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New book focuses on internships in the fashion world

Anonymous — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:07:06 GMT

After researching fashion all over the world, Dr. Michele Granger, professor of fashion and interior design at Missouri State University, published her sixth textbook, “The Fashion Intern, Second Edition.”

The End has come...

Luke_Rich — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 02:29:00 GMT

I apologize for not regularly updating my blog, I know my loyal fans have been extremely disappointed not to here more about my adventures in LA. I'm sorry to report that there really hasn't been any adventures or excitement on my end, and that's why I've been so bad about updating my blog.

One thing I did do recently is...drumroll please...get my haircut!! Exciting, right? Actually, for me, it kind of is. I've had long hair for about a year now and I decided I was through with it, so I cut it off. All of it. Below is a picture I took today in the office with my webcam.

So, yeah. That's my haircut.

In other news, today was my last day at Pangea. I wasn't intending on this week to be my last, but my current financial situation as it is, I new I didn't have enough money to drive around and eat in LA for the next couple of weeks. I'm going to be coming home (to Arkansas) next week. I'll be stopping in Texas first. It's my sister's birthday next week, so I'll stop by and see her for a day or two, and then I'll be home. And then in two weeks, I graduate!! Yippee!

At first, I thought I would just stay in LA, even after my internship was over. But I think I want to come home for now. First, I need to save up some money. Secondly, getting my internship and coming to LA happened so fast, that I didn't really make any plans or have any idea what I was going to do after I got here. I think I need to take some time to gain some perspective, think about what I want to do and then go about getting it done. Thirdly, I'm still thinking about Grad school, so I may just work for a year, save money, and apply to more schools next year.

The good news is that everyone at Pangea was great today. Both of my bosses told me to keep in touch and that when I get back out here, to let them know and they'll try to get me a job or another internship. I actually think I probably may try to get another internship, because even entry-level jobs want at least one year of experience in the industry before they hire you. And that's where internships are helpful. The good thing is, is now that I've done it before, I'll know what I need to do next time (like going to an entertainment temp agency so I can work a few days a week and make money).

Overall, the whole experience has been a lot of fun and I can't wait to come back permanently. Everyone in my office is awesome and I can't wait to see their first film when it comes out (it goes into production this fall, I believe).

I can't find the time to write my mind the way I want it to read...

Lin_See — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 03:57:00 GMT

Bruce Miller writing lesson for the day:

"If you can't sum it up in 6 words or less then you don't know what it is (and therefore cannot write it)."

This is very true. You should be able to sum up each beat within 6 words. If you can't then you really have no idea what story you are telling. That's according to Bruce, who just minutes after telling me this, proceeded to break his own rule and put up a beat card that had no less than 12 words, thus proving the rule.

HA! Very good day today!

I got to write the cards in the room today. That means as Bruce and Curtis and Ed and Jon came up with beats for each act, they told me and wrote down what they said on giant index cards which were then put up on the board in order.

We also had some lively discussion about sexual harassment, kiddie porn (we're against it), and Alicia Silverstone in Clueless...

We also took some time out to have Art Class...

Yes, that is supposed to be Earth -- according to Jon, the artist...he was drawing from the perspective of the southern hemisphere and the giant orange thing in the middle is north and south America...and no, he CLAIMS he didn't confuse Florida's coast, but according to him, the Yucatan peninsula is much larger than Florida.

Well, then Curtis had to get in on the action -- hence the Enterprise (yes, it's supposed to be the enterprise - you should have seen the viper he TRIED to draw -- it ended up looking like the Enterprise was pooping out stars, but I digress) which is apparently attacking Earth...and not that's NOT a carrot floating through space -- it's supposed to be a dude, in a capsule...

Not to be outdone by Script Coordinator and Supervising Producer, P.A. Scott had to get in on the art action...

Now this one might be a little more difficult to see, but off to the left of the dueling Enterprise and Earth is a Hot Dog Spaceship...though I've never seen anyone put a hot dog vertically into a bun and why a hot dog spaceship that shoots hot dogs (yes, that's supposed to be a hot dog, not a large piece of bacon) in space, at the Enterprise no less, is needed in this scenario...I have no idea...

Unfortunately my camera missed the "draw a better Earth than John's" action in which Scott tried to best John's artistic ability by drawing the North and South American continents, complete with an Alaska that strongly resembled a chicken leg.

