"I love the dark, I love the dark! But I hate nature, I hate nature!"

Hey wassup, Hows it goin? Of course you cant actually answer me so those questions I guess are rhetorical. Anyway, the show is on what is called "a dark week". We will not be taping any shows until Monday. The reason for this is that I dont feel like getting anyone coffee this week so they decided to not tape until I got everyone coffee. Just kidding, Of course. The real reason is that God said not to tape. Ok, so I guess the true reason is that they take a week off from taping every moth to get everything re-organized and relaxed around the office. Its been a good week so far. I was pretty busy on Tuesday but today was pretty slow.

One of my jobs for Tuesday was to go over to the CBS broadcast center to get a european formatted dvd (Pal) dubbed to an American format DVD (NTSC). It was pretty awesome getting to go in the central hub and I saw one of the cameras that was used in the first televised, presidential debate.

Once again, In the industry, I have found amazing people to work with. The guy that helped me out at CBS wished could give me a tour. He has so much passion about what he does and its good to be around people like that. Now, of course, once you hit a certain level in the business, there are some people who are not the friendliest.

Moving on, I have found a church and am trying to get involved in the video department. That will give me something free to do on the weekend and the people are so fun to be around.

Recently, I have become a fan of the television show, "Firefly". If you dont know what Firefly is then you must join the Browncoat independents in the fight against crappy T.V. Programming!! Basically what had happened was.....Firefly was on Fox for one season and then was cancelled. The network did not even give the show a chance. The show was then cancelled and fans ended loving the show so much that it spawned them to make the movie "Serenity". The show focuses on a crew who rely on any job that will pay them money, to survive. Its a mix between, Star Wars and any western movie. It is sooooo good!!!! I believe that if anyone watches at least three episodes they will realize how good the show is and will want more. So get hooked. It has an amazing cast also.

Oh and this weekend I am going to Baltimore with my friend Phil from the show. I will try and take some pictures and have some cool things to report.

Allright, I wish I could give you guys more crazy awesome New York stories but not a lot has happened. We have a human tricks segment on Monday though, so interesting things should happen soon. I hope you are all well and have a great rest of the week.
Tyler

Natural History Museum Video

Hey everyone. Here is a video I put together of my trip to the natural History Museum. P.S. - Im not as dumb as I sound in the video. Enjoy!

The best of times, the worst of times.

Last weekend I went to the American natural Museum of History..woohoo!!!! It was really cool and I took a lot of video and pictures and I have been meaning to compile a short video for your viewing pleasure but I jsut havent had the time (or the energy). But do not fret, as soon as I get it done it will be posted and hopefully you will enjoy it.

So its been a looong week and we only had to work four days! Since Monday was labor day, we didnt have to work and since we didnt have to prepare for a show for Monday, we also had last Friday off as well. SO needless to say, it was a four day weekend. With all that time off, it was tough getting into the swing of things on Tuesdy because we jumped into taping two shows.

Even though the week was long, I learned alot and I am realizing my place in this world. I realized this week that I love every minute of working in television, the good and the bad times. So even though it was a long week, it was a good week.

On a lighter note, Im on a first name basis with Paul Shaffer now. Yeah, as he was leaving the other night he stopped by and said good night to the interns and we all said "Good night, Paul." Yeah, thats how we role.

For a quick movie review, I saw "3:10 to Yuma" last night. I enjoyed it but as the critics keep saying, it was somewhat disappointing. THe plot was fairly simple, a poor rancher gets offered 200 dollars to escort a famous outlaw to a train to be sent to prison. I will say though that if it had not been for the character development of the actors, mainly Ben Foster, Christian Bale and Russell Crow, then the movie would not have been as entertaining. It also starred the "Easy Rider", Peter Fonda and "Wash" from Joss Whedsons "Firefly". So a pretty good cast. I think my biggest problem was, there was not enough action. I know, that could be the guy coming out in me, because the main point of the movie was not about the actio but about the relationship between the rancher and the Outlaw. Anyway, I would recomend seeing it. It is not infested with violence and language so its not unbearable to watch. Thats one of my pet peaves is when the cursing becomes so common that it seems like there was not even a script involved. But it wasnt like that.

Well, I think Im going to the Metropolitan Museum of Art today so I will get back to you on how that went and get that video ready about the Natural Museum of History. See ya later, Tyler