What Would Lois Lane Do?

[annundriel]

A couple of weeks ago, the woman who runs the local newspaper stopped by the library while I was working and gave me her card. I knew this was coming, since she recently came out to the farm to interview my grandmother as the property has been ours for about 100 years. My mom told me that in the course of the interview, the fact that I was an English major was brought up and that got the woman interested.

So she gave me her card and told me to call her when I had some freetime. Today I did and tonight I'm going to a school board meeting as my first assignment for the paper. She said that if I was interested, it would be a good way to judge if this was something I wanted to really do. I'm to go and take notes and then write something up for next week's paper. I'm not too worried. Anyone who had classes with me knows I'm pretty good at taking notes.

She told me not to worry about it too much, as this local paper is really informal. Some of the people who have worked for them have gotten pretty uptight about stuff, but it's not like it's a graded essay or something. She also told me that she'll make any changes she feels she needs to, but that my grammar and spelling will probably be better than other writers they've had considering my major. So hopefully this will work out after tonight.

Comments

[sdrohc-ratiug.livejournal.com]

Neat! Apparently those school board meetings can be pretty drama-filled. :P

p.s. I am listening to the Twilight soundtrack,and this reminds me that WE MUST GO SEE IT AGAIN ASAP PLZ. =D

[annundriel.livejournal.com]

So I've heard! This one was...less so. There was a whole section about bonds and bond plans and bond buying and bond this and bond that and I wanted to shoot myself in the face. Two guys talked legalize forever.

But there was some tension filled stuff before that. I swear to God, I thought someone was just going to ask the person speaking, "Are you stupid?" (I'll have to tell you about it next time we meet up.)

And we should definitely meet up and go to the movies (DUH) and you should maybe probably share that soundtrack. PLZ. (I can haz netspeak.)

[ginnith.livejournal.com]

Yay for quality content! It should be fun, what with Mr. Barker and whatever other drama's going on. I think you'll make a fantastic reporter. =)

♥

[annundriel.livejournal.com]

OMG, Neesh. You should see what she wants to pay me for tonight alone. I'm hoping I can cough up quality.

No Mr. Barker. And not much drama, what with all of the legalize and bond talking that went on. Oi. But I'll have to tell you about the tension that cropped up the next time we talk/I see you. It was really amusing to me.

Thanks for the vote of confidence!

[olivelavonne.livejournal.com]

OMG! Another similarity! You and Clark Kent are both Journalists!

I'm really excited for you and hope you enjoy it!

[annundriel.livejournal.com]

::rubs hands gleefully:: My plan, it is coming together. ;)

HEE. I hadn't even thought about that, though. Even with the Lois Lane subject line. Which was mostly Mom's doing, since I was on the phone and going, "Gee, what should I wear?"

Tonight I wasn't bored to tears, but it was 2.5 hours of sitting there listening to stuff I didn't really understand. I talked to the woman who owns the newspaper beforehand, and she said one of the last people who was doing this couldn't stand going to meetings anymore because they bored her so much. I told her that I'm used to sitting for a couple of hours and forcing myself to pay attention. So hopefully things will turn out okay when I go to write this up. And it is only my first time.