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Production woes + first Ritalin notes
Jan. 27th, 2006 04:57 pmI swear some people in my journalism program are missing HALF THEIR BRAINS.
(I have about a million things to post...but I'm teed off again, so I'm posting about this instead!)
Our half of the Print Media program (Group A) had their first production day today. I have a story, a photo and an editorial going into next week's issue, so I'm fairly happy with my contribution this time around. I was also on "cleanup crew," which meant that I was one of a couple of people who stayed after class was over to fix up details on all the pages of the paper and make sure the whole thing looks top-notch.
It was fun, no denying it. I like it a hell of a lot better than going to any of my classes.
( But why are people in my program such fuckwits? )
Apparently, some of my classmates are pissed off at a guy in our program, B. Apparently, B's been saying that Group B has much better writers than our group, and our editorials suck, and so on and so forth. Kind of amusing, since the guy's never in class and doesn't listen to us read our work. Evidently, one of our editors came back with, "You think that, but you haven't heard DAN and DAVE'S stuff!" I feel so loved.
Also, I am FINALLY on Ritalin. It's a really low dose so far. In theory, I'm only supposed to be on 5mgs a day for the next few, but I upped it unceremoniously to 15mgs today since I could barely tell it was in my system. No side effects, no major benefit, nothing. I know that's "bad" - oh well, people have been started by their doctors on less cautious doses, and if it ain't doing anything at all at 5mg, why not up it?
Not sure if I've got any benefits going on - maybe? Slightly? I'm not tired at all, and I probably should be after 3 hours of sleep, so that's a sign it's THERE anyway. But still no side effects. Going to go try to do homework in a bit, we'll see.
It wouldn't really surprise me if I needed a higher dose - I'm a bit immune to drugs. My biggest concern is just that nothing will work.
Okay. Gonna check my list, and then see if I have any magical focusing powers. Ritalin a go-go!
(I have about a million things to post...but I'm teed off again, so I'm posting about this instead!)
Our half of the Print Media program (Group A) had their first production day today. I have a story, a photo and an editorial going into next week's issue, so I'm fairly happy with my contribution this time around. I was also on "cleanup crew," which meant that I was one of a couple of people who stayed after class was over to fix up details on all the pages of the paper and make sure the whole thing looks top-notch.
It was fun, no denying it. I like it a hell of a lot better than going to any of my classes.
( But why are people in my program such fuckwits? )
Apparently, some of my classmates are pissed off at a guy in our program, B. Apparently, B's been saying that Group B has much better writers than our group, and our editorials suck, and so on and so forth. Kind of amusing, since the guy's never in class and doesn't listen to us read our work. Evidently, one of our editors came back with, "You think that, but you haven't heard DAN and DAVE'S stuff!" I feel so loved.
Also, I am FINALLY on Ritalin. It's a really low dose so far. In theory, I'm only supposed to be on 5mgs a day for the next few, but I upped it unceremoniously to 15mgs today since I could barely tell it was in my system. No side effects, no major benefit, nothing. I know that's "bad" - oh well, people have been started by their doctors on less cautious doses, and if it ain't doing anything at all at 5mg, why not up it?
Not sure if I've got any benefits going on - maybe? Slightly? I'm not tired at all, and I probably should be after 3 hours of sleep, so that's a sign it's THERE anyway. But still no side effects. Going to go try to do homework in a bit, we'll see.
It wouldn't really surprise me if I needed a higher dose - I'm a bit immune to drugs. My biggest concern is just that nothing will work.
Okay. Gonna check my list, and then see if I have any magical focusing powers. Ritalin a go-go!
