March 4, 2010

So this morning, I was live on Fox 45's morning news show. What a blast! I'll have to keep this short because I'm exhausted right now (I woke up at 5:45 to get to the set this morning on time, earlier than I've been up EVER in my career as a grad student), but wow, that was fun. They started off by playing a news story about me, and then we talked live for a couple minutes about YDJ. Finally, I performed a jingle LIVE about their show. They loved it! I'll have a recording of it soon, but in the meantime, check out the segment they made about me at http://fox.daytonsnewssource.com/shared/newsroom/top_stories/videos/wkef_vid_3531.shtml. Enjoy!

P.S. - I left the news station this morning thinking that Pete, Kylie, Erin, Rhonda, and Mike are 5 of the nicest, coolest people I ever met. Sure, they look friendly on screen, but I was wondering how they'd act when they weren't in the spotlight. I sort of expected them to be divas who'd look all pissy and throw fits about levels not being right or problems with the teleprompter, but alas, that wasn't the case. Off the light, if anything, they were NICER! They seemed genuinely pleased to meet me and were curious about me and really engaged me in conversation. To be honest, I almost felt like I were back in junior high and the coolest kids in school started talking with me and being all chill. I almost wanted to be like "Hey, what's your number? Let's hang out sometime," but that would've been a bit weird I think. Maybe that's the tiredness talking, but anyways, I had a great time and those guys are great! Even the production team, who let me hang out behind the scenes for about an hour until the end of the show. Thanks Fox 45. You guys almost make me want to get a TV antenna!

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If you gotta be awake in the morning
Then start your day off right with the Fox
Dayton's News Source, it's where you live!
And with a news team that rocks

Pete and Kylie hold the fort down
While Erin's on the scene in a flash
Rhonda keeps us posted with the latest traffic
While Mike the weatherman grooms his stache

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