But, kudos to John for at least being geographically knowledgeable enough to even attempt to draw the Earth.

HA!

And that was all the excitement we could handle today.

And all the excitement I can handle relating to you so I leave you today with photographic images of the BEST waffle and chicken breast lunch I've ever had. Courtesy of last Sunday, Roscoe's House of Chicken and Waffles (thanks for the tip Matt, I'm still investigating the t-shirt issue), and my trusty iPhone (3G comes out FRIDAY! YAY!)

BEFORE

AFTER

It was mmmmm...Good! (sorry, no mullet lady...)

You'll never see the end of the road while you're traveling with me...

Lin_See — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 02:45:00 GMT

Tomorrow makes 3 whole months since Mickey died. And I just saw a dog on t.v. that looked just like him.

I miss him.

I really haven't taken any pictures lately. We haven't gone anywhere or done anything that warrants taking pictures. And I just feel awkward taking pictures at work.

But we did go to CityWalk Sunday night.

We went to see 'Get Smart.' When I was a kid I used to watch that show ALL the time. It was on Nick at Nite back when Nick at Nite actually played good shows and not JUST Fresh Prince. I think Nick at Nite has kind of become like MTV...it was good when I was a kid, now it sucks. I blame everyone born after 1985.

I always wanted to be 99. Well, her and Mary Richards. And I always wanted a shoe phone. I still want a shoe phone.

Okay, so in the movie Anne Hathaway plays 99. She was good in it, and the whole movie was great. There was a fantastic cameo by Bill Murray. BUT I don't think Anne Hathaway was the greatest choice for 99. For one, she WAY too young to be playing Steve Carrell's love interest. But at the same time I don't think there is any actress that wouldn't be too young for that that would have been good for the part.

My choice for 99 would have definitely been Rory Gilmore...

I think she looks a lot more like Barbara Feldon than Anne Hathaway does. And I think she would have been funnier as 99. I don't remember 99 being quite so serious as Anne Hathaway played it. Oh well, I really liked the movie anyway.

(p.s. Dad, go visit Brianna's blog to see pictures of Rory and Lorelai's house, Luke's Diner, and Miss Patty's -- she works there!)

Anyway, I spent most of today out at the pool. It's been really good swimming weather. So far I haven't convinced anyone to come play in the pool with me, but it's still fun and of course I got a little sunburned.

On the internship front, the days are getting longer as there are more things to do. It's a lot of fun. But it's funny how once you work on something like a t.v. show, it totally changes the way you watch that show. Now I know things and so when I watch Eureka (season premiere is July 29th!) I will see it a lot differently. It's still fun though. Tomorrow evening we are having a "Below the Line" outing. I think we are all going to CityWalk after work. It should be fun.

Now I'm just really tired.

I went to Target today and got the entire series 'Firefly' for $18.

Target here is very weird, it's like 3 stories big and you have to park in a parking garage and the sign for the store is almost impossible to see from the street. But luckily, even in L.A. Target prices are pretty reasonable!

Think good thoughts about Mickey tomorrow...and maybe next time I update I'll have some more exciting news and some photos!

MILES TODAY : 15ish

GAS TOTAL SO FAR: $400ish

SONG FOR MICKEY : 'Don't Dream it's Over' - Crowded House (one of his faves!) =)

Destined to seek, destined to know...

Lin_See — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 07:29:00 GMT

Today was a 12 hour day.

I never thought I would have a job where I would be willing to work 12 hours a day. Now, granted, this isn't so much a job in that I don't get paid, but the fact that I DON'T get paid and am still willing to work 12 hour days says something. I don't know exactly what that is. Maybe that I am crazy. I don't know.

I definitely think that if I do end up working out here at some point then I will have to completely forgo the thought of ever having any kind of life. Ha. I don't know how those guys do it. They work pretty much 24/7.

Anyway.

I spent a lot of today in the writer's room. Not much was going on, but I did get to listen in to a Notes call. That's where the studio gives the writers notes about their script. It's kind of like a critique session. Sort of. It was interesting.

I think the most interesting part was just listening to the studio exec. talk. Before today I kind of always pictured studio and network execs as "suits." Suits who really were only interested in the bottom line, even if that means sacrificing the story. But listening today I got a completely different picture. Sure, the bottom line is definitely at the forefront of the conversation as are other practical production elements. But as I was listening to the comments the exec was making and his explanations for his notes and how his thought process worked in coming up with those notes, I realized this was a guy who definitely has a clue. He understands how to tell a story and his comments, while not always popular with the guys, at least were based in a desire to really make the story great.

