Aloha Friday
Do you have any phobias?
I am very much afraid of rats. I'm also not very fond of snakes, but I'll take those any day over rats.
What’s your favorite summer movie so far this year?
"Batman Begins". No Michael, I'm not ripping off your answer.
Spread the spirit of blog aloha & pick someone off your blogroll for us to visit!
Okay, first I'll recommend Michael at Big Orange Michael. But since he also recommended me, I feel obligated to recommend another person also, so I'll point you toward my author friend Elizabeth Donald's new blog, although she doesn't update it enough. *grump*
Friday's Feast
Appetizer
Did you sleep good last night?
Pretty decently, or as well as I ever do (BTW, Lunestra really does make you want to sleep for 8 hours; however, four of those hours are after you have to get up in the morning, so another sleep aid bites the dust.) I had a dream about my own version of "A Girl in the Cafe'".
Soup
What is your current computer desktop image?
Believe it or not, a very gorgeous picture of the Nashville skyline taken by my ex-husband about two years ago. It's gotten so many compliments and requests for copies from coworkers that I hate to take it down. At home, I have a Green Wing screen, because I am still obsessed.
Salad
When was the last time you planted something, what was it and where did it go?
I planted some petunias last year in a garden box out on my tiny patio. They were very pretty. However, someone knocked the planter off of my ledge over the winter and I haven't been able to pick it up with all the soil inside to redo it this year.
Main Course
What's your favorite condiment?
Mustard. The spicier, the better.
Dessert
Share a quote that you like, for whatever reason..
Okay, here's where I'm going to take this to the next level. Earlier today, I wanted to do a "Lyrics Friday" post but didn't get any response, so I took it down. After an outcry from my public (hah!) I'm putting it back up.
And it starts like this we crave to be kissed
by a moment complete in its happiness
Far away from the things that we wish to escape
that lead us to think we are not awake
We are ourselves despite ourselves
this place gets smaller as the universe swells
We come to terms eventually, eventually, eventually.
I am not the only cowboy in this one horse metaphor
And I am not the only life guard who's
washed up on the shore
Now it's your turn to share lyrics. Funny or thoughtful, doesn't matter. Put them in comments.
8.12.2005
8.11.2005
For the future
Remind me never to harbor fugitives in my apartment, because I sure would hate for my housekeeping skills to be featured on the front page of CNN.com.
8.10.2005
My periodic letter to CNN
Dear CNN,
I would like to personally thank you for devoting 1 1/2 hours of breaking news coverage to the wrapup of the Kingston courthouse shootings. I also appreciate that it was actually breaking when you covered it, and not after the fact (read: the last London incident, where we heard "there's reports of unknown incidents in the London Underground" for at least an hour from Nic Robinson while Fox was smoking your ass on the details.) And I'm glad that Aaron Brown was on the desk, because he's at his best during this situation (idea: trade him to ABC to anchor WNT, which tracks an older demographic, and move Anderson Cooper to the 9 CST slot, when young adults might actually want to watch the news. *awaits flames*)
Oh, and "The Situation Room"? Not so much. Why do you have Wolf anchoring that? That would've been a prime place to have Bill Hemmer in to generate some heat with Kyra. But wait, he jumped ship to Fox because you wanted to make him move to D.C. Sorry. But in any case, it's tinkering time. "American Morning" isn't completely unwatchable anymore, so maybe take some lessons there.
In any case, it was nice to see two local and stellar PIO and director types (Jennifer Johnson and Mark Gwyn) get some national airtime on your network tonight. So thanks for stepping it up on this one. And keep it up, please.
Your fan still (although London2 made me waver a bit),
-D
I would like to personally thank you for devoting 1 1/2 hours of breaking news coverage to the wrapup of the Kingston courthouse shootings. I also appreciate that it was actually breaking when you covered it, and not after the fact (read: the last London incident, where we heard "there's reports of unknown incidents in the London Underground" for at least an hour from Nic Robinson while Fox was smoking your ass on the details.) And I'm glad that Aaron Brown was on the desk, because he's at his best during this situation (idea: trade him to ABC to anchor WNT, which tracks an older demographic, and move Anderson Cooper to the 9 CST slot, when young adults might actually want to watch the news. *awaits flames*)
Oh, and "The Situation Room"? Not so much. Why do you have Wolf anchoring that? That would've been a prime place to have Bill Hemmer in to generate some heat with Kyra. But wait, he jumped ship to Fox because you wanted to make him move to D.C. Sorry. But in any case, it's tinkering time. "American Morning" isn't completely unwatchable anymore, so maybe take some lessons there.
In any case, it was nice to see two local and stellar PIO and director types (Jennifer Johnson and Mark Gwyn) get some national airtime on your network tonight. So thanks for stepping it up on this one. And keep it up, please.
Your fan still (although London2 made me waver a bit),
-D
8.09.2005
Punkman needs to go
I have been stewing over a post about the Titans' illustrious first-round pick and current holdout for a few days now. But today Big Orange Michael wrote it for me, almost word-for-word. Thanks, Michael!
Just one addition - a response to Pacman's agent's latest statement about his client:
"Adam cares very much about his teammates, and they care about him."
Yeah, there's nothing like (allegedly) picking a fight with the QB's buddy to show you really care. And why in the heck should they care about him? Because he managed to be on the field during a couple of days of minicamp? If he wants his teammates to give a s&*% about him, he needs to grow up and get his butt into training camp.
Just one addition - a response to Pacman's agent's latest statement about his client:
"Adam cares very much about his teammates, and they care about him."
Yeah, there's nothing like (allegedly) picking a fight with the QB's buddy to show you really care. And why in the heck should they care about him? Because he managed to be on the field during a couple of days of minicamp? If he wants his teammates to give a s&*% about him, he needs to grow up and get his butt into training camp.
