Friday, June 02, 2006

Almost None Of It Mattered

You know...it's weird.

Almost none of the bullshit I went through at The University Star mattered once it was all over.

Did I go overboard in thinking it did? Many times over, yes.

Did I learn some life lessons from my experiences in that newsroom? Yes.

My time at the San Angelo Standard-Times has been nothing short of amazing. Most of the people here have taken a sincere interest in helping me get better and they've not treated me as anything but a reporter for a daily newspaper.

I've had edits and re-writes. I disagreed with some of them, but I took the lessons in stride and wrote it better. That's why I'm here, right?

I don't know what I thought, but I know for a time, I wasn't ready to move on. Well, the Chips Quinn program beat that out of me pretty quickly.

They basically got it through our heads that in this industry, campus media has its place and using that as a crutch or a fallback in the Big Leagues is simply unaccepatable.

I now wish nothing but the best for The Star. That isn't to say I'll forget what happened to me, but I owe that paper more than my petty squabbles.

On the rest of my life as is, San Angelo's taking some getting used to. My lazy ass still hasn't finished unpacking everything and my living room is still messy, but not bad.

I've had some great centerpiece stories so far and should have a number of great clip opportunities in the near future.

Anyway, I'm out for the night. If anybody's still reading, say so.