Going back to sleep ... see you all at the game!
Yeah, I did it.
I won't lie to you. I woke up this morning and the scale said I still weigh too much but the lowest I've been in a while. I celebrated by going from Monterey Park to Pasadena for a chilli omelette from Top's. I told dude to hold the hash browns and toast so I could stick to my modified, less healthy version of the Atkins Diet. They didn't give me the hash browns or toast, but I still got charged $6.48. I'm convinced there's flour in the chilli, but oh well.
Anyway, some of you have asked me about the life of a sports writer in the past. There's an initial look, just for you. Just like how some teams lay out a game day intinnerary, sports writers kind of do the same. Here's mine:
SUBJECT TO CHANGE
9:15 a.m. - Wake up.
10 a.m. - Take 10 to 605 to 210 to go to Tops. Get off the 210 at Myrtle in Monrovia because traffic is terrible.
10:30 a.m. - Arrive at Tops.
11:00 a.m. - Arrive back at home; crush omelette with ease.
11:10 or so - Go on Internet.
Now: Go back to sleep. Hey, you would too if you didn't have a real job.
3 p.m. - Wake up (again)
3:05 p.m. - Take a shower.
3:45 p.m. - Get on 10 Freeway for what should be an hour's drive to go 10 miles.
4:45 p.m. - Arrive at Tribune.
5 p.m. - Leave Tribune for Citrus College.
5:30 p.m. - Do TV pre-game show with Big Reg, who keeps busting my chops.
5:45 p.m. - Possibly walk off the set if the stools Reg is using are too small.
7 p.m. - Cover Charter Oak/El Dorado game.
9:45 p.m. - Listen to various yells from people telling me to how to do my job as I leave the stadium.
10:15 p.m. - Arrive back at Tribune to write.
11:30 p.m. - Finish article.
11:45 p.m. - Make sure "SGVN Video Game of the Week" narrarator Jeff Tolcher is OK.
Midnight - Leave Tribune.
12:01 a.m. - Try to talk myself out of making a run to Alfredo's. This typically becomes a desperate conversation once I'm past the 605 on the 10 East. It gets real emotional as the Santa Anita Ave. exit approaches.
12:30 a.m. - Yell various profanities in a state of disgust that there's a line THIS LATE at Carl's Jr.
12:32 a.m. - Order something that I can take the buns off of and eat (wack).
12:40 a.m. - Eat.
12:45 a.m. - Go on Internet at home to see if Tribune web site has been updated. It usually isn't.
1 a.m. - Go to bed.
Comments
Aram and Elizabeth, good to know. Best of everything to both of you. Aram, thanks so much for a great year of covering SGV high school football. You've added greatly to my enjoyment of watching my guys play. Have wonderful holidays and a very Happy New Year.
Posted by: charter oak mom | December 10, 2006 2:15 PM
Thanks for wanting to keep your eyes open for Aram, Charter Oak mom, but that's not necessary. He's kinda taken ...
Posted by: elizabeth | December 9, 2006 10:22 PM
Charter Oak mom,
I just got that. Very funny. Actually, I do have a lady in my life. Elizabeth is her name, but she's away at school right now. Coming home soon, though!
Posted by: Aram | December 8, 2006 11:32 PM
One of my roommates, our columnist Keven Chavez, has a motto that says "Avoid Rosemead Blvd. at all costs." So, it's surprising to hear you say that.
Posted by: Aram | December 8, 2006 10:11 PM
Arum, next time take the 10, exit Rosemead and head north. Rosemead is surprisingly quick once you get past Valley.
p.s. keep up the good work
Posted by: bill | December 8, 2006 9:59 PM
Try not to exert yourself too much Aram. (sarcasm)
Good luck tonight Chargers.
Posted by: jeffrulerson | December 8, 2006 6:08 PM
Always nice to see Aram checking up on me at 1145. Aram forgot to meantion that he checks up on me to make sure I am announcing the names of players right so the parents and the players themselves don't get upset at us!
Jeff Tolcher
Posted by: Jeff | December 8, 2006 4:28 PM
CCCCCCCCOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. Should be a great game; hope all of the SGV comes out to root the Chargers on. Good luck guys.
Aram, it sounds like your without female campionship in your schedule.........shall I keep my eyes open for you? LOL
Posted by: charter oak mom | December 8, 2006 4:21 PM
so wait, your asleep right now??? you sound like a regular college student...haha
and your right, why is there always a long line at Carls JR that late?? so odd....
hope the Chargers win tonight, even though i'm an amat alum, i just don't want some school from the OC to win yet ANOTHER CIF title...
Posted by: SGV Athlete | December 8, 2006 2:36 PM
Wait...you don't get a shower before you go to Tops...but you get one before you go to see Big Reg...hmmmmmm.....
"Lord..that's not right..forgive me and be with all the starving pygmies down in New Guinea..."
Posted by: Colt Alumni | December 8, 2006 1:36 PM