tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89751092008-11-05T15:13:29.651-06:00The usually pointless ramblings of television news photojournalist!ewinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04780030095407257198noreply@blogger.comBlogger479125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8975109.post-2798232187724844042008-10-31T20:12:00.000-06:002008-10-31T20:54:14.407-06:00

...is the way we shouldn't be. So gas here in Tulsa has finally dropped back below $2.00/gallon. Rumor has it that gas may get down to $1.70 or so before bottoming out. Is that really a good thing? Most people would say 'Yes, what kind of dumbass question is that'. But I, and I am not alone, contend that cheaper gas is not really a positive for our economy and national security. Don't get me

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So I was planning on taking you folks on a stroll down memory lane today, but somehow, despite being the worlds most obsessive pack-rat, I cannot find my cassette Walkman. Yes, I do need it, since the audio contained on several cassette tapes is relevant to the story. I seriously spent probably an hour going through all my still unpacked boxes (despite the fact I moved in 18 months ago)

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My vacation, that is. I am sure no one here even knew I was on vacation. You're probably wondering to yourself, 'why didn't he blog about it?' Well, okay, no one is actually wondering that. However, I will tell you why I didn't blog about it regardless. I have not blogged anything about it because I didn't go anywhere. To borrow a made up word from the world of news, I had a 'staycation.'

ewinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04780030095407257198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8975109.post-62059613718232537342008-10-22T05:01:00.000-05:002008-10-22T05:12:00.262-05:00

What did I do? Nothing illegal. I created a new blog! FUNKDAFACATION! It's an anime blog. Sorry. I know what you're thinking. You're thinking 'WTF DUDE?!?! You can't even blog on your regular blog! How the hell are you going to be able to blog on two of them?!?!' Calm down and let me explain. First off, I haven't been blogging on here because I was still trying to keep the blog somewhat

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I think the title pretty much says it all. I have come to the realization that short of some sort of miracle, I will never be a television news photographer again. That said, I expect blogging to increase! How is that possible, you might ask? Well for the last few months I have been not blogging because I felt that anything I blogged should be related to my profession, with a few exceptions.

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So, here comes Ike, coming to wtfpwn Tina, err Texas. I was watching on one of the Houston TV stations website the storm surge, from the hurricane that is still 150 or so miles away, hop Galveston's sea walls like they weren't even there. Check out what the NWS has to say about Ike. LIFE THREATENING FLOOD INUNDATION IS LIKELY! ALL NEIGHBORHOODS...AND POSSIBLY ENTIRE COASTAL COMMUNITIES...

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I have still not had a cigarette. Will be a week when I wake up later today. However I totally broke my carbohydrate rule today and ate some crackers with my ham and swiss snackable (which I was forced to buy from the Wheel of Death since I forgot to make my own lunch). I also had some soup Saturday night, which pushed me over my 20 carbs a day. I have determined that it's very hard to not eat

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I know you all have been waiting on pins and needles for my take on John McCain's acceptance speech. So I will keep you waiting no longer. Senator John McCain is certainly no Barack Obama when it comes to speaking. In fact if you were to try to compare the two speeches, I would throw a yellow flag at you and declare a fifteen yard penalty. It seriously would be like trying to compare a blog

ewinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04780030095407257198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8975109.post-2918461755808525332008-09-02T05:13:00.001-05:002008-09-02T05:52:02.291-05:00

So I am awake, against my own will. I ended up napping most of Labor Day away with CNN in the background going nuts over Gustav. And when that failed to slaughter millions, Palin's daughter. I slept for a couple of hours tonight, but I at this point I don't think I can get back to sleep. Even if I could, I need to be up in three hours anyway, so what's the point, eh? Anyway, I had the strangest

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By the time I am done writing this, Hurricane Gustav will be very close to making landfall. According to NOAA predictions, it looks like it will catch NOLA with it's northeast side; the most powerful side of a counter-clockwise spinning hurricane. We had a short show today and not much for me to do, so I spent a lot of the day on the internet. I checked out CNN, FOX, BBC, etc. One thing they

ewinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04780030095407257198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8975109.post-46796103262943270692008-08-31T23:13:00.001-05:002008-08-31T23:46:15.318-05:00

I have decided to do two long posts tonight, rather than one very long, multitopical megapost. I have been pondering why I have been so miserable lately and I figured that part of it was because I am a lonely miser and part of it was because I am an uneducated buffoon. Figuring out why I was an uneducated buffoon was easy. I have no education and I am a moron. The moron part might not be

ewinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04780030095407257198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8975109.post-80933212782515833132008-08-29T00:17:00.001-05:002008-08-29T01:15:28.506-05:00

I decided after my watch incident to try and cheer myself up by going and seeing a movie. Based on the commercials and the credentials of one of the writers, I chose 'Hamlet 2'. After all, who could not want to see a movie with Jesus and a young Hispanic man exchanging cell phone numbers? But I will get to that in a minute. I realized I had missed the early showing, so I would have to wait till

ewinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04780030095407257198noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8975109.post-72054790116803902452008-08-28T20:32:00.000-05:002008-08-28T20:37:28.191-05:00

Another example how life likes to shit on me at every opportunity it can. During my cleaning and reorganizing that still continues several weeks later, I found an old watch that I hadn't seen in years! I was thrilled, but the battery was dead. Lucky for me the jewelry store across the street does watch batteries, so I went over there and paid 15$ to get the batteries replaced. Not more than 50

