Happy Thanksgiving

In case you're curious...that happens to be my bountiful Thanksgiving lunch at work. Two slices of Wonder bread and some slices of mesquite flavored turkey sandwhich meat. I don't really mind working on Thanksgiving...everyone in news has to. In fact, it's one of the easiest days of the year to work. The phone wasn't ringing off the hook and everything was closed, so I was able to catch up on my filing and research. Last year was great because the station got us catered turkey and potatoes and we all brought side dishes. It was like one big, happy disfunctional family sitting down to dinner. This year...nothing. One of our reporters came to work and found out there was no lunch, so he went to the store and bought cold cuts and bread. Our own little Thanksgiving protest. Luckily one of our anchors had dinner at her house and brough in some leftovers for us and then we all went over to her house after the late news. I've got to take a break from this business.

New Computer

Ok...so long time since my last posting. Reason...my computer died. Well more specifically my hard drive died. Things started running very slowly and then nothing. Couldn't power up or anything. I took it to our IT guy at work and he confirmed that it was indeed dead. Now I am trying to figure out how to get all of the stuff I had on that drive off of it. I bought a hard drive enclosure, but that doesn't seem to be working. I have tons of music and pictures on there that I want back. It's like a fire. People always say they would grab pictures or other personal objects. For me, it was always my laptop. That's what I had everything on. My budget spreadsheet that I worked so hard on, my senior thesis, etc. My whole life was there. My next step is to talk to our IT guy at work again...he's a genius (Mark Hoffman Rocks). Then I suppose I'll just have to see if I can pull any strings with my police friends to get a computer forensics guy to pull off my stuff. Instead of child porn, he'll have to be looking for my hot air balloon ride, I'm sure it will be a nice change of pace for them. Let's hope I don't have to go that far though.

Keeping in Touch

So I don't talk to people I went to High School with. Almost never. That's a part of my life that is very far behind me and I don't really miss it. That's not always the truth though. I do wish I would keep up better with some of my close friends from H.S. Tonight I got that chance. I had a great coversation with one of my old friends. It was very nice talking and laughing and catching up on other old friends. The last time I got to talk with him was probably about three or four years ago. I forget that I'm not the same person I was back then, and that I really like who I am now...I should catch up with more people.

Two Cents

I was quite distressed recently when I heard the news that there is once again a new call for us to eliminate the penny from our nation's coinage. The reason, it now costs more than one cent to make each penny. Something like 1.4 cents per coin. Wasteful? Yes. Then as many networks caught onto the story, inevitably almost every station in the nation did the man-on-the-street interviews on what people think about the penny. Some would even put a penny on the ground and secretly tape people as they walked by it. So, the conclusion is that we don't pick up pennies anymore. I don't think this is necessarily true. I still bend over to pick up a penny, unless it's got something funky on it. I was taught to respect our money...plus I know that pennies add up. Yeah it's a pain to roll them up and kind of embarrassing to walk into the bank, but you don't feel embarrassed taking that cash to McDonald's for your supper. I kept thining about it...and realized people still pick up pennies even if they don't admit to it. Think about your last trip to the gas station. Did you choose the station across the street or across town because it was a penny cheaper? Or did you complain when the price of milk went up two cents? See we still pick up pennies. So US Government...get in gear and find a way to make our money worth more...or find a cheaper way to make the penny so I can stop hearing people complain about it. They already took away Pluto as a planet...don't take away my penny. (Now if you want to talk about waste...England has us beat there with the beautiful, yet worthless two pence).

Longest Week Ever

Wow. It has been a long week since I have felt as worn out as I am right now. Elections are now three days away and I'm really looking forward to election night. Near complete control of what's going on. I have a plan, but I know the night will still run about as smooth as sandpaper. There are times when my life feels a bit like sandpaper, but then I stop to think about it and I'm left with a couple of different thoughts. One, sandpaper is used to make things smooth and beautiful. I want to be a catalyst in the world. I am want to be the person who affects change in people's lives. Then of course, when I think of life as being rough like sandpaper...I realize if a board is tough enough, the sandpaper eventually smooths itself out. Just my thoughts.