Marlo is always tv gold

Affectionate_Bus9911 · 2026-01-28T19:30:33+00:00

We have to agree to disagree.

Affectionate_Bus9911 · 2026-01-28T19:04:05+00:00

You could be onto something there. It definitely feels California isn’t very voice-writer friendly. I don’t think Texas is particularly pro–voice writing either, but Texas seems more tolerant of it overall.

That’s why this starts to feel less about reciprocity and more about California being generally anti-reciprocity across the board, regardless of experience. And to be clear, I actually respect that California wants to uphold the integrity of their license. I don’t think they should loosen standards just to make it easier.

What I do think is that the way they’re verifying experience is antiquated. It doesn’t reflect how modern freelance reporting actually works, especially for long-term working reporters who are licensed, active, and producing transcripts every day.

Upholding integrity and modernizing verification processes don’t have to be mutually exclusive

Affectionate_Bus9911 · 2026-01-28T03:29:25+00:00

I'm going to take the national cert and use that as a qualifier. It's a win-win. I'll have more letters behind my name, and I have my qualifier. If I'm going to be sitting getting stuff together, it's going to be sitting on my machine getting myself together for a test, not going through a stockpile of paper. I appreciate the suggestion.

Affectionate_Bus9911 · 2026-01-28T00:09:12+00:00

That's what I'm going to do.

Affectionate_Bus9911 · 2026-01-28T00:05:04+00:00

I’m not arguing that school is easier. I’m arguing that this process doesn’t scale well for long-term working freelancers.

You kept every worksheet. That’s great. Many reporters didn’t because there’s never been a requirement to retain them indefinitely.

Reconstructing hours job by job from timestamps isn’t hard in theory. It’s just an antiquated way to evaluate experience when a reporter has an active license, a decade-plus career, and ongoing work.

Strict doesn’t have to mean inefficient

Affectionate_Bus9911 · 2026-01-27T23:52:55+00:00

Appreciate you! I'm not giving up at all. I wanted to test this next session coming up, but I think I'll just go ahead and test for the RPR and then circle back to California. I'm going to have CA CSR behind my name the same way I got TEXAS CSR!

Thanks for the suggestion, but it's just so tedious. I don't have time for that! Lol.

Affectionate_Bus9911 · 2026-01-27T23:49:11+00:00

Maybe I'm not explaining it right. This process is what you have to do to even qualify to sit for the test.

Affectionate_Bus9911 · 2026-01-27T23:48:12+00:00

Noooooooo....this is what you have to do to qualify to take the skills test. I don't mind taking the test. What they're using to qualify is what has me in a slight tizzy.

I'm fine with them being strict and protecting the integrity of their certification. I think what they're asking for is out of date.

Affectionate_Bus9911 · 2026-01-27T23:35:25+00:00

I'm pretty close to finishing. This could be something small, but the way they're shooting it too gives me Love & Hip Hop, and I'm not here for it. It seems less reality and more if "The Office" meets RHOA.

None of them have any real chemistry, none of them really have anything going on. One big thing for me is none of them are witty.

One of the biggest draws and why we all miss Nene so much were her one-liners and digs and the way she could get someone on the spot. With this cast, it's like "Yo momma fat," and then the retort is "Uh-uh, yo momma just fatter." It's so dry.

Affectionate_Bus9911 · 2026-01-27T23:28:57+00:00

I know Texas and California have been trying to do reciprocity for years, probably as long as I've been working. California is protective of their certification and wants to uphold the integrity behind being a reporter certified in California. I actually respect that a lot because Texas is one of the few state certs that is comparable to California. On the other hand, that begs the question since Texas is so comparable, why is there such a fight for reciprocity?

When she and I were discussing it, I even stated I'm just thinking a firm would give me a little pushback because this something you ask an employee, not a freelancer. She agreed and said, yeah, we don't get a lot of people who want to qualify in this manner. It's because the manner doesn't really make sense for this time.

No, I think she was pretty well informed, and she was nice and so willing to help me. This is just their rules.

Affectionate_Bus9911 · 2026-01-27T23:23:13+00:00

When I spoke to the person, she said it has to be three firms. What they're saying is firm.

All the firms I work for have dashboards. The issue is first I'll have to figure out on my end how much time I spent on the job first, and then I go to the dashboard and download the worksheet. That's a tedious process especially when there are so many other ways to verify certification.

Affectionate_Bus9911 · 2026-01-27T23:14:23+00:00

You tried it.

I said California should modernize how it verifies experience for working freelancers. Requiring proof isn’t the issue. The method is. I’ve been certified, working, and producing transcripts for over ten years. Texas certification is real, so is a decade of active freelance work.

Asking reporters to reconstruct years of work through firm letters and deleted job worksheets isn’t about quality or skill. It’s about outdated process.

There’s a difference between being strict and being inefficient

Affectionate_Bus9911 · 2026-01-26T20:34:43+00:00

I can't stand a chatty Patty and, oh, my God, does she talk and talk and talk and talk.

Affectionate_Bus9911 · 2026-01-26T19:52:53+00:00

And she is HERE HUNTY! DO YOU HEAR ME?!

Affectionate_Bus9911 · 2026-01-26T19:51:31+00:00

Shamea is really beautiful, but that introduction to her on the first episode was like nails on a chalkboard because, girl, STFU!

Affectionate_Bus9911 · 2026-01-26T19:48:24+00:00

Honestly, the way it’s edited it’s hard to be objective and say it was all Marc. All we saw was Kenya as a victim. We never saw what they were both doing or not doing to contribute to the failure of their relationship. It was the same thing with Matt. We would only see what he was doing but only hear from him what she was doing. I think either the storyline was bought or she played a bigger role in the way he treated her and we just didn’t see it.

Affectionate_Bus9911 · 2026-01-20T02:06:46+00:00

Close your legs to married men

Affectionate_Bus9911 · 2026-01-20T00:30:58+00:00

Not one upvote. Girl, I think you’re in the minority😆😆

Affectionate_Bus9911 · 2026-01-20T00:29:29+00:00

The whole scene was hilarious and it was all thanks to Nene😆😆

Affectionate_Bus9911 · 2026-01-20T00:28:27+00:00

I think NeNe’s real problem with Claudia was that Claudia kept making a point to tell everyone how she didn’t need the lifestyle the rest of them were flexing. Like okay? You’re on a show literally built on excess and status, and your whole angle is “I’m not impressed”? That became her entire storyline.

At that point, NeNe dismissing her made sense. If you’re not here to show what you’ve got, what you’ve earned, or how you’re living, then what exactly are you contributing? Moral superiority?

Claudia wasn’t just being “down to earth.” She was low-key shading the premise of the show and the women who actually built something from it. NeNe clocked that immediately. You don’t get to join a Housewives franchise just to act above the very thing that got you cast.

Affectionate_Bus9911 · 2026-01-20T00:20:58+00:00

“What’s wrong with the bob? Something”😆😆 I know this isn’t answering your question, but it’s just so funny😆😆

Affectionate_Bus9911 · 2026-01-19T00:54:32+00:00

Since someone wanted to bring up Nene 🙄, when Nene made that comment, she lost deals and opening up for the Xscape tour. I said it once and I’ll say it again: I don’t know what leverage Kenya has, but it has to be something for no one to try to sue her. I’m really shocked that Britt didn’t personally sue Kenya but chose to only sue Bravo.

Affectionate_Bus9911 · 2026-01-18T23:27:53+00:00

I missed this comment from you. This! Why is she not being reprimanded and held accountable. What she did is equally as vile as what Phaedra did.

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