I guess I should feel very happy that I live near and work in a place where we essentially have no news. None. Nothing. Well, except for those 5 pesky stabbings last weekend. So I saw a post fly by my twitter feed last night by @SCNewsDesk about the one story and I went what? That's news? Then I heard it on the radio this morning. I was listening to @majic99fm and Jerry read the news.... 6 arrested in fighting incident last weekend but they still don't have the stabbers yet. And......... a man peed his pants. YES. A 19 year old in a college town got drunk, passed out and peed his pants. Jerry then proceeded to wrinkle up that piece of news and toss it in the trash.
But... this is news.
Some kid not only drank waaaayyyyy too much but peed his pants too! OMG stop the presses!
I know that police reports are a great source of news (and laughter). But when the front page of the news site has nothing and this combined with a condom being found and liquor being stolen and OMG streaking??? Well there was the 16 year old Philipsburg bully who stole a girl's sunglasses and when she tried to get them back punched her (jerk.... what's the rule? Oh ya, "Keep hands, feet and objects to YOURSELF!") And don't forget a 19 year old kid peed his pants! Man we are an interesting town. I think there has to be good stuff we need to find and report on. True, everyone hears the bad stuff, but we need to find a better way to harness the good stuff and make it front and center. We need to push some more positive things in our lives.
But, on the other hand. The fact that we're reporting that a 19 year old streaked on a bet is just...something, and that the police got involved, wow.... and it made the paper! Because he had been drinking and he streaked, after losing a bet, at 3:22am. Really? Someone called the cops? Really? Why not just laugh. Quit being so uptight State College!
Boy could I tell you a story about a guy who streaked on a bet at St. Vincent, in January, when college was closed, for days, because of the insane coldness. Negative double digits. Security not only showed up, but stood to watch. The kid made a killing, the school was highly entertained. And the guy who did it was one of the ultra conservative types who you would NEVER peg to do anything like this. But he laughed and said later "what the heck, you only live once and its time I did". Even my little Catholic School could find humor and live on the light side.
But I am glad we're entertained by our news. Hopefully crappy news stays away and we continue to get the dumb stuff. I'd much rather that than something horrible.
Keep being interesting!
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