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September, school began and I was on my way to radio personality super stardom...at least i thought so.  In Humber Colleges' Radio Broadcasting Program there are 4 pathways one can choose to excel in starting second year, semester one:

1. Production

2. New Announcing and Writing

3. Broadcast Announcing

4. Copy-Writing (Commercial Writing)

Now, like the title of this article suggests, there's about 3 weeks left in school for the first semester and after all of this hard work...assignment after assignment... it's all coming to a tightly knitted close.  

There's one thing or thought that keeps entering my mind... which pathway am I going to choose come second year of Radio...?  It confuses the hell out of me.

First I was dead set on choosing News Announcing...but...ugh...

then i wanted to be a Copy-Writer...again...i changed my mind...

PRODUCTION! YEAH! I can do that... I am actually interested in pursing a career in production.  I'm really good at it and they say, "Do what you love doing, and you'll never work a day in your life."

As of right now, I'm set on production.  I guess we'll see what happens in second semester.

I was born in the great prairie province of Alberta in the capital city of Edmonton Sept. 26 1990.  After about 10 years of living there my family decided that it was time for a big change and we ended up here, in Toronto.  Not at first; I lived in Barrie for a year as well. Literally..a Year.  August 28, 2001 to August 28, 2002.  After moving to Brampton and attending high school and such, I tried my chances at Humber college twice( both times dropping out due to losing interest AND the issues of money.)  But now I’m back!  and this time with a burning desire to be everything I can possibly be in RADIO! BOOM!

I decided to get into radio..hold on…I don’t think I actually decided. I think the world decided that for me.  Everyone has always said that I have an amazing radio voice.  After ignoring it for years…I’ve finally realized that countless people were right about that.  Not to sound pompous.. but that’s not all I realized.  I realized that I truly and passionately love radio.  Besides my girlfriend and work, I’m always thinking of radio and doing things radio.  My life is becoming radio… and I absolutely love it.

I thought I always wanted to be a disk jockey like Dean Blundell or Howard Stern.  Turns out I’m more of a Cormack McSweeny type of dude.  News radio is where I want to be hopefully one day becoming part of The Electric Playground team out in Vancouver.

Nine weeks in and I have only found one issue being on this journey.  There is not enough time in my day to put in as much work as I really want to.  Although I feel I am doing well, I know I can be doing better. But it’s those DAMN time restrictions.  I’ll get over it eventually.

I can never understand the audacity of certain people. Did their parents/guardians never teach them, 'if you don't have anything nice to say then don't say anything at all?' its called respect, and I'm talking about a major lack of it in todays society.

I get that I'm not the sweetest person and I am very quick to have a retort to somebody's comments. However, there are certain people in todays society that feel the need to voice their opinions when it is just not needed. It's one thing to have an opinion that is valid and adds to a conversation. It's another to have an opinion that is irrelevant, offensive, and down right rude, yet still voice it in a manner of which the people they are voicing it to become hurt and offended. There is a time and a place for everything. There is no need to knock others down simply because you do not agree. Sometimes people should learn to bite their tongue and just NOT say anything. Sometimes you are better off keeping your mouth shut and letting somebody learn for themselves. Now i know many people might think that this is a feeble minded way to act, however I disagree. It is respect for those around you. Everybody has feelings, and we need to be more aware of that these days. Especially with the increased amount of bullying or awareness of bullying in society these days. If you decide to personally attack somebody because you disagree with what they are saying, then you are stooping to a level of which is unnecessary. Everybody is entitled to their own opinions, whether you agree with them or not. That being said, there is a time and a place like i said before. For example, If i like cheese and you don't, simply state you disagree, there's no need to retort with a rude and disrespectful comment like, "you hate cheese? you are a loser, thats so stupid." I just cannot fathom some peoples ignorance to the feelings of others. It is astounding to see that in a society that has become so advanced, our ways of interacting have not.