Posted by Tha_Dude at 1cust174.tnt2.penrith.au.da.uu.net on December 05, 2000 at 10:37:51:
In Reply to: Kevin, need your opinion. posted by Dirty Sprague on December 05, 2000 at 10:02:53:
There's no need for creativity where sports are concerned. Kevin is an
artist.. he deals with creative stuff, not statistical data. My advice to
you is to do what your parents did.. get a job sir, any job. We cannot
solve your problems only you can solve them and if your dream is to be a
sports anchorman then.. good for you, it could be worst.. you could have
devoted your life creating a bizarre sex triangle just to be the centre
character on an episode of Jerry Springer..
The Dude...
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The only real sports are snooker and darts cause you can drink beer whilst
participating.. and nude jelly wrestling when your part of the crowd.
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: So, I'm a sophomore in college; I'm co-program director and morning
personality for my campus radio station (oddly enough, the rival school of
Illinois Wesleyan, where you received an honorary doctorate, if I remember
right). I'm a communications major, looking to break into serious
radio/TV, with the same juvenile ambition that I had as an 11-year-old: to
someday become the co-anchor on the 11 PM ESPN SportsCenter. (Everyone's
got a dream, right?) Lately, I feel like I've hit a brick wall creatively
and from a career standpoint (and yes, I feel as though I'm whining, since
I'm only 19, but I have to get some professional and respected advice, so
here I am).
: I think I've done everything I can possibly do as far as the media goes
at this school. I run the radio station, I have my own show, and I was
recruited to be a sportswriter for the campus paper. Not bad...but I still
have two years left. What am I going to do with those two years? I don't
have any major hurdles left (well, other than figuring out a way to bust
onto the starting offensive line for our football team). Sure, I'll likely
get an internship this semester. (And I'm already preparing the paperwork
for my ESPN internship application after my junior year.) But...I need a
new challenge. What now? I'd like to break into TV somehow, but my
options are kinda limited.
: So, in a nutshell, here's what I'm asking. Should I continue with what
I'm doing, but explore new fields along the way, and therefore give myself
new challenges? Or should I just wait out these tedious next few months,
and wait for the big break to surface? Or, and be honest here, am I just
bitching too much? Should I just shut up and be thankf