experiences of a tangenital nature...

Yes, tangenital is not a word, but don't you think it should be? Say it aloud... Tan-gen-it-al... Yes, sounds good, don't it?

St. Louis trip coming up, and Bec and I are shuffling through our clips. She's a little worked up about getting a job, doesn't know if she's good enough, etc. Honestly though, if anybody's got a shot at getting a job in STL, I think it's her, degree be damned!
She can write, illustrate, and design. She's super-creative, and she even cleans up real purdy. Yup, she's a cinch.

I don't know what I'm trying to say with my portfolio. I have a small forest of clips that I've been sifting through, and they pretty much run the gamut - news, features, events, meetings, arrests, columns, issues - I feel like my portfolio should say that I'm versatile, but does it really say that I'm indecisive? Are we in an age of specialization?

I think we (the Collegio staff) will have a good showing at the interviews, but I'm probably just biased. I have no idea what to expect, but in the limited experience I've had with professional journalism (my bosses at the Globe and Bec's dad) I feel like I've got what it takes to get a job at a daily, and not just the Possum Snatch Gazette or the Junction City Whatever-the-fuck...

On a tangenital note... (see, how I snuck that in?)

Youtube makes me glad I don't have tv, because I get to watch the parts of the shows that are funny/interesting without the bullshit commercials. All hail - YOUTUBE!