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“ ... proud though I may be of my profession, it never occurred to me that it was meant to be a working majority, ... That more than half of young men in TV would want to cover sports has the same ring to it as if we learned more than half the males in medical school wanted to concentrate on cosmetic surgery.” -Frank Deford

My work in Multimedia and Advanced Reporting in 2009

Friday, February 19, 2010

Fabulous Friday

I really love my Fridays. Not just because I have a day off on Fridays, but it also depicts that my week is nearly over. In the beginning of the week, it was not looking good because last weekend was an absolute disaster. Three of my friends from home came up to UNH to visit me and they were also planning to sleep over. At first everyone was getting along and we were having a good time. To make a long story short, as the night went on, my friends from home and my friends from UNH ended up clashing and taking comment from each other seriously. It was childish and immature and I was very angry about it. I was frustrated because it was a negative environment and I felt responsible. When my UNH friends finally left, we went to sleep at 2 a.m. and I didn't sleep well all night. I was woken up at 8:30 and I never went back to sleep. The Mass-holes finally left at 1 p.m. on Sunday and it took about a couple of days to forget about it.
The week started out good because on Tuesday, New Hampshire had a big snow storm, which led to cancellations in both of my night classes. Usually, I have classes from 11-8:30. Since my night classes got canceled, I had class from 11-3:30 instead. I don't normally do homework on Tuesdays, but since my classes got canceled, I decided to fool around and spend time with my friends, which was a lot of fun.
On Wednesday, it was a hectic, but fun day. The highlight of the day was I had a date/meeting with this girl Melissa. I met her through a friend two weeks ago. She is a very sweet girl and I think we have a lot in common, so I wanted to get to know her better. Before, I had a meeting and then a Yellow Fever shot, which I need it to get into Trinidad and Tobago, which I am going to for spring break in three weeks. It was a longer process than I expected, which I ended up being 10 minutes late for the date and I was upset about it. I kept apologizing to her because being late is unacceptable, especially when I made the plans. Otherwise, everything went well. She is actually a much cooler person than I expected. She plays basketball, has a passion for special needs children and is a car fanatic. I love all of those traits. Melissa said that she wants to see me again on Saturday, hence if she does not go home. I hope she does not go home because I would like to see her again.
Yesterday was Resume Review Day. Since looking for jobs is a top priority of mine, having a professional to review my resume would bring me on the right direction. The woman reviewed my resume and then I left. Someone told me one time that working on a resume is like a professional job. That person is right. I am going to need more discipline and motivation to make my resume the best it can be, especially when going to the real world is not too far away.
Tonight is a big night for me. I have an assignment to do in Sports Writing which I have to go to a high school athletics game and write a game story. It has to be 500-600 words and the deadline is five hours after game time. I am covering a high school girls varsity basketball game. It is in Oyster River High School and they are facing Portsmouth High Athletics. It starts at 6:30 p.m. and my deadline is at 11:30. This is my first game story and I feel nervous but jittery at the same time. I am putting too much pressure on myself because this will be the inauguration to being a sports writer. I was told by my professor that covering a high school game is the hardest thing to do in sports writing. I will see it tonight.
So far, everything this week is going to plan. I finished all of my work and errands leading up to today. I hope everything goes well for my story tonight and that I pass it in on time, which is my biggest fear. If tonight goes well, I hope to see Melissa, then it will be the perfect week.

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