daines'n around

I've shied away from blogging daily. This isn't because nothing is happening, but it may be that too much is happening. The second week of school is over, and it is appearing that week one was a warm up for things to come.

I began my 18 hours a week at the photo lab as the technician this week, and after 18 hours, only three students have come in to the photo lab. It is saddening to see all of these resources go unused. Perhaps if we had computers worth spending time on, more people would forgo their bedrooms and living rooms to come into the school lab.

With the lab job, this brings up my daily schedule to a ridiculous amount of occupied time. Shall I narrate a week of activities for posterity sake? Why not? I'll document how much of a masochist I am.

In short: I'm busy. Sorry if i'm self-absorbed this semester. It doesn't really involve myself, but everything that I'm involved with.

Monday:

• 8am (sometimes I'm a little late) Newspaper for 1)contacting media outlets for story 2) editing features and news stories 3) proofreading a&e stories waiting to be published.
  
• 9a.m. Photo lab technician duties until 11:30a.m.
  
• 12pm institute class for an hour-and-a-half (this may be preempted due to newspaper needs)
  
• 2pm International news media analysis class, three hours
  
• 6pm Newspaper for 1)copy editing of paginated pages 2) ensuring layout 3) preparing for Tuesday
  
• Sometime between 9:30pm and 10:30 pm, the newspaper is boxed, I walk to my car and drive home. I'm usually home about 11pm.
  

• 8a.m. Newspaper 1) Dummy layout for Wed.'s a&e 2) edit stories for length and tone 3) continue with next week's story ideas
  
• 11a.m. Photojournalism senior status tutorial: issues in photojournalism
  
• 1230p.m. Creative writing until 2p.m.
  
• 2p.m. Advertising photography until 5pm.
  
• 5p.m. Newspaper to make sure production has finished dummying a&e, copy edit it myself, give it to another editor to read over. if there is time left, make the changes on the production computer to the layout. if no time, trust my page with someone else
  
• 6p.m. graphics until 10p.m. but often let out early. Four hours of class is insane.
  
• Bewtween 9p.m. and 10p.m. return to the newspaper to ensure everything that can be done is being done.
  
• Drive home, arrive about 11p.m.
  

• 8a.m. Newspaper editor's meeting.
  
• 9a.m. Newspaper 1)contacting media outlets for story ideas and plans for future issues2) editing features and news stories for other sections 3) proofreading a&e stories waiting to be published.
  
• 12p.m. Institute class until 1:30p.m.
  
• 2p.m. Photo lab technician duties until 6p.m.
  
• 6p.m. Newspaper for 1)copy editing of paginated pages 2) ensuring layout 3) preparing for Thursday and Friday
  
• Finish day at Newspaper between 9:30 and 10:30 p.m.
  
• Drive home, and arrive shortly before 11p.m.
  

• 9a.m. Newspaper 1)contacting media outlets for story 2) editing features and news stories 3) proofreading a&e stories waiting to be published.
  
• 12:30p.m. Creative writing until 2p.m.
  
• 2p.m. Advertising photography until 5p.m.
  
• 6p.m. Photo lab technician duties until 10p.m.
  
• Drive home by 10:30p.m.
  

• 8a.m. Newspaper 1) Dummy layout for Mon.'s a&e 2) edit stories for length and tone 3) continue with copy editing my section and the other sections.
  
• my day ends when a&e is done and boxed up, and I feel I've helped out enough with the rest of the paper.
  
• After three weeks this is about 2 or 3p.m.
  

• 9a.m. Photo lab technician duties until 2p.m.
  

• Church 11:30a.m.to 2:30p.m.
  
• Church meetings 2:30p.m. until about 4p.m.
  
• Fireside or church activity 7p.m. - 9p.m.
  

That's where I am. I'm trying to be positive and not complain as much. I'm working on that whole smiling thing.