The direction we’re headed

Thursday, February 25th, 2010 | College, Internet

Well hey, it’s been almost a year. Wow. Well, I think I owe the people who were starting to pay a little attention to me an explanation.

So here’s what happened and where we are going:

When Spring hit last year I was trying to figure out my Internship for the Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University. A pretty life-altering decision and one that I didn’t have much choice about. I can’t graduate without an internship. I applied for and got my internship over at The Washington Post Politics site.

I spent the summer in D.C. working for them with Ryan Lytle, another OU Journalism student, and getting an incredible amount of experience in the field. After my brother, my housemate Josh and my girlfriend Devin (We’re dating. It is very cute.) came out to visit I developed a major infection in my back and spent the day in the hospital; don’t worry, I got better. I have been dealing with pilonidal cysts (fair warning, it is a bit graphic) for several years now, but more on that later.

At the same time I was getting ready to head off to D.C. I took over as the editor-in-chief of Speakeasy Magazine. I developed the new site their and have been working on it since then. In fact, Speakeasy has become my inspiration for my long-term project for this site.

I got back to Ohio just in time to start my senior year of college and with continuing back problems. That said, I am incredibly happy to be back in my home state. Fall quarter went by quickly with much of my time being devoted to Speakeasy and class. Over winter break I had surgery for the second time to get two cysts removed from my lower back. I ended up being put on a Wound Vacuum (also graphic). I was more-or-less homebound for the month of December. My mother and Devin ended up helping me immensely.

I’m now eight weeks deep into Winter quarter and I am trying to get everything together. This site is back on my radar, and I am beginning work on the redesign during my very limited free time. I am still cooking, but now I have Devin cooking with me, so our recipe book is expanding quickly. There are a lot of back posts that need to get finished.

I can’t promise that I am going to be updating three times a week yet or that the site will be finished by a certain date, but I can at least let people know I am alive and still working. Look for some updates and a major overhaul on the way this site works.