So, earlier this week, I posted about doing my first celebrity interview, well, here it is! Lilith Fair is coming to the DC area next week and I got to interview Amy Ray of the Indigo Girls!
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Indigo Girls rejoin Lilith Fair for local stop
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Monday, July 26, 2010
An Amazing Experience
Well, I just had a first.
No more than maybe 10 minutes ago, I conducted my first celebrity interview. A real celebrity, even in the mainstream media.
I was nervous as hell as I waited for my phone to ring, but the person was so laid back and made it easy for me to ask questions, but not have to do most of the talking. I'm sure this comes from their experience of being interviewed, but it was awesome nonetheless.
Now, I just have to take this interview and write a story. I almost want to keep it to myself. This is a first and it almost feels wrong to share it, but I will. Mainly because I'm being paid to, but also because I've made so many friends curious now by my tweets leading up to the interview.
I kinda wish I was going to be in town next week for the reason for the interview, but then I wouldn't be going to Atlanta, which is the better of the two.
On Friday I will post more details as well as a link to the story.
No more than maybe 10 minutes ago, I conducted my first celebrity interview. A real celebrity, even in the mainstream media.
I was nervous as hell as I waited for my phone to ring, but the person was so laid back and made it easy for me to ask questions, but not have to do most of the talking. I'm sure this comes from their experience of being interviewed, but it was awesome nonetheless.
Now, I just have to take this interview and write a story. I almost want to keep it to myself. This is a first and it almost feels wrong to share it, but I will. Mainly because I'm being paid to, but also because I've made so many friends curious now by my tweets leading up to the interview.
I kinda wish I was going to be in town next week for the reason for the interview, but then I wouldn't be going to Atlanta, which is the better of the two.
On Friday I will post more details as well as a link to the story.
Sunday, July 18, 2010
An Update
Having such a great time at my internship. I'm writing a lot, had three bylines this week, plus the weekly calendar of events.
I'm glad I didn't give up on journalism. I was seriously considering it this past semester. I didn't think I could hack it as a real journalist, but it seems I can. I haven't gotten much feedback on my stories, some issues with the paper mean I've been having to work from home, but soon, when we get a new office, I will have more of a chance to meet with my editors about my stories but also get a chance to watch some of the behind the scenes, hopefully. I'd really like to be able to sit with our layout guy and watch him set up the paper. I took a layout class, but have never seen a real paper laid out.
On my personal writing front, I haven't done much. I found an old fanfiction I wrote, its Buffy and was started before the series ended, which tells you how old it is. Anyway, I was reading over it the other day and WOW did I suck back in the day, lol. Apparently I didn't understand the concept of tenses or not using a character's name in every single sentence. One problem that has nothing to do with my writing skills when I wrote it, I seem to have hated it so much, I deleted the file (or it just got lost in one of many computer changes). So now I am working on retyping it, making some changes and hopefully improving it along the way. I actually remember some of the ideas I had for it, so I think I might attempt to finish it. Of course, I'm saying this and I have almost 100 unfinished fanfics. I think my problem is when I start writing a story, even when I mean for it to be short, it always ends up being really long, almost uber length.
I wish I knew someone in creative writing who would read my stuff and give me some feedback. My friends read my stuff, and their opinions matter, but they're not professionals. They all like my work, but I don't know if they would tell me the truth if my work sucked. Oh well, once the new semester starts, I will be taking a creative writing class and will definitely be getting some constructive criticism. I just hope the professor at least sees potential in my writing.
I guess I should just stop dwelling on this. There's a reason why I'm in journalism and not a creative writing program. I'm more likely to find success in journalism than I would in creative writing. Also, there's not as much pressure of hoping people like my work. In journalism, I just need to keep my editor happy, if an article makes someone mad, and there are no errors in it, then I'm doing my job right.
Alrighty, well, I know my blog has now become kind of boring. I'll try to get an entertainment post in here every once in a while, maybe I'll be able to work a weekly entertainment themed post.
Anyway, if I do start posting weekly, there is one week I'll probably miss, the first week of August, because I will be on vaca in ATL visiting my best friend and her mom.
Keep cool!
OH! Btw, not long after I applied for the internship at DC Agenda, the paper was able to buy back the name Washington Blade.
