A new beginning, a very sultry end or maybe a little bit of both

I've been assigned to do an article on the challenges for the OSU Livestock Judging Team. They're gone a lot, so it's really hard to get interviews. Fortunately, I have a month to get this article knocked out of the park.
My main concern is for the "live event" story that's due on April 7. I have no idea what event I should cover that's not potentially in someone else's beat. I Facebooked (as I kid I never imagined using that as a verb) the managing editor at the O'Colly for her opinion on the matter. She's not gotten back to me yet, and that doesn't surprise me.
I would like to go to the writers meetings that the O'Colly has but I'm not sure if the location, time and date always stay the same.
In other news, I've recently admitted to myself that it's not other people that are the problem with my life. Admittedly, in the past there has been cases where this wasn't so. But at the moment, I realize that the problem in my life is me.
And instead of me living alone with my dog so that I don't have to deal with people; it should be I live alone so that people don't have to deal with me and my... eccentricities.
I'd like to change that so, for those of you who know me, if you're reading this I want your opinion. What are my faults that cannot be lived with? I imagine there are quite a few. Question two, how do you recommend I solve or control the said faults?