Monday, November 28, 2005
"Good news I'm smart enought to appreciate my friends
Bad news I haven't got any left."- The Impossibles
I love the topic of OK soda and much time was supposed to be devoted to it. I have a feature to write in my journalism class along with the myriad of chapters to read and tests and finals to study for. But should I take a typical quirky Nick D topic and run off the end of the school year Type-A personality subdued? Or do I take the hard hitting interesting more life pertinent topic and make a piece of art? A piece of art that will take loads more effort and time to complete. Unfortunately, today I’m back at school and in the computer lab…I don’t have the trusty 8-ball communicator to guide my decision making process. Today I passed by Leticia’s office and stepped in for what I thought was going to be a superficial “How was thanksgiving” conversation and I wont’ lie to you, I was hoping to glean some juicy details about the Aaroné case. In the world of the 9-5 some wishes do come true. I spent the last 30 minutes of my 15 minute break receiving first hand experience of what I had only been reading about in the news. I walked away from the situation with an even bigger respect for the Berrelezes than I had before. I also walked away realizing that the comments she made…”This is the news…this is the news.” If I was a journalist there wouldn’t even be a question at to what I need to do. I would ask Leticia and Richard for an interview and write about a genuine topic my heart was involved with. I would sit down with these secret heroes (just the common working class folks I buy burritos from on Fridays) and I would write their story from the perspective of my voice. OK soda is right there for the taking…What to do? What to do?
I’m too tired and contemplative to do the commendable thing and give a summary of past events in this “Follow Up” story….So, here’s a link to what I wrote on this subject in the past.
Bad news I haven't got any left."- The Impossibles
I love the topic of OK soda and much time was supposed to be devoted to it. I have a feature to write in my journalism class along with the myriad of chapters to read and tests and finals to study for. But should I take a typical quirky Nick D topic and run off the end of the school year Type-A personality subdued? Or do I take the hard hitting interesting more life pertinent topic and make a piece of art? A piece of art that will take loads more effort and time to complete. Unfortunately, today I’m back at school and in the computer lab…I don’t have the trusty 8-ball communicator to guide my decision making process. Today I passed by Leticia’s office and stepped in for what I thought was going to be a superficial “How was thanksgiving” conversation and I wont’ lie to you, I was hoping to glean some juicy details about the Aaroné case. In the world of the 9-5 some wishes do come true. I spent the last 30 minutes of my 15 minute break receiving first hand experience of what I had only been reading about in the news. I walked away from the situation with an even bigger respect for the Berrelezes than I had before. I also walked away realizing that the comments she made…”This is the news…this is the news.” If I was a journalist there wouldn’t even be a question at to what I need to do. I would ask Leticia and Richard for an interview and write about a genuine topic my heart was involved with. I would sit down with these secret heroes (just the common working class folks I buy burritos from on Fridays) and I would write their story from the perspective of my voice. OK soda is right there for the taking…What to do? What to do?
I’m too tired and contemplative to do the commendable thing and give a summary of past events in this “Follow Up” story….So, here’s a link to what I wrote on this subject in the past.
# posted by Nick D @ 8:01 PM 
