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Let me preface today's look into Christine's life by warning that a) I'm incredibly tired; b) fatique tends to have a negative effect on my humor skills; so c) NO, AG, I won't be as ha-ha as I usually am. Deal. Love ya.

So a new, bizarre discovery: I think I like country music. Well, some of it. Kinda. Let me 'splain: looooong story short, one of our local residents is one of the 10 contestants on the upcoming season of "Nashville Star." I've been covering her and her family for more than a month now, and decided I'd pitch my editors a great idea: send me to Nashville for the taping of the first episode, the only non-live one of the season. To my shock, dismay and delight, they said 'yes' and I just spent about three hectic, productive and fun days in Music City.

Got to attend the day rehearsal for the Tuesday night taping - slapped my little "limited access" media sticker on myself and felt real important for about 30 minutes. Got to see Wynonna Judd looking all diva-like, and catch the ins/outs of a television show. Was pretty cool. Then went to the actual taping that night where the judges voted someone off, though I'm not allowed to say who. Hey, it ain't Watergate, but I can keep a secret, my friends. Meanwhile, as I'm down there, it's hard not to get into the music, if even for a couple of days. Big & Rich performed at the show and I gotta tell ya, I'm liking their "Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy." Mostly 'cuz damn, that's funny. That shit is catchy, people, I'm tellin' ya. Been whistling all kinds of country stuff since I got back.

In other news, my paper apparently is sending me to IRE's Better Watchdog Journalism workshop in Madison next month. Sounds very cool, and I've never been to Madison, so I'm excited about that. Lots of nerdy things in store like sessions on computer-assisted reporting and public documents. Yes, I'm a geek and think it'll be cool.

So as you can see, the only real updates I have in my life deal with, well, not life so much, as work. All very cool stuff, but one of these days I'm going to have to schedule some time in there to, well, live. The quick synopsis of other relevant topics:

a) family: good, still kicking around
b) Work Dating Guy: good, still kicking around
c) friends: good, (hopefully) still kicking around, in process of forgiving me for being so out of touch?

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2006-03-09 7:18 PM Facing the Music City Previous Entry :: Next Entry Mood: (satisfyingly) Tired Read/Post Comments (6) Share on Facebook	Let me preface today's look into Christine's life by warning that a) I'm incredibly tired; b) fatique tends to have a negative effect on my humor skills; so c) NO, AG, I won't be as ha-ha as I usually am. Deal. Love ya. So a new, bizarre discovery: I think I like country music. Well, some of it. Kinda. Let me 'splain: looooong story short, one of our local residents is one of the 10 contestants on the upcoming season of "Nashville Star." I've been covering her and her family for more than a month now, and decided I'd pitch my editors a great idea: send me to Nashville for the taping of the first episode, the only non-live one of the season. To my shock, dismay and delight, they said 'yes' and I just spent about three hectic, productive and fun days in Music City. Got to attend the day rehearsal for the Tuesday night taping - slapped my little "limited access" media sticker on myself and felt real important for about 30 minutes. Got to see Wynonna Judd looking all diva-like, and catch the ins/outs of a television show. Was pretty cool. Then went to the actual taping that night where the judges voted someone off, though I'm not allowed to say who. Hey, it ain't Watergate, but I can keep a secret, my friends. Meanwhile, as I'm down there, it's hard not to get into the music, if even for a couple of days. Big & Rich performed at the show and I gotta tell ya, I'm liking their "Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy." Mostly 'cuz damn, that's funny. That shit is catchy, people, I'm tellin' ya. Been whistling all kinds of country stuff since I got back. In other news, my paper apparently is sending me to IRE's Better Watchdog Journalism workshop in Madison next month. Sounds very cool, and I've never been to Madison, so I'm excited about that. Lots of nerdy things in store like sessions on computer-assisted reporting and public documents. Yes, I'm a geek and think it'll be cool. So as you can see, the only real updates I have in my life deal with, well, not life so much, as work. All very cool stuff, but one of these days I'm going to have to schedule some time in there to, well, live. The quick synopsis of other relevant topics: a) family: good, still kicking around b) Work Dating Guy: good, still kicking around c) friends: good, (hopefully) still kicking around, in process of forgiving me for being so out of touch? Read/Post Comments (6) Previous Entry :: Next Entry Back to Top
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