So that was enlightening. It makes me less scared and apprehensive about the possibility of applying for the NBC Associates program and essentially becoming one of these guys.

I also learned a little bit about how the "industry" is structured. I mean I had a pretty good idea about it all, but until you are a part of it, I think it's easy to confuse the process. So since we had lots of time today, I just started asking questions. I'm sure it got pretty annoying, but I kind of think that if there are things I don't know, I should ask since that's kind of the point of this whole internship.

So, maybe it's pretty self-explanatory, but here is what I got. The writer's are at the "production" level, as is the actual production up in Vancouver. From there up it goes Studio, then Network. Because the show is produced by NBCUniversal, essentially the network pays the studio (itself) to produce the show. This kind of seems to make the idea of having a network level AND a studio level seem redundant. But where they split is the point where the show goes into syndication, or the DVD's go in sale. All of those things are released by and owned by the studio.

It's still very confusing in my head, but whatever. Also, the network is split into two "departments" there is a network exec. in charge of production and then network execs who are creative execs. The creative execs are basically involved in the writing and creation process. They also schedule meetings and make deals with talent. Whereas the production side, while still involved in the creation process, is more involved things like budget and production issues. They are also the ones who, in the end, actually MAKE the deals with the talent, directors, etc. Those are people who the creative execs bring in and talk to and then from there if they want to make a deal with them, they go to the production side and the details are worked out.

Wow, that probably makes no sense, but since this blog is SUPPOSED to be about my internship, I figured I should probably post something that is relevant to my classmates and such who are interested in this. And since I had to sign a confidentiality agreement, there's not always a lot I can talk about, but I'm pretty sure this structure and process is similar across studios and really isn't a big secret so I can share it.

Now you know.

On a completely unrelated note I had my first Pinkberry today.

It looked a little like this:

I had a coffee flavored one with strawberries and chocolate chips. I was completely unfamiliar with pinkberry and after the guys explained to me what it was I was a little scared to try it.

Basically it's frozen yogurt, only NOT frozen ice cream yogurt, it's actual YOGURT. So it's like really really really cold Danon. It comes in three flavors -- plain, coffee, and green tea. And you can get a ton of different toppings like Cap'n Crunch, Fruity Pebbles, Cocoa Puffs, Chocolate Chips, and tons of fruit.

So I tried it.

It was AMAZING!

I think I could stay in L.A. just for the Pinkberry...

and of course...

the Henry's...(ha ha Dad!!!!)

A Somewhat Interesting Day...

Luke_Rich — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 03:41:00 GMT

Well, it's been a while since my last blog post (again). Again, for the same reason, I haven't had a lot going on my end so there was really no reason to make a post. However, a couple of interesting things happened today.

First, I got to run an errand to Lionsgate. While this may not seem too exciting, it was kind of cool to get out of the office and see what another film company looks like. Obviously, it's bigger than where I work. However, it was a little different than what I was expecting. For some reason, I was thinking it was going to be some huge offices and cubicles, really widespread and all that (as it always appears in the movies, which, of course, is never a reflection of reality). But it wasn't. Now, I only saw like, 10 feet of it, but from my view it looked to just be a regular office floor.

Secondly, a crazy person called me up today at work (he wasn't calling for me, but I was the one that picked up). I can't go into the details, but he was calling for someone in the office, and when I told him he wasn't there, he completely FREAKED. He started cussing at me and yelling all sorts of things that I couldn't even make out. My boss and another guy at the office both had to talk with him and try to get him to calm down, which was very hard to do. It was definitely weird, as I've never had to deal with something like that before. But they assured me that's not typical behavior from people who work in the industry.

So, there was nothing groundbreaking about today (though, I did read a really good script, which was a nice change of pace from some of the bad stuff I've had to read). I'm hoping as things begin to pick up in the next few weeks, I'll be more exposed to other aspects of the industry and thus, will have more to write. As much as I enjoy working in the office, I would love to get on a set sometime and see how that's run.

Underline Everything...I'm a professional in my beloved white shirt...

Lin_See — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 07:06:00 GMT

All in all a pretty lazy weekend here in sunny L.A.

