Journalism sans grammar

Half the news room vanished at Scripps this Spring. Some left because of illness, others retired or got better job offers. For the lowly interns it meant free goodbye luncheons.

During one of these famous lunches, Kevin Diaz, the chief correspondent for the Minnesota Star Tribune Washington Bureau, said something that renewed my interest in becoming a journalist.

“I’m not a grammarian,” he said. I just write. Other people fix it.

I am often overcome by self-doubt and insecurities about my writing and reporting abilities, but those three sentences changed my outlook. Kevin Diaz, you’re my hero.

I am not a grammarian. I’ll just write, talk, listen, explore. Other people can fix it for me.

Start Spreading the News

I'm leaving today.

Goodbye D.C. (Hello EP)

I don't live here anymore:




If I can make there, I'll make it anywhere.

Marelynnisms: MySpace

marelynn: lol
abandon his watch
jajajaja
over TOP EIGHT on MYSPACE
lol
calm down
calm down

The Friendly Squirrel

At one point during Vincent's Washington, D.C., vacation, we ran into a friendly one-eyed squirrel. He was pretty bad ass. He was kind of gray and obviously weathered, but squirrels are a rare sight in EP, so seeing this little guy come up to us was bitchin'. I wanted to keep him!




Hello, Vincent!


Goodbye, Vincent.



I tried to take a picture with him too, but he ran to the other side of the tree. Sad times. So here's me and a tree.





I wish I wasn't so whiny! I will keep my mouth shut next video.

Second to Moscow

Wheaton! At 588 feet, the Wheaton Station escalator on D.C.'s red line is the longest in the Western Hemisphere.








I also found this video on youtube. Jonna and I tried to make one of our own, but we failed. This one I thought was pretty good. There are some real dramatic ones out there. Woodley is pretty hardcore too, Wheaton is even more so! Enjoy.

Equus

At Laurel Park...

Marelynnisms: No Pants

This might make no sense to anyone, but Marelynn and I have some of the most ridiculous Gmail chat conversations ever. I shall begin my chronicling.



Mj: He has socks but no pants?
amazing!
The fact that he has a blog is so odd to me
I have no pants
but i have a blog.