My new job is fantastic! The people are great, and in the past two days there have been nice surprises (the publisher's wife made everyone great big Christmas wreaths and they buy lunch for the whole staff on Fridays!). It is really strange being hired to be a "boss," but I think I can get used to it OK.
Saturday morning, I'll go in early to put the finishing touches on next week's front page, and then edit/layout the inside sports pages. Hoping all goes well.
Thought I'd relate a funny story that happened on my very first day ...
We have an opening for a part-time photographer, and this dude comes in (without calling ahead, grrr!) to talk to me about it. He is carrying his portfolio and has an old Nikon SLR slung around his shoulder. He introduces himself, then we go back to the newsroom to talk about the opening.
Well, he looks like a character. While you can't always judge an entire book by its cover, you can sort of tell what it's about. In a nutshell, this guy is sturrr-ange. His entire photographic portfolio comprises photos of one professional athlete, taken from 1976 to the present. There's even a picture of the guy with this athlete.
I hesitate to tell you the name of the athlete, just in case Freakshow decides to Google the guy's name and my site pops up making fun of his religion. So I'll risk telling you that the athlete is Moe Humidddd Awleee and he's a bockser. Freakshow is even wearing a pin on his jacket that says "Awleee." As great as the Great One is, floating like a butterfly and stinging like a bee isn't necessarily worthy of outright worship.
Needless to say, that dude won't be covering high school sports for us. In fact, I wouldn't want him anywhere near children of any age. I can see the lawsuit filings now ...
Have a great weekend! The 12 Days of Christmas are upon us. See you peeps later!
"old Nikon SLR" black body or chrome? Used to be that being a little (or a lot) freaky was mark of good photog -- maybe not so much anymore. Seriously, sounds like your first day was perfect: a little bit of everything and nothing boring i.e. the reason we do journalism instead of the big bucks jobs:)
LOL!!!! Was he wearing boots with flames on them?
Greetings from Smalltown!
This is my first visit to your site. Found you through Clear Lakes Mark. Wow, great first day! Will enjoy following your progress.
Hey T-Bone. Glad to see you're settling in and taking names. This photographer dude reminds me of Dennis Hopper in "Apocalypse Now"
"He's a great man. I'm a little man. I'm a little man...."
Oh, the twelve days....yeah, like I remember how many pipers were piping...
I posted once and got booted out. If this is a repeat please accept my apologies.
I just wanted to say what a great story you told.
And also wish you all success on a job that sounds like it might be terrific.
Your new job sounds great. Glad you're meeting such interesting people.
yeah ! new job, new fun. glad it's going well
Scareeey photoman is hilarious. I get a mental picture of Rip Van Winkle stuck in the 60's timewarp (think Christopher LLoyd). Weirdos abound it seems, but the harmless ones are great fodder, no?
That is too funny.
So did you guys give him the job?
As the boss I think it's your duty to give him the job...it seems he would be a never ending source of stories...or lawsuits. Either one.
new job sounds awesome! is there any way to get to it on line?
Sounds like you found Mohammhadddd Awhleeee's Stalllllkkkkkeerrr