We have breaking news! And I got the tip! I feel very special and in the middle of things though clearly I get more excited about this than anyone else here. They seem more excited about thunderstorms. I can understand wanting to tell people before it happens, but once you've got the pouring down rain i don't know that there's any point anymore. Clearly this is why I don't decide the news. It's starting to get really chilly in here. A change in indoor atmospheric pressure I'm sure. Or guessing. IT's fun to work with a meterologist though. You can go up and ask what's the weather going to be like? And then he answers. The Chief Meterologist is pretty good, though apparently the morning one, not so much. He's the one who has to go out and be wacky though and I think that may eat at your brain over time.
Today I'm learning the mysteries of the assignment desk. It would be super complicated if I wasn't used to the TV station by now I'd be totally lost. It's more busy than hard but considering I only get two days of training before getting thrown to the wolves, I'm a little trepedatious. Still I know who to ask and I'm feeling more confident. I've acquitted myself reasonably well today. I don't know how good I'll be though once I'm here on my own. I know this isn't life or death, but when your mistakes make it on the air in front of thousands of people, it's embarassing. Worse to be the reporter or anchor who's face is up there though because I guess they're the ones associated with our debaucles. I've made few mistakes that have gotten to air, though plenty that haven't. So I try to watch everything I do. I know inevitably I'll screw up, though hopefully not enough to be fired. I'm not sure how bad it has to be, I'm thinking pretty egregious for a first time offense, cursing or nudity, especially on purpose. I shouldn't actually try though. I don't want to be fired. My new goal is to get an Emmy. Cause it'd be cool. I used to know a kid who's Dad had a Grammy from playing drums on some Jazz album. It's not as cool as being Outkast or something but I think it will get me cool points forever should I procreate. Or maybe for a brief period in the preteen era, where I'll probably need it most.
Speaking of Outkast, I really love them. Specifically the Love Below album. I know it came out a couple of years ago but I was just singing one of the songs in the bathroom the other day (good accoustics in there) and it was one of those situations where the thought "I really like this song" came before I remembered the artist. I was thinking it was a His Name is Alive song. Granted, a later "My Blues Will Cover the Earth" era song but still. They have a musical coming up on HBO that sounds cool.
everything's good at home right now, meaning with my boyfriend. and i guess with my cat too though our relationship is seldom strained. he's having a rough time at his job right now due to numbers being down and a boss breathing down the chain of command. he doesn't like to talk about it though, probably partially because i used to work there and he doesn't want to complain about my friends, and frankly i don't want him to either. but i hate that there's a problem and i can't do anything to make it better. not that i can make my own problems better but still. well sometimes. work is going. i'm getting mroe time, the person in charge of scheduling is giving me more hours and i'm going to be trained to do the assignment desk as well, so that will give me another job that i can get extra hours for.
i'm writing from work, making this the intellectual property of work. so anyone wanting to copy this should just be aware that you could have a huge corporation breathing down your neck. rather than me not really caring much. know fear.
i've been working a lot this week which is great. in a i'm not totally a completely broke type way. and really, that's a pretty underrated way. a lot of people here are really jaded and seem to feel that they're not doing what they dreamed. cause really, i think everyone wants to be peter jennings or dan rather instead of the guy with bad hair on the local news. and we're not even the guy with bad hair, we're the ones who keep him from looking stupid. not that the anchors are stupid, they're fine. though i did find out that the weekend anchor has an agent in la. maybe i shouldn't be surprised, but he's a local anchor, i didn't think it was that big a deal. i learned new things.