Saturday, May 20th/Sunday, May 31st

Okay, so I covered for another fellow intern yesterday (she switched shifts with me so I could go to my bro's graduation) and boy, was it DULL! Went to a condo tour thing, then to film the outside of a grocery store that got robbed, and then sat at a computer for the next 6 1/2 hours doing nothing. I guess I could have gone to the graduation ceremony that was being filmed for some touchy-feely story about a quadriplegic kid, but I didn't want to sit there for 3 hours doing nothing. Today has also been pretty dull, except for some entertaining calls and a trip to a bar for a story on smoking. Whoopee. On a sad note, like a bazillion teens are getting killed in car accidents that aren't their fault. Stay off the roads, teens, and protect your lives!

Craziest moment of the night: A former basketball player NE got drunk and drove, got a DUI - we put it on the air (since its 1. in the public domain because he got ticketed and 2. it's of public interest, duh!) and his fiancee called PISSED at us. Then, he got on the phone and said he was calling his attorney. Go ahead, buddy - you can't do anything to us. Knock yourself out.

Things that entertained me:
-right now, the news anchor is wearing the following odd combination: khaki cargo shorts, a short sleeve sweater, sandals, and a suit coat. Haha.
-met the weather guy's wife and kids...she is like totally famous around here- she's our old anchor and an occasional reporter now.
-went to a bar...to do a story.
-I told the reporter I was considering a meteorology degree...he said I should do it because it's a career where "you get paid big bucks to be wrong". Sounds good.
-Was told by our producer that I was going to get the "good intern award" because when we heard about a shooting on the scanners, I took notes and was able to give the address and what happened to the reporter...later, we learned that this shooting was in fact someone hitting someone else with a baseball bat. Hm?
-Got a call tonight from a lady complaining that our station won't work with her converter box ("all I get is 'weak signal, weak signal' and you should fix that") uh, lady...that's YOUR problem. Pretty sure that we 1. Are constantly making sure that wouldn't happen and 2. Would get TONS of complaints if that was OUR fault. Maybe you are just unable to put your converter box together right. Hm.

Later,

Tara