LIFE WITHOUT LOVE IS MEANINGLESS

LIFE WITHOUT LOVE IS MEANINGLESS

 

IS A LIFE WITHOUT LOVE WORTH LIVING
ALL ALONE , NO TAKING , NO GIVING
ALONE IN LIFE , ALONE WHEN YOU DIE
NO ONE TO HOLD YOU UP WHEN YOU CRY
BUT THATS NOT ME, FOR FOREVER ILL STAND
ILL WAIT HERE FORVER FOR THE TOUCH OF YOUR HAND
LOVE WAS DISCOVERED WHEN AGAIN YOU FOUND ME
IT WAS TRUE FATE THAT WAS MENT TO BE
YOU TOUCHED MY SOUL RIGHT FROM THE START
FOR ONCE IN YOUR LIFE YOU STOLE A HEART
I DONT THINK YOU KNEW JUST WHAT TO DO
WHEN I CAME BACK IN YOUR LIFE AND SAID
                      I LOVE YOU!!!!!!
IT ALL HAPPENED QUICK , YOU WALKED RIGHT IN
YOU SWEPT ME OFF MY FEET , WITH THAT SMUG GRIN
SO FOREVER IM YOURS , DONT EVER LET ME GO
YOU ARE MY HEART , I HOPE U NO
ALL PARTS OF YOU, I SO MISS
CAUSE LIFE WITHOUT YOUR LOVE IS MEANINGLESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I LOVE YOU GEORGE ANDREW MAXWELL, FOREVER UNITED WE STAND , I HAVE NEVER WANTED ANYTHING LIKE I WANT AND LOVE YOU !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Professional Lessons I have learned/ Did I make the right choice????

I would like to begin this report by saying that on day one when I walked into the college almost two years ago now, I was freaking out. I wondered if I had made the right decision leaving a life I had always known for a life that was completely unknown. I quite often panicked and wondered if i would make it let alone pass. For me I was the older one in the room and most of the peers around me have not even really experienced life yet. Then there was the fear of having younger competition in the radio field. Was I to old to be doing something like this? I knew that I have always had a strong passion for music of all kinds and a big curiosity of how the radio world worked. To be completely honest, as an artist/ musician the radio world literally pissed me off and frustrated me. Usually in my life if I didn't understand something or how it worked I made it a priority to somehow find out, even if it took me a while. I have always wanted to be someone that could impact change and make a difference in the world and people's lives. Radio I now know can possibly give me just that. I very much enjoyed this class and thought the idea of giving us students the opportunity to have some time with people in the industry that were at one point where we are now was a chance to show us all that if you fight hard enough for what you want eventually you will get it. Sometimes we have to pay a price along the way. 

York Bell Smith was much like myself. He returned to school at 32 years old with a willingness to do whatever it took to follow his dreams. He had his ups and downs. He was hired and fired and sometimes, in fact a lot of times he had to return to his old life and old jobs to maintain his family etc. He definitely paid some serious prices to get where he is today. But it was his perseverance and dedication to an industry he loves that has put him where he is now. Nothing great ever comes easy. Even for the people that are really good at what they do. But with faith and drive and ambition you will get to where you want to go but you must be willing to do what it takes.  Another big important factor I have also learned that you need to take a stand for things and make yourself be known and stand out. You need to be unique. Why be like everyone else? If you do what everyone else is doing that simply makes you the same as them. Nobody wants to see or hear the same old thing.

Sean Kelly made it very clear that he is looking for someone that isn't afraid to do whatever it takes to stand out. Its your energy and enthusiasm that keeps the listeners listening. Go out and meet people or bands or people in the industry and just don't be afraid because fear will eat you alive in the industry. If you are not talking to people and building relationships then you are dormant and will remain that way. Radio is not an industry for the shy or hobbit minded. For the most part in this class I have to say that most of what was spoken about and most of the advice given was things that really I already knew. I think for myself this class was about confirmation and understanding. This class gave me a chance to see that it is never to late to start over in life. Sometimes we head in one direction and think we know what we want with our life and then suddenly we find ourselves veering off in the other
direction. Actually Sean Kelly had applied and was accepted to Carlton University and changed his mind at the last minuet to do radio.

