Oklahoma City

The weather here is absolutely gorgeous compared to Missouri's. My Oklahoma City hotel is in a cutesy area of town known as "Bricktown." From what I have observed, OKC has been working on improving the image of their city. Some parts are still very old, but they are modernizing many other sections. Bricktown seems to be part of the renovations. Directly behind my hotel is a canal and walkway. There are restaurants and some shops along the canal.

Littered throughout the city are statues of various kinds. There are cowboys on horses, bison, as well as musicians. I have never seen so many statues in such a confined area.

The End of Recruiting

I think we have successfully found all of our potential replacements for the next year. Yesterday marked my last day of recruiting. I have been at the University of Missouri for the past ten days. Similar to Texas, we talked to a number of classes about our job, as well as interviewed with some media outlets. It has been lots of fun exploring new college campuses. I have found unusual, to be on campus without "homework" or a standard class schedule.

Austin, Texas...my thoughts

Video in Lower Right of the Webpage:

http://www.dailytexanonline.com/

http://media.www.dailytexanonline.com/media/storage/paper410/news/2008/02/15/University/Wienermobile.Stops.On.Campus.During.U.s.Tour-3213139.shtml

Austin Texas is one of the cleanest cities I have seen! I guess the slogan, "Don't Mess with Texas" has worked. Our hotel was directly downtown, so we were able to walk to all of the local attractions. My favorite, perhaps, is one of the public transportation systems: The Dillo (short for Armadillo). I'm still holding out to see my first armadillo. The state capitol was of course downtown as well. The capitol in Texas is taller than the US capitol. Besides being the typical city, Austin is located on a pretty little lake. I would highly recommend Austin if you are looking for a place to live.

University of Texas

I taught my first college class today. We are recruiting at the University of Texas for next year. It's hard to believe that our bosses are already planning on replacing us. I did however, begin interviewing for this job about a year ago in early February.

Today my partner and I ended up teaching an entire Public Relations Technique class. The professor was fascinated with our job, so he decided to hand the class over to us. I never thought that I would get experience teaching at a university this year. There is certainly never a dull moment on this job.

Southern Texas

Though I always imagined Texas as a giant desert with a multitude of cacti, today I discovered the coast of Texas. Just south of Houston is a popular vacation spot on the Gulf of Mexico. I spent the day touring Galveston Island. One of the highlights was all of the dolphins I saw while taking a boat ride through the bay.

The beaches in Southern Texas do not seem as clean as those in Southern California, perhaps that is because there are giant cargo ships and oil rigs visible throughout most of the area. There are still, however, some stretches of pure beach.

FOX TV Morning Show in Houston, TX

http://www.myfoxhouston.com/myfox/pages/InsideFox/Detail?contentId=5718670&version=2&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=5.2.1

http://www.brightcove.tv/title.jsp?title=1398210131