First time on the blog.... (Did you get it... blog sounded like job... nevermind) :)

In the beginning:

So... this is how it all began... I was on facebook today when I saw that Andrew had posted yet another blog post. I decided to check it out and after reading found that I could comment on it. So, naturally, I did. But it made me sign up to leave my message. I did that, too. But then it asked if I wanted to create a blog of my own.  That was the beginning of the end. Now I find myself typing a blog, listening to Enya, and chatting on facebook... all at the same time.  I really don't know exactly what to write. Maybe I should talk about my life. Here goes:

Europe:

So I have recently decided to start saving up to go on a trip to Europe after my senior year.  My journalism teacher decided to take a few students and parents. He thinks that Greece and Italy are our possible destination. I think that would be awesome. But then came the number crunching. After a few minutes of headache, I emerged victorious (as always). I realized that if I were to save a sizeable chunk of every paycheck until then, I could scrape by. The trip is supposed to cost 3000+ dollars. That is a large sum. But for Europe, definitely worth it. Definitely.  Now I just have to start saving.  Wish me luck.

Journalism:


I am managing editor in my journalism class. The only problem with that is this is the year we may actually die from insufficient funding.  We are doing all in our power to print, but the fact of the matter is, we may have to go all online.  Jacob has been working intensely on creating a working website, and he succeeded. Now all we have to do is post up the stories and the site will be fully functional.  If you were to go there now you would find that the only story up was written by yours truly. But that is because I am the only one who has taken interest in this new development in our journalism class. So i guess that I am excited and not excited for the fall of the journalism class.

Pros to losing the print edition:

• no more layout
• no deadlines
• no more stressed teacher
• more time in class to work on stories

Cons to losing the print edition:

• no more layout
• no more pizza
• Jacob becomes infinitely more important
• technical difficulties may ruin the plan

So... all in all, I think we will just press on and go with the flow. Hopefully we survive.