Week 2

This has been a pretty long week, it's hard to believe I've only been in classes for two weeks. It feels like two months already. I got a case of the "Westminster Plague" from my roommate - it's a bad cold/sinus infection that goes around campus about the start of every semester. It hit me pretty hard - I spent Tuesday afternoon, all of Wed, and most of Thurs hibernating. I tried those "Zicam" things tho - I think they did help me beat the cold a little faster. I'm already feeling better, although I'm only at about 60% right now. It could be worse.

What I did in BC this week : Well, I had my radio shows again this week. My throat was really swollen when I woke up on Tues, and I didn't think I'd make it through my shift because I had a very raspy voice that was coming and going. But I think I sounded really good during my shift, and no one could even tell i was sick! (until I shut off the mic, lol). Thursday was an interesting time, I felt more like a board op than a d.j. because "Digital 88.9 News" kept "breaking in" with live reports about flooding, evacuations, and rescues in the area after Wed.'s storm. It was still pretty exciting stuff, and the first time we've ever done anything like that.
Unfortunately I was unable to do my first newscast on Wed. because I had no voice and was too weak to leave my room. I'm excited to get back into that next week though. I'm also working on getting things straightened out for the first "County Line" of the semester, next Thursday.

Career Planning: I gave my presentation in Capstone yesterday, but I felt a little false listening to everyone else, because although working as a d.j. and in radio news really are things that I enjoy, I don't really want to think about hunting down jobs in certain markets and becoming a top exec or anything like that. I just want to do what I enjoy and make enough money to live comfortably in the area that I decide to live in - an area that would be impacted depending on my relationship situation at the time and all kinds of factors in that area that would make a difference. I'm not really in this to go hunt down the best job in the world no matter what, you know? Don't get me wrong - I do want the best job for me - I guess to me that means just working somewhere with great staff and really loving the business.

What's happening in the biz: I think it's interesting how some stories talk about news anchors and such the same way you read about celebrities in tabloids and People magazine and such. A lot of folks in my Capstone class are interested in working in entertainment news, and from what I gather, rumor has it that Applegate may be moving from morning news in Boston...and looking to co-host "Good Day New York". ...in New York, obviously. The article says Applegate and Chris Gailus could be an exciting energy boost for the show.