Wednesday, July 29, 2009

What's Most Important

So I just got an internship for the fall at channel 7... or as some may know it at ABC... in Denver, Colorado. There are three shifts that I can choose to intern during...


Shift #1: 4am until 1pm
Shift #2: 8:30am until 5:30pm
Shift #3: 2pm until 10:30pm


(Dusk or Dawn? Can you Guess?)


Now I must also bare in mind that the commute to Denver is anywhere from 25 to 50 minutes (depending on the hours and traffic - probably closer to 50 minutes at 8:30am and 25 minutes at 2pm)... and on top of that commute I MUST exercise before starting the day NO MATTER WHAT... So what do you think is more important, sleep or exercise? I am in a bind right now because I know no matter what I am going to be lacking sleep this fall and won't be able to catch up on it until Winter Break (which is mid-December)...


While it would be ideal to get BOTH sleep and exercise (exactly what I am doing now because my on-line class doesn't require me to go anywhere at any specific hour)... I have a feeling a couple times during this internship I am going to have to forfeit one of them and since I am such a gym rat... it may just be the sleep component which will do a number on the bags under my eyes! ha ha.

(Ha Ha, that's me "sleeping" at a previous job - because I woke up early to exercise!)


According to some other websites... getting 7 to 8 hours of sleep is TOPS over waking up early to exercise... so does that mean I shouldn't feel guilty if I don't work out a couple times?


But other websites tell me that working out in the morning is PRIMAL... so should I sacrifice sleep?


(Look at what I would MISS if I didn't exercise! Ha - probably NOT actually considering I would be up before the sun - and I wouldn't go hiking that early because the animals would EAT ME!)


Man what a tough decision considering these two activities are my favorite! Perhaps I can work out my "own hours" with my internship coordinator? Yeah right, I cannot "make my own hours" until I get a lot higher up in the journalism "food chain"... Right now I am a slice of ham.... when I become Prime Grass-fed Fillet Mignon... then MAYBE I can start dictating what I want! But for now I just need to BUST MY BUTT (hm, I guess I am going with the exercise?) - I mean honestly, how many people can say they got the experience to intern at a news station which really means going "behind the scenes" at all sorts of different places!


No matter what - experience triumphs BOTH sleep and exercise!

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Celebrity Mathamatics!

All I have to say is....

- Nick MINUS Vanessa = Lonely ol' Nick... and Single Vanessa

- Jessica MINUS Tony = Curvy Jess... and Bachelor-Jock Tony on the Prowl



- I'm having deja - vu


- NICK & JESSICA ARE SO GETTING BACK TOGETHER! -
What a publicity STUNT - they so planned this! ha ha! Now they are going to get back together and have babies together just like they always intended!


*NEXT UP: BRAD & JENNIFER!

Saturday, July 11, 2009

The Negative Effects of Stress




Wow has my July been stressful and it's ONLY the 11th! Hopefully the stress dies down a bit now that I am back at my apartment where there are not a lot of distractions (ha, right - the Internet
is just a CLICK away!) and I can focus on the work that has to be done!


Currently I am taking an ON-LINE Mass Communication Law (the link is to my professor's book- yea, that's right, HE WROTE the class text book because OBVIOUSLY nothing is good enough - but I must admit, the book is very interesting!) class (by CU-Boulder's Journalism School) which is know to be extremely HARD during the school calendar year - squeezing all it's content into ONE MONTH just makes it THAT MUCH MORE DEMANDING AND TOUGH! Can you see where I am getting my stress from?


On top of that, since I had surgery in late April which forced me to discontinue my spring semester courses, I have had to GET THE MOTIVATION to finish those classes now that I am feeling a lot more UP TO PAR. Granted I only have one more class to COMPLETE but it's the worst one in which I have to create 3 different movie/filming/final cut pro related projects and let me tell you - I am SCARED of final cut pro and I am not exactly the most SAVVY when it comes to video taping!


But today I actually gathered the rest of my footage for my videos (news stories if you are curious - I have to make a news package & vo-sot - things you see on the news daily yet never even pay attention to)... My story is about how charitable giving has gone down in the past year because of the recession we are in... So yea, my footage is of all the pretty flowers - trying to make things a bit more up beat! Ah ha ha!


OK OK I must get back on track with this blog post! I want to list the negative effects of stress on the body just so I can remind myself (and all of you) to not stress out TOO badly - after all, life does GO ON!!!


- Linked to Heart Disease

- Can Cause Sleep Disruptions

- Can Cause Depression and Anxiety

- Memory Loss can Result

- Upset Stomachs and Ulcers can Proliferate

- Can Lead to Weight Gain

- Acne Could Erupt ALL Over Your Face and Body

- Headaches and Migraines WILL Occur (I say WILL because well, they are just inevitable for EVERYONE!)

- Neck and Back Pain Can Result

- Low Energy Level is Likely to Occur too



*YOWZA! Now that's A LOT OF NEGATIVE EFFECTS, no? Must repeat them all in my mind (oh wait, is my memory impaired because of all my stress, will I remember this list? ha ha) so that I can stop stressing out so badly! So repeat after me... Stress effects....

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Yikes - Journalism Law Class!

You must forgive me if this month I have sporadic posts and don't follow my set "schedule"... I am taking an ON-LINE LAW CLASS that probably will kill me by August 8th (when it's over)... So I probably won't have too much time to update the blog! But come August I will! Wish me luck and I will try my best to get on here as much as I can (to keep me SANE!!!)

*The introduction to the course: the teacher said this course will feel more like advance and organic CHEMISTRY! Don't even get me started... ha ha!

Friday, July 3, 2009

I think you know what to do...

IT'S FOURTH OF JULY WEEKEND!!!! NO NEED FOR ME TO GIVE YOU TIPS ON WHAT TO DO THIS WEEKEND - I AM SURE YOU ALL HAVE WONDERFUL PLANS! IF ANYTHING COME MONDAY = TELL ME ALL ABOUT THEM!


HAPPY 4TH - BE SAFE! DON'T DO ANYTHING TOO STUPID BUT HAVE FUN!!



Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Heavyweight Humpday!

STRAIGHT UP... HERE'S A HUMPDAY TREAT:



*Sorry for no commentary or anything - but I have a final exam tomorrow so I must get to studying but perhaps I will post something tomorrow - you will just have to wait and see!