iPadamonium
God, why is the iPad getting so much press? I mean, I played with one the other day, and it was pretty sweet, but there’s absolutely nothing revolutionary about it. They took an iPhone, made it bigger, removed the ability to make phone calls, and made the display better. Don’t get me wrong, it would make the perfect replacement for my crusty netbook, and it will change the way newspapers and magazines distribute their goods, but there’s nothing overtly amazing about it. It can do everything an iPhone can do, minus phone calls, but on a larger scale. That’s it! We’re through!
In other news, the Denton Arts & Jazz fest is coming up on the 23-25, and I’ll be volunteering at the KNTU booth Friday night during the Chick Corea concert and Sunday afternoon during…some other stuff.
Snow Daze
It’s snowing again here in North Texas. This time it was an all-time record. DFW recorded a bit over 9 inches of snow when I last heard. That’s more snow than any other time in recorded Dallas history. Strange.
I’m pretty well snowed-in here in Denton, as well. I’ve managed to walk to the coffee shop; not my usual one on the square, but the new 24/7 one only one and a half blocks from my apartment. I have to say that they’ve really improved since the first time I visited just a couple of days after they opened; a lot more comfy.
The mass text messages are starting to pour in from other KNTU DJs, saying that they’re trapped and are too far away from campus. I guess I might fill in for one. Hell, it’s more practice, and it’s not like I’ll be doing anything else around here.
Tomorrow I’ll be visiting my old high school to help judge speaking events for their annual UIL academic meet. My old drama teacher is overseeing the speech events, and I won’t have any idea what I’m judging until probably two minutes before the event is set to start. Either way, it’s a lot of fun, and I get to see one of my favorite teachers again.
Well, I believe it’s now time to walk around the dead campus and take a few pictures.
On The Air
My first night on KNTU was Tuesday, and it was quite possibly the most terrifying and electrifying moment of my life. I was only on for the last hour of the three of my shift due to training, but that one hour was truly amazing.
Sitting down at the control board with a myriad of sliders, buttons, and switches attached to screens, boxes, transmitters and microphones was thrilling and overwhelming all at the same time. Just to be in that chair, mic at your mouth, with the knowledge of the fact that at that very moment, you are in complete control of 100,000 watts of broadcasting power, is the best feeling ever. As soon as a said my first weather report at the top of the hour and hit the button to begin the hour’s playlist, I knew that this was what I wanted to do for the rest of my life. Luckily, the hour went by without any major incident.
Due to a basketball game, I wasn’t on on Thursday, so hopefully someone is there next week to give me a quick refresher course before jumping in again.
Belated First Post of the Year
Hope everyone’s year has been going well. As for me, I can already cross one of my resolutions off of my list.
I got a position as a DJ at KNTU, 88.1 FM, on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6-9PM. I’ve never been so excited or an nervous in my life. My voice will soon be thrown across one of the larget radio markets in the United States, D/FW. My orientation is tomorrow, and it includes free pizza! If this is how the radio business works, I think I’m gonna like this career.
School also starts next week. I’m still taking the happy medium of 12 hours along with work. This semester, however, I’ll be going to work in the mornings and school in the afternoons and evenings. Tuesdays will be aprticularly busy, since I’ll be Going to work and school until 4:50, then my radio shift from 6-9, and the, time and energy permitting, my usual bike ride Tuesday nights and 9:30.
Also this past week I’ve been watching the whole saga between Conan O’Brien and Jay Leno. I, for one, think that Conan is getting royally shafted. Jay is also being treated unfairly, but is still getting preferential treatment from the NBC execs. I believe that Jay should quietly retire, leaving as a mediocre host of The Tonight Show and pioneer of a doomed primetime comedy genre. Moving Jay back to Tonight would be too much of a disruption and would destroy any ratings the show had. Although I love to watch Conan, at this point he’s a lame duck, and since I don’t have a Nielsen box, I can’t help him out. So, I’ve switched to Letterman until the dust settles.
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