Check it out...I was on TV (again) last night. WNYT did a story about the lengths people are willing to go to (and the amount of money they are willing to spend) for their pets. Rebecca Hall interviewed me about Indy, his heart problems and all that we did to keep him healthy as long as we could, despite the costs.
Indy back in the good old days.
I don't show up until almost two minutes into the story. I think I came across pretty well. However, the promo just used the soundbite of me saying, "We were spending more on our dog than we were on son," which kind of made me look like the worst father in the world. Child Protective Services should be knocking on my door any time now. The promo producer bumped into me in the newsroom yesterday. She smiled and said she was sorry for "exploiting" me in the promo. Wow. I don't know if I've ever been exploited before! :-) It could have been worse. I could have looked into the camera and shouted like a crazy man, "Humungorama!" (For those of you out of the Albany area, you missed my commercial debut last spring -- count yourself lucky).
My part of the story was actually taped about a week ago. The reporter, Rebecca Hall, and photographer, Pete Rajotte, followed me home after work. Nolan and Thomas were already dressed for bed. In fact, Nolan makes a brief appearance in the story. You'll notice that he's running around in his boxer shorts!
Naturally, they taped a ton more than they actually used. But being in the business, I expected that. Besides, the mosquitoes were really bad in our backyard that night. So in half the shots you can probably see us swating bugs away. Pete joked that the next time we do a West Nile story, we'll have to send a crew to our backyard.
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ReplyDeleteWe spent around $1,000 on Molly when she got sick with the intestinal parasite. That was AFTER we spent several hundred dollars on the adoption, supplies, food and toys.
ReplyDeleteI can relate!
Now we are going to spend more money on a behavior specialist because Molly did not socialize well. She hates men (except Steve).
(Hey, I had to start a blog just to be able to comment! Cheesy! But I will do my blog on going back to school while holding a full-time job and being a mom/wife/homemaker...but with the added novelty of doing it the distance-learning way. Maybe someone will want to read it but I doubt it.)
Welcome to the blogosphere, Shannon. Although you don't need to start a blog to comment. You can always select "Anonymous" and then still sign your name.
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