I had to Febreeze my XDCAM today.
Valdez and I always seem to draw the fun assignments, and today was no different. We shot a story about the hardships on local cattle farmers and dairy farms due to the long-standing drought. And even though it was raining for a good part of the day, I think we were still able to turn a decent drought story. Thanks, in no small part to the cows. We can’t thank the cows enough. [video]
One of which butted me in the head when I got too close to it during Jennifer’s standup tease. The photo above shows me carefully feeding the cows, as I worried over possibly losing a finger in the process. I later learned that they had no front teeth by which to deform me. Although the cows did have one weapon at their disposal: their awful smell. We were warned by another reporter that we’d come back to the station reeking of cow’s ass, but I had a secret weapon of my own: the can of Febreeze I keep under the seat (so my car doesn’t smell like Chik-Fil-A).
We made sure to spray everything down really well, including my XDCAM.
And here’s a nice shot of Valdez doing a graceful, little Febreeze dance before we got back in the SUV.
In the end we came back smelling like a pair of those Glade plug-in scent devices, and had plenty of shots of cows fighting with each other over scraps of hay. All in a day’s work!
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I am guessing Tom Trantham’s place. Did you drink the raw milk?
No way! I’m a soy boy. I can’t handle the normal milk at all, so there’s no way I can drink raw milk without the world falling out my bum.
Also…gross.