Goings on in 09

It's a new year, everybody.
New things are happening.
During xmas break, I actually was hired by a hybrid television station! So that's pretty exciting. I get to operate camera during the live newscast, and do some light editing of video footage. The live-ness of it all makes it pretty fun because sometimes things don't work properly and you have to stay on your toes. ..and you might not get your shot set up properly until a few seconds before air. But that all makes it fun. The worst part about the job so far is that there is a 2 hour break between when I need to be there for the weekend newscasts. And since home is about 25 minutes away, it doesn't really make sense to drive home. The only good thing about this is that I get to watch some tv while I'm hanging out at the station. I get to check out wsop episodes on espn, or old high stakes poker shows. I also get to brush up on my trivia with lots of Jeopardy!.
I actually just took the online quiz to try and actually get on the show. Here's a tip: if you actually try this, you should probably practice a bit because it's INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT. Holy moly, there is NO WAY that I passed. I guess I'll have to wait until next time and brush up on my history and geography in the meantime!

Another amazing show that I started to watch during my breaks is Man v. Food. Seriously, it is crazy awesome. Basically, this guy just goes around to a ton of great places to eat and chows down on delicious comfort food. Then towards the end of the show he usually engages in some sort of eating challenge: like eating a 7lb hamburger (in one hour!! - he failed), or consuming the 'world's hottest curry,' or whatever gigantic portions you can think of. Basically for this guy to stay even slightly chubby and not grotesquely obese is to work out the whole time he's not on camera. Or purge. But seriously, with all of that awesome comfort food, you gotta be on some sort of workout plan. I guess the show makes it look like he eats all the time, but I'm sure it's laid out over several days and of course he only has to record so many episodes. But STILL. Anyway, I'm totally jealous of this dude. I mean, what an awesome job, right? Heck, I'd even like to be part of the crew or something. Basically it's an awesome show as you can tell from this whole huge paragraph of nothing that I have dedicated to it. I swear, it can make you hungry if you watch it, even if you just ate. It's that good. Check it out.

Besides poker and food shows, I just turn the tv to whatever sometimes just to have for background noise while I chow down my lunch. I'm actually glad that I don't get any channels on the tv at home, because it can be a HUGE time-waster. And besides, Julie and I have Netflix and we get movies all the time and use the 'watch instantly' feature all the time. So we definitely do not need any more media diversions in the house. Also, the Wii on a huge tv is super fun.

A little shout out to my brother-in-law, Chris, who bought a new huge LCD HD tv and gave Julie and I his old one. Zelda looks awesome on the big screen!

So I guess I should have labeled this entry 'all about television' cause that's really all I've been talking about. Oh well. Deal with it.

Best pickup line never used of the week: 'I'm partial to romaine.'