so hey, remember all that talk about how open-minded i am and how i'll date anyone? yeah, so, i realized tonight, that's shit. i think i'm actually quite a picky bitch and that makes me sad. i was scanning myspace profiles from the tyler area tonight and oh. my. god ( Read more... )

it's noon - i'm lying on my couch and it's hot because i guess it's already summer in east texas. i'm feeling very disenchanted with just about everything. i think i'm deteriorating as a writer. i've been reading my stuff and it's shit. i'm so tired of comparing myself to other people in the newsroom. i truly feel like this is a cutthroat business ( Read more... )

tomorrow's forecast for tyler. high of 52 degrees with an 80 percent chance of rain. low of 33. damn you, punxsutawney phil. i knew that smart-ass rodent would come back to bite me in the ass.

threw my trash off my balcony. it's my favorite part of wednesday night. to come home, after two satisfying glasses of merlot, and chunk my expandable bag of garbage off my balcony so the bloody curbside service can pick it up in the morning ( Read more... )

another whirlwind birthday weekend come and gone. 23. god. i'm old ( Read more... )

i almost believed the party was over when i crossed the stage, gripping my rolled up diploma in a maroon tube and glaring at dean johnson. guess i was wrong ( Read more... )

because THIS is what i get to do for a living ( Read more... )

i saw jordan last night/today on his tour d' texas stop in tyler/jacksonville. me and liz were the last two texans to wish him one hell of a texas goodbye - complete with DQ, flaming pecans and shiner. it was awesome, yet sad. this is probably one of the last times i'll ever see jordan. i know i'll see jordan scott one day on ESPN, giving me the ( Read more... )

How do you hide a $20 bill from a reporter?
You put it in an AP Stylebook!

Journalists are nerds.

--20 minutes until Christmas Day is over, work--

O Holy Night, the stars are brightly shiningi worked tonight. my first christmas as a reporter. a real reporter. it wasn't too bad - it seemed like all of the "holiday calls" had surfaced before i even arrived. our cops reporter was up to his ears in stories - i spent the majority of the night ( Read more... )