God Bless America....and Ivan Reitman.

So I havent blogged in a week or so. Sorry..... A few things have happened since then last time I blogged.

Last week was super busy. My friend Anne is the Production intern and she was out, sick on Monday and Tuesday. Since I have the most flexible schedule out of all the interns I vollunteered to work for her department that day as well as my department. It was a busy day because Human interest had a guy jumping 6 taxis with an ATV so I was running around helping the guys get that segment situated from 1-2 and 3:30-4:30 then into the control room filling in for Anne, took a dinner break and then back into the control room for the second taping. Whew, what a day but it was amazing. Sitting in the control room is awesome because its like the University Television control room, on crack!!!!

So Wednesday is a normal day and then Thursday comes and I have my first human tricks segment!!! The way it works is that the producers bring on 6 guys and they all perform their trick during rehearsal. Then the producers decide which one work well together to make a segment and then they pick three. I felt bad for the guys that didnt get picked but everyone got along so well and I think they were just excited about getting that far. I hung out with everyone from 12:00 to about 6:30 that night so it was sad to see them go but it was an awesome day. On a side note, I was standing literally five feet from mellissa Etheridge (Musical guest) and I smiled at her...I think she smiled back. Also, the human interest segment producer gave me a copy of Kevin Smiths new book and he signed it for me. Kevin Smith has doon the moveis, Jay and Silent bob Strike back, Dogma, Clerks and many other movies. He has a filthy mouth but is a real nice down to earth guy. I guess his movies are one of my guilty pleasures..haha...

If I have learned anything from this experience so far, is that I love the TV industry!!!! I love being involved and I know I want to do this for the rest of my life.

So that was last week. This weekend, me and Phil went to the Firehouse that they used in the Ghostbuster movies. Its a working firehouse and we bought patches from one of the firemen. Phil is a hugs Ghostbusters fan so his life's journey was complete and he can now die a happy man. Then we walked the brooklyn bridge and checked out prospect Park in brooklyn and it was gorgeous!!!

Well, I cant think of much else to report. This blog was not as creative as the others I felt. ALot has happened and Im tired but i promise the next one or two will be far more entertaining. Take care everyone and I miss you all!!