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New era, new blog

2006-01-28T00:48:00.000-07:00

Yo yall.

So, it's a new era in my life, and I'm officially retiring the elderbennett.blogspot.com domain and blog.

Now, I'm moving (get it? moving!?!) to www.randallatnyc.com

I just bought the domain, so it should become active within the next little while.

Check it when you can!

Cya,

RBe

my new pic

2006-01-14T21:37:00.000-07:00

Hey, this is just so someone can remember who I am. Cya!

Wow =|

2006-01-08T11:34:00.000-07:00

Wow. I've had the best week i've ever had. I worked so freaking hard, and loved every second of it. CES was a great time. I was there with Engadget, doing some a/v production, and ended up leaving with a knowledge i'm moving to New York.

Basically, I'm in shock, and can't believe it.

Good thing, though, i'm going to get some healthcare!

I'll post more, call me if you've got any q's.

I'M not dead!

2006-01-02T12:59:00.000-07:00

Hey, ever since I started blogging for a job, it's kind of hard to post in your own personal blog, but anyway here it is. I'll add some more when I get a chance.

Sorry!

2005-10-18T23:19:00.000-06:00

Hey,

Sorry for the lack o' updates.

Here's the long and short of it.

TV News sucks you dry.

I've been working a ton.

I got a new gig.

I'm probably moving to "on-call" status starting december.

I got a real job blogging.

www.dvguru.com

seriously, I can make more money blogging than I could @ ksl, and its my dream.

call me or email me for full details.

Rage

2005-10-02T00:51:00.000-06:00

So i have this feeling... its in my genes. I try so hard to supress it, and it only seems to come out during one scenario:

losing in football video games.

When that happens (usually by getting screwed on football games... like the computer just deciding to fumble inside the 20) I get this uncontrollable feeling of rage.
If anyone is talking around me... even joking about stuff... it just sets me off.

I stop talking. Immediatly. I know that if I did start talking, something bad could happen.

I've really learned to deal well with this feeling of rage, but if someone really did something to piss me off, I'd be a little concerned about my "serenity now" tactic. I'm sure its probably not that healthy for me. I usually go running afterward, or do something that I can accel at.

Anyway, thats it.

cya.

Donate a Kidney.

2005-09-22T00:17:00.000-06:00

What the freak?

Weirdest comments evar.

yeah.

its weird.

PS bought a new blackberry... iPod still dead.

adios.
RB

dead blackberry!

2005-09-11T14:06:00.000-06:00

So... i killed my blackberry

RIP.

I bought another one though, so no biggie.

I shattered the LCD when i walked into a non-mobile table. OOPS.

new one will be here shortly.

adios,

RB

Great life, and teh suck of teh school.

2005-09-07T17:47:00.000-06:00

So... go world! Engadget may start paying me, which is pretty cool. Check out the podcast. I started enhancing it... so if you've got iTunes 5, you got some pictures and chapters.

So... heres the sucky part:

I'm still in school. I have this java class, thats going to be useful, but I have to go. Twice a week. That steals critical hours away from work.

I want the producers to move me to the morning show. I would love that. That would make life a ton easier. I HATE GOING TO SCHOOL.

its annoying me.

Lost Numbness

2005-09-01T07:05:00.000-06:00

I've got no more sense of numbness about katrina.

I've been trying to stay jaded, and not feel for these people... but it just all went away. I really really hate the way people act in the worst times. I've been to the ghetto (Auburndale Florida, Avenue G...) and I know how much it sucks for these people, but I'm really really pissed that people would try to take advantage of a terrible situation.

More news... later.

Go to ksl.com for utah's connection.

blech. i hate this.

Experiment

2005-08-27T17:47:00.000-06:00

So... Monday is going to be a 24-hour day. Officially.

3:30-8:30 Graphics
8:30-12:30 Train on Avid
LUNCH
2:00-7:00 Editing
7:00-???? (probably 11pm or later) Edit Podcast

3:30 AM graphics again.
(repeat same schedule minus podcast)

so those two days are going to be hell. I've come up with a plan to combat it though...

I'm going to stay awake for as long as possible tonight (hopfully go to church, etc etc) then maybe go to the mertlichs... then at around 7-8 PM i'll go to sleep. That way, i'll have to wake up at 3:30 anyway.

The plan is in motion. We'll see how well executed it goes.

Its gotta work... mainly because it has to... and not so much because its a good idea.

Maybe, in fact, I'll take a nap right now and get my body used to the idea of going to sleep around 6-7 pm.

Woot.

UPDATE: 8:30-- Totally made it, and fine. Should be maxing out at around 6:30 when I need to go to sleep. Plan is a-go, and we should be all gravy.

Sorry!

2005-08-23T08:03:00.000-06:00

SOrry for the lack of updates latley... i've been busy.

SO UPDATES:

iPod: Dead.

School: Starts next wednesday

Life: Great

Depression: Manageable

iPod--

Sooo.... the hd is dead. You got a 30gb hd lying around? I want it.

School sucks... it starts next week, and its costing me a ton-o-cash. Like 500 ish or so.

Life is great thanks to my job. Today, I wrote an entire two hours of news for the morning show. Not the most compelling pros of my life, but not the worst either. I turned down a full time job, because this job rules hardcore.

Depression rears its ugly head, but i figured it out i figgre (british for figure). I think its related to food... or the lack-therof. I think it might be almost a diabetic thing, but just not as extreme. It seems like when I eat anything, anything at all, my life seems to work better.

Thats todays update... let me know if you want more... cause there is more.

one step away.

2005-08-18T20:00:00.000-06:00

So....

I got the UI back... but my ipod is formatted in hfs+... so its only working on macs.

I might have to force myself to buy a mac.

HAHAHAHAHAHA

51 hour week!

2005-08-18T17:31:00.000-06:00

I love this. I love working at my station. I'm working 51 hours this week! THAT IS SO AWESOME! I'm kind of hoping that I could transition into producing, but if not, i'm down with working 7p-7a, 11p-7a, then 2p-11p.

My ipod broke, but i'll fix it soon.

GO TEAM!

QoD

2005-08-17T00:29:00.000-06:00

The thing about the media is that aside from the natural bias that comes from being the work of a human reporter, bias is more or less inevitable in today's American media. People don't watch C-Span or Euronews where there is little/no commentary and only footage. People very rarely form their own opinions anymore. That is the true danger of our society, not the media. It's our own inability to ask pertinent questions and draw conclusive answers, because we naively leave the questioning up to others.

We are our own sheep.

I didn't say that.... someone else did who's really smart. Its this kid that just moved in's brother.

wowsa!

2005-08-11T12:38:00.000-06:00

Podcasts.Engadget.com

wow.

I like today.

I hate this week.

2005-08-05T20:27:00.000-06:00

I don't know if I've ever felt this combination of physical sickness and emotional sickness at the same time. This week, I filled in for our morning guy. He went to a conference (siggraph) in california, and I'm the vacation filler.

Holy crap. I hate that schedule.

I hate everything about it. It screwed up some side projects I was working on, and really just screwed everything for me.

I feel probably the worst I've felt in an year emotionally, and I really don't know what I can do about it.

I have this anxiety that I can't really describe, but its weighing on me so heavy right now that its not even funny.

I'm sure next week will be better.

Three Hours of sleep enough?

2005-08-03T09:11:00.000-06:00

So over the past couple days, I've been working this TERRIBLE schedule... and only been sleeping like three hours a night, or so. Today was no different, except I went to bed at 10 pm and layed/lyed (whatever) for a few hours. I know I got at most 3 hours again, and today I'm a little groggy, but not too bad. I'd almost take the bit of groggyness for all the productivity that would add.

w00t.

I'm not invincible.

2005-08-02T09:04:00.000-06:00

By the way, i'm not invincible.

I really thought I was for a long time, but today I realized i'm not.

This working at 3:30 am really killed me, and my credibility.

