Ink Covered Fingers

I’m going to be honest; I haven’t really been keeping up with the New York Times like I should be. I'm sure I'm not the only one. On days I do make it to the lobby from my room (like today) and grab the paper, I usually just end up skimming it. Luckily I’ve also been pretty lazy with cleaning my dorm, meaning the issue of the Times I grabbed on January 24^th has been in pretty much the same spot on my desk since after I skimmed leafed through it.

Ironically, the story of how the Giants got to the Superbowl was all over the paper on the 24^th and of course stole the front cover the day after they won. I noticed this because I follow sports, more so Chicago basketball, but when the playoffs start in the NFL I'm definitely going to watch them. Another story that remained in the press is the coverage of the presidential race, no shit right? If the New York Times didn’t cover the presidential race for a week, the next weeks letter to the editor would be filled with, “What are you guys doing?” or “We want more Ron Paul!” but thankfully the Times would never do such a thing and the stories have still been in there. However, on the 24^th Newt Gingrich had just gotten $5 million dollars in a ‘Super PAC’ and now it is more focused on how Ron Paul’s views are changing because of his early career and family life. I follow the presidential race because I don’t want to seem completely useless when I'm talking with my family members.

I usually skip over the articles that don’t have to do with our country but will read the captions and look at the pictures to see if they catch my eye. This is probably incredibly ignorant of me, but I’ve got time to change the way I read.

I’m not really sure if reading the New York Times has influenced my other habits mainly because I haven’t really been reading it. I’m going to keep reading it and I will come back to that question in a later blog entry.