Suffering.

I'm not sure why I didn't do it from the start but I've been big into shooting sports of late. It's something I'm really comfortable with, both in my photography and my writing.
I've been dubbed the unofficial sports writer when our section takes to the pioneer. While I'm really excited about it because I feel like I have a purpose again. I guess that's kind of what's been missing since I came to the school.

It's funny, while I absolutely love sports and dreamed of being a professional athlete. I felt like I was being realistic earlier than I probably should have. While most people were dreaming of being the athletes we watch on T.V. I was realizing that was never going to happen. I turned my focus on dreaming about being the one delivering the Sports news, both on T.V. and in the newspapers. When I was in high school I kind of thought that too was a bit of a high hope.

Now here I've come full circle, focusing on honing my skills as a sports writer and seeking internships almost solely based on the chance to write about and shoot as many sports as possible.
Who knows, maybe one day I will be the one delivering your sports highlights on T.V. but that's probably still a long shot.

We're about two and a half weeks away from being released to the real world, I'm gearing up for the trip home that is becoming more and more likely (still waiting on a few internship opportunities here). Meanwhile, Frank O'Connor the program coordinator is trying to convince me to come back for the Sports Journalism Program here at Loyalist.
I was almost thinking about it because it is something that I would definitely be interested in. However, the though was short lived because I realized I'm not ready to go another $10,000 in debt to stay in Belleville for another year. Maybe in the future but at this juncture of my life I can't afford that kind of debt.
But maybe one day.

Anyways,
I apologize for the infrequent updates to this blog. As I said, I'm focused on sports right now and I've decided to keep it separate from my other work so this blog has suffered.
You can keep up with my latest work in sports on my sports blog, cleverly labeled Sportfolio

If you have any questions or comments, don't hesitate to comment or contact me by email: i-feel-@live.ca or on my Twitter @AndreLodder

-Andre