Travel & Lifestyle Freelance Writer | Market Research Consultant
So yesterday I played journalist and wrote an article about the Sweetheart Balloon Rally that’s going on up in Loveland this weekend.
After talking with a bunch of different people, I decided that this was, hands down, my best quote. It’s from a girl who had just gotten off of her first balloon ride.
“It was so amazing! It literally felt like you were floating!”
Yup, I’d give her some genius points for that one.
Which is obviously the reason that though I get most FM channels on my little alarm clock radio, I don’t get NPR.
I woke up to freakin’ “I Will Survive (hey, hey),” while the rest of the world heard that Steve Jobs resigned from Apple.
Though that particular tune might be applicable to the current mindset of journalists everywhere, I feel that actually hearing news upon waking from my slumber would be far more journalistic.
About two years ago I promised myself that I would never again buy chapstick.
After acquiring another six free sticks of SPF-ed lip balm thanks to Boulder’s annual Bike to Work Day (my favorite holiday), I hereby renew that promise:
I, Courtney Holden, aspiring professional journalista, hereby promise, once again to, from hereafter, never
again purchase a product that coats my lips.
/s/ Courtney Holden
(I’d sign here, but I can’t figure out how to change my font to something in cursive.:
It’s one of those crazy days …
You know the kind where you feel like someone jammed a chopstick in your ear and scrambled your brains around?
Yeah, one of those kinds of days.
Yay for the end of the semester (note heavy sarcasm).
What does it say about me that all I want to do today is hole up in a warm, dark room and write? Maybe I’ll eat a little …
I feel like I’m going back to the womb.
Sigh. The life of an aspiring freelancer …
I was just stood up for an interview because the woman I’d scheduled to meet had to take care of her son after the school called her saying he’d gotten a concussion.
I’m just wondering how often this happens to journalists when the interviewee is a male …
Just a thought to chew on.
If you disagree and want to speak your mind, I’d welcome any comments.