For every loss, there is hope
Sunday night, Peter Jennings died following a battle against lung cancer. Today, Dana Reeves announced her own battle against the disease. And those are only two of the thousands of stories that could be told in this country, much less worldwide. Most of them stay silent.
I would daresay that everyone reading this has been affected by cancer on some level. My grandfather had prostate cancer and died two years ago of lymphoma. My great-grandmother died of cervical cancer before I was born. My dad has precancerous lesions that are the precursors of the same lymphoma that killed my grandfather. For many others, their losses and battles are more personal. But for others, there are stories of survival.
Yesterday, at the end of one of his stories, one of our reporters mentioned his own battle with cancer - something that none of us in the newsroom knew about. Today when I commended him on his remarks, he told us that he has survived both testicular and lung cancer, and has been cancer-free since 2002. He has been at this station for as long as I have, but had never talked about his previous illness before. Before yesterday, when a journalist whom he admired died of the disease that he'd fought, and he knew it was important to stand up and tell his story.
That's a reminder that for as many people who don't win their own battles against cancer, there are survivors. Just like a lot of the people who die, their names aren't known, but they bear the scars just like the survivors of any war. And as researchers continue to look for treatments and vaccines and other methods to end the fight, more and more people can stand up and say that they are cancer-free. They can stand as examples of where money has saved lives, and will save more. Like, hopefully, Dana Reeve's.
I've worn a LiveStrong bracelet for months, but like most ornaments, it had lost its meaning a bit. Now I plan on making another donation to cancer research and support - not only in memory of Peter Jennings and the other people we've lost, but in support of Mike Browning and the other people who are still around. And I hope that everyone takes this opportunity to learn more about what you can do to make cancer history instead of reality.
LiveStrong
American Cancer Society
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
Sarah Cannon Cancer Center
Cancer Research UK
Gilda's Club
I would daresay that everyone reading this has been affected by cancer on some level. My grandfather had prostate cancer and died two years ago of lymphoma. My great-grandmother died of cervical cancer before I was born. My dad has precancerous lesions that are the precursors of the same lymphoma that killed my grandfather. For many others, their losses and battles are more personal. But for others, there are stories of survival.
Yesterday, at the end of one of his stories, one of our reporters mentioned his own battle with cancer - something that none of us in the newsroom knew about. Today when I commended him on his remarks, he told us that he has survived both testicular and lung cancer, and has been cancer-free since 2002. He has been at this station for as long as I have, but had never talked about his previous illness before. Before yesterday, when a journalist whom he admired died of the disease that he'd fought, and he knew it was important to stand up and tell his story.
That's a reminder that for as many people who don't win their own battles against cancer, there are survivors. Just like a lot of the people who die, their names aren't known, but they bear the scars just like the survivors of any war. And as researchers continue to look for treatments and vaccines and other methods to end the fight, more and more people can stand up and say that they are cancer-free. They can stand as examples of where money has saved lives, and will save more. Like, hopefully, Dana Reeve's.
I've worn a LiveStrong bracelet for months, but like most ornaments, it had lost its meaning a bit. Now I plan on making another donation to cancer research and support - not only in memory of Peter Jennings and the other people we've lost, but in support of Mike Browning and the other people who are still around. And I hope that everyone takes this opportunity to learn more about what you can do to make cancer history instead of reality.
LiveStrong
American Cancer Society
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
Sarah Cannon Cancer Center
Cancer Research UK
Gilda's Club
8.07.2005
Good night, Peter
Peter Jennings lost his battle with lung cancer tonight. It apparently wasn't a shock to his colleagues, but it was to me. When I saw his last broadcast around six months ago, when his voice was hoarse and weak but he was in consumate anchor form, I never thought that would be the end for him. I fully expected for him to be back in that anchor chair again,
Goodbye, Peter. Many of us will never forget what we've learned from you. You were truly one of the people in news that was an example of class, of humility, and for putting the value of truth above all else.
(And on a related-yet-unrelated note, finding this out right after watching Nate's funeral on SFU sucked. There's also been a lot of loss this week elsewhere within my family. Today at church, after lighting a candle for a little girl who died way too soon, I found a poem inside of the "Singing the Living Tradition" hymnal by e.e. cummings. I'm fairly sure this is the correct one. )
i thank You God for most this amazing
day:for the leaping greenly spirits of trees
and a blue true dream of sky;and for everything
wich is natural which is infinite which is yes
(i who have died am alive again today,
and this is the sun's birthday;this is the birth
day of life and love and wings:and of the gay
great happening illimitably earth)
how should tasting touching hearing seeing
breathing any-lifted from the no
of all nothing-human merely being
doubt unimaginable You?
(now the ears of my ears awake and
now the eyes of my eyes are opened)
Goodbye, Peter. Many of us will never forget what we've learned from you. You were truly one of the people in news that was an example of class, of humility, and for putting the value of truth above all else.
(And on a related-yet-unrelated note, finding this out right after watching Nate's funeral on SFU sucked. There's also been a lot of loss this week elsewhere within my family. Today at church, after lighting a candle for a little girl who died way too soon, I found a poem inside of the "Singing the Living Tradition" hymnal by e.e. cummings. I'm fairly sure this is the correct one. )
i thank You God for most this amazing
day:for the leaping greenly spirits of trees
and a blue true dream of sky;and for everything
wich is natural which is infinite which is yes
(i who have died am alive again today,
and this is the sun's birthday;this is the birth
day of life and love and wings:and of the gay
great happening illimitably earth)
how should tasting touching hearing seeing
breathing any-lifted from the no
of all nothing-human merely being
doubt unimaginable You?
(now the ears of my ears awake and
now the eyes of my eyes are opened)
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