- The Patriots lost the Superbowl. On a related note, Wyman, a fan of all things Boston, noticed a sudden surge in text messages stating, simply, “So, sucks to be you, right?”
- I was on the weekend evening news twice. Not once, twice. Basically, we have these short promos during commercial breaks called “cluster busters” that air right before sports. Usually, they consist of Edward, our sports anchor, sitting in the sports office talking about some event, closing with a slow zoom on whatever package he happens to be editing in Avid.
Well, I just happened to be in the sports office doing God-knows-what when a photographer came in saying he needed to shoot a buster for the 11:00. Edward was doing a story on the Asheville Tough Man boxing competition and, in a sudden moment of inspiration, decided to have me box him while he talked about said competition. It took probably 12 or 13 takes due to him cracking up, but it ended up turning out okay. I’m currently trying to find the video.
As for the other appearance, it was also a buster. Edward decided to watch the Superbowl with us in the newsroom and eat our pizza and Bojangle’s and the time came to shoot another promo. He decided to capitalize on the fact that there was only one person actually working at the time when the rest of us were sitting around eating. Guess who happened to be sitting next to him? Yep, me.
If I’m in any more busters, I fear I may be the new sidekick for the sports department. Heyoooooo!
- I finally — FINALLY — got my medical paperwork sent in last week. And what should I find sitting in my inbox a few days later but a cheery letter from an RN at the State Department. Aside from me now being able to eat eggs, I am now cleared — medically, at least — to serve at any post worldwide. If they ask for any more blood, I think I might just start stocking up and keep some samples in the fridge. The bruises are finally clearing up.
- Justin Ladd was in a Superbowl commercial. Well, his voice was. Apparently, Justin sounds a lot like Justin Timberlake and he just happened to be at work while JT was doing ADR for his big Pepsi commercial. The producers hated the way JT screamed, so they opted for Justin to do all voice work for the times when JT had to scream and react to hitting things. The video can be seen right here:
Well, enough about all of that. Perhaps I’ll post a review or something soon to balance out all the “Hey, look at meeeeeeeeee” posts of late.
