This morning I did a promotional video for my graduate program. Why they chose me for it, the world may never know. Certainly not for my articulate way with words.
It included:
1. Sweating through my button up before I even got there. I told the guys shootings that I'd do anything except raise my arms. Seriously. The pink linen shirt in July was a gem of an idea - I left my brain in Boston.
2. Sitting oh-so-casually outside on a wooden chair facing the sun. Au naturale! Doesn't every school have wooden chairs casually spread out on campus?
3. A bee swarm. They sat me next to a bed of flowers...I was lookin' quite sketchy as I eyeballed the little buggers. Nobody likes shifty eyes, and mine were the shiftiest.
4. Several "do overs" - I swear I speak English, yet somehow I final myself talking like Yoda..."Come to Utah, I did."
Or Chewbacca.
5. Biting my tongue so I didn't answer the questions sarcastically, "Why did you choose to come to Utah State and do the LSL emphasis?" "Cause I'm gettin' it FO FREE. The incredible opportunities the school provides, the amazing professors, the beautiful town of Logan, the inspirational families I get to work with...." Okay, okay. To be honest I did it for those reasons too. But my first-instinct answer is funnier.
But in the end I got it done - and apparently I had semi-decent things to! I even made the interviewers laugh a couple times (more re-dos). Maybe I missed my calling as a reporter...except I'd only be able to wear black and work in the winter. And I'd definitely never be able to do anything live.
It included:
1. Sweating through my button up before I even got there. I told the guys shootings that I'd do anything except raise my arms. Seriously. The pink linen shirt in July was a gem of an idea - I left my brain in Boston.
2. Sitting oh-so-casually outside on a wooden chair facing the sun. Au naturale! Doesn't every school have wooden chairs casually spread out on campus?
"Look natural."
3. A bee swarm. They sat me next to a bed of flowers...I was lookin' quite sketchy as I eyeballed the little buggers. Nobody likes shifty eyes, and mine were the shiftiest.
4. Several "do overs" - I swear I speak English, yet somehow I final myself talking like Yoda..."Come to Utah, I did."
Or Chewbacca.
5. Biting my tongue so I didn't answer the questions sarcastically, "Why did you choose to come to Utah State and do the LSL emphasis?" "
But in the end I got it done - and apparently I had semi-decent things to! I even made the interviewers laugh a couple times (more re-dos). Maybe I missed my calling as a reporter...except I'd only be able to wear black and work in the winter. And I'd definitely never be able to do anything live.
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