i am back.

i told my pup i was writing this and he demanded he be included on the post. his name is duna edes. duna is hungarian for danube, the river that goes thru budapest, hungary. that is where he was born. edes means sweetheart. he is a havanese, which makes him a cuban hungarian american. what a cultured little dog i have.

i am on my laptop at home...i'd almost forgotten what this felt like.

i am originally from texarkana, arkansas, where i graduated high school and college (but on the texas side). i miss my family and being in close proximity to razorback fans (woo pig sooie!), but that's about all i miss. my choices for a career there included working for a bad newspaper, tv or radio station...no thanks. there's not much more demand for the mass communication field there. i decided to move down here and go to graduate school 1) to get out of texarkana, 2) to live in austin, and 3) because i had a degree and no idea what i wanted to do with my life. plus, i am a huge nerd and love being in school - if they created a career as a professional student i would be the perfect candidate. i also love music and live shows, reading, writing, traveling (especially europe), and anything outdoors.

since starting my graduate career in the fall of 07, i have really taken on an interest in new media. it is almost impossible to function day to day without some form of social networking (exaggerating a bit, but it is becoming more true). and recent events show that social networking and blogs are dramatically changing the role of media in our society. why not jump on the new media train? besides the fact that being knowledgeable in and familiar with using new media will help out when pursuing a career, it's also really stinkin' fun. my new job has kept me incredibly busy at work since starting last monday, and i don't have time for news/twitter/facebook/digg at work anymore. geez. i'm actually having to work at work now...

one of the founders of the internet said something interesting in the second half of the video. he said that their reasoning for wanting to create the internet was based on a tradition of sharing knowledge, and that everyone was contributing to it. i think this is more true than ever today. it's good to see that the purpose and function of the internet has not changed from what its founders saw it to be.