CLEAR-ly You Have No Idea

This week has been full of tickle-me-moments! First, I find out that the voice of my Halloween costume inspiration (Nakiro from Heavenly Sword) is my television idol, Olivia Dunham (Anna Torv)!! It's like we were meant to be BFFEs! Not even Raven Symone and I share such a deep connection. Now I must master Nariko's battle attire in homage to my favorite Fringe star.

Today, the moments were not as excitingly giddy, but I still felt good about myself for being informed in the industry I plan to make money in. More than I can say for the Clear Wireless salesman approached me in Best Buy. The scenario played out like this:

The Clear salesman walks up to pretty little uninformed me and wants to tell me about this great new wireless service called Clear. I told him I was already very familiar with his product and was interested until I realized that they did not have service in Tempe, Arizona. He looked at me puzzled as if he had never heard of the place. I repeated the city and stated that if he had never even heard of the town that it proved my point. He then asked if I was in school and told me I would need internet on my campus. Well, wireless on campus is free, so I really saw no need. I then told him I was a journalism major and he immediately assumed I was a writer. No, I'm more broadcast and TV, says I. Oh, he replies, so you want to right for commercials? I guess the term journalist has a very small career spectrum for some people, namely this guy. I told him I wanted to work for a company dealing with electronics, like CNET or G4. Again, an even blanker stare than when I mentioned Tempe, AZ. How can someone who works with electronics not know of the top media sites and reviewers of all things that run on electricity? I decided that he was nothing more than a simple salesman selling a product he knew less about than I did. I left him with a promise that if Clear ever made in to the west coast I would definitely need his services and that I would write a nice review for him on my electronics commercial when I start my real career as a journalist.

I then consulted the king of all Geek Squad geeks about the difference between USB and Firewire when it came to FinalCut Pro.

Now a not-so-giddy moment was trying to maneuver myself around the Wii Motion Plus during the Wii Sport Resort frisbee game. Even in practice mode my tosses were off screen and kamikaze-ing into the polygon beach sand. The little digi-dog was done with me after 2 and half tries. I blame the huge black Do-Not-Steal-ME sensor that took up almost the entire side of the Wiimote. I know that I've played at my own store (when I wasn't working, of course) and done quite the successful job. I know because the of the happy music notes that floated above his head, indicating delight in any Wii game.

Well, I've spent enough time blogging. I didn't start editing until about 3pm, but I did get my 4 allocated hours down. I still have time to perfect genius.

TTYL whoever reads these!