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Almost there…

The light is at the end of the tunnel and I can see it. Two classes are done and I have two to go here in my final fall semester. Just a Philosophy and Econ exam are in my way. 

That's all I really wanted to say…but I want to leave with some song lyrics from a song that made me smile since it is the end of the semester. Yeah, its a little stupid and all but it is sort of fitting if you ask me. Its called "Exitlude" from The Killers. Check it out…download it.

Aggressively we all defend the role we play
Regrettably time’s come to send you on your way
We’ve seen it all bonfires of trust flash floods of pain
It doesn’t really matter don’t you worry it’ll all work out
No it doesn’t even matter don’t you worry what it’s all about
We hope you enjoyed your stay
It’s good to have you with us, even if it’s just for the day
We hope you enjoyed your stay
Outside the sun is shining, seems like heaven ain’t far away
It’s good to have you with us
Even if it’s just for the day
It’s good to have you with us even if it’s just for the day
Outside the sun is shining, seems like heaven ain’t far away
It’s good to have you with us
Even if it’s just for the day
It’s good to have you with us even if it’s just for the day
Outside the sun is shining, seems like heaven ain’t far away

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Week Ahead

It should be very, very crazy this week around here. School will be rough with my final broadcasting story being due amoung other things.

There will be two games that I may be doing for the station for basketball this week though. That sort of adds to the week really when it all boils down to it. This Thursday at 7pm there will be a home game against Houston at 7 pm (6 CT). I do not know what I will be doing for that game as of yet but I am sure it will be something. And then on Saturday, there will be another home game. I assume the game time will be noon but it hasn’t been set yet.

Just keep checking back here for more updates on the games. Hopefully I can find time to get on here and let everyone know what games or not that I will be apart of.

On a lighter note, only 29 more shopping days until Christmas! haha

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New Pha-ho-tos!

Okay, I finally got the cord to my camera so here are some photos from nights out and from some football games…notice those wonderful sideline shots!

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Me and my broadcasting class this past Thursday…its amazing to me how we all keep going out together each week…I love it!

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As a request from Mr. Pearl (the guy in the hat)…here is a photo of me, Pearl and Sean…notice I am about to laugh!

 

 

 

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Yes, against Maryland in a blow-out sort of win…I am happy with the quality in this photo and how it turned out!

 

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Even closer up shot…

 

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Box score after the first half…yeah Slaton had that much after 12 carries in the first half against Maryland…sick.

 

 

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Our call letters for the station in the press box…yeah I was bored during the game because it was halftime and I didn’t care about the band….

 

 

 

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Yes, I totally wore sandles on the sidelines…big freakin deal…

 

 

 

 

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And finally, not a football shot, but it is a PeeWee shot…he makes his online debute here at epp6.com. Yes, he is wearing a sweater…yeah.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Okay that is all for now…I will return with more later on I am sure….

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Week One in the books…

Well, I meant to take care of this post a couple days ago but sometimes I get caught up in things or the internet doesn’t work for me when I want to do something. But nonetheless, here I am with a little recap of my first week at ABC Radio.

First couple days were boring to say the least. I basically just organzied a truck load of papers for differnet people in the sales department of ESPN Radio here in Dallas. Not a totally bad thing, I did get to see how they do their orders and sales contracts which isn’t totally a waste to know about. I had to basically recall my ABCs for the first two days. At least I will say the time went by pretty well while I was doing that stuff.

The next two days were better to finish the week. Thursday I was able to sit in during a radio show at ESPN Radio. It is their show that they place between Mike & Mike in the Mornings and the Dan Patrick Show. Here the show is known as the Dennis and Engel Show. Its pretty interesting. I sat in on their show for about the entire time. See how they handle callers and all sorts of things.

Next, I went with an on-air talent and he showed me how they write up their SportCenter Updates. Its pretty cool, it had me do one and put the music to it to see how it would sound. I will probably be working with this guy more as the summer continues in the mornings. Should be a good thing.

