Friday, March 12, 2010

Story Complete

Jessica and I FINALLY completed the NFL story. It's funny. I think I'm getting alzheimer's at an early age. Reisner STRESSED last class that he would be out of town on Thursday and that he needed our story on Tuesday. I told him that I was going to the center that day. SO, I rented a camera from school and went on my merry little way. Got some quotes, took some pictures and then I said "okay, I'm done, I'm going to go to my boyfriend's house to take a nap because he lives in the area lol. I then woke up and went home and got online. I checked my email and Reisner wrote "hey what's up with the story? OMG, I almost pissed my pants lol. I totally forgot he said to have it done. At this time it was like 10p.m. I then discovered I had no USB to upload the pictures. I had to raid my closet. I found a chord that fit and put it in the computer. Now, I am not the most technical-savvy person in the world, but my brother is, and he had to take the FCAT the next day and I didn't want to wake him. To make a long story short, I said up til 2a.m. I think the story came out really good. I can't imagine what would have happened if I didn't get online that night! I think Reisner would have failed me. My next story is about death in Liberty City. I'll be covering Portier's funeral home on 54th and 17th. I'm excited to do that story because it has been something that has been on my mind for years, I just never got the opportunity to talk about it. It would be awesome if I can go there this saturday, we'll not awesome lol, but if I go there and they have a funeral for a twenty-something year old who was killed due to gun violence. That would be such a lucky coincidence. I need a camera desperately and a tape recorder, but I am so poor. I really hope Liberty City LINK gets funding because we college students are super poor. LLC needs digital cameras, tape recorders, maybe two small video cameras and most importantly GAS REIMBURSEMENT! All these things would make me one happy camper.