Black Tie Lounge

A paper that I contributed to was accepted to be presented at the National Communication Association's annual conference with the prospect of being published. The topic was on the Black Church as a model for public relations practice. Here's the catch, I built the foundation for the paper but decided to hand over the topic to be modified by my former advisor. He was really excited about the paper I wrote while in graduate school and suggested that I take the topic further and submit it for publishing. I was gung ho about it at first but within months after graduating I realized that I had zero desire to even put the energy into continuing the paper to fit the feedback from the review committee. I went ahead and let my former advisor take the reigns and do to it what he wants. I have since focused on other writing projects. As much as I am committed to being a life long learner, knowing myself and how much I do not miss graduate school, I thought it would be best to invest time...

It really must be a cold day in Hell because I came to work mad early. Have you ever been in a place where you put 100% effort just to realize you get the same result as you did when you put out 0? Yeah, it's a sad phenomenon, but it happens. I've always been able to maintain my save the world, buck the system, social justice mentality, which I must say I have never lost. However, life has a way of bringing you back to reality to understand that at the end of the day some mad unfair and stupid stuff happens to individuals that hold the best intentions and strong ambitions for life. I had a really good weekend. I went down to Blacksburg to visit my alma mater for Black Alumni Weekend. I graduated last May with my Masters, which I took on straight from undergrad. So after spending about 7 years in the area, I didn't think enough time went by for me to want to come back and visit. Also mind you, my current job is definitely not where I want to be and the purpose of alumni func...