The Beginning of the End...

Well, here it's finally here...my senior year of college. I never thought this day would come but now that it has I'm scared to death! Classes started this week and I'm pretty happy. I think my favorite class will be Sports Broadcasting. Sports Director and Anchor at Channel 33 in Youngstown Bob Hannon is teaching the class. Right now, he's looking like my saving grace. I need to make sure I do well in that class and he may be able to give me a foot in the door...

I'm still trying to get some of my work from last year up for all to see. Even some stories that I did that were never posted online; like the story on the auctioneer. That was my very first story and I got a lot of help from Mr. Weaver on it, but it's one of my favorite stories that I've done. It'll be good resume tape material for a reporter job...

As far as a senior project goes...I'm going to produce a video for my uncle's optometry practice. I've got some ideas of what I want to do with it, but I need to run them by him before I can really start working on it. Since it's my senior project I think it will help me learn how to STOP PROCRASTINATING!!! That is one of my major weaknesses; it's a horrible habit that I need to learn to get out of quickly. I'm hoping this year will teach me better time management because of all the things I'll be involved with.

In addition to having 19 semester hours I have 2 radio shifts (7-9 Monday mornings with Chucko & 10:25-12), I'll be anchoring both sports and news, I'm a part of the Titan Crew for football games, and I'm audtioning for a show next week. Broadcasting is my major, but theatre is a very strong passion of mine and could very well be another job avenue for me to explore. I'm taking a dance class this semester to help with musical auditions and this upcoming show is Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream," which will look amazing on a resume. So, I'll be in for a lot of work this semester with not a lot of time for play, but I think that will be a good kick in the face as far as reality is concerned. In real life you don't always have time to do what you want. That's why you find a job doing something you love; it's more fun than work.