10/31

look, ma! I’m published!!

Yesterday was a momentous occasion for this aspiring young journalist. It marked my first published byline. Yes, it’s just a movie review, and yes, it’s in an NYU campus news outlet (but the cooler one, in my opinion), and I also think it’s less comprehensive than the review of the same movie I posted here, but it does represent a special if a bit belated landmark for me. I’m looking forward to contributing entertainment articles for NYU Local in the future, as I think it’s a good site and I could definitely use the practice. I plan to cover some upcoming concerts for them and have already submitted a review of the new David Mamet revival Speed the Plow which may be published today or this weekend.

In other news, it’s Halloween and I’m going as Buckethead.  Not because I’m a huge fan or anything, but because it’s an easy costume and I think he’s a pretty hilarious figure. I couldn’t find a guitar so I am going to be carrying a large, bloody sword instead. Maybe some pictures will follow.

Til then, Happy Pumpkin Day!

-Derrick