So I went to the station, fully prepared that I was on Smart Decision. I accepted this, and I also figured I would stay in the Blue Room the entire time, just in case Spencer did a live shot from the newsroom (HA! See, I can have some fun with this ban-thing!). What I didn't know was that a house exploded near East Campus, so that pretty much was a hectic scene. Then, another fire...this time in Fulton. So me and Jess Daley hit the Internet hard, looking for phone numbers of residents to see what it was like, what they saw, and where it was. I finally won the battle of finding out the apartment complex's name (Deerhoof), thanks to a woman behind the fire. Anyway, the fire was contained, and a lot of hooplah for nothing, but Sean McGarvey said I earned my reporter's wings by hitting the phones...whatever the hell that means. So by the time all that excitement died down, it was almost show time, and Cate needed help writing scripts and posting images and video, so I pretty much did KOMU work again. Didn't really mind, and I can't say next week is going to be very exciting. Friday before Spring Break? Don't think so.
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FANTASY SPORTS NEWS
Well, my bye-week in hockey ends tomorrow, but I'm not worried about it. I'll do fine. I'm more concerned with my new Baseball team, consisting of:
C- Brian McCann (ATL)
1B- Ryan Howard (PHI)
2B- Brian Roberts (BAL)
3B- Ryan Zimmerman (WAS)
SS- Jhonny Peralta (CLE)
OF- Carlos Beltran (NYM)
OF- Jeff Francouer (ATL)
OF- Willy Tavares (COL)
Util- Rick Ankiel (STL)
SP- John Smoltz (ATL)
SP- Fausto Carmona (CLE)
RP- Trevor Hoffman (SD)
RP- Jonathan Broxton (LAD)
P- Tim Hudson (ATL)
P- Jeremy Bonderman (DET)
P- Masa Kobayashi (CLE)
BN- Tim Wakefield (BOS)
BN- Jack Cust (OAK)
BN- Yadier Molina (STL)
BN- Eric Chavez (OAK)
BN- Peter Moylan (ATL)
BN- Jack Wilson (PIT)
I think I have a pretty solid team. I should compete very well.
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OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
My girlfriend came in this weekend. Good to see her again. She's on her Spring Break, and I probably won't see her until I graduate, so it's good to have some quality time together.
Saw Dave Coulier (Uncle Joey from Full House) at Deja Vu last night. Can't say he was all that great. Had some funny stuff, but after a while, it was like, 'OK, you do goofy sounds...let's move on.' But he didn't. It was OK. If I had to grade his act, I'd give him a C.
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LINE/LYRIC OF THE WEEK
"'The Statue of Liberty is kaput.'... That's disconcerting."
- Captain John H. Miller
Saving Private Ryan
Sunday, March 16, 2008
Sunday, March 9, 2008
Helluva Week
This week's dot-com was one that I would like to forget. I was trying to capture an image for Nayillah's story, but Ashton was crash-editing it. Apparently, something was wrong with the sound, because the audio was popping when it shouldn't have been. Anyway, I was going back to the computers when I had a huge lapse in judgment and made the "rock-n-roll" sign behind Spencer. In his live shot.
I really don't want to hear anything about this. I don't know what's going to happen, or how I'm going to be reprimanded. Fowler said it wasn't that bad, and in all truth, it wasn't. It was split-screen, so it wasn't much, but it was still there. Gordon wasn't too pleased. Between me and you, I think he wants to beat me to within an inch of my life. Anyway, I know I screwed up, and I really don't want to rehash this, so the sooner this is behind me, the happier I'll be.
But as far as the rest of the shift went, all MO headlines went up, and (surprise, surprise), Jim approved everybody with not much time left. This time, he didn't mark on iNews that he had approved them, so Cate was freaking out a little, thinking no one was set. But they were good, so we all typed up the web versions. Everything was posted on-line. No real web-extras to speak of, just quotes that didn't make it in.
