There's something you should know about me. I'm a total geek for good journalism. A great exmaple is every Tuesday when I hop to the mailbox and proclaim, "It's Newsweek Day! It's Newsweek Day!" (Think Navin Johnson in The Jerk when he happily shouts, "The new phonebooks are here!")

Today I grabbed the mail on the way to lunch with my boyfriend. I was so psyched about a new Newsweek, I made him drive so I could read instead.

I'm flipping through, flipping through ...

And then I stopped and said, "That's me!"

I'm in Newsweek this week. Page 16. The cover story is something about identity theft, though that has nothing to do with me.

I won a photo contest sponsored by the magazine and Canon. The theme was "Let Loose Your Inner Rebel," and you had to send in a photo of yourself doing something rebellious.

I sent a skydiving picture.

Because I was the grand prize winner, I'll be getting a new Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT camera, which is so cool I can't even find the words.

Best of all, this issue of Newsweek also contains a great little profile of me that doesn't make me sound like a total wacko, adrenaline junkie. It's really a lovely piece of writing. And it's especially cool because I have such passion for the magazine anyway.

Plus, I hope all my ex-boyfriends see me looking like a total badass. 'Cuz I am.

I'm so giddy this very instant.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, June 28, 2005 at 1:00 PM.