. I'm grasping at speckles, the ambivalence of hope. Will it be today? Tomorrow? What form will it come in?
The leaves have changed and fallen, blown from my eye for another season. With them go the geese, squawking outside my window as they begin their annual trip South. Perhaps I need to catch a ride on their train, a coupe of revolution.
Let the compass take me anywhere.
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| Someone's committed to their workout program.... |
[Nov. 5th, 2008|10:03 pm] |
Under the category of "you can't make this stuff up"....
This story made me chuckle.
That lady has to get some credit off of her daily workout for going a mile with a rabid fox locked to her. Seriously, a mile with a fox clawing away at your flesh has to be good for at least three fox-less miles, right?
(P.S. I'm pretty disappointed the "geeky" mood doesn't have a face to go along with it. Wassupwitdat?) |
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| I'll take mine with whipped cream |
[Nov. 5th, 2008|05:15 pm] |
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| | OAR- "All Sides" | ] |
So, this hope thing folks are talking about?
I'll take some of that.
Make that two scoops. |
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