Tough Times

For those of you who thought this blog was totally dead, you were almost correct. This blog indeed was very close to being dead, but there were several reasons as to why it could have died.

The last time I posted anything on this blog I was starting my career as a TV News reporter. To me everything was going great, I was getting a chance to do what I have loved, and at the same time something I dreamed about doing as a kid. From mid February until now my life has just been absolutley crazy, with alot of ups and some serious downs.

After covering the West Virginia legislative session I thought I would know it all. I thought my career as a reporter was really making way to becoming something wonderful. It wasnt until April 16 that my roller coaster ride would really take off.

The Virginia Tech tragedy was one of the largest stories to break within the past ten years. It was the largest mass murder in the history of this country. I had the honor, as well as the tough job of covering that tragedy, by choice as a senior broadcast student for my school TV and Radio station. I spent the entire week down at that school, and it is an event in my life in which I will never forget.

Before I knew it television stations from Morgantown WV, and even local radio stations and papers were interviewing me. They thought it was fascinating that a 23 year old reporter decided to go down to that tragedy with a couple of classmates to cover the story. I won two awards for covering breaking news. It was a big high in my life, my entire family was so proud. Then came the low.

When the time came for graduation my father and mother came to my appartment. My father did not look like himself at all. He said he was sick with bronchitis, he was a smoker so our family never thought much of it. The day after I graduated college my father was in the hospital with stage four lung cancer. Three weeks later I found myself sitting next to my hero holding his hand as he died in front of my mother, brother, and I. My dad was only 56 years old, and it has been very hard since. At times I have lost my faith, my will to get out of bed and start the day, but I know my father wouldnt want that. So now I am back, looking for a job, and doing what I love, writing. This blog is back, and it will continue to grow.

Next Article Tuesday September 4, 2007

For those that have helped support me during such a hard time I thank you.

Pictures from the past six months to come soon!

Where have I been!!!!!!!!

Is anyone is still out there checking this blog? I hope so! Well for those of you who still are (the five or six people who attened school with me) consider this your little hidden sports rag that packs a serious punch when it comes to interpreting sports news.

The Super Bowl just came to an end earlier this evening and wow let me tell you I could care less. To be honest between the terrible comentating, the commercial breaks every five minutes (packed with confusing, unamusing, dissappointing commercials) I was so exhausted from just watching television that I acctually had to leave the room so I could collect myself. The game itself was a well played game, and to be honest I don't think that Rex Grossman is the only player to blame, I am sure ESPN can break it down a thousand times between now and the draft, so I am going to just go with a simple answer to what I acctually think happened. I think the better team simply won the game, but we can also say it was raining and this and that, so I will say again. The Colts being the better team won the game.

Now that football is over I have been considereing what I should do in order to keep myself occupied during the large ammount of free time I will have over the weekends. Being that My Jets were dismissed during the playoffs (I'm content with the fact they were there.) I have had a chance to do so for the past couple of weeks. I noticed that if you are a football fan, and it is hard for you to adapt to a new sport then maybe some of the following options might shock you, but I'm going to give it a shot.

1. Give Hockey one last shot. The rules have changed, and even I an old hockey buff don't even know half the guys, so were on the same page. Just give it a chance it's just as violent, and we all know violence sells. But give it a shot ok, especially if your from Pittsburgh, because if that city looses the Pens, it will be a sad day in hockey.

2.Dust off the old baseball jersey and get ready for spring training it's on the way, and we all know that baseball has been on the rise recently.

3.Consider taking up a new hobby, like reading, working out, or anything that could involve acctually doing something without a new machine or some sort of video technology.

4.Spend time with family members, because the ones who werent into football, they might acctually enjoy your company, but dont talk about football.

5.Finally continue to check this website, this article was kind of a way of saying Im still her, I am very sorry but I have been busy, up top is a picture of me interviewing to Gov of West Virginia, things are starting to become very exciting in the media realm for me. Thanks, and continue reading, plus tell your pals to check it out. Next Article Tuesday sometime before 10pm.