If you're on my friends-list, I'd like to know 35 things about you. I don't care if we've never even talked (but let's hope we have). Copy-paste this, fill it out, post in a comment ( Read more... )

the sounds of my life right now ( Read more... )

first things first ( Read more... )

(Preface: This post is about a story I covered for the Journal this weekend. This is not intended to draw more attention to a tragic and disputed story, it is in hopes that I can actually find some peace of mind through the feedback I am aiming to get from this. I will refrain from using his name, or his high school, to avoid further publicity. ( Read more... )

The following five photos are from Camp Carousel, a grief counseling camp for children, teens and adults dealing with the loss of a relative or spouse. It was heavy, but wonderful. The approach the counselors took was fairly constant immersion in activities that helped the campers discuss their grief, and focus on it.


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"Look up your birthday in Wikipedia. Pick 4 events, 3 births, 2 deaths, and 1 holiday ( Read more... )

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KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!

The dry spell, the depression, the self-doubt, the waiting tables, the anti-socialness are over:

I have an internship with the Winston Salem Journal. Paid. Equipment provided. Mileage and phone bill compensation plus hourly wages.

The intern they were going to have accepted a staff position at a paper somewhere else, and no one could really blame ( Read more... )

temp agencies, here i come. i have an interview in winston tomorrow, and in raleigh on thursday. wish me luck :)