We used to sing this song at camp, every day at lunch, when we had announcements.
Announcements, Announcements, Announcements *clap, clap*
Announcements, Announcements, Announcements *clap, clap*
A terrible death to die, a terrible death to die
A terrible death to talk to death, a terrible death to die
Announcements, Announcements, Announcements *clap, clap*
Announcements, Announcements, Announcements *clap, clap**Repeat until your ears are bleeding*
What a bizarre song. I have no idea where it came from or why it was remotely appropriate for a Baptist camp. However, to this day, I can still hear that horrible song. Well, today, I have some announcements. First, I apologize for my disappearing act, but I will explain why it had to happen below. Second, welcome to 2010. I hope it’s going alright for you so far.
Re-launch of up! magazine
As you know, I am the Web Editor of WestJet’s up! magazine. I took on this job and title last August. Well, I have been hard at work to make this a more usable and enjoyable website. At the beginning of January we re-launched this site with a new design and functionality. This was a massive undertaking that was months of work and that work was only starting with the re-launch in January. I’m hoping I’ll return a more sane work schedule in the coming months.
A large part of my disappearing act in January was because of the new site. I was so worn out at the end of every work day that I didn’t blog. In any case, going forward, I should be a little more regular. I am also happy to report that the new website is performing well and I’m well on my way to producing a very successful website.
I hope you take some time to enter the contests we run every month and if you’re travelling check it out. There’s over 2000 articles on all the WestJet destinations. Lots of good ideas to take advantage of while your travelling.
Today for Lunch
My good friend Brendan and I have just launched a new blog called Today for Lunch. It’s an idea that Brendan stole from another friend of his. That’s what good writers do, right? Steal. It’s fun.
The premise is a letter-style blog regarding what we had for lunch. We’ve just started, but I think it’s going to be interesting. Plus, presuming we eat, we’ll always have something to write about. Brendan and I had started doing this on Facebook and we’ve decided to move it into a blog format. Also, my posts on Facebook went missing (Brendan deleted them, I suspect), so it looks like Brendan has written a lot more than me. He has, but not that much.
Bookmark it today or grab the RSS feed. I think it’s going to be a lot of fun.
What to expect in 2010
I don’t know, but it’s going to be awesome.
Comments welcome and appreciated.
We sang the same announcements song at Camp Edgewood (one of the Eastern Synod’s camps), so it’s not just a Baptist thing. I’m not sure if that’s comforting or distressing. :S
I did a search and couldn’t find anyone else mentioning that song. It wasn’t an exhaustive search though. Now I want to find out where the song came from. But I’ll probably just watch TV instead.
I think the announcements song is some kind of universal summer camp song. We sang at at the Scout camp I went to as a kid.
After the 1st or 2nd day, people would no longer have announcements, they’d have “some important things to mention.”
And then there would always be one obnoxious kid who tried to get everyone to sing the song anyway, expect that he’d replace “announcements” with “things.” No one would ever join in.