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[ username: beaker ]

( it's taken him awhile to build up the courage for this one. he wants to make this idea happen, yet a part of him wonders if he's the right guy for the job. without Clark he'd floundered a little, yet the need for a stable medium for sharing information remains, so here he is.

he waffled over voice, video, and text. in the end, he goes for text, because it makes him seem less nervous. maybe. though anyone that's texted him before might notice the difference — all the capital letters and punctuation, for example. lazy texting doesn't work when you're trying to convince people you want to put together a newspaper. )

Hey. Hello. I'm Peter, and I was thinking...

So back home, I worked at a newspaper. Not The New York Times or anything, but a paper, and it feels like we could use something like that here. Stories about what is going on in Olympia, or Thesa, or anywhere that people might need to know about. Classifieds, updates, tips for finding work and accommodations, sharing... anything and everything, really, because we're all starting over, here, and we've got to help each other.

I've got lots of ideas. Maybe you've got some, too. Either way, I can't do this by myself. If you have experience in journalism, or just writing, and you want to help out, then let me know.

I can't pay you. Gotta be upfront about that. But maybe that'll change? I dunno. Money or not, it'd help a lot of people. If that's worth it to you, then let me know if you're interested, and what you'd like to do. Questions, too, I guess, though I can't answer everything yet. It's kind of all up in the air until I know who I'm working with.

Yeah. That's it. Thanks for your time.

( ...okay, not a #nailedit, but... it could have been worse??? )

Comments

[quivers]

That's what I've been saying!!!

[ THERE SHOULD BE PIZZA ON EVERY STREET CORNER. Why is this place the worst? ]

It's a total deal-not-date. [ Ahahaha, cracking jokes ... ] I can tell you all about my super fascinating life.

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ok, ok, rub in. deal-not-date it is.

ill practice taking notes, gotta learn if im making the jump from photographer to writer

[quivers]

Can't be that hard. If you've written an essay before, it's not that much different.

[ She says as if she's some sort of professional reporter. ]

I scribble notes for my cases all the time. I think I could make some decent news articles out of them.
Putting aside client confidentiality, of course.

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note taking isnt my strong suit, unless its equations im not gonna remember otherwise

if im paying for pizza, maybe you can give me a crash course on notation. then you can be a consultant and a potential article

[quivers]

omg you're such a nerd.

[ It's cute. Math and science isn't her thing, at all. ]

I suppooooose I can give you a few pointers.
Only if you can find me some really orgasmic pizza though.

[ oh god kate don't use the word "orgasmic". ]

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a cool nerd. is that like trying to insist you are a cool mom, only worse?

orga... um

( ABORT ABORT ABORT, and come to think of it, )

hey YOU are the one who is supposed to know where pizza is around here, not me!

[quivers]

Do people normally associate nerds with moms?

[ Where is your head, Parker? ]

I made no declaration.

I know it EXISTS somewhere in this city, but it hasn't been marked on the map. Yet.

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you want me to flag down this pizza FOR you?

arent you supposed to be the ace detective of the 2 of us? im just a lowly photographer, this seems way more up your alley

[quivers]

You think I haven't TRIED?

These losers are keeping it hidden and hogging it all to themselves.
They're up to something, my man.
I'm trying to get to the bottom of it.

[webdesigned]

hiding it, huh? this definitely sounds like something that would make a killer article in the displaced times... name pending

i didnt even realize there was pizza out there i was supposed to be looking for

[quivers]

Oh I know - Times New Roman! Always thought that'd be a hella cute name for a paper.
Not that anyone here would have a clue.

But come on, Petey. There's always pizza to look for.
And not just any pizza.

New. York. Style.

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ha, i do like that... tho the joke would probably be lost on most

now you are pushing it. the only place to get new york pizza is new york

[quivers]

But it'd totally make us foreigners feel right at home, that's for sure.

And surprise surprise! But there's a little shop in Venice, Cali that makes some kickass New York Style. Maybe even BETTER than the old big apple.

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i guess youre going to take over this paper thing

pretty sure i fell over dead at the ludicrous idea of getting ny pizza quality on the east coast, but plus side, guess my ghost can text!