2010.09.21 Text 7 notes

  1. An open letter to The Sierra Sentinel

      I miss you so much.

      I spent a good three years of my life worrying about you. My devotion to you was unbreakable. If someone pronounced your name the wrong way, I fumed with what could be described as nothing less than pure fury. For a couple of years, you were the greatest teacher I had ever had (aside from Robo himself). That third year, I felt like I was trying to  raise you into the best newspaper you could be. Alas, I know there was so much more I could have done for you, and I apologize for the fact that I did not.

      You changed my life.

      You took my confusion and energy and turned it into a passion I hope to carry with me well into college and the world outside of academia. You made me look at the world I lived in not only through the lens of my camera, but also a new mental frame of reference that will forever be implanted in me. Facts can be given to tell the truth to the absolute best ability of man. Everything I see can be written about, to be adequately expressed to another in beautiful, disarming, or fascinating way. Journalists are the drafters of the history books. Journalists keep our leaders in check. Journalists give us something worth thinking about. Journalists are heroes. The Sentinel taught me all of this and more.

      I would not be the person I am today without you.

      You also taught me that I shouldn’t use cliches. But cliches are really the only way I can say how I feel about you.

      You mean so much to me.

      Thank you.

      Villafan, I know you care about this thing as much as I still do. I hope all of you newbies make me proud.

    Sincerely,

    theboywholosthismind.

    P.S.: Brandon…if you don’t impress me, I’ll end you. I’m serious.