I Wanted to Be a Reporter

I was going to be a reporter.  And I was in journalism school, and I saw this big fire!

Carolyn and I were driving home at night (we were married in college) and we could see it in the distance, near our apartment.  A GIANT FIRE!  HUGE!

We drove right by it!  A whole big building was engulfed in flames!  And -- really weird -- no one was around.  No cops, no firefighters, nobody.  I alertly decided I'd cover the fire for extra credit in my JOURN 371 reporting class! 

I ran into our apartment, grabbed my reporter's notebook and pencil, and dashed the back way to the scene!  I could feel the heat of the fire, as cop cars and firetrucks arrived! 

I didn't want to get in their way, so I stayed back, behind the bushes, watching them!  That way I wouldn't bother them!  I could see them fight the fire!  I could see them yelling at each other!  I could see them making gestures, and pointing at me as I lurked in the bushes!

MEMO TO FUTURE REPORTERS:  Don't "lurk".

I was apprehended, put in the back of the squad car and  interrogated.  Turned out I brought my pencil but forgot my reporter pad.  The detectives came back to our apartment at 1 a.m., banged on the door, and took my clothes to the lab.

I asked my grizzled, former CBS White House reporter-professor if he'd ever gotten to the scene of a crime so quickly, he'd been apprehended by the cops.  He left the room and I heard him laughing in the hallway.

I am not a reporter at this time.

Comments

[Pam Miller]

That's terrible, that happened to you & your wife. Speaking of reporters, why do you think of the Paparazzi ? I can't belive that news stories of Brittany are all over the news ? Especially, the custody battle, with K Fed ? Since when, is a custody battle , all over the news ? K Fed, was listed and other celebs. Under, the Top AOL news stories ? Now I've become curious, to read these stories . I now want to avoid listening and reading these tyoe of "news" stories. Brant what is your take on this subject, of "POP" culture, news ?

[Clint]

Have you investigated your "grizzled former CBS reporter professor" regarding that fire, by any chance?...