And on Friday, I went on location with the Dennis and Engel show to see how they do a live remote broadcast. Nothing I had never seen really, but it was better than sitting in an office all day on a Friday.

As you can see I have today off since it is Memorial Day. Can’t complain a bit about that.

I will try to update this as much as I can with what I do this summer. It shouldn’t be too hard since I have to do it anyways to get credit for this internship!

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Almost there…

Yes, I know I haven’t posted on this page in a little while. Not that I have been lazy or busy…or both, I just haven’t honestly taken time to get on here and post anything meaningful. That is until tonight…

Why tonight? I am bored. I love to be honest as possible and that is why I am posting, I am bored as can be right now. I basically have no school work to do other than study for a test that is a week away. So now I am drinking a Frappucino from Starbucks (the bottle version, not the plastic cup full of goodness) and listening to random music.

Its nice to know that I really have nothing to do today and tonight though. Honestly since I pushed print on my sport psych manual today at work, I have felt great. It was a nice relief knowing that I am mostly done with this semester. And unlike most semesters at the end, I honestly cannot tell you what my fall schedule is like coming up next semester. Usually I can spit out everything about the next semester before it comes even down to the details like teacher and classroom location. But not this time. I guess its either I don’t care or just haven’t taken the chance to really give a crap. And too, I didn’t get every class I wanted this time around so maybe I was a little bummed about that. Who knows.

I do know that I am about a week away from being back in Beckley for the first time in uh…carry the one…four months? Yes. Four months. I couldn’t remember if it was three or four, and yes I was counting out loud. Its honestly tough to go home these days during the semester, I really wanted to a couple weekends ago but that didn’t happen thanks to some work that I had to do for my broadcasting class. I have a feeling this fall will be much of the same. Not to mention I will be doing soccer games again so I will be busy on most weekends. Not to mention again, that I will be covering the football team here more this fall for the radio station. So yeah, busy little fall coming up here. But I am looking foward to it.

I will get a nice week or so in Beckley once I am done here before I make my long trip to Texas. I believe it will be a 20 hour trip or so. So yeah, I will have to spend the night somewhere along the way. No big surprise there really. It shouldn’t be too shabby though. I know I am looking forward to it more and more.

But I do have one more week or so to go here. Tomorrow is another light day, and Friday I work and then have a party for my radio station. Should be a nice weekend as well I think. Well, I should be studying mostly this weekend.

Yeah, I think I am gonna go watch a movie now. I haven’t popped in a movie in here in a while come to think of it. I am sure I will be bored again real soon! haha

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blaaaaaah

Yeah, I am honestly tired here. I haven’t put up anything on here in a while…the sports blog is updated a little more I will admit that. But, really other than the normal crap with school, there isn’t a whole lot going on.

Mainly right now I am squaring away a lot of stuff for this summer at this point. Financial aid, loans, what nots…that sort of thing really. Its a little stressful but at the same time it is exciting because I know what I will possibly be doing this summer down in Texas.

But in the mean time I have a lot of work to do. Two broadcasting projects, one manual to write for sport psych, a couple quizzes, and one econ test. Thankfully I only have that econ test on finals week and then I will be done. I will honestly be happy to get it all finished and get on to summer here. The time frame for everything is a little tight but it will make for an interesting time really.

I am also now the assissant sports director at U-92 now. I guess that is some news to pass along to everyone. So now I actually get paid to work there…which will come in handy down the road. Also, in the fall I will be one of the football producers, meaning I will sit in the press box for each home game and maybe a road game if possible. Do interviews, go to practices and press conferences…the whole nine yards. It should be a good team to cover this year, seeing how some are picking them to be in the top five or even top three to begin the year. Should be exciting. I know I am jazzed up for it this fall with Marshall coming into town. As much as I hate the fact that we play them I cannot wait for it.

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Spring is sprung-ing

I don’t even know if that title makes sense…it just fit when it popped into my head with the way the weather is around here. Its 70 one day and then that night it may snow and its 30. Absolutly weird if you ask me.

