acceptance.. FINALLY!!

Well this week I found out that I was accepted into the Broadcast program!!!! After having to wait way longer than we were supposed to, the letter was ready Tuesday morning! After shaking and practically running people down to get to the Brimhall building, I opened my letter and saw that is said Congrats! I screamed, jumped around and called all my family ASAP. After the excitement calmed down, I started to think about how excited and ready I was to start the program. This is what I've been waiting for for the past year and I am so glad that I can finally begin the start of my future!

here is the link

I don't know why the last link didn't work... It should now!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_UxLEqd074

Paranormal Activity

Ever heard of the Blair Witch Project?? Yea we hadn't either until a little thing called the internet made it an instant hit.  And the internet strikes again.  It's amazing how this media outlet can totally change the outcome of a small budget movie.  This time it is a movie called Paranormal Activity and its ALL over the internet.  Now I'm not endorsing the movie because it is rated R for language... but I am amazed at how the media has made this movie sweep like wild fire.  The website for the movie asked for visitors to click on a page to petition to have the movie shown across the country since it was only being shown in about 200 theaters.  Thanks to over 100,000 demands the movie is now being shown nation wide!! If the internet hadnt' been around... who knows where this extremely small budget film would be right now...

Here is the trailer.. you dont have to see the movie but I love the reactions of the crowd!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_UxLEqd074

The iphone... am I the only one without one?

Oh the iphone.. how I want you.  While I must say that part of the reason I want one so bad is so that I can play games in class is when I'm bored, another reason is because I want to a news anchor.  And as a news anchor, I have to be up to date on current issues.  And now that USA Today has its own very app on the iphone,

 what way could be easier to be kept up on the news than whenever I want?  We're facing the facts that the newspaper industry is hurting, but putting them on the iphone is genius.

Now only if AT&T would lower the cost every month...

Cincinnati won't be the same with out him

For as long as I can remember, which is really only about 12 years, George Grande has been the voice of my hometown baseball team, the Cincinnati Reds.  Now we will have to get used to another voice.  After 17 years of being the play by play television announcer for the Reds, Grande is opting out of his last year of his contract to "spend more time closer to home."  Grande helped pioneer the superstar hit that is ESPN.  He anchored the first ever ESPN sportscenter broadcast and stayed there for 10 years before moving onto the Yankees, Cardinals and then finally the Reds.  It is amazing to me that a man who has been reporting major league baseball since 1965 is just now leaving his job with the Reds and baseball in general.  If only I could guarantee that my career would be that long!  Grande is a great example of a man who kept up with the times in the broadcasting world.  Who knows how things worked in 1965 but all I know is that in 2009, everyone still loved Grande so he must have been doing something right.  It's a sad day in baseball history and in Cincinnati, but a hopeful day for all of those wanting to pursue a career in broadcasting sports... you could be around forever.  

Thank you George!