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FANTASY SPORTS NEWS
I'm all set to wrap-up the Fantasy Hockey regular season, and my boys, White Russians, are in first place with no real competition. It isn't even fair. I'm beating this kid now 11-0, and am preparing for my first-round playoff bye.
In Baseball, our draft is Wednesday night, so after a solid day of reporting real news, I get to scout players that I may not even end up getting. It's kind of like story ideas. You have all these ones in mind, with possible interviews, and then Randy says, "Do this one instead." That's pretty much how it goes down.
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OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
Watched "Training Day" this morning. Talk about a great performance. Dear sweet Lord. Denzel Washington is amazing in most any role, but as a corrupt cop, he deserved that Oscar. I love that movie. A great cast, and a really good story make it amazing. The scene where Denzel yells to everyone in the projects about how he's untouchable ("King Kong ain't got sh*t on me!") was phenomenal. I recommend it, but not with the little ones present.
So two of my close high-school friends are in the marriage process. One happened in January, and the other is going to be in May. I find it a little bit frightening that two of my best friends are this close to adulthood. That freaks me out. We are far, far too young to be dealing with this kind of stuff. I can't get married right out of college. I love Liz, but it ain't happening. I need a career, with a steady flow of income before I walk down an aisle/stand in front of a state official.
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LINE/LYRIC OF THE WEEK
"I know some things that you don’t
I’ve done things that you won’t
There’s nothing like a trail of blood
to find your way back home
I was waiting for my hearse
What came next was so much worse
It took a funeral to make me feel alive."
- Sixx A.M.
Life is Beautiful
I really don't want to hear anything about this. I don't know what's going to happen, or how I'm going to be reprimanded. Fowler said it wasn't that bad, and in all truth, it wasn't. It was split-screen, so it wasn't much, but it was still there. Gordon wasn't too pleased. Between me and you, I think he wants to beat me to within an inch of my life. Anyway, I know I screwed up, and I really don't want to rehash this, so the sooner this is behind me, the happier I'll be.
But as far as the rest of the shift went, all MO headlines went up, and (surprise, surprise), Jim approved everybody with not much time left. This time, he didn't mark on iNews that he had approved them, so Cate was freaking out a little, thinking no one was set. But they were good, so we all typed up the web versions. Everything was posted on-line. No real web-extras to speak of, just quotes that didn't make it in.
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FANTASY SPORTS NEWS
I'm all set to wrap-up the Fantasy Hockey regular season, and my boys, White Russians, are in first place with no real competition. It isn't even fair. I'm beating this kid now 11-0, and am preparing for my first-round playoff bye.
In Baseball, our draft is Wednesday night, so after a solid day of reporting real news, I get to scout players that I may not even end up getting. It's kind of like story ideas. You have all these ones in mind, with possible interviews, and then Randy says, "Do this one instead." That's pretty much how it goes down.
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OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
Watched "Training Day" this morning. Talk about a great performance. Dear sweet Lord. Denzel Washington is amazing in most any role, but as a corrupt cop, he deserved that Oscar. I love that movie. A great cast, and a really good story make it amazing. The scene where Denzel yells to everyone in the projects about how he's untouchable ("King Kong ain't got sh*t on me!") was phenomenal. I recommend it, but not with the little ones present.
So two of my close high-school friends are in the marriage process. One happened in January, and the other is going to be in May. I find it a little bit frightening that two of my best friends are this close to adulthood. That freaks me out. We are far, far too young to be dealing with this kind of stuff. I can't get married right out of college. I love Liz, but it ain't happening. I need a career, with a steady flow of income before I walk down an aisle/stand in front of a state official.
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LINE/LYRIC OF THE WEEK
"I know some things that you don’t
I’ve done things that you won’t
There’s nothing like a trail of blood
to find your way back home
I was waiting for my hearse
What came next was so much worse
It took a funeral to make me feel alive."
- Sixx A.M.