Oh yea, and that's the internship I'm currently at. :0)
I'm glad I didn't give up on journalism. I was seriously considering it this past semester. I didn't think I could hack it as a real journalist, but it seems I can. I haven't gotten much feedback on my stories, some issues with the paper mean I've been having to work from home, but soon, when we get a new office, I will have more of a chance to meet with my editors about my stories but also get a chance to watch some of the behind the scenes, hopefully. I'd really like to be able to sit with our layout guy and watch him set up the paper. I took a layout class, but have never seen a real paper laid out.
On my personal writing front, I haven't done much. I found an old fanfiction I wrote, its Buffy and was started before the series ended, which tells you how old it is. Anyway, I was reading over it the other day and WOW did I suck back in the day, lol. Apparently I didn't understand the concept of tenses or not using a character's name in every single sentence. One problem that has nothing to do with my writing skills when I wrote it, I seem to have hated it so much, I deleted the file (or it just got lost in one of many computer changes). So now I am working on retyping it, making some changes and hopefully improving it along the way. I actually remember some of the ideas I had for it, so I think I might attempt to finish it. Of course, I'm saying this and I have almost 100 unfinished fanfics. I think my problem is when I start writing a story, even when I mean for it to be short, it always ends up being really long, almost uber length.
I wish I knew someone in creative writing who would read my stuff and give me some feedback. My friends read my stuff, and their opinions matter, but they're not professionals. They all like my work, but I don't know if they would tell me the truth if my work sucked. Oh well, once the new semester starts, I will be taking a creative writing class and will definitely be getting some constructive criticism. I just hope the professor at least sees potential in my writing.
I guess I should just stop dwelling on this. There's a reason why I'm in journalism and not a creative writing program. I'm more likely to find success in journalism than I would in creative writing. Also, there's not as much pressure of hoping people like my work. In journalism, I just need to keep my editor happy, if an article makes someone mad, and there are no errors in it, then I'm doing my job right.
Alrighty, well, I know my blog has now become kind of boring. I'll try to get an entertainment post in here every once in a while, maybe I'll be able to work a weekly entertainment themed post.
Anyway, if I do start posting weekly, there is one week I'll probably miss, the first week of August, because I will be on vaca in ATL visiting my best friend and her mom.
Keep cool!
OH! Btw, not long after I applied for the internship at DC Agenda, the paper was able to buy back the name Washington Blade.
Oh yea, and that's the internship I'm currently at. :0)
Friday, June 18, 2010
A Change of Pace
Wow, I am actually updating this blog. I don't think its been quite as long as the last time, but still, a couple months.
I am busy this summer. I have an amazing internship that I've dreamed about having since freshman year of college. I attended Capital Pride, with my internship, and it was an awesome experience. I actually got to WALK in the parade. I also worked our booth at the street festival, but I have done that before at Atlanta Pride for Curve. It was still fun especially since it did not involve taking money from people. I also got to see Chely Wright perform. I've been a huge fan of hers ever since "Single White Female" was released and seeing her perform it live was nothing short of spectacular. I have two bylines already and will have plenty more before the summer is over.
Now, this blog use to be all about entertainment (and myself if I remembered to update) but I think I'm going to change things up a little bit. This blog will now be about two different things.
1. My internship this summer
and
2. My writing
Now, some of you may be thinking that the two are the same thing, but I don't mean my journalistic writing. No. I mean my creative writing. I have a shorty story that I wrote back in high school and am working on a novel length project that I started the summer after I graduated high school. I also have several other projects and will be taking a creative writing class in the fall.
I probably will still post an occasional entertainment entry, just because I love following entertainment. But maybe with these new subjects, I'll be more likely to update on a more regular basis.
Thanks for sticking with me!
PS
Check out the amazing dance crew, The Beat Freaks, as well as LXD and other dancers, in Justin Bieber's new music video, Somebody to Love.
I am busy this summer. I have an amazing internship that I've dreamed about having since freshman year of college. I attended Capital Pride, with my internship, and it was an awesome experience. I actually got to WALK in the parade. I also worked our booth at the street festival, but I have done that before at Atlanta Pride for Curve. It was still fun especially since it did not involve taking money from people. I also got to see Chely Wright perform. I've been a huge fan of hers ever since "Single White Female" was released and seeing her perform it live was nothing short of spectacular. I have two bylines already and will have plenty more before the summer is over.
Now, this blog use to be all about entertainment (and myself if I remembered to update) but I think I'm going to change things up a little bit. This blog will now be about two different things.
1. My internship this summer
and
2. My writing
Now, some of you may be thinking that the two are the same thing, but I don't mean my journalistic writing. No. I mean my creative writing. I have a shorty story that I wrote back in high school and am working on a novel length project that I started the summer after I graduated high school. I also have several other projects and will be taking a creative writing class in the fall.
