Today was nothing less of amazing! I mean, I'll, first, never forget having to get up at 5am to be at NBC Studios by at least 7:15, lol, I didn't think I'd make it! But it was great. We met news anchor legend Pat Battle. I just wish she could be my auntie, lol, she seems sooooo fun to be around! Anyhoozer, we were able to watch her do a snippet of the news and we were able to watch the weatherman do his segment.
Afterwards, the girls and I went to our famous conference room (or daycare center as I like to call it, lol! We can't leave the room until mommy get's back!) where Ms. Battle and Ms. Reid both went over with us, what it takes to be a news reporter. We all went around the table and acts as if we were news anchors. We had to complete each others sentences to create a scenario, then we had to present a news scenario by ourselves. It was entertaining to say the least.
Then things got real. I knew we were getting filmed and 'practicing' how it is to be a new anchor, but I underestimated the situation completley. We went outside and I saw a van and wires, lol. It was then where I realized that we were reporting 'live' in front of tourists, citizens of New York and the whole world you ask me! We went one by one to to rerecorded by camera-man Mr. Nelson and Ms. Battle was reporting from a fake location so that the scenario can seem more real.
Tourists thought we were all real news casters; we sold them! I had to explain to number of people that it wasn't real, lol. Their faces were priceless! They looked so concerned as we were reporting our drastic stories with a smile plastered on our faces! It was great!
I created the story that Glady's Knight died in front of Radio Music City Hall. I loved it! I felt like a natural...in a sense. I mean, there's definitely some improvements needed, but I wasn't really nervous. When the pressures on, you just have to deliver on that camera. It was awesome, afterwards, some guy was telling us he want's to give us money and that he would give us everything. He was saying how beautiful we were and how we should use it by stripping I guess, lol. Ms. Battle had that Jersey come out of her and she stepped up to him, lol, then Ms. Reid said. "Oh look, there's a naked lady!" And I saw him walk away, lol!
After watching some of Ms. Battles previous news videos, we took a trip down Times Square! It's like the buildings were coming out at you! They're so big and it's so much going on with so many people an characters walking around. I lost a pearl earring as a result, lol. I can't hang clearly. That's the second item I lost in New York. The other one was my favorite sweater of all time. Anyhoozers, we had a good time in Times Square. They ate at TGIF (I wasn't about to play with them prices) and we walked around some more before calling it a night. It was a day well spent.
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