Craig LaMay, our professor, is a fantastic professor.  He’s a guy who knows his shit.  I was very surprised that he doesn’t have a JD…he dropped out of law school.  He then started a trucking company with some of his friends.  Then he went into journalism.  It’s an interesting story, for sure.  I’d like to get to know him better.  He seems like a terrific reference moving forward–I can’t say enough how much I love that class.  The readings are thought-provoking, and I always feel engaged during class.  Can’t always say that in other areas of education.  Basically, Craig kicks ass–and he probably could.  He’s a rugged-looking dude who wears work boots to class.  I wouldn’t fuck with him.

So now I’m in editing, 45 minutes from leaving.   I’ll head to a happy hour with a few of my friends from class before I ship off on a bus to good old Mentor, OH.  Tomorrow I will be playing with my brother’s dogs, and Thursday I will be stuffing my face with turkey and falling asleep to football.  I’m more or less caught-up with school work, and plan to do some stuff over break to get ahead for the following week.  I have a two finals Tuesday after break, and one the following Monday.  None should be too difficult.

In summary, life is good.   Happy Thanksgiving.

Journalism by the numbers could be interesting.  I don’t mind some number crunching.  So long as I get a decent grade in the class without having to completely bust my ass, I think I might like the work we do in there.  Figuring out how to appropriately use figures and stats in writing.  It’s dry, but somewhat interesting.

Ethics and Law is boring shit to read.  Court cases.  Bleh.  I can’t say I’m enthralled thus far with what I’ve had to read.  I’ve heard that’s the class no one really likes.  Go figure.