Not my finest half-hour of live television...

I learned quickly that the real magic of doing TV isn't how well you present, it's how effectively you're able to hide your mistakes. Man, my lack of sleep must've caught up with me, because I totally butchered some names in tonight's newscast (including that of one of my co-workers who filed our lead story).

Anchoring live isn't as laborious as people think, but by the same token it is really mentally-draining work- you've constantly got to think 10 seconds into the future and really have to pay attention, so being lethargic usually exposes grammatical and/or delivery snafus.

The fun part was that I got to interview my aunt tonight. We really try hard to avoid the nepotism label, but I covered for another colleague tonight and wound up interviewing my dad's sister. Pretty enjoyable.

Hopefully some shut-eye will get me back on track.