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No Work. All Play.

Prologue

Being the ‘new’ girl at work sucks, especially when you’re working at a male dominant workplace and your not all that new. These past few years I have learned the hard way. Living in Pittsburgh has been so good for me and I really enjoy it! I love the city, I love the people and I love everyone I work with to death. I have always been the one and only girl in a group of guys, that’s just how my life has been; of course my mom is proud. But what she will be most proud about is my new promotion at work.

A few months ago there was talk at work that Pens TV was adding a new show to the line up. Ever since the Penguins drafted Sidney Crosby, our fan base has grown intensely and we have gotten so many wanting to get to know the Penguins even more than ever. So finally we got our way and are getting ready to start shooting ‘Inside the Igloo’, where fans get to see what the Penguins are really like off the ice. There is a large, in studio audience, and the players will each take turns coming on the show and talking about life and all that stuff. Not only that, but we’ll be travelling with that particular Penguin for a day and seeing their personal life. It will also show a behind the scenes look at what goes on.

For the past few years I have been working as a journalist for the Penguins, as a backup in case someone ever missed an interview-which was so rare! I was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario Canada and went to a university in Pittsburgh on scholarship for volleyball. It was there that I majored in broadcasting journalism and got “scouted” if you will, by Pens TV, since that’s where I did my co-op placement. So here I’ve been living for a few years. Now at age 23, I am more than ready to get my debut, which is today.

I was on set with the audience and the other host Doug. Doug was quite a bit older than me and was very good friends with the players. He was their main journalist. He was the one who would mainly host and I would accept the audience’s questions and was the one who got to go spend the day with the boys when we filmed those. I was wearing a dress shirt and jeans, looking casual, which is what the feel of the show is. “You ready to start Britt?” one of the producers asked. “Yup. Dougie?” I asked, getting into the sound booth ready to record the intro. “Let’s go!”

“Ever wanted to know what the Pens were like off the ice? Ever want to know what the Pens do off the ice?” I began, “Well all that is coming true today. This is…. ‘Inside the Igloo’! With your host Doug Montamare!” He then went on about what the show is like and doing a brief introduction to what the show is about. Then we rehearsed what our other daily sayings would be. I felt like a loser doing this, but I had fun.

After the recording we had a quick meeting. Our first show was in a few days and we will be meeting Maxime Talbot and Marc-Andre Fleury. “Not like this is adding on to any pressure or anything.” “It’s alright, you’ll do fine. But for right now you need to go get ready for the party tonight.” Doug said. “Crap, thanks for reminding me.” “At least I did, you’ll thank me later when you have enough time to get ready.” “Thanks Doug, I’ll see you tonight.” I said grabbing my purse and leaving. This party is a big deal to everyone because the boys season is quickly approaching and this is the big party that Pens TV throws for the players and their spouses, and for everyone to bond. This is my first time meeting the “larger” players. I need to impress them.

Notes

First chapter! Yay! Thoughts?
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Comments

please, please, PLEASE do a spin off! This story was amazing!
bardownbabe bardownbabe
7/29/13
spin off please
ghanh ghanh
2/27/13
Just got caught up again! Great writing, spin off would be great :)
Jess123 Jess123
2/24/13
Just got caught up. Ahhhh!
Ok no big deal, she tells Sidney Jordan kissed her and Sidney kicks Jordan's ass. Right?...
Please no break up. Great job!
Jess123 Jess123
2/7/13
more please! i love it!
hockaayy hockaayy
1/27/13