Queenkv’s Brainpickings

wow…the rush of reporting….it’s such a great high….got off early from work- decided to interview the Americans in line. went home…visited Andrea at Bloomberg…oh yeah…do have funny pix from that. will post later on.

headed to bella italian for dinner…..as we waited for dinner - my professor and the business editor for the Medill News Service rang my mobile. We talked about the story and the deadline. I agreed to file something in two hours. Bid adieu to Mark and Andrea…..they understood. They finished my chianti and brought back dinner.

I already transcribed the interviews - just need a structure and a nut graph. Finished with 30 minutes to spare. Told my prof I can head out and find a local man - for a local papers. He said good idea. ran into Mark and Andrea on the way back. Andrea walked with me to the Mac queue. She had some great energy - calling out for an American, a Chicago dude/dudette.

Found one. A bit shy - but he opened up, eventually.

called prof. typed up update and quotes. he edited the rest of the story and e-mailed back to me.

warmed up my pasta. ate dinner.

During my morning ritual of getting ready, drinking coffee (we bought a French Press coffee maker from Starbucks and love it very much) and web browsing…Mark woke up.

He was a bit perkier than me….

He leaned over and typed this into my Mozilla browser: Black People Love Us!

I giggled….I loved the concept….It’s an adorable site and people have some extreme reactions to it….

Then Mark gave me some coffee and pointed me to this NPR interview by the Tavis Smiley Show. It’s an interview with the web creators….

So…yeah…check it out when you can.