Living Without
It’s that time again… time for sweeps. November is coming up, so before we go on book, some of us reporters (myself, Megan, and Bree included) are doing sweeps pieces in October.
While many pieces touch on hard-hitting issues like attorney fees and taxes, I lucked out (I guess you can say) with an assignment about China. It’s one country that’s been in the news a lot lately, scrutinized and criticized for toy recalls and product reports… so we thought it would be interesting to see just how much one country can impact one person. Of course, that one person was me.
Last week, I lived one entire day without anything made in China. At first, I thought it would be fairly easy, I’d be able to find substitutes for things or at least put together a decent outfit with the few American-made articles of clothing I own. But, I was wrong. I found myself running into more challenges as I tried to figure out how to do simple morning tasks like putting on my make-up, to functioning at work without being able to sit in our Chinese-made chairs.
As an International Relations minor, I’ve written several papers on globalization and listened to countless lectures about world trade and every nation’s impact on one another. But I don’t think I ever realized exactly how small the world really is, and how much nations really rely on each other every single day just to live comfortably. Speaking of which, if you’d like to see me live uncomfortably for a day, just tune into News 13 this Thursday at 6 and 10.
I know… promoting through my blog? How distasteful.
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About Me
I was born and raised just outside the nation's capital in northern Virginia, and recently graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University with a major of Broadcast Journalism and minor in International Relations. I studied abroad for a while in Italy and also traveled to Shanghai, China for a journalism class. During college I worked at CBS6 in Richmond, VA as well as FOX5 in Washington D.C. I'm glad to be in sunny Florida and look forward to making Panama City my home for the next few years...
Recent Entries:
- A Death, a Birth, and a New Year
- Difficult Times to Give Thanks
- World of Couch Potatoes
- Trying the Trolley - Day 5
- Trying the Trolley - Day 4
- Trying the Trolley - Day 2
- Trying the Trolley - Day 3
- Trying the Trolley - Day 1
- A Year-Old Newby
- Throwing a Bone
- Relay for Life a Success!
- Sometimes Too Removed
- Those Born Without Wings Should Jump Instead
- Those Born Without Wings Shouldn’t Fly
- February Sweeping me off my Feet
Other News13 Blogs:
- The Casual Historian - Larche Hardy
- Derby Girl - Enocha Van Lierop
- The Newby - Jessi Chapin
- Gainesville, Georgia's All American Girl - Tuquyen Mach
