Thread: Buongiorno, amici.

It's been a while since I've been on here, so I thought I might pop in to share what's going on and to drop a few critiques.

To make a long story short, I've been working as a journalist for the past two years. Considering pretty much all my experience was in creative writing, it's been a bit of a culture shock. Even as I speak, I'm on assignment... at 3:56 AM... which sucks about as hard as you can imagine.

Anyway, I sort of miss you guys sometimes, and every time my editor lays into me about a stylistic choice I have to bite my tongue, smile, and keep from responding in characteristic derision at the cheek of such a philistine. Also, I often wonder if Hodge's ear itches each time one of my articles lands near the funnies. It's hard to forget about a website that nurtured your arrogant writer's dreams since the tender age of 15.

A lot has probably changed in the past couple of years; but I hope everything is well.

Live long and write a lot,

Shawn

I think I remember you. (Kidding.)

It's great to see you again! Glad things are going well for you. So, a journalist, eh? Excellent!

Odd. I feel like yelling, "Look, ma, our boy has come home!"

Originally Posted by Shawn

It's been a while since I've been on here, so I thought I might pop in to share what's going on and to drop a few critiques.

To make a long story short, I've been working as a journalist for the past two years. Considering pretty much all my experience was in creative writing, it's been a bit of a culture shock. Even as I speak, I'm on assignment... at 3:56 AM... which sucks about as hard as you can imagine.

Anyway, I sort of miss you guys sometimes, and every time my editor lays into me about a stylistic choice I have to bite my tongue, smile, and keep from responding in characteristic derision at the cheek of such a philistine. Also, I often wonder if Hodge's ear itches each time one of my articles lands near the funnies. It's hard to forget about a website that nurtured your arrogant writer's dreams since the tender age of 15.

A lot has probably changed in the past couple of years; but I hope everything is well.

Live long and write a lot,

Shawn

Don't think I remember you, so hi! And I'm in college for Journalism as well.

Welcome back, Shawn! Nice to see you again.

Greetings, Shawn. I'm looking forward to seeing some of your poetry again.

welcome back!

Nice to see you Shawn. Glad you're doing well too.

Thanks for the welcome, guys. Why, isn't this slick? I remember when this forum was held together with nothing but HTML and a few scripts.

Hey, buddy. What up?

Not much... here I have the urge to say "broseph," but I'm not that much of a douche.

Anyway, I'm doing alright. I'm going to be joining the ranks of the designing undead soon to augment my income. Screen-printing and such. The sad thing is, my probationary wage is $15 an hour, so I'm probably going to stop working for the newspaper as soon as my probationary period is up. I might even be able to catch up on my student loans.

In any case, I've been very lucky with this economy.

How're you, Joseph? In fact, how is everyone?