I hesitate to write about work too much - it's too easy to get in trouble. But, today I want to tell you about David Wilson, my 'partner in crime.' First of all, I never call him Dave or David - it's always "Wilson," and he's a reporter I get 'sent out' with a lot. Our day usually starts out with us getting our assignment and then hitting the road before traffic gets bad. Now, unless it's a total breaking news story, Wilson is never ready to leave right away, so I end up waiting around for him. Then right when I'm sending an email or in the middle of doing something semi-important, he jumps up and (loudly) says, "Are you ready to go yet?!" as if he's been waiting around for me for the last 30 minutes.

Anyway, we get in the van and take off. I switch the radio to KGON classic rock, since Wilson is way a little older than me. That, and I like to see him rock out to all kinds of weird-ass Cheap Trick songs. Eventually we arrive at our destiantion, and get to work on the story. Tonight we covered a string of beauty salon burglaries, which was easy. Sometimes we have a hard story (usually involving sex abuse or death), and we work our tails off trying to round up interviews. Wilson is a friendly guy, so we usually have enough luck. If you ever had to be interviewed unexpectedly by a news crew, then we're the guys you'd want to have jump in your face with a microphone and big bright light.

Then comes the most important part of the evening: dinner. Although, sometimes we have dinner before we work. Wilson is on-and-off-and-on that Atkins nonsense, so usually we can go any where that's unhealthy, but most of the time he makes me go to Baja Fresh. We take our dinner with us, find a place to park our news van, and get back to work.

The rest of the night is spent waiting for Wilson to write the story, so I can edit it. And, then he waits for me to edit it, so he can do some other stuff. Then I wait for him to do that stuff, so I can shoot our live shot. We do the live shot, and then he waits for me to clean everything up. Then we head back to the station. And that's a typical evening with Wilson - just add in about five twelve bathroom breaks, and that's about right.

I give him a hard time, but Wilson is a great guy to work with. He always talks about "getting out of television" but I know that we'll still be driving around the van together ten years from now, rocking out to Styx.