So I started working on that podcast yesterday at 11pm. I screwed up majorly on a lot of things, thanks to the fact (in part, not in full) that I had 3 hours. I did a lot of idiotic things, didn't double/triple check things, and now I look like an ass.

I just hope I didn't screw myself permanently. I really am a hard worker right? Or maybe i'm just an idiot.

I went home to try to fix it, and couldnt, and then i tried to sleep, and couldn't do that either.

It was a terrible day.

Nerves

2005-08-02T02:51:00.000-06:00

Strangely, at 2:51 AM, I have nerves.

I finished the bloody podcast about 51 minutes ago, and now its getting published. Its weird that people are going to start listening to the things i'm doing, and I'll actually have an audience. I really REALLY want to do this stuff full time, but I've got to finish stupid school, and that crap.

Speaking of school, I'm going to have one night class, two onlines, and hopfully i'll freaking graduate.

Insomniac

2005-08-01T03:06:00.000-06:00

So what does one do when its 3:00 AM and you're waiting to go to work? Finances!!

October 21st or November 4th should be my independence day. That is when I should be out of debt. Sans school debt.

Speaking of school debt... 3 credits is... almost 600 dollars.

CAN YOU FREAKING BELIEVE THAT?!

Yeah, basically I just screwed myself by not graduating this semester.

Oh well, you live and learn.

3AM!!!

2005-08-01T01:13:00.000-06:00

I don't think there is possibly a worse shift than 3:30-12:30.

Seriously.

I can't sleep before it very well (three hours regardless of where I start sleeping.)

So... I guess I'm doomed to be a zombie again tomarrow. The upside? This time I get to go home at 12:30. I'll probably not die as easily.

W00t.

Holy crap. I work for Engadget.

2005-07-31T23:52:00.000-06:00

Wow.

Thats all I can really say, frankly, wow.

This is one of those really sappy stories, but I used to read Engadget, and now I work there.

Wow.

Today, its official. I got an Engadget e-mail address.

For those of you not familiar with Engadget, they're a nerdy-ish techy type publication. For those of you not familiar with my, I'm a nerdy-ish, techy type, that really wants to become a tech reporter. This is really a great first step in this direction.

The great part about Engadget, is they're not so straight laced as other traditional media outlets. In fact, that's one of their strong points. They've got the geek attitude down.

I'm producing their podcast. Basically, think radio producer, but for internet radio. I'm hoping that this can turn into my day job, instead of my free time job. We'll see where it goes.

Appreciated complements

2005-07-29T19:32:00.000-06:00

Today, a reporter said I did a good job on a story a couple days ago, and I really appreciated it. I don't know if people realize that we appreciate compliments, but when you think something is good, and someone lets you know THEY think its good, its a double great thing.

Carole Mikita's packages are always easy, and typically turn out good, but hey, its always good to hear it.

Anywho, read engadget. Podcast producing starting soon!

Another weird thought at 3 am.

2005-07-28T02:56:00.000-06:00

Great birthday/christmas gift idea for people with ipods-- itunes music store cards. Thanks mertlich family!

Thanks to them, I bought (legally)

a gladys knight song (I am a chlid of god)
Bloc Party's Album (i'm a suckah for the british invasion of 2005)
hey mercedes - 11 to your 7 (more out of respect, because they need the money.)
aimee mann - save me (classic song)
a q-tip song (because he's awesome!)

go team!

Dillemma

2005-07-28T01:18:00.000-06:00

So i tried to be good and go to bed at 8pm.

I work in 2 hours.

I've decided, i'm going to go to work without anymore sleep. Now i'm going to stay awake and get stuff done. I work 3:30 am - 6 PM.

yes, I am an idiot.

Cya,
RB

Making people angry

2005-07-26T10:23:00.000-06:00

It seems like I make everyone angry at work... well only in my department. I unplugged a wire so I could listen to my ipod, and forgot to plug it in, so I get an angry phone call.

AND the aformentioned 4am call.

Everyone outside my department seems to like me though, so i guess oh well.

Biggest idiot.

2005-07-23T22:27:00.000-06:00

So if you were watching my channel on saturday, you'd realize how STUPID i am. I accidently brought up an OTS behind the sports anchor...

yeah...

i'm stupid.

(KILL ME.)

Please

2005-07-23T12:12:00.000-06:00

If you have my number, please call me and tell me how YOU're doing, in case I haven't talked to you in a while. Email works too. I want to hear how everyone is doing, and whats new in everyone's lives.

Another rude awakening in mortality.

cya,
RB

Hospital Treatment

2005-07-23T11:16:00.000-06:00

Why is it that my family always gets treated like crap when we go to the hospital? I get ignored for 3 hours, just to tell me that i'm probably not dying, and go pay money to random other people...

My father, whos heart rate dipped kind of low a few days ago, has been in the hospital for TWO DAYS waiting for a cardiologist. Those kinds of things are what piss me off about the medical community. My dad isn't dying now, so we should just ignore him. NEVERMIND the fact that he'll have to pay extra because he was in the hospital for two extra days, and now they don't want him to leave because he hasn't seen the cardiologist yet.

Thats bull S*** (its shut your mouth words). Honestly, if someone can give me a legit reason why ANYONE should wait for two days to be seen, or if anyone can give me a reason why I was supposed to go to seven different doctors, with NO resolution... at all... (I still haven't heard back from a cat scan, so I assume i'm ok) then i'd give them money. There is no reason. At some point you have to either a) find another doctor who isn't helping emergency patients, or b) make time for my freaking patient!

Kim's Mexico Journey

2005-07-21T11:23:00.000-06:00

Yo Yo friends and family.

Goto my friend kim's blog. Its going to be great.

http://mexicomillers.blogspot.com/

She just moved to mexico.

Thanks!

2005-07-20T16:53:00.000-06:00

Thanks to all you readers out there who keep clicking on my banners. I hadn't checked my adsense in a while, and i'm not doing too shabby.

Hey, update:

I got that 3rd job, its for associate producing. Mostly overnights, but hey, I don't complain.

I might have a voulnteer gig at engadget, mostly for the love, but also for my career. It'd be producing the podcast.

W00t.

Cya,
RB

Getting kicked in the throat/teeth

2005-07-18T16:54:00.000-06:00

I feel like i've just been beaten to death.

My insurance is going to double, for less coverage.

it feels like crap.

My cool day/life... you're jealous

2005-07-16T23:21:00.000-06:00

So... recapping cool events of the last little while.

Got my ipod (you heard that) but now I've hooked it up into my stereo through the CD changer port (cable, yaddyadda, and now its flush mounted in my center drawer thing.) Having my entire MP3 collection in my car is pretty awesome.

#2-- Saw Howard Dean yesterday.

My friend Pete (elder) Stark and I were hanging out yesterday, and we were walking down main street. I looked in this window, and said "that looks just like howard dean." Turns out... it was him. He was speaking at westminster college.

Funny part about that was, if he was staying at the hotel monaco (which I'm pretty sure he was) then that means he was at the same hotel as Ludacris, 50 Cent, Lil' Jon, and the east side boys.

Weird, eh?

Happy b-day to me!

2005-07-09T02:20:00.000-06:00

So.... it was the best b-day i've had in a good 5ish years. I turned 21, (no drinking for good ol' mormon randall!) and I had a sweet party. It was a ninja party. We had a good assortment of folks, and my friends were there, so that was awesome. My family (of the layton variety) got me an iTunes music store card, a cool shirt, and a fun day,so that was cool. My sister (of the SLC variety) got me two cool shirts, and some oreos. Overall it was a bam birthday.

HAPPY 21!

(PS, if you're still looking to buy me presents ;), I need a cd-rb10 connector for a pioneer cd player, and I'm really looking for a dock connector -> Car DC adapter/line out. Either that or just a dock connector->pwr, or dock-> RCA/minijack (1/8"))

PPS-- DONT BUY ME PRESENTS, thats a nerd shoutout for people to start looking for my dock connector->dc/lineout adapter

becoming one of 'them'

2005-07-06T00:08:00.000-06:00

Yes, i'm finally one of them. Probably one of you reading this right now has an iPod, and soon myself, and my sister, will have them. I'm getting the 30gig 3rd generation variety. My sister is getting a 4th gen (click wheel) 20 gig version.

yay.

i'm part of it.

yeah!

