Suzanne_Marques's Blog

CUTE VERY CUTE. but the kid at the bottom made a = sign and not a a 11. but that's ok i guess. lol. my parents never supported me in anything i did while in school. i was on my own, with forged signitures just to enroll in school by my sister. if i was lucky, i had enough money to get to school on the bus. and if i didnt, then i would spend the money i did have to get to school, and spend a hour walking back rain or shine. that was how school was for me in high school and jr. high. but i worked my butt off and did ok. i think i did ok. didnt become a pro-wrestler or a reporter like i would have liked, but drafting is ok by me.

my dad was forced to drop out of school by 2nd grade to work on the farm since his dad was killed by another man that wanted part of his land. that's all i know of my grandpa on my dad's side.
as for my dad, he's a good guy, but thoses years were tough on him. he just had a divorce, the family was all broken up, and his only relief of his pain was women and booze. so i was screwed. but it's ok, taught me to be more responsible and keep my nose clean, because unlike all the other kids, if i fell, i fell hard because i had no one to bail me out.

i don't have any kids, nor married. far from it. i like kids, but not sure if i want any. but if i did, i'm not sure how i would raise them. if i spoil them, will they not try as hard cuz i spoil them. seems like that what happened to my cousin and many other kids i see. but if i give him nothing, will he be like me, doing the best he can with nothing? or will he just not care since i don't seem to care? so it's hard for me to decide. maybe i'll be something in the middle. supportive, but i'll let him fall every now and then so he can learn his lessons.

When i was a senior in H.S. my guidance counsellor told me that I'd ''never get in" to the college i was applying to. Nice. Also wrong. Unbelievable how lame some of those who are supposed to be advising kids can be. You never forget those things

suzanne, did you tell the students at Prisk about Cinderella?

Marques

Thankyou and at 43 I'm looking at writing as being my next step in life. I think I write too much online but the practice of doing this is better than not writing at all. As for the military broadcasters school I was not seriously auditioning for something I could not believe in. News media in a free society is not the one run by the military... though I think ours is second to none the bias is inbred.

Lastly, you once said in your blog on MLK,

"i love a visionary, someone so in tune with what is needed at one moment in time... who steps up to the plate to move a generation. MLK passed years ago, yet he still inspires people as if he were alive today."

You said you wish sometimes that there was someone around like MLK today. There is... go look in the mirror.

You know I want to clarify something... I hate being cliche' and it's obvious that less attractive women have a higher hurtle to jump to be that TV news anchor and that's one of the sad facts of the human condition. However I do not ask for folks in those positions to for some reason feel guilty for being who they are.

Now my mother and sister were very pretty according to 100% of comments made to me by males while I was growing up. Mom did things and so does my sister that are MLK like things in the lives of those they touch. Their beauty is a bonus and a God given confirmation of something internal.

Marques

I've read enough of your blogs to feel secure that it is no flattery to say that you are doing your part and MLK's spirit lives on in some of your actions. Folks like you who help kids believe in themselves are just such actions and I believe you are doing even more that you are not reporting. I try my hardest not to flatter people cause it only trips them up. These things seem like they should be obvious but they aren't... apparently.

hey now esau, their are lots of reporters that aren't model material that are on tv. barbara walters. she's ok looking but def. not model material and she's been around for decades. what about the host of tmz. again he's short and balding and he's on tv. tony valdez and steve edwards are no brad pitt or johnny depp but they have long successful careers. but i think they are all alright looking if you compare them to normal non model types.

samo, good points about those TV reporters who are not models. models aren't known for intelligence or creative writing skills! you've heard the humorous phrase "a face for radio"? TV reporters must have good speaking voice and excellent grammatical skills.

With news anchors like Jillian and Dorothy, the news business has become a pathetic joke.

Suzanne,

Great job in encouraging those children! Keep up the good work! I just hope I can encourage others too, especially those who want to become part of the media. I had the instructor at Cal State Long Beach who told Steven Spielberg that he would never make it in the industry: Dr. Howard Martin. Now that Dr. Martin is retired, Spielberg supports the Film Students at Cal State Long Beach. I try to be of support as part of the alumni too. Again, great job Suzanne, and by the way, did you ever have Victor Webb (KCBS associate director of news) when you were at USC? Victor taught a video class at Cal State Long Beach, along with classes at USC, in addition to working for KNXT/KCBS 2. Even though I was a "C+" student in Video productions, I developed my craft more while studying at CSULB, and helped out in his classes at Cal State. I was more of an audio person back then.

"Mr. E." From Cypress