Day 13: 20,832 words
Excuses, excuses.
I had to cover a county meeting tonight, and I’ve also been making preparations for a little overnight trip that I will take tomorrow.
I admit it: it’s a press junket. There are many challenges and frustrations to being a reporter, but every now and then you get to do fun stuff. Tomorrow, I will do fun stuff. I will, in this order,
- Cover a press conference with Audrey Geisel, widow of Dr. Seuss, at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center in Nashville;
- Cover the lighting of the hotel’s official Christmas tree, featuring Mrs. Geisel, Grand Ole Opry stars and the Tennessee State University band;
- View the “Ice” exhibit, which this year is designed around Dr. Seuss’ “How The Grinch Stole Christmas.” For the out-of-towners, this is an incredible indoor display carved entirely out of ice which Gaylord Opryland has done for several years. They bring in artisans from China each year to create it; the exhibit is kept at very cold temperatures, and each guest is issued a parka as they enter the building. (The exhibit is done in the Gaslight Theater, a holdover from the old Opryland theme park.) Most of it is intended to be looked at, not touched, but there’s usually a slide made out of ice which you can go down;
- Attend a VIP dress rehearsal, at the Grand Ole Opry House, of the Radio City Christmas Spectacular, featuring the Rockettes; and
- Spend the night at the hotel, hopefully e-mailing a thoroughly objective and unbiased story and photos about the event back to the newspaper for use in Thursday’s edition.
Anyway, between packing, and getting my laptop ready, and what have you, I didn’t get as much writing done tonight as I should. But I did write, and that’s the important thing.
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