Great life, but feel like crap.

2005-06-29T19:39:00.000-06:00

So my life is going great. I might have picked up another job at my beloved TV station, and that versatility looks good on paper (and hopfully in practice too.)

I found out that...

I'm allergic to chocolate.

Its still unconfirmed at this point, but sources tell Randall that it is compltely possible, and according to representatives for Mr. Bennett, he did eat chocolate last week, and did feel really crappy afterward.

Seriously, it really sucks. I hope that its not the case, but each day it seems like it is.

Something else that sucks? Drama at work. Our morning show guy hates me, and consequently I dislike him. He woke me up at 4 AM yesterday to tell me how much I suck. (granted you're getting my side of the story.)

I screwed up the other day(s) because I didn't number a rundown. Apparently this is a must-do. I thought it was for myself, and so by cutting a whole 5 seconds out of my daily routine I was saving time. So I made a rookie mistake. Its 100% my fault, I take full responsiblity for any problems it might have caused. But, I doubt that warrents getting called at 4am and getting hated on, and talked down to.

Ehh, i'll survive, but I get so worried about things like this. My downfall in life will be sweating the small stuff. I'm doomed to die from dehydration.
Anywho, I'm trying to improve, and I'm sure it will be all good soon enough.

I'm at my nephews house (the other family, my sister that died's family). They rule. They have a hole in the wall. People started drawing around it, and now the whole wall is covered in random graffitti. Its awesome.

I'm leaving. Peace out.

RB

20 secodns before I fall asleep.

2005-06-22T07:52:00.000-06:00

So... as evidenced by the title.... I survived. I'm going to go to sleep now, and sleep till 4pm.

I made it through the day, and wrote a BUNCH of stories. It was grand. I love it.

cyall lata.

rb

19 hour workday

2005-06-21T23:00:00.000-06:00

So... it turns out that brennan hawkins was found (KSL.com) and now i'm working a 19 hour day! (only 12 of it is paid, but hey... who can turn down another full day of work for experience?!) Tonight I'm working an overnight shift, because its going to give me the experience I need to actually get in the producing mode. We'll see how I do. I think i'm a fairly effective communicator (when it comes to writing) so I'll see how it all fans out.

Side note-- I almost ran into our 10pm anchor today... litterally. I was having stomach issues, so I sprinted to the bathroom, and almost sacked carole mikita (SP?). It was not a great moment, and I scared the crap out of her. She was really nice about it though, so all is good.

Well i'll let you know how 7am turns out.

cya!

Long Time, no significant post!

2005-06-19T00:11:00.000-06:00

So, today was a crazy day in the ol' newsroom. iNews wasn't up until 2 hours before the show (which pretty much screws everyone) and everyone was having off days... but hey, we'll get over it.

I swear I want to post more relavent things, but I really have to go to bed so I can get up for church tomarrow. I have to go to early church, since I work every weekend from 2-11.

FUN!

Want to sleep anytime? I've discovered how!

2005-06-15T16:30:00.000-06:00

So, today, I was sitting at sams club, deciding I need to start eating a more broad variety of things, and I noticed some pasta. Looked good. I found out it takes an hour to cook. Well worth it, if it leaves some leftovers.

I set my alarm on my computer to 5:10... and magically I felt like I needed to go to sleep! My body is now trained that when it sees the alarm clock program, it gets tired.

that is weird and great.

Holy most additictive game ever.

2005-06-14T02:09:00.000-06:00

its 209.

why am I still up?

simple:

kotor2.

thats all.

consolodating my list

2005-06-12T00:51:00.000-06:00

So today, after some prodding from a meaner person, I decided to consolidate my msn list. I figure its the only way i'll get over some relationships, and the only way that i'll ever get rid of my 100+ contacts.

I didn't block anyone, but if you want to message me, thats fine.

I'm in one of those moods again, but I dont know why.

Church is in 8 hours!

yay!

I want to nap so bad but I cant!

I've got a test on monday at the davis campus, and I need to really take a break. Hopfully tuesday, i'll take a break.

peace.

Full Time

2005-06-10T10:31:00.000-06:00

Hot Dang! 80 Hours in 2 weeks! Consider myself full time!

This is awesome. I'm going to have enough money to pay everything!

w00t.

staying awake

2005-05-30T01:07:00.000-06:00

I've been trying to sleep for over an hour... and i need to be up in 3.

i'm debating whether to just stay awake all night and then go to bed in the afternoon.

i'll decide later.

End of another great day

2005-05-27T01:21:00.000-06:00

I feel like writing right now, mainly because I enjoy it. Today was yet another great day. I missed the train, and that was annoying. I walked up, just as it was leaving. It sucked. But, I got to work 15 minutes late, and no one cared... just myself.

I've been working on this new wipe effect for the news, and its turning out FREAKING GREAT. I'll post pictures when I feel like its better.

Speaking of work, I applied for another job at my place of employment. Thats right, I am fairly crazy, but I feel like i'm really mobile and I'll get more hours etc etc. I'm ~~kind of~~ doing a lot, but getting paid for it too. I love news, and an environment where I prove myself, gain more trust, and progress, is perfect for me. The GX Department likes me (i hope), editing might or might not, but the reporters love me!

Today Jed Boal stopped me while I was eating lunch to tell me that he loved my graphic I did for his package! I thought it was to clouded and annoying, but a producer, an editor, and the reporter said it was great! So thats good. Today I edited a peice about premature babies, and the things they're doing at the U. Shelley Osterlow is the reporter for those, and she said that I did a great job and gave me props. IT MADE ME FEEL GREAT!!!!!

I guess I'm going to make it in this crazy business. All those times of worrying about getting a job seem to have paid off. This is the most perfect place for me. My bosses are great, and are SO EXPERIENCED and do such great jobs. Holy crap. Its almost like getting paid for learning and having fun. Actually that is what it is. When I go home, all I want to do is make cooler graphics and make things better. I'm so addicted to news!

Spice Girl Reunion! BLESSED!

2005-05-23T22:00:00.000-06:00

mtve
so my life is complete.

the spice girls are back together.

thanks goes to dave land on the tip.

xbox modding!

2005-05-23T00:37:00.000-06:00

So over the next little while, you're going to hear about my xbox modding adventure. My roomate (tyler) has an xbox, and I told him about kevin's awesome xbox. He was impressed. Since I know my (speeding, 3 tickets in one stop) friend kerry, i got a mod chip for cheap, and we're going to have a fun install party.

I'll let you know whats up, and the sort.

Peace.

weight loss?

2005-05-23T00:21:00.000-06:00

So today at my home, i weighed myself. Kind of sad. I'm going to make a couple steps towards getting NOT FAT!

1-- NO MORE OREOS.

anyone who knows me knows that I love oreos. I'm not going to do it anymore. NO MORE OREOS. Moving back to salsa!

2-- Eating regularly.

I haven't eaten regularly in years. I'm going to start/continue eating breakfast regularly, and making a morning routine.

3-- Cardio

More cardio! I'm going to start playing tennis (provided I can find a partner) then increase cardio gradually till i'm playing basketball!

Thats whats happening.

Stop Looking for JOBS!

2005-05-20T11:39:00.000-06:00

Holy cow, I have to chill. I really have this huge itch to report, but I'm in graphics and need to stay here. I'm going to get some friggin great experience in this department, not to mention editing, and it'll look way better on my resume. PLUS, if I make a resume tape, and create a story that is meaningful, it'll be a great advancement for my tape. I've got to sincerly become friends with reporters, and then they'll help me out.

