Wow...
I feel like I haven't updated in years! I know it really hasn't been THAT long, but it feels like eternity.
Not a WHOLE lot worth mentioning is going one. I have work, school and the Tigers. That's about it. Granted, a lot at work has changed, but all of that jazz doesn't necessarily constitute a post that someone would want to read.
But without that...I'm nothing. I'm really nothing. If I didn't have work...I would be no body. My life revolves around work. It's inevitable. When you put as much into work as I do...you're bound to consist of nothing but work.
So that's where I am. I'm a working girl and that's about it. School is nothing to write home about. I go listen to lectures, do some homework, take some tests and that's about it. The family's always annoying. I get along with them some days and others they piss me off to no end. Friends are the same. I don't see them enough and when I do I either have a good time or bad. Men are the same. When I meet one, he generally ends up being a prick or being a weirdo. So, therefore, I'm resorting to posting about work. That's the only thing in my life that's even a little stimulating or changing.
At the newspaper I was working at over the summer (interning) they loved me. I decided to stay though the fall into December. They loved me for it. They loved my work and wanted to hire me, but were gong though downsizing and said I would be the top candidate if they had any openings. That felt really good! Me! A candidate to be hired at a daily newspaper! WOOO!
I had left my previous job to work at The Daily (which shall be what we call it here). My previous job was with the weekly student newspaper at my college. I was the managing editor. I liked it...but there was a lot of drama and not enough pay, and it just wasn't what I wanted to do. I wanted to be writing and I got that at The Daily.
One day about 2 weeks ago I got a call from a friend, who just so happened to be the Editor in Chief at The School Weekly saying she got hired full time at The Daily. This is good news! This isn't bad at all for me because #1. She had technically graduated from school and #2. The position she got was in a completely different department than the one I work in or the one I would want to work in.
So she said she was leaving The School Weekly and wanted me to come back and take the reigns as Editor in Chief. I blew it off saying I just couldn't possibly and went on my way.
Then I really sat down and thought about it and thought that it would be a great step for me in my professional life...It would look really good on the ol' resume.
So the next day, I went into The Daily, told them my situation and said that that week would be my last. They were ecstatic that I got the new job because they think I will be brilliant at it, they wished me luck and told me that I was still at the top of their list and if something opened up, I would be the first person they call.
So that's where I am now. My first week back at The School Weekly was last week, and I'm getting into the groove there. I didn't realize how much of a mess Friend/Former Editor in Chief left for me...but I quickly realized she left me with quite a bad situation. None of the editors are trained to design, so she was designing the whole paper. None of them are trained in AP Style, so I have to HEAVILY copy edit EVERYTHING and the computer situation/budget/payroll is crazy.
But I'm getting the ship sailing. I'm getting the train on the right tracks. I'm getting the shit cleaned up! And I'm kind of liking it. Right now, it's stressful, but I think once I get into the swing of everything I will thoroughly enjoy it.
So that's my update. I don't know exactly how much I'll be able to update seeing as how the new job is more time consuming...but blogging will always be in my heart and I'm still striving for once a week.
Thanks for tuning in. See ya soon!
Not a WHOLE lot worth mentioning is going one. I have work, school and the Tigers. That's about it. Granted, a lot at work has changed, but all of that jazz doesn't necessarily constitute a post that someone would want to read.
But without that...I'm nothing. I'm really nothing. If I didn't have work...I would be no body. My life revolves around work. It's inevitable. When you put as much into work as I do...you're bound to consist of nothing but work.
So that's where I am. I'm a working girl and that's about it. School is nothing to write home about. I go listen to lectures, do some homework, take some tests and that's about it. The family's always annoying. I get along with them some days and others they piss me off to no end. Friends are the same. I don't see them enough and when I do I either have a good time or bad. Men are the same. When I meet one, he generally ends up being a prick or being a weirdo. So, therefore, I'm resorting to posting about work. That's the only thing in my life that's even a little stimulating or changing.
At the newspaper I was working at over the summer (interning) they loved me. I decided to stay though the fall into December. They loved me for it. They loved my work and wanted to hire me, but were gong though downsizing and said I would be the top candidate if they had any openings. That felt really good! Me! A candidate to be hired at a daily newspaper! WOOO!
I had left my previous job to work at The Daily (which shall be what we call it here). My previous job was with the weekly student newspaper at my college. I was the managing editor. I liked it...but there was a lot of drama and not enough pay, and it just wasn't what I wanted to do. I wanted to be writing and I got that at The Daily.
One day about 2 weeks ago I got a call from a friend, who just so happened to be the Editor in Chief at The School Weekly saying she got hired full time at The Daily. This is good news! This isn't bad at all for me because #1. She had technically graduated from school and #2. The position she got was in a completely different department than the one I work in or the one I would want to work in.
So she said she was leaving The School Weekly and wanted me to come back and take the reigns as Editor in Chief. I blew it off saying I just couldn't possibly and went on my way.
Then I really sat down and thought about it and thought that it would be a great step for me in my professional life...It would look really good on the ol' resume.
So the next day, I went into The Daily, told them my situation and said that that week would be my last. They were ecstatic that I got the new job because they think I will be brilliant at it, they wished me luck and told me that I was still at the top of their list and if something opened up, I would be the first person they call.
So that's where I am now. My first week back at The School Weekly was last week, and I'm getting into the groove there. I didn't realize how much of a mess Friend/Former Editor in Chief left for me...but I quickly realized she left me with quite a bad situation. None of the editors are trained to design, so she was designing the whole paper. None of them are trained in AP Style, so I have to HEAVILY copy edit EVERYTHING and the computer situation/budget/payroll is crazy.
But I'm getting the ship sailing. I'm getting the train on the right tracks. I'm getting the shit cleaned up! And I'm kind of liking it. Right now, it's stressful, but I think once I get into the swing of everything I will thoroughly enjoy it.
So that's my update. I don't know exactly how much I'll be able to update seeing as how the new job is more time consuming...but blogging will always be in my heart and I'm still striving for once a week.
Thanks for tuning in. See ya soon!
