As September slipped into October, the leaves changed, calendar pages fluttered and in Toronto, the weather improved a touch! However, my twitter followers and friends seem to be asking the same question, “Has PR school made Danielle a crazy recluse? All she seems to do is schoolwork and watch West Wing.” To that I would add, I’m also working in the evenings and playing Sims Social, but that is neither here nor there.
But in all seriousness, this does seem to be the extent of my social life, at least for the rest of the school year. I make the occasional cinematic outing but have seemingly backed away from the requisite fall releases and retrospective screenings to hang at home and seemingly finish more work. (Which somehow ends with me spending hours reading news sites.)
But when I’m not staring at the internet, I’m hooked on The West Wing. “But Danielle, why the West Wing? Why not just watch the same episodes of Community until your dvds fall apart?” you may ask. Well, the show itself is almost more about PR than it is about politics and throughout ONE SEASON it has reinforced much of what I’ve learned in class and provided me with all types of examples (albeit, fictional) of some risks and issues I’ll be forced to reckon with in a mere year from now. Let’s just hope I remember these lessons and not just CJ’s steamy chemistry with Danny.