Oh, the hectic life that is The Daily Gamecock (and a million other things too)

While you were sitting at home naked on a beanbag and eating Cheetos yesterday afternoon, I was hard at work.
Well, OK so “hard” isn’t the correct word. I was eating Smokey Bones barbecue and listening to Ray Tanner talk about how absolutely awesome his team is going to be.
But that’s my job and the reason I love it. Anytime the USC media department gets to pick up the tab on lunch, I’m there. Anytime the Colonial Center is serving food and I have a courtside seat, count me in.
Therefore, in the spirit of boasting about my job (and I got a new one yesterday as a beat writer for GamecockAnthem.com) I present to you Alex Riley’s Top 10 Reasons Why Working in the Newspaper Business (specifically sports) is Freakin’ Sweet:

10. Free paper for paper airplane wars
9. Running into Steve Spurrier and Ray Tanner at women’s basketball games
8. Courtside seats (except when players land in your lap)
7. Trying to decipher what Evka is saying
6. Getting to rip jokes constantly about USC with the people who run the place
5. The sweet smell of Bryce Sheldon’s hair gel
4. Daniel Stetson constantly giving me a breeze from waiving the Lithuania flag
3. Free food (minus the loaf a la meat)
2. Dave Odom’s 20-minute post-game speech on defensive letdowns
1. And of course: Rippin’ hot interns

-- Alex Riley
Sport Editor