I spent most of it with Stargate SG-1, but I also spent a lot of time doing homework. I wrote up my first intern journal -- ugh why did I ever agree to do a research paper each week AND a GIANT research paper at the end of the summer? What was I thinking? Oh well. I also finished up my rewrite plan. Can I just say, I am not a fan of writing beat sheets. Although it is much easier to write a beat sheet for a script that is already written than it would be for one that is not yet written.

That was most of yesterday.

Oh yeah I also read a book yesterday (I guess I was more productive than I thought).

This is the book I read:

Most people know I am a huge fan of Chuck Klosterman. I realize he has a bit of a credibility issue and a lot of people think he is little more than just another narcissistic hipster with a book deal. But I am a fan. Mostly because he acknowledges his own narcissism. He recognizes the absurdity of the fact that he has a book deal. And most of all because he has an uncanny ability to put into words the things we all think, but can't say, and he does it through a variety of pop culture references and musical analogies.

Anyway, 'Killing Yourself to Live' is all about Klosterman's cross country road trip back in 2003. He went to a variety of places where famous musicians had died -- he went to Graceland, he went to Seattle, he went to Alabama where Ronnie Van Zant died and a bunch of other random places and he did all for Spin magazine, back when he still worked there. It sounds morbid, but it really isn't because death really isn't what the book is about. It's more about love and life and growing up. Anyway, I read it this weekend and I enjoyed it.

Today Luke and Ann and I went down to Sunset Blvd.

Ed at 'Eureka' told me about this massive record store down there that I just had to go and see for myself. It was amazing!

That's it there. It was MASSIVE. It will take me months and years to ever get through all the records they have. Today, in an effort not to bore Ann and Luke to death I settled for the latest The National album on vinyl - 'Boxer.' The only thing that sucks is that I can't listen to it until I get home because that's where my record player is. Bummer.

Then we grabbed a quick bite to eat and sat outside and watched people walk by. We drove around a little after that because it was the Sunset Strip and you kind of have to. We drove by the Real World house from the most recent season, they aren't shooting anymore so it's just an ugly building now. But it is the building where 'I Love Lucy' used to film. That's kind of interesting.

Then we drove down past the Viper Room and Whiskey A Go Go -- considering that I had just finished the Klosterman book, driving past the Viper Room seemed a little more momentous than it probably should be. (It's where River Phoenix died)

Then we drove around a little through Beverly Hills and finally I saw GREEN grass and trees (everything out here is mostly just brown now). Beverly Hills is beautiful, but I think Bel Air is even better.

That's one of the entrances to Bel Air, they are all gated so our attempts to find the Fresh Prince were thwarted. Oh well, I finally saw the pretty pretty parts of L.A. so that was nice.

Other than that, it's been a pretty quiet weekend. Matt and Brianna are in Vegas until tomorrow so the room has seemed pretty spacious. It's good to take time outs from each other every now and then...but I will be glad when they get back.

It's getting late, I'm watching the Deadliest Catch, one of my favorite shows and thinking I should probably get to bed soon since I have to work in the morning. So more later...

MILES TODAY = 20 aprox.

TOTAL GAS COST = to date approx. $375 (gas is $4.69 out here now)

SONG FOR THE DAY = Squalor Victoria by the National

You are far and away my most imaginary friend...

Lin_See — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 04:35:00 GMT

Yes, it has been several days since last I posted. I'm sure your lives have suffered greatly from my absence.

All I can say about that is blame Diana...and maybe Dusty a little bit. It's their fault for getting me hooked on Stargate SG-1:

And yes, that is MacGuyver.

I've been teasing Dusty for 3 years about his "man crush" on MacGuyver, but now I guess I have to eat my words because 8 episodes into season 1 and I am totally hooked. It is sucking up all of my time. And there are about A MILLION seasons, so I may never see the light of day again.

Other than that, not much to report these days. I've been spending a lot of time in the writer's room which is amazing. I secretly suspect they like the other intern better than me and that's a little annoying, but I'm sure it's just my own imagination and paranoia, whatever. We get to move back to the trailer tomorrow so things should get back to normal soon.

