h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Absolutely.

But right now I have to write about very boring things. Deadline tomorrow.

Now don't tell me this looks like a toilet brush!
It means cheer up. After tomorrow you can relax a bit and prepare for the next deadline in the near future.

Yes, next wednesday.

No! So soon?

It's a weekly paper with only 3 reporters.

Sounds good. You're a reporter or an editor or both?

Both actually and also I w*rk for a local radio station.

That's fun. So you know how to work with the recording machine and do the mixing and adding in sound-effects and so on?

In general yes. But mostly I do talkshows and interviews and such.

The people come to the studio. You do not leave the studio for making a reportage? You don't have wish for doing that?

Well, actually I w*rk at every other place exept studio.
We record the stuff in all kind of places. Studio is boring and cold.

Where do you do the talkshows then?

In the town hall, in a little café around the corner, in a museum... Wherever actually. These days it isn't really much stuff you need for that. The main thing is a laptop.

Really? I didn't know that. I imagined lots of microphones, cables etc.

Well, yes. There are some mics involved, and cables. But usually it takes about 20 minutes to set it all ready. It's one suitcase.

Right. You must have come to know a lot of interesting people and your kids must be proud of you as well.

Perhaps.
My kids don't like me w*rking on very occasional hours though. They never know when I come or go.

Yes, well. These are modern times. What's the sense of having a mum who sits watching the telly all night?

Sometimes I think they need more stability in their lives.

You're with them, aren't you? You didn't abandon them, leave them, or sent them elsewhere? They do know where their home is.