It's no secret that H is a huge weather nut. I rarely have to look a forecast up -- it's the first thing he does every day. He follows the local weather, and often knows the forecasts for people we know around the country. Right now, he thinks he may even want to be a meteorologist when he grows up. So when my parent's gave him the "Weather Experience with John Malan" that they bid on at a charity event, the kid freaked out. (John Malan is a local meteorologist on our NBC affiliate station who I grew up with.)
Tonight, Brian and I took H, C and two of H's friends to the TMJ station, where John Malan came to the door, and gave us a quick tour of the station before whisking us off to our seats to watch the 6:00pm news get taped. There, we got to hang out with John Malan, Mike Jacobs and Carole Meekins while they did their thing. Total pros. Carole Meekins asked if C wanted to sit in his lap for the photo, but he said no. Silly guy. We also met Cody Holyoke and Rod Burks. Brian said to Rod that he had met him before in Chicago because Rod used to model for SAIC fashion shows (where Brian went to school for Fashion Design). The guys in the radio department got a big kick out of that. Sorry Rod Burks! Watching the news being taped was extremely interesting. It is amazing to see how it is all put together to what we see on our TVs. Afterward the broadcast, the boys got to tape each of themselves in front of the green screen giving a weather forecast. They did really awesome and were kind of hilarious too (except for C who wouldn't do it). What an amazing experience.
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