While most people have no reference point to place the line above (which is blasphemy in my opinion. Country Strong. Go see it and report back) I think that most people can agree with its intention. Timing is everything in this world.
Just yesterday I was griping to two of my professors about wanting to find a 'cool' news story to cover. A house on fire, a baby being saved by some sort of duck-billed platypus, shoot, even a profile piece on a Zamboni driver would be breaking news in this two-bit town.
But, while they were in the midst of ridiculing me for asking such a dumb question, (their point being that I should be able to make anything seem interesting, and if I can't, I'm not doing my job correctly) they imparted a total GEM of wisdom upon me. 'If something makes you look twice, take a picture, 15 minutes of footage and have a little chat with the person'
The idea swirled around in my brain for the rest of the afternoon, mainly while I wasn't paying attention during the aforementioned 'brilliant' professors lecture, but I digress. It was such a simple idea, yet so applicable.
I have been struggling for months now to come up with good story topics, good things to take photos of, etc. and all I had to do was pay attention to what I already saw every day!
So, as I emerged from the crumbling walls of the J-school and out into the strangely sunny quad of campus, timing struck again.
I happened upon a totally normal looking human playing his violin on campus. I took a second look, and scampered off towards my apartment to get my gear.
Moral of the story: some people really are smarter than me.
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