For those who don’t know, and those who do, my name is Kevin Wilson. This writing may have different elements than the follow-up writings that will appear on this site, but they have one important bond.
These are blogs.
I’m a 1996 graduate of Broadwater High School in Townsend, Mont., and a 2000 graduate of Eastern New Mexico University. I was the 1999 homecoming king and the first resident assistant in Curry Hall history to plan my own birthday party as a social program and pay for it through Housing Department funds.
I have worked at Freedom Newspapers for seven years and enjoy the variety it has provided. I have been editor in Portales and Tucumcari, and have handled various beats from sports to movies to the Ute Water Project.
With this blog, what you can expect is what I like about other blogs — thoughtful discourse, mixed with some pop culture and irreverence.
I think it would be a little heavy if I was going to get right into political issues, or episodes of “24,” but you can expect to read about both on this blog. Also expect to see some stuff about my favorite hockey team, the Buffalo Sabres. The Sabres are the top seed in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, and they’re close to finishing off the New York Islanders.
Instead, I’m going to steal the first blog of fellow CNJ blogger Courtney Post and change the answers for me. In the music business, they call it “sampling.”
I love to look at the window, realize it’s morning and then steal an extra 20-30 minutes of sleep. I enjoy sleep because I’m good at it.
I absolutely hate mornings, especially if work’s involved. Coffee doesn’t improve my mood, because I hate coffee.
I listen to music all the time. My favorite bands include The Roots, Collective Soul, Slum Village and Boyz II Men. Favorite solo artists include Craig David and Mandy Moore.
The best movies ever made would have to include Citizen Kane, The Usual Suspects, L.A. Confidential, Die Hard and Can’t Hardly Wait.
I love writing, and it’s enjoyable to do it as a journalist because you get to tell somebody else’s story.
My first time being published was an essay contest in high school, as the Helena (Mont.) Independent Record printed my letter on the meaning of Christmas. My first national publication came in SLAM Magazine, Issue 39.
At some point, I’d like to write a movie. It would be something like Spike Lee’s “Bamboozled,” except without the drama of racism.
Thanks for reading, and comment away.
Be sure to tell your readers about your locker hockey career.
Congratulations on the Sabres win(s) over the Islanders. I still think that Tampa Bay may take out New Jersey. May the Gods of Hockey (the one true sport - not baseball like D Stevens thinks) continue to bless your face with its playoff beard.