What's up from PDX

So, im here, in Portland. It's a lot like Eugene, except the hippies here wear ALF (animal liberation front) t-shirts and threaten to blow things up. And it's bigger. The station is cool, right downtown in the "KOIN TOWER." OK, it sounds cool, but it's not really the tv station's tower. Some developer owns it and leases the basement to KOIN. The basement! No windows=cranky producers!!!

Some things are very different here.

Case in point: equipment. I have my own stuff and it WORKS!




not like back at sleazi!





This is how I would find my gear at sleazi. Piled up in the back of my rig, tripod just thrown in, camera backwards (didn't know that was even possible), and usually still on!

But I digress...

My day is very different here. I wake up alone (still getting used to that), and nearly trip over my camera



and make up some granola while checking the internet.



Checking for what you might ask???



TRAFFIC!!!



IT SUCKS!



...at least it did when I was rolling in at 9am. My new 10am schedule rocks. Now the a.m. drive is mellow.





Located 20 feet below SW 3rd st. is this.


The KOIN cave!



We've even got a security guard keeping an eye on the live trucks. The homie was here when I arrived.

So was this homie!



I've only ran into MHU once, but we're planning on going to get beers with Tad tomorrow night. I've seen Tad out at least three times, and i also met the mysterious Michael R. Brandenburger. He had a wall with him, and he was treating it like a red headed stepchild.

Speaking of getting punished:



This was taken outside a torture chamber! Does yoga in 105 degree heat sound like fun to you? Well shooting a story in said heat is a hell of a lot less fun! Especially when the photog is wearing jeans.

So that's it for now. Maybe I'll take my little camera out on stories soon. It's tough remebering to look up and live AND bring the camera!