I finally made it to a move last weekend for the first time in months. I was trying to figure out when the last one was that I saw and I couldn’t, because it had been that long. I don’t remember going to one for the most part of this spring semester. But anyways, I got to see "Inside Man"…it was a great heist movie. You ask any guy out there, they would love to be apart of a heist. Heist movies, if done right are always great to watch in my opinion and this one was right up there. I think some may have said it was a bit long or something like that but it was to an extent a bit long but the story was unquie enough that the time issue didn’t bother me. Clive Owen is a great actor and add Denzel Washington and you should have a solid movie. It was worth the money to see. Check it out if you get the chance to.

Its looking more and more like Dallas will be a reality for me this summer. I spoke again with ABC Radio about the interview and all and was curious if they would want me to start right away and they will. Sounds like a pretty promising deal to me. I still need to get in touch with FC Dallas and try to boil up some competition between the two if I can. I’d still love to work for FCD but at least I know I have something for the summer. Something at this time last year I couldn’t say at all. It is a nice feeling.

Still lots of school left here even though it is getting down to the wire. Hopefully I can pull out some good grades this semester. Time will tell.

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Mostly Settled

I haven’t posted anything on here in a few days, mainly since I was busy all week studying and doing the ol’ school thing. The weekend is quickly passing as well right now but today has been very productive and it isn’t even 6 pm.

I went out early this morning to shoot some more footage for another story in my broadcasting class. It was a 5k run raising money for a local Habitat for Humanity. One my my friends from the radio station actually ended up winning the race. Which was pretty cool to see, and thankfully he is always someone to interview about stories.

I also was able to finally pick up a copy of the book "Game of Shadows". It is based on the history of steriods, Barry Bonds, and BALCO. Very interesting read so far…a couple chapters into it and I am glad I picked it up. I also bought the autobiography of Mike Greenberg, a ESPN sportscaster and radio host that I like to listen to. I haven’t read anything in his book yet but it looks like a fun thing to read after I finish the "Game of Shadows".

I am pretty much done unpacking things here I believe. I finally got all the tubs out of my room today and it feels nice to see all of the space that I have in here to work with. I just need to figure out how to hang up this weekly marker-board. I did have it on my desk but it would stay on it. Some reason there is no hooks on it so I need to figure out what to do with it.

Still no word from any internship here. I emailed my updated resume and cover letter to FC Dallas earlier this week. I figure if I don’t hear anything by the start of the MLS season (which is April 1st by the way) I will give them a call again and see what is up! At this point I would just like to know either way and not have to sit on my hands and wait until May about this. That is probably the most frustrating part of getting internships for the summer. Again, just keep your fingers crossed about it!

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just about moved

Well, today we decided to mostly move everything we own into the new townhouse. I am pretty much done moving furnature and stuff like that here. Mostly small things are left like bathroom stuff and all.

Now to the unpacking of tubs of DVDs and such. I don’t have much to do  really but everyone else does. Plus we have to get a couple things fixed and all around here. Construction was a little shady really if you ask me on some things here. But it will all come together here real soon.

My bracket isn’t doing all that bad either so far. Some of my gambles worked and some failed like always!

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couple changes

Yes, a new design. I know, I can’t keep the same thing for too long. The last design seemed too gray for me, I like pages with whites in them for some reason. Plus with spring around the corner it only fit. 

Also, as you see I have changed my photo pages. I found a script for photos with the program I use to write on here. I am still working out all the kinks with it but at least the family photos are up there. I am working with getting the WVU ones to work. I may have to redo the entire album. I dunno, we will see.

Only a couple more days until we offically move. We have taken a lot of things over to the new place and it is looking better and better. My folks are coming up starting tomorrow with Dad, who is bringing some things like my bed from home and a washer and dryer.

I also finally made my picks for the NCAA tournament today. I didn’t feel like doing it the last couple days and I really wanted to put it off until today to gather my thoughts about it and all. I think I have a pretty solid bracket of picks. Some upsets and mostly the right teams winning. I had problems picking some teams but that is just the life of it though.

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