Today's rambling: Too much excitement
Written on Thursday, Nov. 14, 2002 at 11:29 p.m.
while feeling a bit

Tonight was a meeting of the NBS. But it was a 'get to know each other' meeting, so we had pizza and told everyone what our dream jobs were. I was the last person to go, so I really had time to think it over. I haven't actually had a set career in mind since I was younger...when I wanted to be an author. :P When it came to be my turn, I said that I didn't want to have a set career for the rest of my life. I want to be able to do all sorts of things, like write a novel, work on a TV crew, do a little bit of radio work...and I want to keep learning. I didn't say this there ('cause I didn't think of it), but I don't want to continue my learning in this structured sort of format. I get more enjoyment out of watching those cheesy documentaries on the Discovery Channel and TLC (The Learning Channel) and things like that. I don't plan on continuing to get a Master's degree after I've graduated here.

Anyway, it was sort of nice to have that revelation about myself. Maybe I'll end up finding one thing that I enjoy so much, I won't want to dabble in everything else. But if I do, that's okay. I might not make a ton of money, but at least I'll be enjoying myself...and I've always held that higher than being filthy rich. As long as I can afford necessities, and possibly a few luxuries, I'll be just fine. What good is having a life if you don't live it, right? The thought of spending the rest of my life just doing some boring job makes me wonder what good it was to be born at all, because after awhile I'd just grow to hate my life! So that's my philosophy. Not such a bad one, in my opinion, even if Mr. S. would say it's idealistic...! ;)

Getting back on track, Bill Adams was at this meeting (since he's the advisor for it). He is SOO funny and friendly! I mean, I mentioned here already that I took an immediate liking to him, but tonight just cemented those feelings. He treated all of us as though we were good buddies of his, instead of his students. Sat there at the table with us, eating pizza and drinking pop (oo, I used that word, hehe) and talking about his own ideal job (which would be to do stand-up, heehee)...it was really nice! He and this other kid (who's also just joining NBS) came up with an idea for a Viagra commercial, which would be HILARIOUS...They might even end up doing it for Nationals next year! At any rate, I suddenly remembered that Bill is the advisor for the TV station as well as the radio station and NBS, so I pitched my idea for the "Whose Line Is It Anyway"-esque show. And he was so enthusiastic about it! The only thing we had different opinions on was where to film it. I thought our little Chapel Theatre building would be best, but he thought it could be done right in the studio. I don't really like that idea, though, because it wouldn't allow for very many people to show up.

**Oo, Note To Self: bring up idea of making people--non-students--pay for tickets. Even if it's just a dollar, it could really help us out! We could use the money to fund NBS, ha ha....Yeah! It could be an NBS-sponsored sort of show, so all the proceeds would go to making our tiny chapter grow! We'd be popular! This is great!

Right. So anyway, the show can't be done until next semester anyway, but I still want to get some ideas written down so that I can present them to the TV folks and get a crew together to work on it. Then we can ask the folks over in the theatre department if they're interested, hold some open auditions or something...*bounces up and down* It's about time our rinky dinky little TV station got some fun things happening!

Oh yeah!! Mel (WCUC's station manager) is in NBS too, and she told me that that Tyrone guy will only be doing the morning show with me on...Thursdays and one other day. So the rest of the time is mine! The only crap part is that on Tuesdays and Thursdays, I have Health class at 8 am...which means that I'd only be at the station from 6 to 7:45 or so! I'll have to find someone else who could fill in for that extra hour and 15 minutes. I'd just stay right up 'til 8 if it wasn't for the fact that Health is all the way on the other side of campus from the station!

Still, the fact that this will still technically be my show gives me vast amounts of happiness. ;) Now the radio station will be fully operational again...I love helping people out! *giggles* Seriously, though, I get so passionate about stuff that I always want to try to make things better...or as good as they can be. Maybe it's part of being a Comm major. Dr. Freeman told us today that no self-respecting Comm major can watch TV without being critical of it, and I was doing exactly that tonight when I watched TV5's news broadcast. It was the very first time I'd seen it, and it was dreadful. The one anchor spoke in a monotone, even when she was trying to be funny...and she sounded scripted, which is always bad. The video quality (in the commercials and things) was even worse--some of the commercials you couldn't even see hardly, they were so dim and distorted--and there was only one guy (the sports guy) who was even worth listening to. I was so disappointed! The worst of it was, one of the anchors (not the HORRENDOUSLY bad one) is in NBS, and she was acting all haughty and "I'm better than all of you"-ish. She acted like she was the best thing to come along, and her anchor skills weren't very good, either!

This prompted me to wonder how college newscasters can be so completely different from the ones you see on national stations. Does it really require that many classes, or is it experience...or is it just talent? I mean, not that all the newscasters for local stations are terrific (the ones out here in Pittsburgh, for example, leave a bit to be desired), but there's a huge amount of difference between them and these college guys! Or maybe it's just THIS college. Maybe the quality is better at other places...obviously, not EVERY college's news teams are going to be of equal quality!

Hmm...anyway, tonight I idly called Geoff and Tim, not even expecting an answer. Of course, Geoff answered. We talked for a little over an hour, as usual not about anything important! When he said he had to go, he was like, "Can I call you in...a couple days? A week?" :P I said sure, but I'm not actually expecting him to call.

Blahhh. I need to go take a shower and head off to bed! I'm so tiiiiiired! All this excitement has worn me out! ;)