Side note, I did some graphics for a story about soda yesterday, and Ed Yates was the reporter. I made them great, and he really appreciated it. I think he was genuinely happy about it. It made me happy. Jed Boal introduced himself, all the reporters seem to be more friendly with me every day. This is going to be a good experience.

gamer nerds read this, others, move along.

2005-05-17T09:49:00.000-06:00

Nintendo's press conference is in an hour, and if they've got any shot of having this current gamecube exclusive owner in the next generation, they better unvail something HUGE. pics are already at engadget.

If I knew the pricepoint, and I could buy a console tomarrow, I'd buy an xbox360.

plain and simple.

Grades

2005-05-14T11:11:00.000-06:00

I got my final grades (finally, might I add)

3.34! Thats a b+ average! PERFECT!

Worthy of noting, I got A's in comm classes, and B's in sales classes.

W00t only 10ish more credits left!

My life doesn't suck!

2005-05-11T10:45:00.000-06:00

Thats a quote from a movie, by the way.

My life is awesome right now. I don't think its ever been better. I graduated, moved to slc, still can keep my old job and work when I want, start my newest job tomarrow, have a loving family that supports me, etc...

I really really am so happy to be here right now. Its not the same as a super depression high (because depresson goes both ways for me sometimes, but its still not bipolar) because I legitametly moved to slc, and got a new job, and all that stuff.

So yesterday I edited a package, and it was for the AM show. Fortuantly, that gave me enough time to be really picky about it. I guess it was good enough for the morning show, but it also ran througout the day! I watched it at home yesterday @ 5pm! HOW WEIRD WAS THAT?! A story that I edited, had a KSL logo attached to it, and I watched it at home. AND I was happy with it!

Life is great, and this post isn't meant to rub salt in anyone's wounds, but i don't think this year could have been any better.

2005-05-08T01:16:00.000-06:00

myself, keeping it real.

2005-05-08T01:15:00.001-06:00

mi familia

2005-05-08T01:15:00.000-06:00

my parents, terri, and myself!

w00t

2005-05-08T00:55:00.000-06:00

I'm living in my new apartment. the only problems:

1-- I think my TV card is dead.
2-- I'm afraid of getting crap jacked from my car

i think thats about it. My place is rad, and I live downtown. Today my sis dropped me off @ wal-mart, then I took trax back home. Its pretty cool living in a place where I can just ride anywhere I want without using gas.

Anywho, i'm stoked.

Peace,
RB

SCREWED!

2005-05-01T18:39:00.000-06:00

I got screwed out of my apartment in SLC yesterday.

Aparently, the guy already rented it out to someone else, and neglected to tell me.

THATS GREAT.

I almost made my mail start getting forwarded there, good thing I waited.

If any of you reading this have any friends in SLC, who live close to:
A) Trax
B) Downtown
C) 300 W / N. Temple

CALL ME, or leave a comment immediatly.

Thanks,
RB

DONE! IN YOUR FACE!

2005-04-30T03:32:00.000-06:00

So... I took my last 4 quizzes for my sales classes today, and I"M DONE WITH SCHOOL (for a week, or something ludacris like that, but i'll get my other crap done and done with soon.)

Come to my graduation if you want. Friday @ 10:30, Browning Center in Ogden.

Peace.

End of this era

2005-04-27T16:20:00.000-06:00

I got the graphics job, I'm moving to SLC in 4 ish days, I finished 1 online class, have 3 others ready to wrap up tomarrow, and i'm done with my senior thesis.

At this moment, i realize that this era is coming to a close.

soon.

2005-04-23T08:54:00.000-06:00

Hey, I found a tool finally that let's me post to blogger. Its pretty cool.

So I haven't had a chance to use a computer lately. Yesterday was my 2nd day on the job @ KSL. Its a really cool place to work, and I'm really excited about getting the chance to do what I love to do, that being TV. It seems like one of my bosses, bob brown, wants me to only be an editor, or only specialize, instead of doing lots of things well. I think, generally, its probably a good idea to specialize in one area, but when you have as spastic a personality as myself, specializing just doesn't fit. I really want to learn a lot, but everyone is warning me about getting trapped in Salt Lake City or KSL. I'm going to estimate that in 3 years, I'm done.

I'm waiting for my sister to finish her 5K that she was running, so I'll cya later. I'm really really stoked about moving!

Btw, I got an apartment in downtown for only 230! Granted, its a transformed studio / 1 bedroom, but hey, I can live with that. I think its exactly what I want. I just need some space-saving furniture.

Back Home.

2005-04-20T20:46:00.000-06:00

Word, i'm back from NAB! It was so awesome.

Vegas was really great. I saw FIVE new video applicatoins from apple, and I got to test drive Tiger, as well as motion2, and dvd studio pro 4. I learned how to author dvds with a script, and thats pretty cool. Now I can make those audio selections menus.

Final Cut Pro 5 had some really interesting features. I REALLY liked multi-cam editing. Basically, taking a whole bunch of shots that you've recorded, and being able to switch between them on the fly. That is a really really cool feature.

Saw some really interesting switchers, saw my new editing system that i'm going to be working on from AVID, and its really all good.

I'm really (REALLY) upset with weber state news. I got messages today that sounded like "WE HATE YOU" today. Actually, that was verbatim. Apparently, since I wasn't there, and had a preplanned absence, i'm an annoying face. They didnt know how to do something, and since I didn't answer my phone, i'm a bad guy. I was sleeping, but hey, whatever. I'm pretty unhappy with them, but i'll get over it. Its really stupid. The thing is, if they were mad at me like any broadcast environment, during the newscast, that would be cool, but they were pissed at me for so long, and still might be pissed at me. STUPID. Two more shows left.

posting out of sheer coolness

2005-04-16T18:30:00.001-06:00

Right now i'm at the trax station at 2nd E and 4th S in SLC. I thought i'd open up this powerbook i was carrying around.

posting from free wifi!! GO TEAM!

update--

my last post didn't go in, so now i'm at the crossroads plaza, trying to get this friggin going.

we'll test it out, see how it goes.

UPDATE--

It worked!

now i'm trying to finish a download of incubus' music.

on another note: lets hear it for friggin gmail and hotmail for logging in securly (for us wifi folks!!!)

posting out of sheer coolness

2005-04-16T18:30:00.000-06:00

Right now i'm at the trax station at 2nd E and 4th S in SLC. I thought i'd open up this powerbook i was carrying around.

posting from free wifi!! GO TEAM!

Guess who got his wish.

2005-04-13T00:18:00.000-06:00

Thats me.

I work at KSL!!!!!

I'm an On-Call Video editor, so I work whenever they need me. I LOVE EDITING, especially if I get paid, so thats a plus.

Still haven't heard back on the graphics job, but hey, i should soon.

peace out.

Tips for Old People on being Student's neighbors

2005-04-12T09:06:00.000-06:00

Please, oh please, follow these guidelines if you've got students living next door to you.

1-- DONT LOOK DOWN AT THEM.
it only makes us not like you, and then its already a downward spiral.
2-- DONT KNOW IT ALL, EVEN IF YOU DO
Once again, we know it all (sarcasm) so you knowing it all makes us angry when it conflicts with our knowing it all.
3-- ESTABLISH CREDIBILITY
Try to show your neighbors that you were there too, but without reminiscing. Just say things like "thats cool you're building a half pipe in your back yard." (we really are!)

Those three tips might help you avoid being hated by your neighbors.

the end.

ACT NOW!!! ANOTHER FREE COUNTER!

2005-04-11T17:10:00.000-06:00

Incase you're wondering, which I know you aren't, I flexed my java script skillz again, and created yet another counter. This one is school based, whereas the other was mission based. It says how long till graduation (but then I start school again....) and then how long till i finish coursework.

I'm taking 10 cr of summer classes. Not exciting. And I have to pay. Not exciting

insomnia.... over good things.

