So my newspaper duties for next yera will be: Web/Opinion Editor. Yes, that's right, I do in fact rule.
The return of the happiest dictatorship in the world is well under way.
Kick Ass.
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Monday, April 23, 2007
And that's when I saw the bear...
Well, this semester is almost over and it's finishing on a high note.
Tonight, i should know which desk will be mine come fall semester. It will be exciting and time consuming, but I'm ready. Bring it on.
I still have a bunch of work to do, both for classes and for the paper, but I'm not too worried. I'm the Alfred E. Nueman of college. "What, me worry?"
I banked $150 for the last pay period, which is significantly high for any writer on this paper. This week has the potential to be even more. Tuesdays issue will have an opinion column, an arts story, a book review, and a 30-inch sports story. I will make more from this one issue than I have in some entire pay periods. Yes, yes, I rule.
Jule and I are good. We had a rough couple days, in which I learned to be more sensitive to certain issues and she learned that I often have Zen-like patience. me going to Seattle for the summer while she stays in Moscow will be good and bad, but I think more good. We both need to remember that we can't see each other every minute of everyday. The relationship is still in its early stages; we have plenty of time for other things still.
Spring semester cruised by. I don't know how all of a sudden it is almost May. It is also weird for me to have this plan, again, of going to Seattle for something that will have far-reaching affects beyond just the summer. And knowing I'm coming back here after that, instead of going to Lund for a couple months and not doing anything. Due to certain situations, part of me very much wants to be in Lund for the summer. I know, though, that Mom wouldn't want me to give up on my future now. So I'm going.
I'll do my best to do better at keeping this blog up. I know there are some of you out there I haven't spoken with for a long time and I take complete blame for that. I'm sorry.
OK, now I have to go write some more stuff. I will catch you on the flipside.
Tonight, i should know which desk will be mine come fall semester. It will be exciting and time consuming, but I'm ready. Bring it on.
I still have a bunch of work to do, both for classes and for the paper, but I'm not too worried. I'm the Alfred E. Nueman of college. "What, me worry?"
I banked $150 for the last pay period, which is significantly high for any writer on this paper. This week has the potential to be even more. Tuesdays issue will have an opinion column, an arts story, a book review, and a 30-inch sports story. I will make more from this one issue than I have in some entire pay periods. Yes, yes, I rule.
Jule and I are good. We had a rough couple days, in which I learned to be more sensitive to certain issues and she learned that I often have Zen-like patience. me going to Seattle for the summer while she stays in Moscow will be good and bad, but I think more good. We both need to remember that we can't see each other every minute of everyday. The relationship is still in its early stages; we have plenty of time for other things still.
Spring semester cruised by. I don't know how all of a sudden it is almost May. It is also weird for me to have this plan, again, of going to Seattle for something that will have far-reaching affects beyond just the summer. And knowing I'm coming back here after that, instead of going to Lund for a couple months and not doing anything. Due to certain situations, part of me very much wants to be in Lund for the summer. I know, though, that Mom wouldn't want me to give up on my future now. So I'm going.
I'll do my best to do better at keeping this blog up. I know there are some of you out there I haven't spoken with for a long time and I take complete blame for that. I'm sorry.
OK, now I have to go write some more stuff. I will catch you on the flipside.
Thursday, April 12, 2007
The Ups, the Downs, and the Middles
OK, we'll tell a happy story first. I got a new computer and so far it kicks ass. Thanks to funding through organizations I'm associated with, I only have to pay half the total cost. They didn't have any Macs in the program which is a bummer, but this is pretty cool. Plus it is up to dat enough to be cool anywhere.
Another happy story is that i did get the Seattle job. I start on May 21.
The bad news, well, some things yesterday really sucked ass, including the death of Kurt Vonnegut. There is something else, too, but that's my business.
Catch you later.
Another happy story is that i did get the Seattle job. I start on May 21.
The bad news, well, some things yesterday really sucked ass, including the death of Kurt Vonnegut. There is something else, too, but that's my business.
Catch you later.
Wednesday, April 04, 2007
No joke
If I had posted this on Sunday, no one would have believed me. "Oh, that crazy Teej, trying to pull an April Fool's Day joke on us." Crazy, yes, but this is no joke.
After weeks of spending time with this great girl named Julie, she and I decided to make that leap into "couplehood." Really, I mean it. Do I have to simplify this for you?
Teej has a girlfriend.
The world still turns and hell didn't freeze over. Stranger things have happened.
We are taking things slow, which is best for us both.
It is a frightening thing. The last three days I've woken up thinking, "I will see my girlfriend today." Every time, I get a little freaked out and rightly so. The whole relationship business hasn't been kind to your pal T.J. I don't need to get into any of that. It is a constant gnawing rat inside my head, waiting to burst out the first chance it gets, just to remind me that I will probably do something to wreck this entire deal.
Optimist to end, aren't I?
Between the two of us, we have our share of stories to tell each other. She writes Young Adult-style fantasy fiction and I write what I write.
Last night I let her listen to Meat Loaf. today she will hear Metallica and feel the awesome rock that is The Beasts from the Bay.
And now you are asking yourself, "How the hell did Teej get hooked up with a girl that doesn't listen to Metallica but has an overwhelming fondness for Josh Groban?"
Like I said, stranger things have happened.
In other news, I'm still waiting to hear about an internship in Seattle. I didn't get the New York scholarship I was up for, but that's OK. This Seattle deal will be better in the long run. Also,my prospects for being super important at the Argonaut next year are increasing. There will be a number of vacancies on the editorial staff, including Web/managing Editor and Arts editor. The way things are going, if I don't get one, I'll get the other. It really depends on where the new Editor-in-Chief (who just happens to be my current section editor) wants me.
We shall see what we shall see when we see it.
After weeks of spending time with this great girl named Julie, she and I decided to make that leap into "couplehood." Really, I mean it. Do I have to simplify this for you?
Teej has a girlfriend.
The world still turns and hell didn't freeze over. Stranger things have happened.
We are taking things slow, which is best for us both.
It is a frightening thing. The last three days I've woken up thinking, "I will see my girlfriend today." Every time, I get a little freaked out and rightly so. The whole relationship business hasn't been kind to your pal T.J. I don't need to get into any of that. It is a constant gnawing rat inside my head, waiting to burst out the first chance it gets, just to remind me that I will probably do something to wreck this entire deal.
Optimist to end, aren't I?
Between the two of us, we have our share of stories to tell each other. She writes Young Adult-style fantasy fiction and I write what I write.
Last night I let her listen to Meat Loaf. today she will hear Metallica and feel the awesome rock that is The Beasts from the Bay.
And now you are asking yourself, "How the hell did Teej get hooked up with a girl that doesn't listen to Metallica but has an overwhelming fondness for Josh Groban?"
Like I said, stranger things have happened.
In other news, I'm still waiting to hear about an internship in Seattle. I didn't get the New York scholarship I was up for, but that's OK. This Seattle deal will be better in the long run. Also,my prospects for being super important at the Argonaut next year are increasing. There will be a number of vacancies on the editorial staff, including Web/managing Editor and Arts editor. The way things are going, if I don't get one, I'll get the other. It really depends on where the new Editor-in-Chief (who just happens to be my current section editor) wants me.
We shall see what we shall see when we see it.
Sunday, April 01, 2007
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