It’s My Birthday
This is a behind the scenes look at the extremes my co-workers have went through making a “big” deal about my 30th birthday. It’s not like I’m stressing out about it. Okay, so that’s completely untrue but what normal person doesn’t feel a little anxiety about the 30 milestone. So I’m the same age as the Cabbage Patch doll, it’s still a popular and nostalgic toy though.
On Monday, the day before my birthday, I came in to find my desk fully decorated. Balloons with 30 the party continues, a Happy 30th Birthday banner, a fountain looking thing with 30 Three-Oh! on it, black leis, confetti, a 30 it’s the BIG one! Button and an Over the Hill head band. I’m still not certain who did it although Taylor conveniently had her camera. Some have admitted to the whole thing, others have admitted to doing pieces of it, there are people who have implicated their co-workers and there are those who say they know nothing about it. I’m on to you, all of you, especially Taylor and Enocha.
Today I found two black balloon bouquets that must be as tall as I am on my desk. Now I’m playing the clue game once again. While I was still sleeping because I need my beauty rest at this age, there was also a birthday announcement on News 13 This Morning. Lora was responsible for that I’m sure since it also included my derby name and love from the derby girls. I watched it once I got in, after viewing the black balloons. In the picture I am making a funny face and I’m quite sure it’s a screen capture from my Heather’s Headlines and for that I’m blaming Cole.
Most of the people involved in these dirty deeds are younger than I am. I’m already plotting what to do on their 30th birthdays as payback. I know they wouldn’t do it unless they liked me so I guess I’ll just have to deal with the attempts at embarrassment.
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About The Assignment Desk
When people ask "What does the assignment desk do?" I often have a hard time answering. That's one reason why I've decided to create this "Behind the Scenes" blog. This is a fast paced business that is very addictive to those of us who would most likely now be put on some kind of medication for ADD if we were still in school. The better question might be what doesn't the assignment desk do? I've heard many people equate it to air traffic control. I schedule our crews, assign stories, gather information on story ideas, answer phones, work with reporters on their stories, provide information for producers, work on special projects, fill in for producers and the list goes on and on. With a growing emphasis on web news, I am also very involved with the content on wmbb.com. This includes Heather's Headlines which previews our story line-up for the day. My favorite part of working the assignment desk is dealing with breaking news. It's such a rush and feeling of accomplishment gathering information, sending crews out where they need to go, and getting the news on the web and on our broadcast as quickly as possible for our viewers.
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