2005-04-09T06:34:00.000-06:00

Right now, its 6:30, on a saturday, and I'm awake. My alarm did go off, and I should be up, since i went to bed at like 10-ish. At any rate, the pertinance of this entry is my lack of ability to stay asleep once i go to sleep. I think my body is more excited about the potential jobs at KSL than I am.

Let me back up, I dont think i've written about the jobs.

So i turned in applications to work at KSL-TV in about february. Earlier this week, like monday or tuesday, I got a call that said "we're interviewing for the part time broadcast designer position you applied for."

"ok."

"how bout thursday at 10:30?"

"deal."

My boss at MTC said that I should talk to one of his old buddies, bob brown. I agreed, so he called bob and said how great i was right in front of me. Kind of a weird situation. He set up a meeting between us right after the first interview.

Thursday comes, I didn't get much sleep the night before, not because of nerves, but because of excitement. I interview pretty well, so i wasn't that worried. I went to KSL a bit early to grab some breakfast with my friend who is an overnight producer. She was really great, and since we kind of ran short on time, we just went to mcdonalds.

Got back, ready for an interview, met with the head of the gx department, and that was cool. She was really nice, and in our 10 minute interview (GREAT, or really scary.) she seemed pretty stoked about my skills. Basically she was astonished that I understood broadcast design. She was way shocked that I had a tape for her, and she said she was going to watch it. I hope, SO MUCH, that she watched it and was impressed with my graphics package for weber state news.

After that interview, she went and showed me around KSL, which my inside sources say is a good thing. She took me down to news, and I kind of tried to find bob brown clandestinely. Eventually, the infamous bob was found, and I introduced myself. At first, really awkward. Then, i remembered seeing his name on this florida hurricane documentary thing between conference sessions, and he did a great job. I talked to him about florida, and the sort. At the end, he told me there was an on call editor position available, so I was all on it, like blue bonnet. He told me to put my name on this official KSL-HR looking sheet that was taking about interviews.

In the long and short of it, I think I might have really got myself a job... 2x. 2 part time jobs is great when i graduate. No benefits, but better than 1 p/t that I like, and 1 that I hate.

In the realm of school, graduation is may 6 at 10:30 AM. E-mail/leave a comment if you're not familiar with where its at. I haven't got the invitations in the mail, like an idiot, but i'll try to get something together.

I've got 10 summer credits (9 classes, 1 internship for good measure), thats $1500 holmes. I wish I would have been smarter (and dumber) and taken 3 of these classes at different times (like my first semester going to school, I only took 10 credits.) but what can ya do. I've had the ideal college career, except this one extra thing. All the classes are online, so its not like its going to kill me, but still annoying never the less. I think that I'm going to try to finish them as fast as possible during the first week of school (at a public library, or something) and get them out of the way.

So i'm awake because of an SPJ conference in SLC today. Looks like it'll be quality.

This is the longest post of the last 4 months I think. Its quality too.

Peace.

Terri Schiavo, the pope, and myself

2005-04-03T00:31:00.000-07:00

So i had heard that terri schiavo had been in this persistant state for 15 years, and I wanted to know what started it all, and I checked out her wiki.

In case you want to read the original wiki article yourself, you can.

Basically, I dont see any reason at all now why she should have lived.

She became brain dead from a cardiac arrest... and she hasn't improved in 15 years.

While i've been going through my health struggles latley, I had to get a heart scan, etc. While i was getting my heart echo test, (ultrasound) the tech informed me that his sister had a stroke 10 ish years ago, and 30% of her brain was left. She had <5% chance of surviving, and less than that of recovering. She did recover. It was possible.

Terri, however, hadn't made significant progress. Now, if its due to rehab then sue for that, but honestly if I was in the same situation, i'd have wanted to die in the early to mid ninties.

Just my $.02 that no one cares about.

RIP pope too. I mean people make pope jokes, and regardless of your religious affiliation, you can realize that he's a way better pope than ones of the earlier catholic church (RE: 1400-1800?)

life sucks, then you die. Oh well. I've got a while.

(PS) I just decided after reading the full wiki, that I hate the conservative media just as much as the liberal media. I used to be one of those people who could stand both, but now i can not stand sean hannity. I listened to him driving to and from work every once in a while, and during the schiavo situation, he implied that micheal did something, without ever mentioning bullemia, or how everything happened.

annoying.

Graduation and the Work Force.

2005-03-31T16:08:00.000-07:00

the 80-20 rule of job satisfaction.

Wow. Insightful and interesting. Poynter.org is my favorite journalistic resource.

About reporting, there are 5 jobs i'm looking at right now. One in Kennewick, WA, Butte, MT, Gainesville, FL, Sherman, TX, and one in Binghamton, NY. If you've heard/lived in any of these places, leave some comments for me.

All of them are one-man-band shows. I'll be the shooter, editor, and reporter. I dont mind though, its what i've been doing for the past two years anyway, but harder. If I can survive 'graduate school' (the period of time from small market to a good market) then i'll be happy. All these stations have contracts for two years, just like a mormon mission, so thats pretty cool.

I really really want to leave utah, but not leave. I like doing the ESPN thing, but unfortunatly, I doubt any of these towns have stops on ESPN's radar.

Regardless, i'll have fun either way.

Frickin IIIIdiot.

2005-03-24T11:00:00.000-07:00

SO...... I'm an idiot.

I made approx 200 VHS dubs. (Less than that have this defect, but its still bad.)

1 in 7 videos is just recorded tv.

The problem is, I was recording through one of our machines that has a TV tuner, and I forgot to change the input to channel l-1, so it recorded channel 2.

When someone looks for their latest in MTC news, they might get an episode of dr. phil.

Luckily, most of the videos went to multiple video places (ie, most recieve 3 vhs, 1 dvd.) Hopfully, none of the videos that i sent out yesterday to a single video (1,1) place had channel 2.

:-(

I'm an idiot.
Thats what you get for being an inexperienced intern. Rookie mistake.

Health Update

2005-03-24T00:33:00.000-07:00

So i got a call from the hospital today, they said to come in for testing or some junk on saturday (MRI). Right now i almost hope they find something that would help them understand what is wrong with me. I feel fine now, but why didn't i feel fine, and what if i die.

oh well. I'll get over it.

I had a presentation in a class today, and i rocked it. Everyone likes the idea of speech codes in nerds. I'll keep you updated.

Nerologists, mistrust of medicine, jazz game, irony, and hot girl.

2005-03-22T23:56:00.000-07:00

I started off the day with a trip to the neurologist, who let me know ($25 dollars later) that there wasn't anything wrong with me. So it was a waste of time. I regret it. From there I went to work, then to my other work.

So today, i worked a jazz game. I was the bug operator (scoreboard operator). Problems with the bug were rampant, and might or might not have been my fault, but i fixed it in time for gametime. Gametime started, and i pulled up my chair, watched the game, and made sure it didn't break.

The fun part? I watched the game with this girl from SLC who was pretty hot. She and I had interesting conversation throughout the game, so that was pretty cool. She was a PA, so she just sat around too.

The end? I got her number. Cool.

Funny parts about the game? How i got the job. My brother and I decided that they weren't going to call me ever, unless we took the matters in to our own hands. My brother decided to hold off canceling the gig (he had something planned) until the last second and say that his brother could replace him. We'll see if it worked. His original excuse was that his kid cut his head open and had to go to the er.

His kid did end up going to the er.

Weird huh? It wasn't for a cut, but for a swollen hand and foot. Very weird.

His kid stood up like a champ. They had to do blood work, and he didn't even flinch. What a pimp.

Pray for brandon.

I'm an anti-doctite.

2005-03-22T10:44:00.000-07:00

So i went to the neurologist today, and he looked at me for like 30 seconds, said "i don't think anything is wrong" and let me go.

It costs at least $15.

I think it costs more.

Basically i dont have any faith in doctors. They haven't ever been able to say "this is exactly whats wrong with you."

So, if i get sick, i dont know if i'll actually go to the doctor's office again.

help.

