A new reason to watch the 5 O’ clock news…

Ok. So. As you all I’m sure can tell… I’m not quite normal. Not… in what I like to think of as a bad way… just different. However, let me just say that this is completely hereditary. I’m serious. My abnormalities run throughout my family. As you could have guessed I’m going to give you an example…

Many people often form celebrity crushes. Right? That one… two… three… or more people that you would go out of your way to meet. Someone who you can look to admiringly. Normally these crushes are thrust upon movie stars, musicians, authors, dancers, and the like. However, my family is different. We don’t look toward the big screen or MTV for our infatuations. Nope. We just turn on our local news and are suddenly huge fans. I know. It’s so strange. So while most people are going out to see movies with Johnny Depp, and Halle Barry, we like our news anchors and meteologists.

This isn’t to say that we don’t have a favorite actors, actresses, and musicians. In fact, the complete opposite would be the matter-of-fact. As I know in my immediate family alone, there are a few actors’ names that sometimes float around when I’m home. However, when it comes to the news, we take it seriously. Especially when we choose someone. After the choice, it’s all over, we’ll argue about who the best is. Especially if the people are from two different stations…

For instance… let’s use an example using my sister and me…

 

 This is Maria. She is a meteorologist. And she is my pick from our local news folk.

 This is John. He is a traffic reporter. He is my sister’s pick from our local news folk.

Now that I have introduced our picks let me show you an example of a typical debate…

• Me: Hey look, it’s quite nice out… Maria said it would be…
• Sister: Yes… but look at the entire clear road before us… John said this place would be pretty clear.
• Me: Uh… huh.. well… if the weather was poor then the trip would have been ruined… so I guess Maria helped out the most on this one…
• Sister: What are you going on about!?!? Firstly, that girl just predicts the weather… she doesn’t control it… and secondly John suggested this road… that takes skill.
• Me: What… well… I never said Maria controlled the weather. However, she did predict the weather correctly. Without the ACCURATE prediction we might not have picked such a nice day for a ride… that takes much more skill than looking at some computer that say there are cars on the street… big deal.
• Sister: WHAT!?!? He has to have extensive knowledge of the roads and is able to conjure up new detours and such on a moment’s notice… I have to say a bit more exciting than Maria.
• Me: Please.
• Sister: Hmmm…

I know it’s petty. But under it all we get a strange bit of joy out of it. I suggest getting a news person of your own if you watch. It makes the news a bit more enjoyable…

Till later, Turtle