Tonight we went to a taping of the Jimmy Kimmel show. It was fun. We saw Mike Myers and Kathy Griffin there and they were both funny. The guy who was supposed to be the audience warmer upper was completely obnoxious and annoying and we ended up sitting there for like 2 and a half hours. But it was far more entertaining than Craig Kilborn was in '99 and even more fun than Letterman was in '95(? '96?). Anyway, it was a fun time and I got to experience my first L.A. parking garage (it goes DOWN not up) and my first parking "validation." I also discovered that I can take Ventura Blvd. all the way from where we are staying to Lankershim and the gate I have to go through to get on the lot. That means I don't have to take the freeway, so that's cool, though I don't know how much time it will really save me, I may try it out Friday morning. We'll see.

Okay, yeah I am out of things to say and Colonel O'Neill, the Goa'ulds, and SG-1 await.

In the meantime, here are some pictures from our trip down the street to the Galleria.

Random Question - Why does Hugh Hefner ALWAYS wear a stupid robe? I mean does the man own normal clothes? Sorry, Brianna is watching 'The Girls Next Door' on E! and that show just makes me wonder...those people are just STRANGE.

Klosterman Quote for the Day:

"Every summer Hollywood movie studios convince millions of people to see blockbuster movies they know they're going to hate. Everyday, shows like 'Access Hollywood' force 2 million housewives to ask themselves, 'Who really cares who Lindsay Lohan is dating?' And you know what the answer to that question is? Almost no one. There are very few Americans who care who Lindsay Lohan is dating but it's information they need. This is because those people care about something else entirely: they're worried about the possibility of everyone else understanding something that they're missing."

Locked Out

Luke_Rich — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:18:00 GMT

Well, it's been a while since my last blog post, but since nothing of major consequence has happened, there really wasn't much to write about. Sigh.

Currently, I'm sitting in the hallway of the office building I work in. Locked out. For about an hour...and counting. The reason for this has to do with a couple of factors. First, I decided to leave for work early today because, A) I thought it would reflect good on me to arrive to the office early and start work, and (probably the most important) B) leaving early makes driving on the 405 a lot easier (indeed, I miss a heavy load of traffic and cut my driving time by half). I'm not expected in the office until 9:00, but the last couple of times I've gotten here early (around 8:30), there's always been someone here. Well, today, as a phone call from my boss just informed me, everyone that was suppose to be in the office was on a conference call to the east coast that they just happened to take at home. So, now it's about 9:30 and they're not likely to arrive for another 20 minutes. As Liz Lemon might say, Blurg! Ah well, at least it gives me time to write in my blog!! Though, this concrete floor is not too comfortable.

As for my internship, I've been reading a bunch of scripts, though Wednesday they handed me this 500+ page book to read and write coverage on. But I look at it as a good thing. First, it gives a reason to actually read a book, even if it's not my own personal choice; and it's a physical copy, meaning I can take it with me to the pool and read. All the scripts I've been reading have been electronic copies, meaning I've had to sit and read it off the computer screen for hours on end, which I can attest is not comforting to the eyes at all.

Oh, and gas is now up to $4.50 here. I'm going to fill up in Marina Del Rey where I work, as it's cheaper than other places, only a mere $4.35.

Well, hopefully something cool will happen soon that I can actually write about, because honest to blog, it's been relatively normal around here for me.

You got what you want, you can hardly stand it though...

Lin_See — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 03:34:00 GMT

I'm sorry, I realize it's been two days since my last post. I'm lazy. I also haven't taken any pictures in the last two days. I did however steal these pictures from eurekaunscripted.tumblr.com. That's the Eureka writer's blog.

These are pictures of the aftermath of the fire taken from just outside the Eureka writer's trailer. You can see the damage, but you can't smell it. We've been smelling it all week. Well, Tuesday anyway. Yesterday we moved to temporary office space on the lot where we'll be until next week. They are apparently cleaning our parking lot this evening so at least we won't be wading through ash and burnt video tape tomorrow morning. I get to drive the golf cart shuttle which is fun. I have to say, driving the golf cart around the lot is probably one of my most favorite things at the moment. That's right, I'm so very easily amused.

Oh yeah, here are those pictures:

Anyway, Tuesday was pretty miserable in the trailer. When we came in that morning there was a thin layer of ash over almost everything. The smell was horrendous and by the end of the day we were all suffering in some way. Thania had a giant headache, Nick and Eric were dealing with runny noses and watery eyes, and I think John was suffering from it all, he looked like he had been crying all day, and his eyes were watering, I think he ended up leaving early. I had a headache by the end of it and my throat was swollen and sore. Thank goodness we moved yesterday.

