A friend of my tonight just told me he found out for sure his mom has cancer. One thing I've struggled with my whole life is why such bad things happen to such good people.
I still don't have an anwer except for that's the way it is. I know us in America have it better than most of the world, but I still don't understand how so much bad can happen, except for the fact of the Ying and the Yang.
I do believe you have to know the bad to know what's good, otherwise things blur and what's where good and bad merge until we're theoretically robots in that everything is the same. That tends to be how I justify the bad things sometimes, but it doesn't necessarily mean it's any easier to stomach. In the words of Lonestar, "I pray for every women, child and man, to find the strength to rise above, to teach each other how to love, to forgive and be forgiven some sweet day...I pray"
I know I don't often enough, but I'm still learning and growning. I'm gonna get there someday...
Friday, July 18, 2008
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
It's funny, I'm designing the sports section of the Capital-Journal again tonight, and I can't help but wonder why I chose to major in mass media at Washburn. I've learned more working at the C-J and being sports editor of the Washburn Review than I have in any mass media classes at Washburn, save for the theoretical classes (which I do enjoy).
I could've easily majored in actuarial science like I was and given myself more options and a job in a field that, quite frankly, isn't choking. But I love mass media way more than math these days. I'd rather make no money than hate my job.
Either way, I guess my classes have basically given me a place to solidify my skills and pick up the random InDesign tip. But when it comes to mass media, it really is what real-world experience you have and who you know. You can't learn to design or write under the pressure of deadline in class. It just isn't possible. Anyone can write a news story, but can you write it in 10 minutes because the game went into overtime?
It's crazy to think, 4 years ago I started at the C-J as a part-timer in high school answering phones and typing up box scores, standings and other sports agate. And now I'm designing sections and I love it. The hours aren't glamorous, the pay is bad but the satisfaction is solid. How many people can say their work is seen by thousands each day?
I could've easily majored in actuarial science like I was and given myself more options and a job in a field that, quite frankly, isn't choking. But I love mass media way more than math these days. I'd rather make no money than hate my job.
Either way, I guess my classes have basically given me a place to solidify my skills and pick up the random InDesign tip. But when it comes to mass media, it really is what real-world experience you have and who you know. You can't learn to design or write under the pressure of deadline in class. It just isn't possible. Anyone can write a news story, but can you write it in 10 minutes because the game went into overtime?
It's crazy to think, 4 years ago I started at the C-J as a part-timer in high school answering phones and typing up box scores, standings and other sports agate. And now I'm designing sections and I love it. The hours aren't glamorous, the pay is bad but the satisfaction is solid. How many people can say their work is seen by thousands each day?
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