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No, not because I hate my roommate’s cat. (I do, but I that’s besides the point.)
I’m wondering because each time I head to work at the Daily Camera, I’m hoping that a group of people are outside smoking so that they can let me in the locked door.
Thus, because I’ve temporarily misplaced* my key, I’m promoting lung cancer.
*Misplaced=Lost likely permanently
Working on a pretty interesting story right now about the University of Colorado’s Green Labs program for the Daily Camera.
Unfortunately, everyone and their brother that I want to talk with is attending the Campus Sustainability Awards.
Congratulations to all of the winners, but please hustle your Earth-saving buns back to your desks. I need to talk to you!
Sigh. What are the freakin’ odds?
I was faced with my own non-indispensability this morning.
While walking through the parking lot on my way to the intern quarantine at the Daily Camera, I wondered what the headline would be if someone accidentally ran me over:
“Intern smooshed in parking lot”
“Devastating car accident leaves intern flattened”
Basically, I don’t think I’ve been working here long enough to earn a more refined moniker.
I need to start working harder.
So last weekend, I was chatting with a new friend, Mr. Eugene Buchanan. He’s a rad dude, a great writer, and he knows the paddling and ski industries backward and forward. (Check out his book, “Brothers on the Bashkaus: A Siberian Paddling Adventure” about a rugged rafting expedition.)
Anyway, we we discussing how so many people don’t read the news because it’s too, well, newsy. The writing is dry and boring, and far too frequently, the photos are crap. Hearing a similar viewpoint from a seasoned veteran–and listening to his confession that even when he does write front-page type stories, he still writes accessibly–gave me the confidence to put this post up on the Daily Camera’s environmental blog, Big Green Boulder … read the post, enter the contest, and then laugh at the photo’s caption.
Cheers to fun writing!