JD Brown had a job where he helped people with resumes and career prep and was also a mill worker. It was a friend in the industry making a simple suggestion for him to take radio that led him to where he is today. Before talking to his friend he never would have even thought about radio. And York Bell Smith was in the food industry with management positions and also found himself veering off in a totally different direction. This taught me that it is never to late to follow your dreams. Its never to late to change your mind and it's ok to just roll with the punches sometimes because the payoff can be amazing. 

I really liked Cole Nayler's philosophy on positions in the promotions department. I do enjoy
promotions so he really summed up for me how to set myself up if I should follow that path. He stressed the importance of a wish list. This was important as how are you suppose to attain your goals if you don't write them down. You need to put everything to paper or nothing will ever happen as you hope, I have started to do this since Cole's appearance and it not only makes life a bit easier, but it also gives you something to strive for. Cole also stressed how important it is to know each department and how they work. This will enable you to function well with the station as a whole. This is something that I definitely need to work on and have started making lists of questions and curiosities that I have within the station at myFM. I really think this will help me in the future but also help me in situations that I don't no how to deal with. Cole helped me understand how important having a back up plan is as well. Stuff happens and their is nothing we can do about stuff just happening. We just need to try to always have an idea that stuff can go wrong but if a back up plan is
in place everything will generally work out. 

Then there was you Mr. Bolton! You taught me that it is so important to be relevant.
Since day one you have taught us just how important it is to stay current. Be up on what is happening around you and find out just what it is that people want. What you put out there is what you will attract and what you will have around you. You taught us to be proud of what we do and what we have done. Shrug off the things that didn't work out because you can't change it. Move forward at all times and be happy and proud of who we are and who we are becoming.

I did learn a lot from the other presenters and teachers too. And I give my word that I will take this knowledge wherever I go and with whatever I do. Most of the things we were told really are common everyday life things we must do. But sometimes we just need some reminders. I would like to take this opportunity to say Thank You to you Steve for an amazing 2 years that I now know was worth all the hard times and frustrating assignments that sometimes were easy we just put way to much into
figuring out. I am learning patients still and will continue to learn as I go.  I now have learned that my decision to start life over and go to school for Radio was the right decision and for that I thank you kindly

Karrie Lynn Dymond

DRINKING AND DRIVING WHY?????????????????????????????????????????????????

I understand that everyone makes mistakes we all do. But what I don't understand is how when someone DECIDES to drink and drive and kills or hurts someone this is not a mistake it is a decision. A decision that affects not only the person that made the decision but everyone around them too. It doesn't just happen. The key gets put in the ignition, the car shifts into drive and you pull out onto the road. These are steps in the decision making process and clearly at that moment most people think oh well I will make it home and no one will ever no. 9 times out of 10 they don't make it home. For the lucky one percent they are caught and pulled over before its too late. This makes me very sad. I have lost far to many people from this decision and my heart has bled for the ones I didn't no that we read about every day. When are people going to learn that this decision destroys lives and kills. I feel very strongly about what I am saying here and I know that in the past perhaps I have offended people with my straight to the point comments. The intention was to help people start taking a stand in the eyes of the community, our people and the law. My recent comments on facebook about a young man 22 that decided to drink and drive and got into an accident and his cousin didn't make it have offended people and for that I am truly sorry that was not my intention however I find it really hard to get over the fact that he was released on a 2000 bail after killing someone. Is this right? The correct charge is vehicular manslaughter. I have never heard of someone shooting or killing anyone anyway getting out on this kind of bail. This infuriates me. The Quinte Region has had a lot of sadness bestowed upon them and in the 2 years I lived there I have never heard so much tragedy.
I have watched way to many people crying and making funeral arrangements for someone that was in the wrong place at the wrong time and far to young to die. There are thousands of children out there missing a parent or sibling because of Drinking and Driving. When is this going to stop?

DRINKING AND DRIVING IS A DECISION, YOUR DECISION, MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION AND CALL A FRIEND OR CAB OR WALK. NO MATTER WHAT
DON'T DRINK AND DRIVE!!!!!

To end I would just like to say that again if my comments offend you I apologise. If we would all just stand together and fight for what is right then perhaps we wont have to hear these horrible stories as much.