2005-03-20T19:54:00.000-07:00

Holy crap, i need some homework help. help me out.

i'll elaborate later.

I'm a happy person today.

2005-03-18T16:38:00.000-07:00

Latley (as you've noticed) I've had a lack of updates. I think thats (in part) because i'm depressed. I think today I shook depression again. Go me. I woke up this morning with a renewed sense of vigor, and the first time i've felt well rested in a while. With that said, i'm still not happy.

I really am starting to hate my job, because of (LOOKING GLASS SELF THEORY ALERT!!!) the way I think my coworkers feel. I think i'm not doing a good job, and they're not giving me as many stories. I'm pretty excited to finish up the internship because I suck at this. Not editing videos (although i'm not as confident as I once was,) at writing (I know i'm good at that,) or at mograph design (i'm ok at it, but I really think I've got a shot at getting hired at ksl,) no no, its corporate environment. I decided today that I can't handle it. I can't handle the power struggle. TV News is a little different in that most people don't strive for management. Most people strive to be the ones on the floor, out doing things that get noticed.

I'm thinking, strongly, about working for ESPN when I graduate. I'm thinking about travelling a lot, and making pretty good money (to pay for an apartment where I don't live.) As of right now, i'm self sufficient. That is good. I don't have to beg my parents for money at all, until the medical bills start rolling in. I can afford to live where I live. I'm ok with my job. I want to get out of here and do news.

My dreams --
(real)
Reporter on CNN within 10 years.
(or) Anchor on local news in the same timeframe.
(or) MoGraph on ESPN
(unreal)
(or) a pro snowboarder/surfer/skateboarder/basketball player
(or) good speller

Short term reality--

#1-- GRADUATE.
#2-- Get a job at (Local TV station) doing anything.
#3-- Move to SLC.
#4-- Burn out on dreams.
#5-- Accept reality.

You now know some intimate details about myself. Notice that dating isn't even on the list, much less getting married, buying a house, having a better car, or a computer that roxx0rs. Its not even on my radar.

For a 20-year-old, I think way too much. Where were you when you were 20 (21, you infamous mormons)? Was it where you wanted to be? Did you feel fulfilled in life? Am I moving through life too quickly?

Comment if you wish.

i hate eeg.

2005-03-16T15:36:00.000-07:00

Its about 3:30, and I just woke up.

3:30 pm.

I had to do an EEG test this morning at 8AM. The caveat? Less than 4 hours of sleep. If you know me, and I think you do, I really really like to get 8 hours straight. Otherwise, i'm super groggy and confused.

Today i'm supr groggy and confused, and I still have to go to work to finish stupid whats happening (my segment). I guess I could just go in tomarrow and finish it, but I dont know if i want to... so 'im going to decide by 3:45 after consulting some folks.

I went to bed at 9am.
thats 6 hours of sleep. I could normally do that, but i'm so tired i'm stoned basically. I'm going to call and see if I cant just go in tomarrow at 7:30 (i'm sure i'll be able to wake up early) and then i'd have 4 hours to write the script. I think I can do it. Its only like 20 sentances at the most.

My chest hurts when I breathe.

SO wanna hear some funny info about an eeg? If you've had a seizure (like I have) then the first thing they think of when you're not healthy is seizure related electrical activity in your brain.

Today, they tried to induce a seizure.

I figured it out when they're like "breathe funny." I had a hard time not laughing. Then I asked "this is to try to induce a seizure isn't it?"

"yeah."

I had an even harder time not laughing. Its like 8:15, and I haven't slept in 24 hours officially. It was fun times. They shoved all these electrodes to my skull and rocked them.

reno trip

2005-03-13T19:15:00.000-07:00

The trip to reno.... ahhh... in case you havent heard, i've been working for espn for a while (since october) and they flew me out to the wac championship! How rad is that? I thought it was pretty cool.

I left on saturday morning, and props to vicki/kent for helping me out so much this week (with that crazy talk and all). Got on the plane, blah blah blah, and landed, tried to get my rental car (i'm 20) to no avail. The people that flew in with me (the others on the espn crew) gave me a ride. That was cool.

We stayed at the peppermill, which happens to be the cheeziest casino of all time. Totally cliche of old times. Too many neons, mirrors, etc. The rooms were nice though, so that was cool.

Friday afternoon, took a cab to the game for setup, and it was friggin $13 dollars! Pretty jacked up huh? Stupid cabs. Set up for 3 hours, with some worry about my bug's status (the bug is the scoreboard in the corner, and i run it.), it crashed like an hour before tip, so that was pretty nerve wracking. Got up and running, and nailed the game. I made maybe 2 mistakes, but they were insignificant (a 2 i heard/thought was a 3 and I missed a free throw, but then added it after they missed the 2nd). They said I did well. The show went ok, kind of some miss communication, but thats what happens.

All in all it was fun, not any extra-curricular fun, but just fun.

I talk funny now.

2005-03-09T12:14:00.000-07:00

So... basically, I started talking really funny yesterday while i was on the phone with my sister. I started having difficulties getting words out quickly, and it was driving me insane. Now, today, its kind of back, but not anywhere near as bad as before. I'm really really glad.

It makes me nervous to have issues like this. I'm not dying, but its like i want to be really close to everyone around me now. Anywho, i'm not going to go to class because i don't want to look like an ass, and i'm going to go home and try to get my paper done maybe. I'm really not happy about this, so yeah we'll see what I do.

Anywho, i'll catcha lata!

I hate 50 cent.

2005-03-07T18:12:00.000-07:00

Modbee.com | The Modesto Bee

Yeah, 50 cent is as fake as a 3 dollar bill.

He challenges all these rappers for no reason. Its just nonsense. Its a marketing plan, and nothing more. Super lame.

At least kanye west is still cool, so are the black eyed peas, and dont forget q-tip.

W00t.

Soundtrack to my life.

2005-02-26T21:19:00.000-07:00

My life feels like a movie.

Something corporate makes it feel that way. Walking by would be a perfect song to my life. Not so much because of the words, but the feeling just feels how my movie would be if it was a movie right now. I really want to make a movie that actually means something someday, and use music like that.

the end.

DSC's new mascot

2005-02-25T16:03:00.000-07:00

http://www.dixie.edu/mascot.html

Wow, a visit to my alma mater and i'm already laughing. I especially like the requirements for picking a new mascot:

The Mascot will:

Be active, entertaining and promote a positive image.
”Make sense” to the college in as many ways as possible (institutionally, historically, culturally, economically, geographically).
Allow either a male or female inside of the costume to feel comfortable both physically and psychologically.
Not be human.
Not be related to the confederacy.

Alas, rebels no more. I was thinking of demeaning rednecks like people demean indians, in the vein of cleveland. Have a guy with a #3 hat, with one of those beer drinking extensions on the hat, and have it say "my other truck is a deere." on his shirt, and have him drive around in a 1967 mustang, rust colored, with no engine because its still "waiting to be finished." If anyone asked, he'd have to reply "its hanging in my front yard, in my tree. In 2 more paychecks, if i stop the crystal meth, i'll drop it in my car." That would be a great rebel mascot.

OH CRAP. Its human.

dang.

(update, since further investigating the page, it doesn't even have a spot for 'name.' I guess they dont need to give people credit where credit is due, so don't steal my idea.)

Bling Bling!

2005-02-23T12:43:00.000-07:00

So i'm getting my google adsense check. Yes its for money. Yes its just barley above the minimum. Yes i'm barred from disclosing actual amounts. I'm getting it in 7-10 days. Go team. I feel good about that.

Mace, and i"m not talking about puff daddy neitha.

2005-02-22T00:42:00.000-07:00

So, (STEVE) got maced. How funny is that?

Situation:

(Steve) and (Girl) were talking, and (steve) was continuesly spraying (girL) with air freshener. Really really annoying. Yes.

(girl), who has been putting up with this crap and the like for a long time, says "if you don't stop, i'll mace you."

mace ensues.