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It's a line used by Homer Simpson in an episode where he had a heart attack. He says to Dr. Hibbert, "Well, what doesn't kill me makes me stronger, right?" Dr. Hibbert chuckles as he does and replies, "Heavens no! In fact this has left you weak as a kitten." Hibbert then goes on to pester poor Homer by poking him, taking his nose, things like that. Homer then cries out, "Stop! Remember your

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My own that is. After I finished my rant and I was lying in my bed with CNN rambling on quietly in the background, I had one of those 'D'oh!' moments. I realized that I can get all my DVC videos onto my computer the same way I did the cardboard man standoff and the few other news stories I have on here. DVCPro to MiniDV. There is an adapter that allows you to put a MiniDV tape into a DVCPro

ewinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04780030095407257198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8975109.post-23532080829212556102008-08-17T01:25:00.000-05:002008-08-17T02:02:40.704-05:00

I could essentially sum up this entire blog entry in a single sentence. I hate Macs. No, let me fix that. I FUCKING hate Macs. There are hundreds of reasons to hate Macintosh, including the fact that they are nothing but the attention starved little brother to the PC that try so hard to be just as cool as him. But my reason is a little more personal. As part of what I am calling Operation

ewinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04780030095407257198noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8975109.post-1230845014251137302008-08-11T21:13:00.001-05:002008-08-11T22:08:16.189-05:00

Hardcore, sickening fail. I speak of CNN and its viewers/readers. As well as those who view FOX News' website. Here are some facts: What could very well be a major conflict that could end up causing the United States to deploy forces is going on in Georgia. Something that could cause disruptions to the supply of oil - Georgia has 20 or so thousand cubic meters of oil flowing through it.

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Or Vancouver, though I don't think as many people pay as much attention to the Winter Olympics as they do the summer Olympics. At any rate, I would have loved to have been a fly on the wall at London Olympics Organizing Committee's office after they watched the opening ceremonies in Beijing. "Bloody hell, how are we going to top that?!" "'Ell if I know. I quit." It was a SPEC-FUCKING-TACULAR

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Yo! I am in the process of cleaning, part of which involves taking my old tapes that I have sitting around and converting them to QT so I can store them on my computer. Anyway, as I find stuff I like, I will post it as a BLAST from the Past! My first one is by far my favorite story I have ever done. This was from back in Springfield. I was dispatched to a neighborhood on the southeast side

ewinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04780030095407257198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8975109.post-31679823955031711852008-08-02T23:45:00.003-05:002008-08-03T00:15:24.582-05:00

As I complete my third or forth (I honestly cannot remember which) week of editing, I have come to determine that my station must have incredible faith in me. A lot of people assume that since I was a photographer who edited my own work, I would be able to slip into an editors position quite well. But there are differences between editing a package and editing 263 VO/SOTs. First, when it comes

ewinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04780030095407257198noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8975109.post-17247759410685236542008-07-31T15:19:00.005-05:002008-07-31T15:28:44.766-05:00

Going through some old pictures of mine, wondering why I took some of them, when I stumbled across this one. Took this when we were up in St. George for the Warren Jeffs trial. I'd say I have the mind of a 12 year old, but I think that would be an insult to a lot of 12 year olds.

ewinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04780030095407257198noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8975109.post-40464588257742749182008-07-31T14:51:00.003-05:002008-07-31T14:54:44.778-05:00

Hi! I have a Facebook profile. Facebook is like Myspace, if they banned teenagers and people like me. Except they didn't ban people like me. But none the less, I did have to keep my profile a little less juvenile. Here it is if you'd like to add me as a friend! Please do. I only have like 9. Thanks.

ewinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04780030095407257198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8975109.post-54160242438910110372008-07-30T20:48:00.002-05:002008-07-30T21:11:40.721-05:00

Why the fuck does it take me 13 days to write up the second part of my story? Because I had another seizure. Are you happy, you jerks? ARE YOU?!?!?! I actually did, but it wasn't a big deal. Had to go to the hospital, which cost me 200 smackers, but the EMSA paramedic was H-O-T! As for the reason? Well, some of us are not lazy nor stupid. Some of us are. I'm the latter. Ran out of meds, waited

ewinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04780030095407257198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8975109.post-55108598374066198902008-07-17T22:09:00.002-05:002008-07-17T22:33:44.601-05:00

Sorry, I know it's late. I get distracted by shiny objects and have been dealing with some frustrations. Anyway... My last Saturday, which was last Saturday... It was just my last Saturday shooting, I still work there, but in case you haven't been keeping up, I was demoted (sorta) to editor. Sidenote: I can't drive still, so the reporters have to drive and it apparently ticked one of them off,

ewinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04780030095407257198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8975109.post-11470246230360365642008-07-15T01:15:00.003-05:002008-07-15T01:19:14.422-05:00

And I managed to not screw anything up! Go me! I actually got the entire Noon show done, before it was over even! I will say this, I have a bit more respect for editors now. I always wondered how long it could possibly take to edit some teases and VO/SOTs. Now I know! It was a semi-rough day though. Too much breaking news, not enough staff ends up giving the editors some packs to edit... Oy!

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