It's that time again!

That's right, it's summer (finally), which means it's time for the Second Annual Sean's Doing Something Somewhere Else Blog Series. For those of you who weren't around last year, I blogged from Prague, Czech Republic as I reported on minority issues in the Central European nation.

This year we'll forgo international exploration in favor of a land far more mysterious: Idaho! Starting on Monday May 12, I will be the intern at the Times-News in beautiful Twin Falls, Idaho. I've never been there, and I've only got a slight idea of what to expect, so aside from already knowing the language, it promises to be almost as confusing/exciting as last summer.

James Wright, the newspaper's editor, told me a couple weeks ago that I'll be working as a reporter on the news desk for one month, as a Web-type person on the online desk for a month, and as an editor/designer on the copy desk for one month. All told, it should be a well-rounded internship that might help me figure out exactly what I want to do in this industry.

A few improvements over last year's blog:
1) There's more color! Woo-hoo!
2) I learned how to insert links into the text, thanks to journalism professor/local superhero Nadia White, who despite my best efforts actually managed to teach me a thing or two.
3) There will be pictures, like this one of my girlfriend Tonya and me:



She's looking for a new car so she can make the 6-hour drive from Missoula to Twin Falls a couple times this summer. Anyone know of anything reliable and cheap?

As with last year, I'm not 100 percent sure how often I'll update. I still don't have a laptop, so I'll have to figure out something else as far as that area is concerned. Don't worry, though. I won't leave you all hanging for too long...

So that's all for now. I'm spending a lot of this week packing up my apartment and loading up my Subaru Outback (name: Subie-Q) before heading out on Sunday morning. I'll be staying with Brad Hurd, the Times-News' publisher, who asks that as rent payment I agree to dog-sit for him when he goes out of town. I like dogs.