Sucks for us, because we had to go outside for half an hour. Then (Steve), who won't do homework on sundays because its not keeping the sabbath day holy, unleashes a string of profanities that would put most sailors to shame at the girl. I was sitting here laughing/feeling bad for all parties, but mostly laughing.

Its just another example of what annoys me about (steve). He pretends to be one person, acts another way, and then whines about it. Annoying.

I'm sure that i'm a hypocrite in some respects, but i mean, I try my hardest to not portray the church mouse persona if I cant live up to it. I'm regular ol' me. Sometimes I curse, yes, but hey, I never claimed to be perfect. I also don't rub it in your face if I am perfect. Everytime I get a chance, i remind him that i'm doing homework on sundays so he can let me know he's not. WRONG. He just lets me know. "CONGRATULATIONS!"

Matt 6:2

Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

Yeah, not to scripturally whoop on anyone, but yeah.

Speaking of scriptural whoopings, i had an unfortunate experience today. Some jehovas witnesses came to my door, and i talked to them for 45 minutes.

"you're going to hell."

Did i feel love? no.

Why did he even try to talk to me forever. That is why I love mormons. As a missionary, they don't just say "you're going to hell!" Actually, I doubt that anyone has ever really said that. They say "you're not living up to your potential!" and then they help you work towards it. I really really miss that about my mission. Genuienly helping people. Not just making them members of our church, but doing all the little things to help them. I doubt the most influence i had was on people who got baptized. I think it was because of people who i served.

I'm tired, profound, and tired of being profound.

done and done. I'm out.

Comparing Apples and Linuxes: A look at "nerd" speech codes.

2005-02-17T00:34:00.000-07:00

Not that anyone cares, but i'm writing my senior thesis this semester. You might be asking yourself, self? Yes self? Why isn't Randall doing a project, or a major report for a senior project? I'd answer, why of course the information he's learned over the past two years is pointless. He needs to end his collegate career with more busy work! OOOOHHH..... make sense now.

Actually, if there were a communication theroy class, and it was taught by sheree, i'd appreciate it. Unfortunatly, I get a heaping spoonful of theroy with no backing. And my senior project is another study. Yay. Just what I always wanted.

That means, yes folks, i'm studing nerds.

The current title is:
Comparing Apples and Linuxes: A look at "nerd" speech codes.

Can you tell its a play on words about apples and oranges?

I'm going to talk about nerd culture, different subsets, and give them titles. I'm excited, since its my freaking paper and I get to do whatever I want instead of a group. Pinning down the different levels of nerds should be interesting.

Go team. I'm done updating for a few days again.

PS I got screwed out of flying to reno on friday. My brother rocks for trying to get me a game in reno though. Would have been fun. I'm still flying in march though. Twice. Go ESPN.

CNN.com - White House reporter's credentials questioned - Feb 9, 2005

2005-02-17T00:29:00.000-07:00

CNN.com - White House reporter's credentials questioned - Feb 9, 2005

So typically, this isn't news.

Thanks to some blogger, who found some racy photos and a website for "jeff gannon" slash "James Gukert" the whole blogosphere is celebrating another milestone in the march against "the man."

Basically, some really easy google searching, and some pissed off democrats led them to find out that a gay hooker was lobbing softball questions at the president.

Questions like "Do you think its hard to get anything done thanks to the liberal morons in the senate?" (not verbaitm) Basically a gay hooker had access to the west wing, and press briefings. Great.

How funny? Moderate. I'd have to call TBS on this one. Blog impact? Large.

Basically as a reporter trying to make it in the old media school, and seeing people in the old media school basically poop their pants, I'm kind of laughing. Right now, save the Dan Rathergate scandal, the blogosphere is basically assasinating the charecter of morons. The CBS story could have used a little more fact checking, as in someone could have typed the memo in MS word, but it was major. This "scandal" is basically about as profound as a supermarket tabloid. I don't care.

They made the News director at CNN step down, because he said something about the military taking aim at reporters. Great. I don't care. It was 'off the record' and its from a blogger. Who knows if its really true? No one. He's gone at any rate.

I think i'm going to have a fun time being a corporate whore journalist, and I also think that i'll have more of a legit impact than my blogging bretheren. Does that mean this blog will stay free of my reporting? no. Does that mean i'll post scoops here? Fat chance. I'm going to make some cheddar with my knowledge.

My roomate pisses me off even more.

2005-02-12T21:29:00.000-07:00

I don't get it. I get along with most people, but i'm really really getting pissed off at my other roomate. (steve) as i will call him. (steve) seems to whine, ALOT. He seems to be quite self centered, and is very concerned about what others think of him. Its really annoying when he lies to get approval.

Oh well, i'm sure i wont ever see him again after 3 more months.

Good riddance.

RB

Super Bowl Controversy, 3 days ahead of the game.

2005-02-03T15:46:00.000-07:00

So, as work was winding down, i decided to flip on the ol' toobe, and watch some CNN headline news. 2 stories were about super bowl ads that won't air. One was a package, one was a VO. Figure that the VO was 30 seconds, at least, and the package was at least 1:30. Basically, that boils down to a story every hour, and way more exposure than they would have gotten from the superbowl. Is this a new trend in superbowl advertising?

Well, now i'm going to go. I'm really really busy, and i don't remember how to write news as well, but hey, i'll remember soon.

I'm out now. peace.

brain damage.

2005-01-29T16:02:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was a fun day, I drove to provo, drove home today, etc. It was really fun because it was real chill, and i just had fun in a new city.

Provo sucks still though. I don't like the feeling of groupthink that is in provo. I don't know if its legit, but thats what i feel like when i'm there.

This morning, I checked my phone, and I had a voicemail. Checked it, and it was Jim from ESPN. He's going to get me 2 tournaments, and i'm going to fly there. I'm pretty stoked about that. I think he likes me, so thats cool.

Anywho, i'm super frustrated with a roomate, but mainly because he doesn't think of anyone but himself. He whines a lot too. Really annoying. No one here needs to hear you whine.

My cool roomate is in aspen at the x-games, and i'm glad i didn't go, because i would be really tired right now, and cold.

yeah, anywho, yeah.

we've all been duped.

2005-01-26T16:20:00.000-07:00

So... today i found out that this TV ratings thing I did was market research.

That was it.

They bought some crappy TV shows that no one knows about, and have been showing them for (at least) 6 years.

http://teevee.org/archive/2001/05/09/

so, that leads me to believe, that yes, it is just market research, as I had suspected.

They still owe me two bags fulla crap, so i'm going to call them and demand it.

---- post calll ----

So they said that basically "the person that used to give that crap out got fired." in so many words, so they're trying to catch everyone up. The lady said she would go look up my name on the computer, and call me back tomarrow with an ETA of.... tihs is where it gets cool... CHECKS! She said that instead of giving me crap, they're going to give me money. How cool is that? Instead of 2 shavers, and 2 of everything else, i'm going to get 2 checks. Sweet! I told the lady that i had won twice, and she was like "well, good thing we gave you checks so you can go gamble now with that kind of luck!" Funny stuff.

**idea!**

I estimate that the vaule is around $200 each, so thats $400 bones. Hmm... a new mac mini is 479... but i'm in debt 800...

decisions decisions.

By the way, thanks to readers like you, I've eclipsed the point on google adsense where I get paid. So thats some more money coming in, and i've still got a check from that weber state game i worked coming in, so thats bam.

I might actually be doing something right. I really think i'm getting hooked up something fierce, and I'm not quite sure why.

Cool night, dumb roomates.

2005-01-23T13:17:00.000-07:00

I think my sister and I are blessed with dumb roomates. Her new roomates are really crazy. Crazy like not good crazy. My roomate is annoying roomate. He friggin takes my chapstick before i've used it and molests it with his lips. Gross.

