Black Friday!

Alas I have evaded the urge to venture out amongst the shopping hordes on this the holiest shopping day of the year. My wife and I try to make the majority of our Christmas purchases through online markets in the months leading up to Thanksgiving. This helps keep debt off of the credit cards and maintains a lower blood pressure as we don't have to fight to drive across towns and battle other customers over who was in what line or I had this toy first. Its almost as if for one day sensibility evaporates from our minds and we become driving by one thing SHOPPING!!! Ah it feels good to know that I can just veg out today and hear about the yahoos on the news cast later tonight. The other thing we do to avoid the frenzy is venture up to Kittery Maine to the outlets. If you go between Thanksgiving and Christmas the deals are much better than Black Friday and they have all the clothing outlets we are looking for to clothe our children and nieces and nephews. Do you brave the masses or avoid it all together?

This just in......

Writing short articles for the morning news program that I intern at is invigorating. Granted it sucks to have to get up at 4:20 in the morning and work between 4 and 7 hours a day three days a week for free but that's how most of the internships are out there. The new experience and being able to mess around with the equipment at my leisure is pretty cool. I enjoy doing the voice pieces just as much as writing them. The production board is next on my list of things to learn how to do and multitasking does not describe what the position entails. There is so much to monitor and work its mind boggling. Like anything though I know it will get easier with time and practice. Unfortunately I fear my days there are numbered due to the fact that I have to start working for money or I will begin to experience financial strain. I have developed a good relationship with the host of the program though and I'm pretty sure he'll let me come back whenever I want to do as much as I can. So to anyone out there that is considering finding something to get their hands dirty and doesn't mind workin for free, I highly encourage you to test the waters and get some experience. It will pay off trust me!

Bad Milk

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101110/ap_on_he_me/as_china_tainted_milk_trial

    That is the hyperlink to a yahoo news article about a father in China who was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison for inciting social disorder. His son was one of 300,000 children sickened by melamine-tainted milk. Six children died from this poisoning which can cause kidney stones and Kidney failure.
    The charges brought against this father are atrocious, "That he organized a gathering of a dozen parents of sick children at a restaurant, held a paper sign in front of a court and factory involved in the scandal as a protest, and gave media interviews in a public place."
    It is odd that I closed the real player after watching The Corporation only to find this as the story buzzing on the yahoo news page. The desperate need for stiffer regulation of these corporations is ever present. Being a father myself I would have done the exact same thing if my son had been subject to such a criminal act. I would not stop until those responsible were held accountable for their actions.

DVD releases

Wooo!
Gonna have to shell out some cash for a couple Blu-ray releases. I am pumped though, I can't wait to catch these titles in all their high def glory on my couch. Inception was such a perfectly formed movie from the first all the way to the final frame. The Pacific was good, not as good as Band of Brothers but awesome none the less.

Wish me luck

Start my days on the airwaves Monday! Excited but not incredibly so, trying to keep myself grounded and focused.  I want to soak up everything that I can from this experience. The people working there are very friendly and seem very willing to talk about everything and anything. I am hoping to learn something new every day that I'm there. Anyone have any similar experiences? More to come on how my first few days went.