I know who I am, but who are you?

Lin_See — Sat, 31 May 2008 03:59:00 GMT

Internship Day 2:

Excuse me but I'm a little depressed right now...I just found out that the guy I'm basically working for is 3 YEARS YOUNGER than me...and so much farther in his career...

That kind of makes me sad...oh well, I guess that's how it goes...I just feel OLD...and I'm not...

Brianna and Matt got here....FINALLY....and amazingly we managed to cram all of our stuff in the room and still have room to live and breathe and sit and walk a little:

Yeah, so it's not so bad...we'll survive.

Today was the second day at my internship and while I still felt a little awkward because I don't really know everything yet, it was even better than the first day. I do get a little frustrated and paranoid though because I'm not totally sure what I am supposed to be doing at all times and I want to do well. I guess I just kind of wish I knew everything already, but I guess that comes in time. In the meantime, here is the intern workspace:

That's our desk, and that's my computer, sandwiched between two printers. It's small, but we don't really need much more, most of our time is not spent here. Well, except when we're making copies.

And this is the "Intern Duty" list we posted above it to remind us what we are supposed to do. It mostly says things like - Make Coffee, Keep Refrigerator stocked, Keep dishes cleaned up, Turn on Lights in the morning, Unlock Bathrooms, etc. etc.

And here is the door to the writer's room (I hope it's okay that I took pictures of it, I didn't ask, maybe I should have...oops...) I mostly get a kick out of the fact that they've labeled it "Situation Room."

Here's another one of the door, the copy machine where I spend a lot of time is to the right and to the left is 'The Room' and also Nick Wauters and Eric Wallace's office (they share one).

Anyway, those are just some pictures from inside.

Today I got to ride around in a golf cart again, this time Scott Sebert (my boss) took me through the backlot and we saw Wisteria Lane from 'Desperate Housewives' -- they were actually shooting there today, we didn't see any of it, but it's kind of cool knowing they were back there shooting.

I also got to spend some time talking with both Scott and Ed Fowler, the Writer's Assistant about random industry things. They kind of explained how writer's contracts work to me and told me about how the schedule works for writer's on tv shows, like they don't get hiatus like actors do. And they told me different things they do when they aren't writing for the show, like if they get breaks and stuff and different ways they find to bring in money and pay their bills. It was really interesting and they were so nice about answering my questions. Everyone so far has just been really really nice especially when it comes to answering questions and just providing insight into the way things really work in the industry.

One really cool conversation I had today was with Thania St. John, one of the EP's on the show. She asked me about my background and told me that she thought it was an "honor and a priviledge" that I came out here just for this internship. I was like - Hellooooo, it's a freaking honor, priviledge, opportunity of a lifetime for me to be able to do this. Then she asked me about my thesis/seminar paper that I'm working on for my master's and when I told her it was on product placement her eyes lit up! It was so cool, she was actually impressed that I was studying product placement and made sure to tell me about the big product placement deal on the show this season. She told me to come to her office sometime and she would be happy to talk more about the deal and the way these kinds of deals work with me. Awesome!

(Sorry, I would provide more details about the show etc. but I had to sign a confidentiality agreement so I can't, I don't want to get in trouble for telling things I'm not supposed to so if I'm overly general about some things, sorry)

I also got a chance to "proofread" an outline for an episode today. John Herrerra the Script Coordinator, probably just out of pity or wanting to give me something to do so I felt useful, gave me an outline that had just been turned in and had me proof it typos and errors. Um...there were TWO typos...ha! Oh well, it was fun and I DID feel useful when he asked me to do it, so everyone wins!

Wow, well, it just seems to keep getting better at least in terms of the internship. Living situation is going fine, but poor Brianna, her internship seems to be falling through the cracks. The guy at Warner Brothers basically told her he didn't have much for her to do, and that so SUCKS. She is looking for more internships and I have faith she'll find something. She's good, and she's a hard worker, that WB guy doesn't know what he's missing out on.

Well, it's been a long day (I went in at 9 and got off at 7 -- yessss!!) and I'm tired. Tomorrow we may hit Santa Monica and Sunday, I think we may TRY to hit the premiere of 'Kung Fu Panda' SCADOOSH!

Eureka! An Internship at NBC/Universal : Intern

I know who I am, but who are you?