Of things not printed
"This will be a place where I can put things that don't make it into the newspaper," I told myself as this weblog idea was quickly fastening itself to my brain and refusing to let go.There's one problem, though. Some things don't make it into print because they are off the record. Other things don't make it into print because they're not suitable for a family newspaper -- or most newspapers, for that matter. As it is, I did write about the vehicle burglary suspect who left pornos, notes and cigarette butts in cars, but what he actually DID in those vehicles didn't make it into the paper.
Then there are the things I would write about in here if they actually made sense when told out of context. Last weekend was spent with a bunch of fellow journalists and little sleep, and it was such an insane amount of fun. But if I try to write about the "I AM NOT A LIBERAL" story, or how someone tried to play an "eleven" in a card game of Bullshit, it just doesn't work well.
Suffice it to say that I'm still hearing interesting off-the-record stuff, Lodi is still full of weirdos and I am still leading a never-boring life.
Posted by Layla at 9:59 PM, April 08, 2003
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