Learning to communicate in as few words as possible. Good morning class. Take out your red pens and your articles and kindly strike out every other adjective, adverb, and the word “the” from your piece. Now, stop double spacing between periods and you'll be ready to write for a newspaper ( Read more... )

First Mate Polly the Rough Hearted would like to thank all who made the first annual pirate party so very enjoyable. It was nice to dress up with plastic swords and eye patches and way too much rum. Lets do this again next year.

Avast mates! Just a reminder to dust off your finest eye patch and join our black-hearted crew aboard The Bad Idea for a night of drinking, pillaging and wenching ( Read more... )

Just in case you haven't had enough BBQs...Brian, James and Ross are having a BBQ at their dorm at the campground at 8:30pm. I'm going to eat another hotdog and to get my blood alcohol back up. See you there!

And in other news, my story is on the front page and color photos on page 5!

This happened all through out school. Whenever I start to seriously write, I forget that I should personally write. Hence, no LiveJournal posts since I started at the Herald ( Read more... )

Arrrr! Shiver me timbers, the Pirate Party is set for Saturday July 9th ( Read more... )

Give me a press badge and get out of my way. I’m The Herald’s newest reporter! Yay for finally landing a job that I went to school for. I was so nervous that it wouldn’t work out considering my extreme lack of experience in journalism, but they credited me on all my creative work, published pieces, and desire to learn. And as for lack of ( Read more... )

Maybe because I haven’t lived here all my life, but I love Memorial Day weekend. To me, it signals the start of summer, not necessarily the invasion of the Snow Birds and Pennys. I like seeing the Ferris Wheel all lit up again, the bars start serving, and the ice cream shop across the street finally open for the season. And considering how much ( Read more... )

I need another DIY project like I need a whole in my head. But I don’t care! I love home improvement projects! I’m all atwitter (who uses words like that?) at work because later today, I’ll be giving my living room a much needed makeover. Nothing can beat color-matching walls to one of the rarest Ikea colors! I know…I’m sick ( Read more... )

Star Wars baby! I'm ready to get my geek on ( Read more... )