Me! Me! Me!

So i'm sitting here staring at the screen trying to think of something witty that will make you read on, honestly I can't think of anything. Everything that I try sounds un-original, I mean there's only a limited number of ways that you can introduce yourself. I could start with 'Hi my name is Angela and I'm an alcoholic', but that wouldn't be truthful, my name is Angela but I'm not an alcoholic (as proof I've even attached a photo of me drinking my sparkling grape juice). I also considered the cheerleader introduction, 'I'm sexy, I'm cute, I'm popular to boot, I'm bitchin', great hair, the boys all love to stare...Call me Big Red', once again that wouldn't be totally honest, as much as I like to think I have great hair it's not red (as you can probably tell), hence I really can't say 'I'm Big Red'. I've decided just to start with the basics, the most unoriginal introduction I could think of - 

Hi, my name is Angela and I'm a first semester Journalism/Arts student at UQ. Just like this isn't my first attempt at Uni, this isn't my first blog, however unlike that blog I promise I will update this one (regularly), after all I don't like to fail, and this blog is a part of my assessment for my course. How'd I end up studying Journalism/Arts? I guess you should say I'm a law school dropout, after studying Law/Journalism at QUT last semester and thought Journalism/Arts sounded fun. Now here I am, hoping a choice of Journalism/Arts will be more interesting than law and my parents are hoping I'll stick at it longer.

I've always had a keen interest in reading, taking newspaper to the toilet from the moment I learnt to read, and have always strived to know more, to find out more, and to write. I guess that makes journalism the perfect career choice for me. Except one thing - the alarming trend of a drop in newspaper sales, a medium which I hope to one day make a living from. However this doesn't alarm me, after all nothing was meant to be easy right? Not everyone who wants to be a famous rockstar will be a rockstar, not everyone who plays Toyota Cup will be the next Darren Lockyer, just like not everyone Journalism student will end up becoming a journalist. Every career is hard to get into, that's why I plan to work hard and hopefully in a few years time you'll be reading something that I've written in a major newspaper.

So what's the point of this blog? Here's where I'll post my assessment, reflections on uni life as well as news which I find interesting as well as my views on the news and the impact that it has on my life. 

If you don't like it comment, let me know. If you do like it, comment let me know. Whether you like it or not, follow me, I promise you won't be disappointed. Oh and as forced to do, there's a photo of me below. (If you haven't worked it out already I'm the one on the left)