It is with sheepishness that I make my post here. I confess that in the bustle of moving into my apartment late and getting situated at my internship in Paola, web activities kinda fell to the wayside. Except for Livejournal. We're "involved."

Despite my ever pessimistic nature, the Miami County Republican is TEH ROXOR. I have awesome editors, cool fellow reporters, and a two hour commute. Okay, so that last one isn't really that cool, but I'm willing to overlook it for the two months I'm there. Things are going well enough that they want me to stay as long as possible, which is cool and all that jazz.

While I do mostly reporting, I also write heds and copyedit, which has led to my share of embarassing moments (nothing like leaving your name off your own news column). And since we don't have an actual photographer, I take most of my own pictures for my stories. And I like it. Keep an eye on your job next semester, Rylan.

So far, I've talked to cancer survivors, a 100-year old lady who's first car was a model-T, and a guy who collects B-westerns. AKS, you might be interested to know that I interviewed a guy riding across the country on horseback and looks remarkably like a real cowboy. If you want his number, let me know. Oh, and I also did a story on how Kansas has more "lakes" than Minnesota. Eat it, Twin Cities.

I've read some other people's work as well. Vockrodt, liked your historical site story. Rachel, saw your pics in the Herald. Miranda, saw something from you, too.

So yeah, this has degraded into a lot of pointless rambling, much like how I talk in real life. I have better writing over at my LJ. Go read it. There are also pictures. http://www.livejournal.com/user/tequilaprophet

I hope everyone is having fun, whether they have finally entered the real world or are just sampling it for a few months. I look forward to hearing from and seeing any of you.

With that, I say "Here I am, rock me like a hurricane."

-Ty