Episode 6: Watch Now, Vampyres Are Subtle…

Episode 6… so here we are, I’m curious if there will be any feedback on this from the campus.

The initial issue of “bold-face” vs. “bald-face” actually was brought to my attention by a reader and I thank him for pointing out the error. Will I always go to such lengths to correct my mistakes? Anyone who has had prolonged exposure to my spelling will soon realize the answer to this question. But, the topic was interesting and I also had another request to fulfill.

A number of misty, far-flung years ago, back in the time of legends and my undergraduate career, I was once the Staff Cartoonist for the Rotunda. This didn’t actually mean anything, other than it gave me free license to be obnoxious, make remarks on issues I was only vaguely familiar with and draw a surplus of armadillos. Coming back for my graduate degree, I decided I wanted to pick this up again, but I didn’t want to try and be a responsible political voice. Because I think that matters.

I’ve never been all that informed on what’s going on, other than through word-of-mouth and rumor and to my mind, that doesn’t actually constitute journalism. The line between “political” cartoonist and journalist is pretty friggin’ broad, but the cartoons are (I’m told) one of the more widely read parts of the paper. Only a few words and funny looking pictures. So when I was approached about drawing a cartoon satirizing the Division 1/Division 3 status concerns along with the whole budget thing, I promptly felt like I was in over my head.

And then I felt like a jackass. Because I’m supposed to be a Citizen Leader by this point, right? Comfortable in bringing the news to other concerned and like-minded Citizen Leaders, leading each other back and forth to other citizens in need of leadership. Sure, I can dig up the very controversial Power Point presentation that kicked this all off and I can even vomit back the information that is neatly displayed.

The topic is frustrating and a very cynical part of me doesn’t believe that there is any sort of action that can be taken or that will be noticed by people who make the decisions around Longwood.

On a completely unrelated noted, Margot looks like Wolfman with that beard. And yeah, he’s probably keeping a version of it, because I like continuity.