The Project's Over

We finished the website project today. I believe we accomplished everything we were supposed to and left things well organized. It may not be the best or prettiest, but we got the job done. You can see what we did at the MESO Website ... we did the hurricane and winter weather sections.

So that means I'm moving back home this Friday, leaving Casey all by his lonesome. Over the weekend we are heading up to West Virginia to visit relatives, and then spending the rest of the week at my grandparents' house in Pennsylvania. This of course is my favorite road trip, and it may be the last time I make it in this form. Lots of pictures will be taken, especially of the roads and mountains (lol).

Now that the 10pm edition of WTVD's newscasts has come to fruition, it was a bunch of hype (well, on my part) about nothing. It is literally the same as the rest of ABC 11's newscasts. The only things that are different are the open voiceover and some subtle WB22 logos in the graphics. The 5:30 crew (Steve Daniels and Tisha Powell) anchors. Unfortunately, former WLFL anchor/current WTVD reporter Tamara Gibbs has no role in the newscast (unless it's on weekends). Will be interesting to see how the ratings come out and how they handle the affiliation switch to The CW this fall (considering they have "WB22" everywhere).

Posts will probably be a little more sparse the rest of the summer, considering my vacations and one-line-dialup internet limitations at home (as if I posted a lot when I had constant internet...). So everyone have a fun summer, and don't be afraid to keep in touch.

Canes Win!

I'll admit I'm pretty much a bandwagon fan... I didn't really watch any of the games during the season, or even the first two rounds of the playoffs. But I did keep up with them through the news, and being a sports fan, it's quite easy to get addicted, especially to the local team. To have the Stanley Cup in Raleigh, to see a victory parade for a professional sport champion here, to hear the national broadcasters express shock at how crazy our fans are... it's all pretty awesome.

In other news...

Hard to believe this meteorology project is wrapping up. We're actually having a meeting tomorrow to discuss what will be the best way to use our time the last four days. Of course, that just means the summer is flying by...

I received an AMS Undergraduate Scholarship, which is pretty darn cool since this is on a national level. The funny part is my "sponsor" is named Matthew Parker, the exact same name as the professor I'm working for this summer.

The Steelers are having their share of offseason problems. First Big Ben nearly killing himself in a motorcycle wreck, then first round draft pick Santonio Holmes getting arrested twice (first time was basically for glorified jaywalking, the most recent being for domestic violence). Hopefully everything will calm down by training camp (which I may be attending!!).

It's amazing how boring things are when there's no hockey game and there's absolutely nothing else on all 77 cable channels...