Politics. John Stewart makes fun of it very well and so does Stephen Colbert. Lou Dobbs lost his job to media politics and here I am discussing the politics of having a meeting with El Camino Public Relations person, Ann Garten (and shortly by the party tips of one Andrew W.K).
The entire semester this I have been hounded, hunted, and wanted to be spoken to by this lady and it finally happened... luckily for me I had my "ready for a meeting button-up" when the time arose. Production day makes for a great day to discuss future issues and business pertaining to the media.
Garten believes to help enable our writers to get better interviews with the right people that we should "filter" between her to set-up meetings and such like they do in the "outer" media sources. She would basically be what Robert Duvall was in the Godfather Part II, or something like that, basically just make sure meetings happen when they are suppose to. She's a smart woman, her rhetoric make sense because if writers need to see the right person, Garten is the person to point us in the right direction so, so far I liked what I was hearing.
I loved the feeling that I was playing politician: we talked, laughed, voiced concerns and we walked out in smile and giggles, it seems even in the middle we have to be politicians sometimes. Kate asked me after the meeting that I seemed so well liked by them and by everyone if I ever feel the pressure to have to be well liked: well to answer that I relate that to Alex introdcuing me to Andrew W.K.'s party tips of the day
Past formalities and politics, Alex Curran, news editor, decided that we needed a party tip from funny man and musician Andrew W.K, unfortuantly Mr. W.K. had no party tip of the day so I leave you with todays tip:
"PARTY TIP: Don't ever worry about being yourself. You can't NOT be yourself. You're always you, no matter what! SO JUST PARTY!"-
I like to think that is what I do already, not NOT be myself because I am just me, Miles the EIC.
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