DC for the day

Super long day, but I did it without even a sip of coffee. Below are my favorite moments of the day and aspects of the newseum.

- First of all I absolutely hate flying. Everything about it. Can't stand airports. Going through security is a pain. They got me again when I forgot to take my laptop out of my bag. I had three bottles of water I forgot about in there. The kind TSA man asked if I'd like to go outside and finish them before entering. But after that everything went alright. Smooth flight. Felt like we were only in the air for 15 minutes. Only downfall was when I stood up to leave the plane and banged my head on the overhead luggage space. I then proceeded to do the same exact thing getting out of the shuttle that took us to the train. It turned into a movie moment when it happened for a third time getting out of the train. Ridiculous.

- I've always loved DC. I could just walk around for hours. Or until my feet started to hurt which would probably be about a half hour. At least in the city it always feels so clean!

- I was a little disappointed I didn't find more stuff about sports journalism at the newseum. Watched that documentary in the sports theater two and a half times too many. It was good though and got me interested more in the media side of sports journalism. Filming sporting events, compiling highlights etc.

- It was interesting to see an actual reporter interview someone from the museum. It was cool to see how he made her feel comfortable and how he carried himself.

- My favorite part of the newseum was the Pulitzer Prize photos room. Lot of really tough images to look at. They weren't easy to get over and it would have felt like you were cheating them and yourself by moving by too quickly. But since there were so many disturbing images my favorite was the one of the police officer and the small child. Just perfectly captured that kid's total innocence. The back story was that he had been about to run into the street when the officer stopped him, and was explaining why he had to stay on the sidewalk. The child is looking up at him with complete faith and trust. Almost like he's about to ask if the officer wants to be his Dad.