Caught in a Catch 22

Judging by the choice of blog title you should be able to guess two things about me:

1. I'm a(n) aspiring  journalist
2. My name is Alison 

...and just because you've been so nice and read till this point, I'll also let you in on another fact: I'm currently a student at Catch 22 Academy; in a nutshell: journalism training for young adults who want to be journalists, but haven't got enough experience to do so...that's right, it's a catch 22! The best part: my idea, will be birthed into a whole article, featured in the homegrown Catch 22 magazine.

An average day's emotions at C22:

Morning Feature Meetings - Lights up! (sometimes it takes just one idea to spark the whole creativity process)

Throughout the day:

See Armstrong there? That's how I feel each day: 
s t r e t c h e d. 
This course is not for the faint hearted! 

And the smile on the chubby kid's face? That reflects my tutors: Kate, Simmy, Matilda,Toks and Mike..who are probably enjoying every moment of the gruelling (yet necessary) process. (Muahahaha and all that.)

4pm deadline: 

Pretty self-explanatory.

Yep, I'm caught in a Catch 22, and loving every single moment of it. The stretching, pulling, lightbulb moments and dim ones alike, this vid best describes my Catch 22 experience: 

like Dizzee says, you gotta have a dream, man! Join me in pursuit of mine.