I am an officially accredited journalist at an international sporting event. It's very cool. I get to go wherever I want with my media pass. I get free bottled water. I get two 6 oz cups of beer every evening after the events at the media reception. I get to use lockers for free in the main room of the Universiade Media Center. Sadly there's not computer for me to use as I don't have a laptop, but I get to write stuff on pages of paper in the big common room at my own table equipped with power outlets. I also got a free CD holder that smells like a cow, and a free umbrella with the same rip-off burberry pattern that so many of the Koreans covet so fiercely. And I haven't even written a story yet...

You see, I was really just a tag-along. The Gauntlet asked Toby to do some reporting of the games, as he's written for them lots and they have a high opinion of him. I went along with him. And I got accredited too. It was easy. All I had to do was give them my passport number. And now I get to watch all the volleyball games I want to. It's a good deal. But now I have stories to write. We'll see whether or not the paper accepts them. They don't know that I'm writing too, but Toby can't be at more than one game at once. Besides, I once worked for the Globe and Mail... I was part of failed dotcom...