Page 228 - Bridget Jones's Diary - by Helen FIELDING
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Bridget (Jones)
Right. Will just copy it out neatly and check spellings then send it.
Tuesday 26 September
8st 13, alcohol units 0, cigarettes 0, calories 1256, lottery tickets 0, obsessive
thoughts about Daniel 0, negative thoughts 0. Am perfect saint-style person.
It is great when you start thinking about your career instead of worrying about
trivial things - men and relationships. It's going really well on Good Afternoon! I
think I might have a gift for popular television. The-really exciting news is that I
am going to be given a tryout in front of the camera.
Richard Finch got this idea into his head at the end of last week that he wanted
to do a Live Action Special with reporters attached to emergency services all
over the capital. He didn't have much luck to start with. In fact people were
going round the office saying he had been turned down by every Accident and
Emergency unit, Police and Ambulance force in the Home Counties. But this
morning when I arrived he grabbed me by the shoulders yelling, 'Bridget! We're
on! Fire. I want you on-camera. I'm thinking miniskirt. I'm thinking fireman's
helmet. I'm thinking pointing the hose.'
Everything has been total mayhem ever since, with the everyday business of
