Writing V.

– Tornado warning lifted; severe storm warnings remain in effect
– Reno army captain told to shut down blog in Iraq
– Army policy change shrunk blog offerings
– Hazy skies continue through weekend
– Western art auction to fetch millions
– Teen prepares for medical career

Writing IV.

Friday night’s pageant wasn’t absolutely awful. The interview portion onstage was a joke though.

Anyway, here’s more stories from the last couple weeks.

– Reno-area water, power usage soars in heat
– Smoke pollution could get worse
– Crowds flock to river, raising safety concerns
– Last summer roundup under way for Nevada mustangs
– Reno program gives teen drivers a safe edge
– Miss Nevada crowned
– Activists oppose BLM proposal to kill mustangs

Covering the Miss Nevada pageant tonight.

Can it change my perception of what beauty pageants are, a la Gracie in Miss Congeniality?

Probably not, but here’s to hoping.

I’m counting on the kind of blow-up that happened in Miss Congeniality to keep it interesting. Or someone to eat it, much like Miss USA in last week’s Miss Universe pageant.

Did you know there’s a difference between Miss America and Miss USA? Completely different organizations. Someone should do an expose on what the difference actually is.

Let’s see how it goes.

Sunday.

I was going to blog about my very long Sunday on here.

But I ended up doing it for the Sagebrush internship blog, so you can read it there.

The rest of Sunday goes as follows: shower, barbecue, 21st birthday party for someone else, Tronix, Shooters, bed.

The end.

Journalism adrenaline rushes and being a storyteller.

I have work in about five and a half hours, so I should be asleep right now. I’ll be heading out to Middle of Nowhere, Nev. for a story.

And I’m actually kind of excited about it.

A lot of people would wonder why this matters. Why I would agree to work on a Sunday, why I would care about being in the middle of the desert, why I would bother.

It’s part of what I like to call the “journalism adrenaline rush.”

Writing III.

– Enthusiastic town greets Artown
– Holiday travel that won’t bust your budget
– Unity runners rest in Nevada
– Church hosts tribal gospel festival
– Busy mom slows down to capture nature’s magic
– Record highs possible today in Reno
– It’ll be hot this week, but it’s been worse

A poem.

The following poem by ee cummings is the one I plan on writing a choral arrangement for, when I have some free time and for my own personal enjoyment.

I’m odd like that.

i carry your heart with me (i carry it in
my heart)i am never without it(anywhere
i go you go,my dear; and whatever is done
by only me is your doing,my darling)
i fear
no fate(for you are my fate,my sweet)i want
no world(for beautiful you are my world,my true)
and it’s you are whatever a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you

here is the deepest secret nobody knows
(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud
and the sky of a sky in a tree called life;which grows
higher than the soul can hope or mind can hide)
and this is the wonder that’s keeping the stars apart

i carry your heart(i carry it in my heart)

— i carry your heart with me