Thursday night I had the pleasure of seeing Sway Calloway of MTV News speak here at SU. Most of the journalism students here probably watch Mike Tirico or Dan Rather to watch the big interviews. I, on the other hand, watch Sway, so I was very excitied for this opportunity. Just to show how much of a music news dork I am, I remember all of his "All Eyes On" interviews, especially Justin Timberlake's. That was easily 5 years ago and I still remember what they talked about.
I had no i dea how much of an influence Sway had on hip-hop. Bascially Eminem + others got record deals because he exposed them on his radio show. Sway did both Tupac (who he was friends with) and Biggie's last interviews. Overhis last 7 years with MTV, Sway has changed its format and how they portray African Americans. But my fave part of his speech was the celeb gossip...like Timbaland bashing Britney Spears before the VMAs...and MTV not letting Sway air it...and then MTV let Sway go on celeb tabloid shows and bash her.
Sway's words of advice for us journalists: Be a Hustler, baby. He just wanted us to know, it ain't where we've been, but where we're bout to go. But seriously. He told us we have to hustle and brand ourselves in order to make us stand out and edge off the competition.
Tonight a sneak preview of Denzel Washington's new flick American Gangster was shown here. It's a great movie, a little harsh at times, but never boring. Let me just say that I'm sooo glad I don't live anywhere near gangsters.
THURSDAY NIGHT TV WAS BETTER! I was so happy! Grey's was much better than last week. I'm not sure whose side I'm on with the Callie-George-Izzie drama and I don't like that Meredith and Derek aren't dating, but it's better.
The Office was still an hour long and despite the more serious plot, I really enjoyed it for a change. At first I was skeptical about Jim and Pam being together because that 'ugh just get together already' feeling that has been there for the last three seasons is gone. However, this episode made me really happy that they're finally together...and being nice to Dwight. I feel so bad for him. One of my favorite lines of the night was from Kelly. She said about Darryl: "He is the most complicated person. He says exactly what he is thinking...who does that??". haha
And last but certainly not least, Wed. 10/17 would have been the beautiful Bailey Goodman's 18th Birthday. So I just wanted to say Happy belated Birthday angel. We love you and miss you SO much here!
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