How to Report the News

I wish every newscaster was as honest as this. (F-bomb at :25)
"ME has this report". Priceless.

When I do the news I WILL BE HONEST!
Except when I lie.

No one put me in front of a camera, I will mislead the masses.
Sure, it'll be funny. But it would be wrong.

Wrongly funny.

Video Killed the Radio Star

Today was not the best day for me, but I'm not going to spend every day on this blog crying like a little whiner.

We had lab in radio class, which means we went to the radio station and messed around with the board.

The professor taught us how to do transitions between different songs, just like they do at the radio stations. Except at modern stations, everything is computerized. So we're learning the old school way.

We're retro.

I brought my Beatle's CD, and I'm going to burn a mixed CD or two to bring with me. I have a cool burner that can etch a custom label onto the CD, so I try to use it whenever I can.

On Tuesday we're going to work on a "cold read". This is where we read from a script into a microphone without any previous practice. We're reading the script "cold", for the first time while we're reading it.

Yes, he is going to record us. And yes, he is going to make us listen to it when we're finished.

I really can't stand hearing myself talk. Whenever I record myself for my voicemail, it takes me 30 tries to get it "right". Even then I try my best to never call my voicemail.

"Hey it's Lee!" "OH GOD I SOUND LIKE A 5-YEAR-OLD *click*"

I'm not the only one scared, though. And I'm secretly excited. I'm always so terrified of trying new things and embarrassing myself, but really, what's the worst I could do?

Stumble and have to start over? Breathe too hard into the microphone? I wouldn't be the first.

I'm excited about this semester. I feel like if I really segment myself well, I could have a successful semester.

Now that I'm taking notes with my computer, things are flowing smoothly. I can easily separate everything and find my way around.

In order to keep myself successful, I'm considering trimming down my work hours. I work 20-something hours a week, and I feel worn down. If I work 15 hours a week I'll pull in less money a week, but I'm only allotted $1,000 now as it is, and once I earn that I have to wait until I can work again.

What do you guys think I should do? Should I trim down my hours?

HP Sucks Right Now

I have so much homework.
My teachers are piling it on. But that's okay. I'm going to do it.

I'm watching Surrogates right now. I like Bruce Willis. He's a sexy older guy.

I'm kind of creeped out, seeing these robot people.
I mean, I know they're just normal actors, but they look robotic in their movements.

And we all know robots are going to destroy the planet.
It's a fact.

I may have to take my laptop back because the webcam is stuck at the lowest resolution possible, and I saw someone else with the same problem. Even when they restored their comp, it was stuck. This is SO IRRITATING.THAT IS AS BIG AS IT WILL GO.
I HATE YOU HP. I HATE YOU SO BAD RIGHT NOW.

400th Post

Apparently this is my 400th post.
Huh, I've done 400 posts.

I'll probably be doing a giveaway for this. I'm ordering some stuff online. If I order something for a giveaway, I'll host in within the next couple of days.

Right now, I'm tired and a little bit irritated with myself.
I messed up. I sent out my dad's newsletter to the 400 people I was supposed to. And instead of sending it in a blind copy, I accidentally sent it normal.
So the 400 emails were exposed.
I expect some pissed off people.

I've had a long day. I made a mistake. But I want to cry. It's a mistake I shouldn't have made. At all. I still want to cry. I feel like I'm going to get yelled at.

Today I had my phone on SILENT, triple CHECKED it was on silent, and LOW AND BEHOLD, it went off at full blast in my class. When I fumbled with it and hit ignore, I checked if it was on silent. It was. WTF?

It's like God just wants me to cry today. Get so frustrated that I just cry and can't stop.

But whatever. I'm going to shop online for a couple of little things. Maybe that'll cheer me up.
I doubt it. I hate spending my money.

*yawn*

Too tired, too much homework, here's a picture.The end.

New Web Show

If you have the chance, stop by tomorrow (Saturday, January 23) at TheJerryFink.com's new web show: TheJerryFink.com LIVE!

I'll be the host of the show, and it will be "call in", so anyone with a webcam can make calls, and I can answer questions.

I'm really nervous, and I really want people to stop by! I'll start broadcasting at 12:00 PM PST.

Check it out: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/thejerryfink-com-live

Hope you see you there!

Random Stuff Because I'm Lazy

My teacher was absent again today.

It was okay, though. He got a sub for us this time.

The sub was the head of the Journalism Department. And he is awesome.

For the first class, we just went over the syllabus and blah blah blah. I did get my laptop to connect to the internet, though. So I had fun discreetly chatting on MSN.

The second class was the radio production class. Apparently, to gain entry to the station, we have to have a "badge". I have one. I feel awesome.
He told us that we have access to the sound studio from 9-4:30 Monday-Friday. He said we can bring our own music and play with the sound boards.
We're allowed to make a demo tape of everything that we mix to use with our resume wherever we go.

He also taught us how to use basic features on the board.

For one of our projects we bring in our own CD with our favorite music and record ourselves DJing, like the morning DJs on the radio.

We spent the day mixing 70s music with PSAs. So the guy was yelling about tornadoes dramatically while "Stayin' Alive" was playing. It was hilariously wrong.

This class is going to be fun.

I bought new acne medication today. Hoping it will help, because my skin has gotten kind of bad again. I also bought Hello Kitty bandaids because I got a booboo. (FREAKING PAPERCUT IN THE CREASE OF MY KNUCKLE).
Silly bandaids are the only real way to heal booboos.