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