Cruising Time

Last week, I worked on some interviews for Out-and-About Magazine and also Cruising Magazine. For Cruising, I'm writing a story about Joe Troilo, a member of Mid-Atlantic Street Rod Association. As I've said before, I don't know the first thing about automobiles, but through writing these articles for Cruising, I've enjoyed learning about the world of Motor Heads. The interviews have really been interesting. Mr. Troilo knew everything inside and out about high-performance cars and street rods. It was fascinating to sit back and here him talk about his life with street rods. He was very passionate about the subject, and of course, that always makes for a fun interview. I also interviewed Jon Springer last week for O&B. Springer is a writer who just came out with a book, "Mets by the Numbers." While I am a die-hard Phillies fan and absolutely hate the Mets, I really enjoyed this interview because it was sports' related. Springer graduated from Delaware in 1989 and even worked at The Review. He currently lives in Brooklyn, NY. But I enjoyed talking to him because it showed me that even the most talented writers had to start from where I am now.

I also finished writing the gigs calendar for the month of April. The deadline for O&B is quickly approaching.

This week picked up

This week at Out-and-About Magazine was rather busy for me. On Wednesday, I finished filling out the calendar, which served as a relief because it's so boring. Mike gave me a few advances to work on for the April edition of the magazine. I worked on a Star War's piece. The Franklin Institute currently has a Star War's exhibition. I enjoyed writing this advance because I was really able to be creative. I started the piece with a quote from the movie. I enjoy being able to use my creativity, even though I'm still learning how to write with a feature tone. I have been really used to the newspaper style, but I think I'm gradually starting to get the hang of it. But life is a learning process, so I'm just enjoying learning how to write with a feature style.

On Friday, it was really miserable outside, so it felt like a long day at the office. It was raining really hard. I worked on an advance about an art exhibit that is opening. This one was more difficult to write because I felt limited with what I could write. Next week, I'm going to work on some more advances and then get started on the article for Cruising Magazine.

Slow week

Last week was very slow for me when I went into the office on Wednesday and Friday. There was not too much for me to work on since it was the very end of the month. The newest edition of Out-and-About Magazine came out on Saturday. And once again, it's always really neat to open the magazine and see my name under the advances or articles. I was really impressed with how my West End Neighborhood House clip came out. I definitely plan on using that piece as part of my resume. Speaking of resumes, that's one thing I don't want to start thinking about yet, and that's finding a job once I graduate in the spring.

But for most of the week I just worked on the calendar events. It takes a really long time when I'm doing it by myself. I liked in the winter because there were other interns. But now I'm the only one and the work load is a lot more for me. As I've said before, the calendar is such a boring task. The time seems to take forever when I'm working on the calendar.

Jerry asked me if I'd like to work on another article for Cruising Magazine. So that was my highlight of the week.