I probably will still post an occasional entertainment entry, just because I love following entertainment. But maybe with these new subjects, I'll be more likely to update on a more regular basis.
Thanks for sticking with me!
PS
Check out the amazing dance crew, The Beat Freaks, as well as LXD and other dancers, in Justin Bieber's new music video, Somebody to Love.
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Umm ... Wow
Okay, so, its been almost a year since I last posted on here. For those still subscribed to the feed, I apologize. I just haven't had much LGBT related to post about, and I was wanting to keep it in that topic, with the exception of weekly crushes, which are only semi-LGBT related.
I temporarily was considering switching out of journalism and into Early Childhood Education, I've actually been taking education classes all semester, but it just isn't for me. I've made some amazing friends and I've loved working at my placements, especially the preschool, but it would mean two extra years of school (which i am so sick of) and a VERY stressful final year.
All this means ... well, I'm not sure what it means. I do know that I am currently getting my resume updated to apply for a writing internship at DC Agenda, the new LGBT newspaper in Washington, DC. I'm doubting that I will get it, but I have to try. I always wanted to intern at the Washington Blade, which got shut down earlier this year and the staff created DC Agenda.
Anyway, that's my update. I'll try to be better about updating. I'm considering doing some retro reviews. We'll see.
Until next time ...
I temporarily was considering switching out of journalism and into Early Childhood Education, I've actually been taking education classes all semester, but it just isn't for me. I've made some amazing friends and I've loved working at my placements, especially the preschool, but it would mean two extra years of school (which i am so sick of) and a VERY stressful final year.
All this means ... well, I'm not sure what it means. I do know that I am currently getting my resume updated to apply for a writing internship at DC Agenda, the new LGBT newspaper in Washington, DC. I'm doubting that I will get it, but I have to try. I always wanted to intern at the Washington Blade, which got shut down earlier this year and the staff created DC Agenda.
Anyway, that's my update. I'll try to be better about updating. I'm considering doing some retro reviews. We'll see.
Until next time ...
Saturday, September 5, 2009
School Year Has Started
So, a new semester has started and I have a very busy schedule. I am taking 18 credits, which consists of 6 classes, 4 of which are journalism and 2 are LGBT Studies. Insane right? It only gets worse. One of the journalism classes requires me to go out into the real world to write some stupid ass stories for class, they'll never get published, and they'll never even have a chance at getting published oh and on top of that, I have to get 10 articles published. That's still not all. On top of all of this, I am working at least 10 hours a week, not counting the hour I "volunteer" for, basically just me being in the office helping out and not getting paid for it. Plus I have a two hour commute, one way, that costs me $8 a day. I'm an admin for a fan site that, let's just say needs a lot of help and I'm not able to do much about it, and I will most likely be helping out with a paper on campus just so I can get those 10 clips.
I repeat, insane right?
Anyway, I'm saying all this, not to make excuses to my past suckiness at updating, but to make excuses for my future suckiness. :0) I'm gonna try my best to update at least once a week. All my journalism classes take place in computer labs, and I typically get to them early enough that I can at least get a little work in on a post.
But considering how many days ago I actually started writing THIS entry, we'll see if that actually works.
Anyway, hope everyone had a good summer, I know mine was mostly busy with a few awesome moments, one of which I may blog about, or maybe not, we'll see.
Hope to be blogging again soon!
J School
I repeat, insane right?
Anyway, I'm saying all this, not to make excuses to my past suckiness at updating, but to make excuses for my future suckiness. :0) I'm gonna try my best to update at least once a week. All my journalism classes take place in computer labs, and I typically get to them early enough that I can at least get a little work in on a post.
But considering how many days ago I actually started writing THIS entry, we'll see if that actually works.
Anyway, hope everyone had a good summer, I know mine was mostly busy with a few awesome moments, one of which I may blog about, or maybe not, we'll see.
Hope to be blogging again soon!
J School
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Wednesday Hottie
How bad is it that I tend to update more often when I am out of town then when I am home now?
Anyway, I am on spring break and took a road trip down to good ole ATL (for those of you who don't know what that means, I'm in Atlanta, Georgia). My best friend decided she would get me hooked on a new obsession. That new obsession is known as The Beat Freaks.
Who are the Beat Freaks you ask? Well, they are a all-girl all-style dance crew from MTV's America's Best Dance Crew (yea, you know that channel that use to play music videos?).
