Life is...busy. But for the first time in the history of my time at OSU, I'm actually enjoying some of the stuff I'm busy with.

Last week was the C.E.N.T.S show at the convention center downtown---aka the certified exterior nursery technician show. A whole convention filled with horticultural shortcourses, booths, and talks--I was in heaven. The show is a national event (actually, it's growing to be somewhat international. One of the speakers was from England this year), so that means we get to see a lot of people in the business that we don't usually have contact with. Kind of like a big family reunion. It was fun to just walk around and run into friends--literally, in one occasion. (My one friend walked in the door as I was walking by the door. With both of us being engrossed in our guides, we managed to walk right into eachother.)

For my magazine writing class (comm 602), I'm also focusing on a couple of horticulture articles. The main one I'm working on now (first draft due tomorrow) is one about the guidelines of container gardening. I can't tell you how nice it is to be able to spend your time writing on a subject you actually enjoy--and get a grade for it. It really is a great feeling (as great a feeling as you can get from a class...) when you can leave the world of GECs and start to take specialized classes.

I'm also working on a couple articles for my newspaper writing class (comm 421). It's not quite as fun (to me) as my magazine articles, but eh, whatcha gonna do. The writing styles are extremely different--newspapers are more about directly relating the facts, forget about being creative. Magazines are more about relaying facts in a creative way. You're also not supposed to have any sort of opinion in newspaper writing. I have a little problem with that. But little Lois Lane here has to run to an interview...so until next time.