Hey readers.
I realize that’s a pretty lame way to start a blog, but blogging isn’t really my thing — I didn’t exactly become a journalism major to steal Perez Hilton’s thunder.
Here’s the deal: to spice things up on the Mustang Daily website this year, we decided that all of the editors would post a blog once a week (hopefully the other editors have a little more blog creativity than I do, otherwise we might be in need of some Tapatio).
I’ll preface this with my life story. Just kidding, but here’s a little about me. I’m a junior here at Cal Poly double-majoring in journalism and child development. Nope, there’s absolutely no link between the two majors. I’m one of the few students here who didn’t have my entire life planned out at the age of 17 when I applied to college (it’s a hard knock life, I know). In the process of trying to figure my life out, I channeled my inner-Carrie Bradshaw and applied to work at the Mustang Daily to give that edgy journalist thing a try.
Fast forward a few quarters of “Learn by Doing” and I am now in my second year working as the arts editor for the Mustang Daily. It turns out the job is less Carrie from “Sex in the City” and more Dwight from “The Office” — I think I have way more authority than I actually do, and my coworkers plan a lot of practical jokes at my expense. But hey, can you say resume-booster?
Anyway, as the arts editor, my job is to fill in that space on the pages between the ads and the horoscopes with some words about entertaining things (hence the Arts and Entertainment section). But here’s the problem: I think every episode of “Keeping up with the Kardashians” merits cancellation of anything remotely productive and camping out in front of the television until the couch and I become one.
My guess is that most readers don’t equate Kim Kardashian with U.S. royalty, and I’m almost certain that most people who care enough to pick up a newspaper don’t namedrop MTV’s teen moms in everyday conversation (oh yes I do). So, Mustang Daily readers, I need your help. What entertains you?
Last year, we had quite the smorgasbord of entertainment stories in the arts section. From exclusive interviews with Hollywood stars like “Legally Blonde” actress Jennifer Coolidge and “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” comedians Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood to the controversial sex column, my writers and I tried our best to keep readers entertained.
Don’t worry, I’m going to try my best to keep our loyal readers entertained this year too, but it’s not every day Weird Al comes to town (November 2, mark your calendars). So to keep me from running creepy articles about toddlers in beauty pageants — and trust me, I will — let me know what you want to read about.
These stories don’t just fall into my lap, so if there’s something you want to see covered in the Mustang Daily, shoot me an email. But that doesn’t mean I’ll send a reporter to write and publish a biography about you in the Mustang Daily … I don’t think that’s what our paper is meant for.
So, to sum things up, when you’re in class and you’ve finished the crossword and the Sudoku puzzle and are left with no other choice but to read the actual articles in the Mustang Daily to stay awake, check out the arts pages and let me entertain you.
Gilmore out.