Surprise Patriotic Day!

Surprise Patriotic Day!
Originally uploaded by CameronMagee

Aubrey went to Hot Springs this weekend to visit her friend Kali. Instead of sitting alone in an Arkadelphia pew this morning, I made the drive to meet them at her Hot Springs church.

I wore blue and Aubrey wore red. We both wore white. All accidentally. It made for nice photos!

The service was excellent. It excited me to see a body of believers so open amongst themselves. There was no sense of "acting the part" in this church, everyone was open. I loved being apart of it, even if just for one service.

Afterwards, Aubrey and I joined her friend's family at the Hot Springs Country Club. The one place that I really have no business, and feel the most uncomfortable. I managed to about knock over two elderly ladies, as well as move my knife quickly to a more appropriate stationary location: the floor. In front of everybody!

It was an embarrassing affair, to say the least, which is a big deal for me. I try to remain comfortable in all scenarios.

This weekend was a blast in general, I cant wait to get the rest of the details posted soon.

From Radio to Newspaper

Newspaper and tea
Originally uploaded by Matt Callow

Last semester, my Mass Media obligations here at Henderson included working at the campus Radio Station, KSWH. Each semester, us Mass Media majors rotate around, bringing in a fresh batch of students behind us to fill our shoes. My second HSU semester places me at the Newspaper.

Unlike the Radio Station where you could listen online, I am sure if the newspaper will be accessible to anyone outside of the campus here. I hope that the paper will have an online version, but I won't know the particulars of my responsibilities, or really anything about the paper, until next week.

Hopefully they'll let me take some photos for them, and hopefully no one will take whatever they make me write too seriously. Apparently my writing isn't very formal.

As soon as I get informed about the (hopeful) online edition of our newspaper, I'll be sure and pass the knowledge on to the five of ya'll. LOL

(photo my Matt Callow, thanks Matt!)

YouTube YoYo: Jenga

I'm eating "Vanilla Milksake" PopTarts right now. I can't believe I'm posting this but, they're not half bad!

My friend Austin showed me this YouTube video, and I HAD to post it on here for ya'll to see.  I can't really say much more about it, because I would start giving stuff away.

Classes went fine today.  This semester will definitely be much more of a challenge than last semester, but it's a healthy step up.  I've got a decent amount of homework already after the first two days.

I won't let my homework stop me from keeping up with this blog.

But, more importantly, and explanatory to the length of this entry:

I won't let this blog stop me from keeping up with my homework.

Better go get back to work...  : )

blogger

blogger
Originally uploaded by CameronMagee

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I've been producing this blog now consistently for only a few months. I have no real concept of how many times it's visited, who visits it, if the content is any good, if you like my portrait on the left, if I talk about Aubrey too much, if I don't talk about you enough, if the posts are too long, if there are not enough photos, or anything. I hope that you will be encouraged to venture out and just make ONE comment, I can't express to you how happy it made me to find my friend Dong had made a comment yesterday. I had no idea he even read this. thanks, Dong.

I try to keep a fair balance of love stories, nerd reviews, friend outings, school happenings, funny stories, thoughtful readings, family matters, email forwards and YouTube videos.

Oh, and an un-fair balance of hyperlinks. HAHAHAHAHA...

I really enjoy producing this blog, I hope you really enjoy reading it when you can. Please, by all means, read when you can, comment when you can, and have a spectacular day.

-Cameron

A Semester's Worth

A Semester's Worth
Originally uploaded by CameronMagee

Tomorrow I begin my second semester of college. The first semester truly flew by, as I suspect will no longer be the case. Thanks to my Father's scheduling skills, we managed to keep my earliest class as late as 9:30am: Oral Comm.

Hopefully that will allow me to maintain my natural sleep schedule of 12:30pm-8:30pm. Not to put a name on it or anything, but I've just about decided that's what my body wants to do. Sometimes I push it later, but that's about right.

Last semester I worked at the Radio Station.
This semester I work at the Newspaper.

Last semester I kept mostly to myself.
This semester I hope to find a good group of guys to hang with.

Last semester I got all A's and a B.
This semester I hope to keep it up.

It's strange to be bach down here in Arkadelphia, away from my Bentonville relationships, but it is beginning to feel natural. Aubrey and I are here together, which makes it much easier, at least for me.

It's hard to drive over four hours away from home to spend all your time in a foreign environment, with new faces, and tough challenges. It's hard to leave your entire life, your family, your friends, your job, and everything that makes home so great. I love everything about Bentonville, and it's hard to live away.

It's easy when the best thing about Bentonville comes with you.