Here is one of their best performances:
All the girls are pretty stunning, I mean, BGirl Shorty has red hair (and you all know how I feel about red hair), but I thought a blog about ALL the girls (there were seven on the show, but the whole crew is eight women) would just be WAY TOO LONG (especially since my BFF [best friend forever, but also Beat Freak Fan] said she'd help and she knows EVERYTHING about these girls). So, my friend texted me and informed me which girl should be this week's Wednesday Hottie.
So, without further ado, this week's Wednesday Hottie is ... Maryss from Paris.
Obviously from her name, Maryss is from Paris and she has an awesome accent. She also speaks several different languages, French (obviously), Spanish, Tagalog, and seemingly many others.
Maryss is a big fan of Michael Jackson. She has said that she would love to meet him, but according to her MySpace, "if I could choreograph and dance for him...that will do too."
The illusion routine was dedicated to Maryss's brother, who passed away three years ago after a car accident. She had promised him she would bring him to New York for his 18th bithday, but unfortunately, he did not make it. I was in tears just watching her talk about her brother.
Anyway, I am on spring break and took a road trip down to good ole ATL (for those of you who don't know what that means, I'm in Atlanta, Georgia). My best friend decided she would get me hooked on a new obsession. That new obsession is known as The Beat Freaks.
Who are the Beat Freaks you ask? Well, they are a all-girl all-style dance crew from MTV's America's Best Dance Crew (yea, you know that channel that use to play music videos?).
Here is one of their best performances:
All the girls are pretty stunning, I mean, BGirl Shorty has red hair (and you all know how I feel about red hair), but I thought a blog about ALL the girls (there were seven on the show, but the whole crew is eight women) would just be WAY TOO LONG (especially since my BFF [best friend forever, but also Beat Freak Fan] said she'd help and she knows EVERYTHING about these girls). So, my friend texted me and informed me which girl should be this week's Wednesday Hottie.
So, without further ado, this week's Wednesday Hottie is ... Maryss from Paris.
Obviously from her name, Maryss is from Paris and she has an awesome accent. She also speaks several different languages, French (obviously), Spanish, Tagalog, and seemingly many others.Maryss is a big fan of Michael Jackson. She has said that she would love to meet him, but according to her MySpace, "if I could choreograph and dance for him...that will do too."
The illusion routine was dedicated to Maryss's brother, who passed away three years ago after a car accident. She had promised him she would bring him to New York for his 18th bithday, but unfortunately, he did not make it. I was in tears just watching her talk about her brother.
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Wednesday Hottie
Yes! I am back with Wednesday Hottie! Finally! So, I know its been forever since I've posted a Wednesday hottie, and I'm not even going to try to give an excuse as to why. I've spent the last twenty minutes trying to decide who I was going to make this years first Wednesday Hottie. I was looking at all the people who I've picked since I started this, and I realized I'm missing some serious people. It is now time to rectify that situation. This week's Hottie is ....
Jorja Fox
Jorja is an actress, producer, humanitarian, activist and environmentalist.
Best known for her role as Sara Sidle on CBS's CSI: Crime Scene Investigations, Jorja smiled her way into my heart with that cute little gap tooth smile. Sidle was not supposed to be a regular, but the audience seemed to like her. A lot of viewers complained about Sidle and her relationship with Grissom, but anyone who has had to suffer a crush on a person and felt like the feelings were not returned, well, they knew what she was going through.
Raised on a narrow barrier island, Jorja attended Holy trinity Episcopal Academy, Hoover Junior High in Indialantic, Florida, and later, Melbourne High School.
While growing up she took modeling classes, did some drama work in high school, and volunteered as a candy striper in a local hospital. At 16, Fox won a modeling contest at a local mall; midway through her senior year (1985) she left high school and moved back to her birthplace of New York to pursue an modeling career. During her time as a model, Jorja was roommates with Paula Ciccone, Madonna's younger sister. She took night classes at the American Academy of Dramatic Acting and also attended the prestigious Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute.
Jorja also stared on NBC's top-rated series ER as resident intern Dr. Maggie Doyle prior to her segue as Secret Service Agent Gina Toscano on Aaron Sorkin's Emmy Award-winning drama THE WEST WING. Additional credits include guest turns on LAW AND ORDER and the historic "coming out" episode of Ellen (she hits on Ellen's friend).
Her film credits include the independent features "Memento," "Tiara Tango" and "Down with the Joneses."