Anywho, last nights party was awesome. It was 'invite only' which means we spent 45 minutes in the cold waiting, untill security went and rushed us in the back entrance. We saw tyreese, John Singleton (who by the way, can't dance at all), anthony anderson, and I think i saw ludacris there (uncorroberated, it was across the room, and i think he would have gotten on stage if he was really there.) At any rate, we saw Rob Schnieder outside, and that was cool, so yeah. There was sundance.

Its pretty cool to --#1-- get in an invite only party and #2-- be only 20 and get in. Free drinks all around, but i didn't drink, but yeah.

And for those who think invite only parties are for beautiful people only, you're completley wrong. NO SINGLE HOT GIRLS in there at all, and the ones that were there had boyfriends or looked slutty. At any rate, ugly people can party down. They had not only dancing to hip-hop, they even had everquest 2 stations set up, along with a ps2 wall, and some good ol' texas hold-em poker.

Earlier in the day, I worked at the UofU doing the scoreboard, so that was fairly neat. It was a fun game, and I did well, so that was cool. Then i rode trax to the library to wait for the driving situation to clear up, so that was kind of fun. I don't get how they make money off of trax, because no one has to buy tickets. I have a ed-pass, so its not like i was in trouble anyway, but yeah.

The library was fun, I read an interesting book, that i posted about yesterday (i just remembered, so this is kind of a pointless recap) but yeah.

I got my check in the mail yesterday for 35 bucks.

Life is good.

UPDATE: I confirmed that I saw Wilmer Valdaramma (from that 70s show). I thought I saw him, but then I found out from other friends that he was out our party.

Go team.

today is good.

2005-01-22T16:12:00.000-07:00

Today is a good day. I think its a reward for doing well spiritually, or something. My life is getting really cool, and thats really cool. I'm really really excited to move out of the 'doldrums' of life and move into a better phase.

I'm really going to graduate in summer. I know i've written about it before, but its just so important to me, and i'm so excited for it. That makes 3 semesters total that i've had to pay for school, but i'm ok with that. 3 out of 8 is better than 50% (38% of semesters paid).

I had a stats guy that was really on the ball today, so that was cool. The game went well, and solidified in my mind that andrew bogut is going to be someone in the NBA. He had 18 points when UNM had 18. He alone was beating UNM in rebounds, and in points (he ended the game beating them in rebounds still.)

Tonight i'm going to Sundance, to a celebrity party. I'm pretty friggin psyched about it, and i'm really hoping that i'll see someone cool. I could have worked it, but I really didn't want to, since I just barley worked. Its kind of like taking a vacation for a few hours, and the party i'm going to should be of the hizzle. I wonder if they'll get mad because i'm wearing a dress up shirt, dress up pants, and then friggin chuck taylors? I forgot my shoes, so yeah, needless to say thats what i'm wearing.

I'm pretty stoked overall on today. Go today. I'm going to go ride trax back to my car parked at the U and go visit some more sites in slc. I'm at the library right now, its pretty rad. I love having free bus and trax passes.

BTW: What the freak is Shkeva Bijeljina? It was on the back of a car. I haven't googled it yet, but i'm leaving the library now, so thats not really an option.

Book from the library: Matthew R Kerbel's "If it bleeds, it leads." (shut up grammar nazis about the capitalization) Its a great sarcastic look at the world of TV news. I read 20 pages, and thought it was pretty interesting.

Peace.

ESPN & Graduation

2005-01-22T09:19:00.000-07:00

I'm leaving to work for the U of Utah basketball, its on ESPN, so watch. I'm the scoreboard person.

Anyway, also:

I"M GRADUATING THIS SEMEsTER (walking this semester)

i'm techincally graduating in summer (12cr summer). But yeah.

go team.

WebCT

2005-01-20T09:55:00.000-07:00

So a couple of things

#1-- Its almost 10 am and i'm still not getting ready.
Since I dropped all my classes yesterday, I don't have to get ready for my 10am bore-fest.
#2-- Thats ok!
Also, all my classes are online, which should be pretty interesting to say the least.
#3-- i hate holding on hold for hold holders.
I had to call WSU's computing support like 6 times, leave a message, and call again. They only have 1 technician i think, and thats annoying for those of us who have screwed up techincal issues. I think it was my friend gale, who gave me my first story 2 years ago. She's in charge of campus databases, and when the SQL slammer hit, she was going crazy.
#4-- My online classes are screwed up
Since #1 happened, none of my online classes have shown up on my class list for online classes. Class.
#5-- I hope that i don't get ephed.
I'm really hoping that they fix it. They said if i check within a half an hour, that i would be good, but you know, if it doesnt change, uhoh.

Quicktime awesomeness

2005-01-19T22:41:00.000-07:00

I know i've talked about my friend J before, but this movie is awesome.

heli.mov (video/quicktime Object)

Its j in a helicopter over my hometown. There was a lot of flooding recently, and he got to shoot it.

cool stuff.

headache.

2005-01-19T21:33:00.000-07:00

I've got a headache. I'm over stressing.

I switched minors to sales and service technology. Its all online, and i hear its easy. w00t.

i'll write more later.

done with the bane of existance

2005-01-19T12:05:00.000-07:00

I switched minors today.

If you're in the multimedia department, and you read this, read this:

Those were the worst classes i've ever had. I already did 3 assignments for one, just to entertain myself during class.

Advice: Don't take classes in stuff you're already good at. Its just murder.

This post brought to you by the word RENDER, and MUX.

2005-01-14T19:30:00.000-07:00

So its like 7pm MST and i'm still at work. I got here (late) at 3PM. I've been working on a dvd for a while, but its just about wrapped up.

So i figured out why my blog is going to be interesting again:

I'm going to start reporting again.

Wow... something relevant to talk about? Amaaazin' fruit!

Actually, i'll predicate it with this first post in the new era of the b-lizzog.

The power of the press is great, and so is being in school. Its really easy for me to talk to more important people now. The words "I'm with TV News" combined with "its a student broadcast" have people willing to talk! I was working on an interview with one of my favorite writers, maddox, but unfortunatly it fell through. My next interview? Project Honeypot .

Project Honeypot is yet another effort in the war on unsolicited e-mail. Their aim? To stop 'spyders' from crawling the internet, and harvesting anything that has an @ sign in it. They developed an application (well, more accuratly a script) that generates websites with e-mail addresses. These addresses re-direct to project honeypot, and any robot that vists these sites is marked as a potential spammer.

Does the effort work? I'll find out when I interview one of the founders, Ben Dahl. He's from SLC ironically enough.

My writing has improved immensely, since i re-figured out how to write broadcast style again. I think i'm starting to even dream in conversational broadcast style now.

My dvd finished, its pretty cool looking, and I did all the menus and everything. I'm burning two more test copies to make sure its ok.

First week of classes results:

Suck. I hate multimedia. I know they're going to read this blog, but I think they hate having me in class as much as I hate it. They probably think i'm a (insert favorite demeaning word here), and i'm just screwing off in their classes, which is partly true, but there really isn't anything they can do about it. I've used photoshop since i was in 10th grade, dreamweaver since version 1-2 (9th grade?) I started programming my own personal geocities site (when i was 12) so its not like i'm new at this. Its really frustrating because it feels like they're wasting my time, but i don't know how they could change it.

Anywho, yeah. I'm going to try and wrap up this project. Peace.

multimedia -- helping me update my blog

2005-01-13T13:22:00.000-07:00

Everyday of my multimedia classes makes me want to slash my wrists.

Lost of conflicting information:

"html can't center stuff."

Last time i checked (center) (with alligators) still worked.

html 4.0 anyone? actually, html 2.0?

i hate this soooooo bad.

Multimedia: A minor that makes me angry

2005-01-11T11:53:00.000-07:00

So, i was trying to figure out what my minor was, and as you can tell by the title, i chose.

Multimedia.

AKA: "Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Indesign for retards."

This is driving me insane. At least at Dixie State College, their multimedia program is challenging for everyone. Their projects stress design elements as well as program mastery.

I'm in class, so i should go, but just know I'm hating this semester.