Worst Interview I Have Ever Had.

Looking at the below chart you will see the average temps for this year.  Looks like since July we have leveled off and have not yet started to drop in temps.  We have been hitting the above average more then the below average since May.  Also above average in precipitation since June. 

This is what August has looked like.

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Yesterday at lunch DJ and I were walking near the Capitol as I needed to take a photo of the lions on the Cap lights near the Capitol doors when we were approached by some shady dude wearing a suit and his leary looking side kick with a huge camera on his shoulder.

At first I felt like running in terror but then a calm came over me as I realized it was David Douglas from Channel 3 Madison and an unnamed cameraman.  They were hot on a news trail and wanted to ask us some riveting questions.  Well, DJ was still freaking out Mr. Douglas presence and was basically saying "Talk to my hand scoop hound"  leaving me to fend for myself.

He reaches into his pocket and I jump back but all it is is an iPhone.  He forces us to look at a tiny little dark photo.

"do you notice anything odd about this photo"? he asks.  I was going to say I actually could not see the photo but instead I said.  "No".  So he zooms in and I see some guys butt in the background.   He says this family was getting their photo taken and the guy was stealing their stuff behind them. 

"What is you reaction to this?". and the microphone enters my face space.

". . . . . ummmmmmm . . . . . that's not good"   I say with confidence.

"So, being a photographer what are your thoughts on this being caught on camera?"  and he sticks the 2 yard long microphone back into my face and waits for an answer. . . . . . "ummmmmm  wow . . . . that was pretty lucky"  and I start to get dizzy trying to find the angle he is looking for, after all I want to have some good sound bites.  And as soon as my reply leave my lips I expect another tough question but no . . . . . the mic is still there, they are both looking at me like I'm the dullest person they have ever seen.

After silence for 10 minutes as we both try to make each other uncomfortable he ask "Do you have any other thoughts on this?"   DUDE - GIVE ME SOMETHING TO WORK WITH HERE!   The cameraman is either falling asleep or he he is finding shooting a few minutes of my camera more interesting then I am.

"You know there are camera's all around the Capitol filming people"  he says . . . it's not even a question anymore, he is making odd statements.  Is it talk like Twitter day?   OH!!  I think this is a story about "Big Brother Is Watching Us" and I respond saying I do not believe this is a bad thing.  And again, the mic is in my face for another 10 minutes and we stare at each other seeing who will blink first!

Interview is over and we part ways!  For the next half an hour DJ and I are trying to figure out WHAT  he was trying to get out of me.   Sadly - I failed to get on the news! 

Have a good day!
Rod