Week one at school and the paper is complete. I've spent so many hours at the paper, it's almost strange when I leave to go to class, or do something not involving reporting and editing. My struggles with writers continue. How do I convey urgency to them to provide quality reporting? Even in the Arts and Entertainment section, where little more than an opinion and an ability to convey emotion and response through words are required, I'm stuck wishing I could write these articles myself.
The Sundial is still undergoing issues regarding their web site, so I have no outlet to share some of the thing I've collaborated with. I'm saving all of my editing sheets for a scrapbook of sorts; if and when I get the energy and time to get around to that.
My student loan was finally processed, and the checks came in the mail. I'm going to have to crack down on my budget a little bit more; things are beginning to get a little tight.
I continually find interesting ways to entertain myself and friends in a free manner, well, aside from the gasoline. We played guitar out of a popular songs book for more than two hours Friday night. A regular kumbaya night, but the Cat Stevens renditions had to be my favorite. If you want to sing out, sing out indeed.
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Yesterday I also managed to head to Chinatown in L.A. to get in on a little bit of the Kung Hei Fat Choi action. Take a gander at some of the photos here: Year of the Dog
