The amount of incredibly awesome and hilarious things that have happened in the last week combined with my recent intense epiphanies could definitely provide enough material for a novel, let alone a blog entry. We will see how much I can cram into one entry and then we’ll leave the rest for another day. Once again, for school credit purposes I’ve got to start with an “intern update” and I’ll save the juicy stuff…like Ed Westwick... for those of you kind enough to keep reading...
The joys, laughs, and frustrations of being an intern are many. One of my fellow student interns and I have seemed to notice that somehow, the “dumber” the task we are asked to do, the more difficult it seems to be. For instance, ask us to do something intellectual, no problem. Ask us to pick you up a decaf iced coffee, and Newton’s law will send us to the one coffee shop in NYC that has run out of decaf for the one New Yorker who understands that yes, you can have too much caffeine. Ask us to answer the phones while you are out of the office, no problem. Ask us to hang up pictures, and it might take awhile. Please enjoy the pictures below of Kristen standing on the desk-yes, our boss told us to stand on his desk-he was confident it could hold us both..? Let me add that the picture we had to hang up had a crack through the glass, yet it didn’t bother him one bit. Men.
Kristen and I then concluded it’s a good thing we’re not “real interns.” Okay, we are BUT the “personal errand tasks” for the boss have been to a minimum in comparison to most interns that we know. Somehow, it seems that every single easy task we are given becomes complicated due to circumstances beyond our control.
One of the best examples involves a little thing I have labeled “the light bulb incident.”You know how people always say “How many ___(fill in the blank) does it take to change a lightbulb?” Well there is a reason why. Monday at work I was actually asked to change the bulb in the lamp on my boss’s desk. One hour, two trips to a lighting store, three office employees and three very kind Chinese men later, the lamp was fixed and the bulb was changed. I am sorry to those who were stung by the laser guns coming through my eyes as I walked up and down 37th street carrying that damn desk lamp through crowds of people.
I never thought I would miss transcribing. But after the lightbulb incident, I was begging to go back to it. And here’s the thing-my own boss couldn’t get the bulb installed right himself, so I don’t feel like a total dweeb for not being able to do it. So how many “New Yorkers” does it take to change a light bulb? In this case it was 6.
Random View from the Office
On to more entertaining things...
Last week I got to catch up with a great friend that I traveled Europe with. It was so wonderful to cross paths in New York of all places :)
On another day after work I ventured over to Grand Central Station, just for kicks. I've already written about my love affair with trains and stations, so you can imagine how I was like a kid in a candy store here. i just walked around for an hour or so, admiring the beautiful architecture and the fascinating movement among all of the people.
Exciting weekend events included finding the Gossip Girl set in the Meat Packing District. There were filming outside of Diane Von Ferstenburg for the "Fashion Night Out" episode. I am not ashamed to say that my heart did skip a beat when I realized that Ed Westwick was there, along with the characters of Rufus, Lily, and Eric. The girl who plays Fleur in Harry Potter was also there in the roll of Chuck's new love interest. It was quite fantastic to see my favorite show filming-RIGHT before my eyes!
You can see the back of (Fleur) Clemensy Poesy and "Eric" and "Rufus." (Unfortunately, no pictures of Chuck.)
The following night we wanted to go out on the town, so on the way we stopped to see if they were filming in the same location again. They were, only this time they were inside so there wasn't much to see on the street. My friend Abby and I were walking around and passed by the trailers where a group of girls were waiting. I think Chase Crawford was filming that night, so I'm assuming that's who they were waiting for. Abby and I kept walking when all of a sudden, right around the corner comes Blake Lively herself, accompanied by two other women. We were a little way from the crowd so it was literally Blake, her assistants, Abby and myself. Blake is definitely as gorgeous in person as the lovely Serena is on GG, though she doesn't seem nearly as tall. She was definitely in a hurry, probably in work mode, as she made her way by us and to the trailer. Abby and I waited until she was inside before we had the "Was that-Yes-Oh my gosh-Blake Lively!" moment.
Later that night, the 6 degrees of separation somehow led Abby and I to meet a guy at a bar who was born in India but had attended OSU for college on a sort of exchange program. We knew he was legit when he told us his old address and mentioned Eskimo Joes. Small world.
Other weekend high points included when a sweet little Chinese family asked to take pictures with me Friday when I was walking around Rockefeller Center. "We're from China. Can we take a picture with you?!" It was fantastic.
Saturday went to Long Beach with the girls. It was so beautiful!! It was the cutest little beach town. I was in heaven. There was even an adorable market up and down the board walk and beautiful, clean sand.
Sunday Abby and I went to Astoria. (I went to Queens! And liked it!) Astoria is a really great little neighborhood community. Very ethnically diverse and family oriented.
Well, that's all for now folks. Recap of American Idiot on Broadway and life epiphanies to come later this week! Tomorrow marks my 7 days countdown till I'm back in OK! Time is flying...
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