As the co-founder of Honeypot Productions, an independent avant garde theater company, she has mounted a number of plays, including Dear Bernard, which ran in LA in the summer of 2004. Jorja also writes for the troupe, including the play Loving Stanley. Another of the founding members is Heather Grody of Gush (also known as Murmurs), whom Fox met in 1991 at the AAoDA.
There are all kinds of questions regarding Jorja's sexuality, but she's never said whether she's gay or straight. I personally think she's at least bi. There are just too many signs (which I admit are all based on stereotypes, but yea).
Other Information:
Birth Name: Jorja-An Fox
Nicknames: Jorja, Jorj, Jorjan, Horha (the Spanish pronounciation of her name, used by her "CSI Miami" friend Emily Procter)
Date of Birth: 07/07/1968
Place of Birth: New York City, NY (raised in Melbourne Beach, FL)
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 5'9"
Family: Parents immigrated from Montreal, mother Marilyn (Belgian-Canadian, b. 1927, d. 1996), father Mark (Irish-Canadian, b. 1924), older brother Jeff (b. 1957).
Pets: Ali (dog, female, Boxer), Rumplestiltskin (cat), and Sid Poitier (cat, male, formerly named Sid Vicious)
Notes: Flower shaped tattoo on left ankle, is a liberal Democrat.
Edit: So, I am a horrible person and forgot to put a credit line, then, when I did add it, hit save instead of publish. All of the factual information came from Jorja Fox Online. Only opinion is mine.
Jorja Fox
Jorja is an actress, producer, humanitarian, activist and environmentalist.Best known for her role as Sara Sidle on CBS's CSI: Crime Scene Investigations, Jorja smiled her way into my heart with that cute little gap tooth smile. Sidle was not supposed to be a regular, but the audience seemed to like her. A lot of viewers complained about Sidle and her relationship with Grissom, but anyone who has had to suffer a crush on a person and felt like the feelings were not returned, well, they knew what she was going through.
Raised on a narrow barrier island, Jorja attended Holy trinity Episcopal Academy, Hoover Junior High in Indialantic, Florida, and later, Melbourne High School.
While growing up she took modeling classes, did some drama work in high school, and volunteered as a candy striper in a local hospital. At 16, Fox won a modeling contest at a local mall; midway through her senior year (1985) she left high school and moved back to her birthplace of New York to pursue an modeling career. During her time as a model, Jorja was roommates with Paula Ciccone, Madonna's younger sister. She took night classes at the American Academy of Dramatic Acting and also attended the prestigious Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute.
Jorja also stared on NBC's top-rated series ER as resident intern Dr. Maggie Doyle prior to her segue as Secret Service Agent Gina Toscano on Aaron Sorkin's Emmy Award-winning drama THE WEST WING. Additional credits include guest turns on LAW AND ORDER and the historic "coming out" episode of Ellen (she hits on Ellen's friend).
Her film credits include the independent features "Memento," "Tiara Tango" and "Down with the Joneses."
As the co-founder of Honeypot Productions, an independent avant garde theater company, she has mounted a number of plays, including Dear Bernard, which ran in LA in the summer of 2004. Jorja also writes for the troupe, including the play Loving Stanley. Another of the founding members is Heather Grody of Gush (also known as Murmurs), whom Fox met in 1991 at the AAoDA.
There are all kinds of questions regarding Jorja's sexuality, but she's never said whether she's gay or straight. I personally think she's at least bi. There are just too many signs (which I admit are all based on stereotypes, but yea).
Other Information:
Birth Name: Jorja-An Fox
Nicknames: Jorja, Jorj, Jorjan, Horha (the Spanish pronounciation of her name, used by her "CSI Miami" friend Emily Procter)
Date of Birth: 07/07/1968
Place of Birth: New York City, NY (raised in Melbourne Beach, FL)
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 5'9"
Family: Parents immigrated from Montreal, mother Marilyn (Belgian-Canadian, b. 1927, d. 1996), father Mark (Irish-Canadian, b. 1924), older brother Jeff (b. 1957).
Pets: Ali (dog, female, Boxer), Rumplestiltskin (cat), and Sid Poitier (cat, male, formerly named Sid Vicious)
Notes: Flower shaped tattoo on left ankle, is a liberal Democrat.
Edit: So, I am a horrible person and forgot to put a credit line, then, when I did add it, hit save instead of publish. All of the factual information came from Jorja Fox Online. Only opinion is mine.
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