I like watching the puddles gather rain...

Lin_See — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 05:19:00 GMT

Tim Russert died today. It's very sad, he, like Bill Moyers was one of the few journalists out there who still maintained his credibility. Meet the Press was a Sunday morning staple for me, especially this past spring. Sad day.

Now on to more random awesomeness...

I found out today that my critique partner for Rewrite this summer dropped the class. Bummer. Especially since I already wrote up my critique of his work. Oh well, it's a crappy deal, but I'll just have to do the best I can. I secretly suspect my script sucks, but then again, isn't that the point of the class. Writing is rewriting right?

The good thing is, I already know what I want to write about for my next script and I think it's a better idea so this will be good practice for getting the process down.

Also, I have to write up my first internship journal. Ugh. I spent a lot of the day today researching possible Comm. Theories that I can use. Ugh. Can I just say how much I HATE communication theory. Media theory -- I get. I understand it and find it interesting. Comm. Theory -- I don't get. It's boring and dry and is rarely employed to study situations that I find interesting.

The rest of the day I spent in the writer's room. I got to listen in to a content call for an upcoming episode. That was an interesting experience. A content call (I think that's what it's called...) is basically when the whole production from writer's to set decorators get together and go through a script. They discussed it scene by scene and broke down special needs and what the final look and feel of each scene was supposed to be. It got boring at times because the producers and other members of the production would get off track and go into detail about specific sets and whatnot, but it was really interesting.

Very few people were in the office today so that also meant that there was plenty of time to answer my questions. I got some good insight into how the process is different on Eureka because of the fact that they actually shoot in Vancouver as opposed to other shows that shoot and are written right here in L.A.

I also got some good advice in general about my future and all from Ed and John. Those two are some of the nicest people I've met, they are so willing to offer up advice and opinions and so forth. They treat the interns like real people and it's great. In fact, it's not just Ed and John, it's everyone. They are all so helpful and nice and take an interest in us.

I am thoroughly intimidated by Charlie though I must say. He's one of the smartest people I've met. But he's super nice and he does take an interest in the interns when he has time. He's also one of the busiest people I've ever met. But I guess that's just the life of a showrunner.

Other than that, it was a pretty uneventful day. I discovered that I absolutely SUCK at XBox, Halo in particular. Yeah, we played a little Halo at the end of the day. At least John was nice about beating me though, he did let me get some shots in. I just suck at it. I can live with that.

Even more random. I just have to say, I am really tired of people making me feel inadequate because I happen to hate the fact that the weather here is ALWAYS THE SAME. IT NEVER RAINS. I'm sorry, it bugs me. I LIKE rain. I realize it's flooding at home and all, but I'm so sick of all the freaking sunny days. And I don't think I should have to apologize for it and I'm tired of people making me feel like I'm a total freak because of it. Sorry people, I need rainy days and variable weather. I do like the lack of humidity because the heat is a little more bearable, but as far as I'm concerned any heat is no good. I would much rather it be 50 degrees every day. It's just so uncomfortable to be hot all the time. And I am ALWAYS hot.

Grrrrr....so leave me alone, I like rain.

Eureka! An Internship at NBC/Universal : Rain

I like watching the puddles gather rain...