Right, I’m back now and I’m going to sort this flippin’ blog out big style!
I haven’t posted anything on here for aaaaages and to be quite honest I feel ashamed, as well as annoyed. I was sitting here in the newsroom telling my friend Katie McPhillimy that she needs to set up a blog for her forthcoming trip to America, when I’ve been completely ignoring my own.
I could sit here and make excuses – and I will. It’s been a hectic couple of months for me and the rest of the Journalism third years at the University of Lincoln. Dissertation all-nighters, radio programmes, essays and job hunting have all taken over and it means that my blog – and ultimately you – have suffered in the absence of my interesting and ‘intelligent’ contributions.
A lot of stuff’s been going on since my last blog. Heather Mills worked tirelessly to swindle a large chunk of Sir Paul McCartney’s fortune, the Olympic torch enjoyed a thoroughly successful tour through Europe and the price of petrol shot up to about a million pounds a litre. You need a placing on the UK rich list to take your car for a spin these days.
But where was I to give my worthless opinion on these matters? Probably in my pants drinking tea, possibly playing my N64. Ah yes, the Nintendo 64! I am now living the life of a 90’s child, fighting the Russians on Goldeneye and guiding Nottingham Forest to the Premier League title on FIFA ‘99. While everyone else stocks up on all the lastest console stuff, I’ve been taking full advantage of the cheap prices of the consoles I could never afford as a kid.
But I have been doing some journalistic things also. Knuckling down with more shifts at the BBC, sending copious amounts of emails asking for work experience to editors who never reply, and reporting on big stories for Siren FM.
I did have some luck on the work experience front, with a placement at Q103 in Cambridge and then another later this month. As for big stories, does hijacking The Linc’s drug busting count? I’ll let you decide when I’ve worked out how to upload audio.
That’s all I’ve got to say for now (I’ve got work to do!) but whoever it is that reads this – if anyone does – keep a look out because I will be writing more!
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