Optimistically Pessimistic

Well, we published the first issue of the paper without the Woodser, Pi and Steakboy. Whew. It's over, I'm happy to report. And I didn't die, and I didn't freak out too much, and I didn't hurt any children in the process.

And the paper ain't half bad for a fledgling news magazine. Our cover page had glitches caused by the printing process somehow, but was actually a pleasing visual. Our stories had substance and the graphics weren't too obnoxious. Some students liked it and others wondered why the change. We'll have to address that in the next issue and have a cut-out survey or something. Even though we won't learn much, said Jack last summer in my super duper class. WWJD? What would Jack do?

The yearbook is also off to a good start: we have the ladder all assigned and deadlines set, the layouts are done and ready to be put onto the server. Students should be beginning working as early as next week on their layouts on the computers. Whew..this job is intense.

How are those programs going? Not too shabby. I can indent, and now I can do hanging indentation. I can package and burn and get it to the printer. We fucked up our page layout sequence for the printer, however, so we gotta deal with that.

Oh well, like the title insinuates, I'm optimistically pessimistic about shit in general.