i wont lie...there are a lot of things i dont understand: why do cats always land on their feet? who put those stupid tags on mattresses that says you cant remove them? why cant i be tan even though im a red head? (lol...gotta take the good with the bad!)

another thing i dont understand is why is it that everytime someone dies in either a car accident or something terrible happens to them, reporters always have to try to go talk to the family members? i mean really, what purpose does that serve? why do we do that? and i want a REAL reason...not just, well because the other stations do and that's how it's always been done.

i bring this up because today i did a story about a DUI wreck that happend where a 16 year old boy was killed...so of course, had to try to get some interviews with the boys family and friends. the whole thing kind of felt like a circus though...i was there, the ABC station was there, the CBS, and the FOX station. i mean can you imagine being this kids parents or friends and some reporters who you dont know are coming up to you at your house, wanting to interview you about your son who just died 2 days ago?! why do these people ever even agree to do the interviews? if it were me, there's no way i would ever do it.

i guess im guilty too because i did the story even though i dont agree with the principle of it. whenever i do a story like this i always try to write it seems i'm talking about a real person...not just a one minute and 15 second story.

here's the link:

http://www.nbc17.com/midatlantic/ncn/news.apx.-content-articles-NCN-2008-02-11-0029.html

sorry to end on a depressing note! here's a smile:

:)