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[area_woman]

WIAA tournaments (or whatever the hell they are) are back. Wrestling, this week. Downtown has been crawling with high-schoolers in letter jackets. Much fun was had at their expense in the store. Additionally, Anne (co-worker) somehow managed to accidentally throw a giftbox at a customer, and Travis (co-worker #2) managed to not only break the

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[karkadann]

I just did an audio piece on the WIAA wrestling championships tonight. So I spent my whole night at the Kohl center interviewing sweaty high school boys about their experience. And then editing really quickly and getting an ulcer.

Anyway, I kind of get it now. It's a really cool thing if you're from a small town (like pretty much everyone there) and there's not much else going on.

Also...um...wrestlers have really amazing bodies, and I feel filthy for thinking that about 15-16-17-18yrolds. So pretend I'm talking about the college-age swimmers I was ogling earlier today.

Is there a podcast of the piece?

[area_woman]

Oh, I definitely get that it's a neat experience for the kids. All my co-workers are from small towns, several have little brothers who did that sort of thing. Even those co-workers hate the WIAA kids. Everyone on State Street hates the WIAA kids. XD

...They were all covered up in letter jackets when I saw them, so I'm going to leave that last bit alone. <3

Re: Is there a podcast of the piece?

[karkadann]

No podcast, but you can go to it on the web at http://www.madison.com/wsj/media/wrestling/index.html. It's actually audio plus photos, but the photographer was the one who picked the visual layout.

I have to disclaim with the fact that I edited the audio in about an hour and a half, and didn't ask the right questions in the first place.

[area_woman]

P.S. You should stop by the store sometime, I'll get you coffee or something. I haven't talked to you in ages.

[kirsten85]

yeah, they seem so lost and confused. like,"this is such a big city,cause i'm from the middle of no where, where's my mommy".
High schoolers are also very bad, and highly inconsiderate costumers. Serving them sux.

[area_woman]

Oh, we didn't get the lost ones, we got the "2 cool 4 skool" types. One wanted to know if we carried money clips, and made his friend ask us 'cause he was too cool to ask for help. It was amazing.

[dragon_paws]

Oh man, one of my cousins (from tiny little town up north) visited me a few years ago and shadowed me for a day in highschool... and she felt like she had to be all tough and cool. It was kind of funny and sad at the same time.