I don’t know why I didn’t do it sooner.

Today was my first ‘Open Day’ at uni. A day when all the fresh-faced (and terrified!) potential students come for a look round at what’s what.

I was rather nervous at first. We had to give tours, do talks and be generally happy and lovely, and I wasn’t sure I was cut out for a full day of all that*.

But I had a great time, and I realised two things.

First, my lecturers can talk and talk and talk about their profession and experiences within it.

And second, so can I.

Having questions thrown at you like “Why did you choose journalism?” is an interesting feeling. The first time it happened I gave the answer of “I’m not too sure”, and then reeling off about two hundred reasons why I chose journalism. Of course I knew. And I’m quite astonished, really, that my reasons for choosing journalism before I came to uni still exist today. I still love it, I still want to do it, and, best of all, I am doing it.

By the end of the day I’d decided in my head what I wanted to do next year. Bigger Linc, a radio show of my own, more work experience — paid! — … pretty much everything I should have done this year but didn’t.

I will do it though.

In the mean time, here’s some good reads from today.

[COMMENT IS FREE] Shannon Kyle – Mums for Madeleine

Poor, poor Madeleine. This article takes a look at another emotional strain the parents of missing Maddie are feeling: are they bad parents?

[EPIDEMIX] Why does Wikipedia suck at science?

Here’s an interesting one. Wikipedia is often criticised for being too unreliable. Here, though, it’s accused of being too clever! What do you get if you stick lots of clever scientists in one place? Lots of clever science that only the cleverest of clever scientists can understand — which defeats the point of an encyclopedia.

[JEFF JARVIS] Hot dog

This is just funny. I love the way in which the reporter on the phone turns covers his ear, turns round, and then frantically tries to fathom what the hell is going on. I can imagine his conversation with whoever is on the phone: “Er..well, you’ll never guess what’s just come into the office…”