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Only weird thing is that House has a British accent, and it threw me off so bad
I'm not really sure if having to post-it note my world to not forget to eat is a good thing, though
I am however, half ginger, so the sun doesn't like me and my pale skin.
...sundresses
Basking in the sunshine in south Wales too... wifi+tablet+sunshine+day off+mrs gone to hairdressers = sitting in the garden playing Achaea ignoring the screams of my children murderising each other
Still would rather be sat in the back garden with a few beers, mind you.
*fangirl screams*
CARDCAPTOR SAKURA SEQUEL
I don't know what a notary pubic is, but I'm pretty sure I don't want one in the town I live in
About eight years ago, my college defunded its journalism programs, sold off their printing equipment, and shuttered a news publication that had existed for 40 years, winning numerous awards for excellence in investigative journalism and in design during that timeframe. The school has another paper now, but it's essentially a very shitty writers workshop club.
So for the past eight years, my college's administration - like many across the country - has been doing some seriously shady shit. Things like shaking down (and then booting) a charity that serves homeless veterans. Things like violating FERPA rights of a decorated Army medic who saved lives in Iraq and Afghanistan. Things like exploiting foreign students and not providing the services that were promised. And without a real newspaper paying attention, this shit just kind of got to slide under the radar.
So a few weeks ago, I found out about this shit. And in true Aodfionn fashion, I chose to respond with overwhelming force and drive in doing something that I actually have a background in (though my writing history was mostly trying to make track scores mildly readable).
One week from today, The New City Collegian will hit newsracks at the school and in the Capitol Hill neighborhood. Published both in print and online, it is a 100% independent, 100% self-sustaining news organization that operates without a penny of taxpayer assistance (unlike the school paper, which pisses away just under 70k per year). It will cover a variety of topics such as hard news, sports, plus usual things you'd find in anything targeted at college kids.
I hired a staff. I have advertisers pledged. Set up a billion different accounts with a billion different services you'd rarely think about. Signed a contract with a publisher. Wrote a fuckton. Edited a fuckton. Working on a fuckton of InDesign files. I managed to somehow start an independent newspaper in a semi-major metropolitan area. And in seven days, the people who make shady decisions are going to start feeling increased scrutiny and heat as other news organizations follow suit in carefully examining what's going on at the college.
This is all a really flowery way of saying two things:
1. Sorry for not being around as much as I'd like (I'm done with school next week!)
and most importantly,
2. TROLL SMASH
Finally completed the move, got everything in order, boxes unpacked, porch decorated, barbecue inaugurated. The weekend's ready to start. And tomorrow morning, I'm having breakfast with my daughter at kindergarten, which is gonna be pretty cool. Sunshine outside, too. I'm finally in a good mood again.
I have undressed a god.