A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Today was my first day on the job working for Alumnae Communications. I'll be working there two days a week, for three hours each time, and today I kind of got my introduction to the office. It seems as though there is a lot of opportunity for me to do good things for the Alumnae Bulletin. I am especially eager to hone my writing skills (though its not as though I don;t do that here), and to do some editing and web page writing. Those will be my primary responsibilities this semester. In... Sign in to see full entry.

Don't tell me that didn't get your attention. Well, I won't be writing about sex, per say, but I am writing on those kinds of people who use scintillating or provocative titles to get more clicks for their blogs- and people who change the font of thier text to perhaps keep their readers interested. We see it more and more often: people who write titles in CAPITAL LETTERS, people who use absolutely enormous fonts, all to get more readers. To what pupose, may I be so bold as to ask? Why get more... Sign in to see full entry.

There were a variety of topics I thought about writing on. Many posters have focused on the disaster area where New Orleans used to be, and I thought about writing about that. But I don’t like focusing on death and destruction, however fascinating that tends to be. Its not that I’m insensitive (though I can be), but I don’t think we should be so negative about some things sometimes. The only way, really, in which Katrina has affected me are the high gas prices- the reason for which you obviously... Sign in to see full entry.

But after writing all that about Chris a few days ago, I went right back to see him this weekend. I remember telling you about a concert at Hampden-Sydney College, where Chris goes. On Friday night Rebecca and I drove over there to the concert, stopping at Wal-Mart on the way for drinks. We went over the the faternity house of a friend of hers, just to hang out before the concert. Well, I decided at that point to go over and see how Chris was doing. He wasn't in his room, but when I called he... Sign in to see full entry.

Well, its September first, and for me, the school year has officially begun. Also, today I had both of my senior seminars, one in history and the other in English. What a wake-up call those were. It reminds me of how much work I have to do, exactly, and how nobody will ever see me in the spring because I'll be too busy in class or writing my papers. Both seminars are two hours long apiece. They're a part of a "capstone experience" that ends with us all writing senior papers in the spring- though... Sign in to see full entry.