The really cool thing about this week was that I got to spend quite a bit of time observing the writer's room. It was a lot of fun and I wish I could just spend all of my time listening to them break stories and work through notes they get on stories from network and the studio. It's very interesting and all of the writers and producers are really nice about letting us observe and they always take time to stop every now and then and address us interns, even if it is just to tease us about how "interesting" it is to be in a real writer's room. I think they take for granted that it really is interesting, at least to someone like me who has never experienced anything like it before.

Anyway, the internship is going really well. I think I'm making a decent impression, they don't seem to hate me so that's good. We had our internship orientation Tuesday and Katie (the other intern) and I both left that feeling like we got the best deal of all the 230 interns at NBC this summer. Most of the other interns showed up in ties, slacks, skirts, and very formal dress. We were both wearing jeans. There was a lot of talk about how some of the interns aren't really interacting with the people in the departments they are interning in and Katie and I both looked at each other and agreed that we are very lucky. We get face time on a daily basis with the Exec. Producers and all of the writer's. They know us by name and take time out each day to at least say hi to us even if it is a really busy day.

Yesterday there wasn't really a ton of stuff to do, the internet was down and we spent a good portion of the afternoon playing Hangman, Name that Tune, and I sat in the writer's room for about the last two hours of the day. So all is well on the internship front.

As for L.A....

L.A. is apparently a vortex of time suckage. I feel like out here there are really only about 20 hours in a day. It's always 9 or 10 at night before I realize the entire day has gone. Days don't seem as long out here and that's really throwing me for a loop. I keep going back and forth on how I feel about this town. It's a strange place and so big. Everything seems to be happening so fast and I always thought L.A. was way more laid back, but it doesn't feel like it. I still have yet to meet anyone out here (with the exception of Katie) who is actually from here and yet I still get funny looks when people find out I'm from Missouri. Yesterday I spent most of my lunchtime telling them what it's like to be in a tornado. They couldn't believe the sky actually does turn green. That was a weird experience. They also were pretty surprised when I told them that humidity basically makes it feel like you're swimming outside and it's something we deal with on an everyday basis from about March to October.

I think I'm kind of in culture shock.

I don't know if L.A. is a place I really want to be. I'm torn though, because this internship really solidifies the fact that I DO want to work in TV/Film. I want to produce and write. I just don't want to live in L.A. and it worries me because I think I won't be able to do what I want to do if I don't live out here. And I go back and forth everyday about whether I could live here or not. Some days I think I could, others I think I couldn't.

Part of it is the fact that right now, L.A. doesn't actually feel like a place. I don't see how people have normal lives here. Where are the homes? Where are the suburbs? And I never thought I would say this, but I was really excited tonight to see a strip mall. It made me feel like home. This is insane. I need to find some parts of L.A. that don't feel so impossible to navigate and live in. I don't understand where all the places I've heard described to me are, where all the pretty areas and cute bungalows I've read about and seen on t.v. are. And there is the problem. I've read and watched so many various depictions of this city that I had a completely different picture in my mind of what it would be like.

I need to get over those depictions and start accepting reality a little more. I don't know, I just hope by the end of the summer I have a better idea of how I feel and of how to go about doing what I want to do. I had a long talk the other day at my internship about what my next career moves could be and I am not satisfied at all. I don't know what to do next to achieve the things I want. This internship is great and all, but I need a better idea of the right direction to go after this. I don't want to be a page at NBC, and I don't know if I want to try the associate program. I want to go to Vancouver and work on a set, or I want to be in a writer's room as an assistant or something. I don't really want to do anything else.

Sigh.

I guess I still have about 8 weeks to figure some of this out.

One other thing I realized today is that I'm a little homesick and now it seems when I do get home I may not have any friends waiting as they are all moving away.

It dawned on me this morning that Dave is moving to Florida before I get back, Kelly and Lindsey will be in Milwaukee by then, Ashley and Andrew will be in Ohio, Annie is already in Arkansas, and Brittany could very well be in STL....

That's so depressing, what will I do? I won't have anyone to play with anymore. And what's even worse is that I've seen most of those people for the last time and I didn't even realize it...sad sad sad, I will miss them all so much....you guys better keep in touch!!!!!

TOTAL MILES TODAY: 0 (all I did today was eat and sleep)

TOTAL GAS MONEY SO FAR: Still around $350.00

TODAY'S THEME SONG: It's Not Going to Stop by Aimee Mann