2003 Year In Review – Part 2
July
I was able to sign up on the first try for the elusive Media Law Class. I made my summer trip to Kansas to see Marci. I went to Reno with my brother for a bachelor party that ended up being nothing more than a REALLY long trip to an overrated topless bar and a LONG night in the hotel lobby playing pool and watching the rescue of the Pennsylvania coal miners. MAJOR disappointment.
August
A 34-year veteran of the Sacramento Bee got fired for falsifying work. My world was rocked for a few days, though I suffered mostly in silence. Afterward, I resolved myself even more to never be one of those journalists that people criticize for not doing enough legwork.
September
My final semester of college began withwhat elsecontroversy. The guy who was supposed to teach the Media Law class bailed at the last moment without telling anyone at the university. For a week, the department scrambled to find us a teacherall the while, I was freaking out because canceling the class meant that I would have had to stay in school for ANOTHER semester and take the chance of not being able to get into the class in the spring. Luckily, they found someone and the class turned out to be an excellent experience.
October
For one night, I reprised my role as a color commentary man for football. The win over the No. 12 team in Division I-AA turned out to be the highlight of our 2-7 season. My parents sell their house after two days on the market, because they swore they needed to get on the waiting list for this new development. Three months later, they dont want to wait for the new development, and were renting the house back to the new owner while my genius parents look for a house to move into. I got an internship with Breakdown Magazine, a national high school basketball magazine. I started out covering California, Nevada, Arizona and Hawaii, but have since been given assignments in Michigan and Georgia.
November
I entered the stretch run of college deadlines, deadlines, deadlines. I had a portfolio to submit, exams to take and my regular weekly deadines.
December
It ended after six years of college, I took my last final and graduated. Job search is in high gear. Im slowly trickling my resume out to places, weary that they wont hire me because I am not immediately available for face-to-face interviews. At the same time, my tenure here at this job enters its final three months. I refuse to think of how hard its going to be to move on to something else but I know its going to be.
Its been a hell of a year. I wish every one of my readers and their loved ones a happy and healthy 2004.
Happy New Year.