Life is Beautiful
Saturday, March 1, 2008
New Month, Old Habits
Well, not exactly old habits, but its nice to see March finally arrive. I wore a pair of shorts for the first time since October. Spring is almost here!! Anyway, on to it...
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The dot-com shift went pretty well. Fowler had been at the station since 7:30 AM, so Cate and I figured he would want to do anything but more station work. However, Zimmerman stayed until 7:30, and everything was put up, which was both good and awful. Good because we didn't have to do any translating and getting video/images. And awful because there was nothing to do. MO Headlines had already been posted by Matt, so we pretty much talked for a long time. Which is cool. It lets me know my co-workers better. For instance, Josh thinks he is fairly attractive and Cate hates Michigan State. So that's something. It's getting to be fun. The reporters were a little late in getting images, but that wasn't a big deal.
There was one rough spot with the shift. Jim approved everybody at the same time. With about twenty minutes before the newscast. Which meant each of us had to edit a story and create video and image categories for them in a very short time frame. Josh took the Chuck Berry story, Cate took Brandon Lewis' ( I don't know what it was about), and I edited Jeun and Sims' scripts. It would've been grand had iNews not crashed on me right after I edited JiEun's story. I remember because I was about to curse for several minutes, but she warned me. She stopped me after "son of a". But after that, it was easy. All images , video and stories were posted, and everything was on-line before Sports even went on the air.
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Since Spring is almost here, it means two things: the return of Major League Baseball (more specifically the Cards) and the return of its offspring, Fantasy Baseball. I named my team after Greeley in hopes of powering past every other poor soul. I have the 8th pick of 12, so I won't get the best value (A-Rod), but will end up with a very solid first pick (Ryan Howard or Chase Utley, whomever's available). I'm excited about it, and look forward to improve over last year, where I finished in 11th out of 12. Yikes.
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Random Lyric/Quote of the Week:
I'm going to alternate between music and film. Since last week was Chevelle, here's a movie line for ya.
"It was a rough place... the seediest dive on the wharf. Populated with every reject and cutthroat from Bombay to Calcutta. It's worse than Detroit. "
- Ted Stryker
Airplane!
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The dot-com shift went pretty well. Fowler had been at the station since 7:30 AM, so Cate and I figured he would want to do anything but more station work. However, Zimmerman stayed until 7:30, and everything was put up, which was both good and awful. Good because we didn't have to do any translating and getting video/images. And awful because there was nothing to do. MO Headlines had already been posted by Matt, so we pretty much talked for a long time. Which is cool. It lets me know my co-workers better. For instance, Josh thinks he is fairly attractive and Cate hates Michigan State. So that's something. It's getting to be fun. The reporters were a little late in getting images, but that wasn't a big deal.
There was one rough spot with the shift. Jim approved everybody at the same time. With about twenty minutes before the newscast. Which meant each of us had to edit a story and create video and image categories for them in a very short time frame. Josh took the Chuck Berry story, Cate took Brandon Lewis' ( I don't know what it was about), and I edited Jeun and Sims' scripts. It would've been grand had iNews not crashed on me right after I edited JiEun's story. I remember because I was about to curse for several minutes, but she warned me. She stopped me after "son of a". But after that, it was easy. All images , video and stories were posted, and everything was on-line before Sports even went on the air.
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Since Spring is almost here, it means two things: the return of Major League Baseball (more specifically the Cards) and the return of its offspring, Fantasy Baseball. I named my team after Greeley in hopes of powering past every other poor soul. I have the 8th pick of 12, so I won't get the best value (A-Rod), but will end up with a very solid first pick (Ryan Howard or Chase Utley, whomever's available). I'm excited about it, and look forward to improve over last year, where I finished in 11th out of 12. Yikes.
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Random Lyric/Quote of the Week:
I'm going to alternate between music and film. Since last week was Chevelle, here's a movie line for ya.
"It was a rough place... the seediest dive on the wharf. Populated with every reject and cutthroat from Bombay to Calcutta. It's worse than Detroit. "
- Ted Stryker
Airplane!
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