"Welp, thats New York for ya."

"Well, thats __________ for ya." Have you ever had anyone say that to you? (That was not a rhetoricle question. I will wait approximately three days and 7 hours for a response)

Haha, just kidding....of course I am....anyway

This is the phrase commonly used by those who have experienced something to the point where all of the odd and strange things about that experience become the everyday average norm. The point of this senseless rambling is that I have experienced multiple things over the weekend and the earlier part of this week, that if I told them to someone that knows alot about New York then they would grace my ears with "Welp, thats New York for ya." Here we go.

Sunday, I am on my way to enjoy some culinary socialry (dinner) with two amazing people, Sean Carnahan and Laura Adkins of GCSU'S graduating class of 2006 and I am waiting at the subway stop and this guy comes up to me and, without introduction he proceeds to tell me that if I lifted dumbells then I could "put anotha inch on my "OM" (arm) and tone up a little and I would look good, Id look good...not too much just a...just a lil bit...I dont wanna go too much..just a lil bit and all the girls would be....all the girls would be goin for me. Not that he was gay or anythin but he knows..he goes to a gym...crunch on 34th and 3rd (thats not actually where it was, I dont remember)..so he knows... he knows

So this was the beginning of a 45 minute train ride and my friend, Bobby, I found out later was his name entertained me the whole way to Union Square. Dont get me wrong, I am not making fun of the guy but he was a very interesting character and I loved his Brooklyn accent....seriously. We...and I mean.... he... talked about tons of things. It was hard to hear him because of the train and luckily he didnt ask alot of questions so I didnt have to respond much. Apparently he was ok with me just saying..."Uh huh...Oh cool...yeah...thats awesome..yeah, that wouldnt be too good...Ok...yeah...Ok...cool.
It got worse at one point it was so hard to hear him on the train and then John Coltraine Jr. comes onto the train and oblidges us with a serenade of "Somewhere over the rainbow" with his saxaphone. It was very beautiful.
"Thats New York for ya."

Up next, on my way home that night I saw a dead rat on the steps going out of the subway station....YES, thats awesome!!!!!!!
"Thats New York for ya"
Some other crazy things have happened but thats new York for ya so i dont see any need to dwell...

So onto stuff about the show. This week was pretty awesome. We had a guy come Monday that will be on the Friday show and his act is outside. Hes the one I mentioned on my previous blog about how my bosses found him through the website I gave them. I got to meet and talk with him as well as being behind the set for rehearsal and the actual show!!!!! It was awesome getting to see all of the crew members around with the cameras and as well as meeting ou human interest guest I got to meet Biff Henderson. If you ever watch the show he is one of the guys that Dave puts on the show all the time and he was very nice and was interested in where I was from. Among the Late Show Regulars, I met the voice of the Late Show, Alan Kaulter and Paul Shaffers kids came into the intern room today so I got to meet them and Paul Shaffer. Pretty neat.

Ummm, lets see oh, We had Dalton Carricker on the Show, Tuesday. He is the 12 year old that hit the winning home run in the Little League World series game, Georgia Vs. Japan. I was told to take T-shirts to his family and he was in there with them so I got to shake his hand and congratulate him on his success. I met one more semi-famous person today. Even if you are not fans I am sure all of you know what "Halo" is. If not, then its a really popular video game. Anyway, I met one of the head writers of Halo 3, due to be released September 23rd. He is friends with the human interest segment producer and he stopped by today.

Well, thats New York for ya. I know the post is rather long but alot happened. So get over it...anyway, I miss everyone. See ya later!