FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!

Let it be noted that today is February 24, 2006 and it is the first time in the entire month that there has been a Black History story aired on my show (I work the morning show). Glory be!! De gon let us be on da news!!! My sarcasm is obviously hiding the fact that this is some bull. There's four days left in Black History Month, and we're just getting to a Black History story. Check my station's website and you'll see three anchors of color. And you mean to tell me they never stuck there necks out to get something aired. I understand it's sweeps for our business and this is a time that we need to get our ratings up. But humor the brown people, please. Now I know many of you are going to ask me, "Well what did you do about this Jarrod? Why did you just sit around and do nothing?" Let me explain my position to everyone out there. My "job title" may be associate producer, but I am in essence a writer who gets his copy changed daily and then runs the teleprompter. So for me to ask why this and why that is equivalent to Kunta asking why he should change his name to Toby. This isn't all stemming from the lack of stories about and for Black people during Black History Month, it's bigger than that. But I don't have enough time to speak on it, just know it involves my dislike for my job. I'll holla...

Real Talk

If there's ever a question you wanted to ask me...now is the time. If you know me personally, you know I'm a person that gets a kick out of this kinda thing. If you don't know me, here's your chance to peek inside my mind. You know what, scratch that idea. I'm going to allow THREE questions per person. But I warn all those who dare to participate. I will be brutally honest. You've been warned. On another note, I'll be constructing the next part of the thing I've been writing. I've taken all the constructive criticism that has been given to me, and I will apply all of it. But yeah, get cracking on those questions. I'll holla.

Quote Of The Week

Every week I'm going to try and put up a quote that I find particularly interesting. Some will be by my, some won't. If the quotes move you, speak on it. If they don't...ah well!!

Desire is a double-edged sword. It gives you strength; it gives you motivation and focus. But occasionally, because your ambition is so great, you wonder what will happen if your goals are not fulfilled.
-Kobe Bryant.

In My Mind

Song Playing "I Keep That" Joe Budden

I applied for a job in NY earlier this year. Not New York City...everyone pump your brakes. New York State. A little place called Elmira. I applied to be a producer at the local TV station. Everything was moving along well. The news director had a good initial conversation over the phone. I sent him a tape of my most recent work I'd done at the station. He liked it. Wanted me to come up out there for an interview. Sounds all positive right. WRONG!!! Along the way good old Nonchalant Jarrod raised his head and started procrastinating. I submitted a writing test. That shit bombed. So the news director calls me back. Mind you I'm all gung ho about going out there. I'm thinking this is my chance to get my own show, get my shine on. WRONG!!! News director calls me and says my writing test is subpar. This is his analogy. "There are three types of quarterbacks. Starters, second-string quarterbacks who aren't ready yet and guys who don't belong in the league. Right now you're a second-stringer and I need a starter." I didn't have anything to say. He'd hit the nail on the head. I didn't have the drive he felt I needed to convince him to hire me. I blew it. Not my resources who never called him back (that's a different story for a different day). I saw the finish line without seeing that last hurdle. So I called my mom looking for sympathy. "I don't have any for you. You messed yourself up. I hope you use this as a lesson and not let it keep you from doing what you want to do." That folks is tough love if I've ever heard it. But moms is 100% right. So when people ask if I'm mad about missing out I tell them hell yeah. But more than that, I'm motivated.