• 9Aug 08

  Got a job!

  After waiting and waiting to hear back from both the Warner Bros. and Fox jobs, I was starting to think I'd never get either of them...but then to my surprise I got a call - and I got the Fox job! I started this week at Twentieth Television, a distribution company that's part of Fox. I work in Fox plaza, which is really cool - it's right next to the Fox lot! When I started I was supposed to be part time, but the boss said I can be full time, which was definitely unexpected, but great because now I don't have to find a crappy second job at some restaurant or something like that. I guess my position used to be filled by two part-time people, but this time around they decided to change things up - how lucky for me! And also, I make a dollar more than I was supposed to, so I got a raise before I even started! Oh, and I get access to the Fox lot too, where they tape all their shows (like House, How I Met Your Mother, and Bones). I'm really glad I got a job, because I was worried that I'd run out of money out here and be in some big trouble.

  So far the job seems pretty cool. My main job is to pull the night before's Nielsen ratings - I download, e-mail, and hand out copies of them to everyone in the office. And it's cool because I see them before everyone else, and now I don't have to read them online every day at home. Another one of my jobs is to make a newsletter for everyone about the latest TV news (with an emphasis on Fox stuff)...and that's another thing I do anyways at home every day! So now I get paid to do it - how awesome! Yeah I'm just the new person who's got the lowest rank, but I'm sure I'll work my way up. Eventually I should start to learn about how we do our presentations. Everyone just did one on How I Met Your Mother - we're trying to sell it to a cable station. I can't believe I actually have a job!

  I'll leave the life stories at that for now so this isn't too boring and long. I have yet to see if this Report Problem Editor thing turns out to be helpful or not, but I think it will be. On the other hand, those who receive the complaints will have to sort through all the useless ones I'm sure will be submitted before real ones can be acted upon. I'm finally level 50 now, and I also just got 5,000 submissions done as of today. Took me long enough haha. I'm sad that The Mole is over after Monday (I think Craig is the mole), and it looks like it won't be back due to its low ratings. Only a few more weeks though until fall premieres start!

  Enjoy the rest of summer everyone!

  • Posted Aug 9, 2008 4:55 pm PT
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• 17Jul 08

  I'm back!

  Well, I was definitely gone longer than expected, but I'm finally back. Except this time I'm not at school in New York, but I'm instead in Los Angeles (specifically Sherman Oaks)! I sorta almost *had* to move here, since the last requirement to finish my degree is to get an internship...and my field is TV...so it just sorta made sense to come here, especially since we met a bunch of people on our trip out here back in January, and those people have been helping me try to find an internship/job.

  It's really weird how it doesn't rain here - ever. It's sunny and really hot every day, at least in the summer. Winter will be really weird with no snow! I love the area though - it's crazy driving through Beverly Hills, seeing the Hollywood sign, going down Sunset Blvd. and Rodeo Drive, and all that stuff. 4th of July on the beach was awesome!

  The bad news is that I didn't get the internship I wanted. I was a finalist for a programming internship at the Academy of Television Arts & Science, but at the end of May I found out I didn't get it...so I had to move here with nothing (on June 21st to be exact). I was sad to leave everyone behind, and everything here is so expensive, but hopefully soon I'll have a job/internship. I had 2 interviews for Warner Bros. and have a 2nd one at Fox tomorrow, so hopefully one of those will work out. Both are in research, which for some reason I really like, and is a good way to get started if I wanna do programming/scheduling in the future. Hopefully I can start meeting some famous people soon too haha. The Fox interview was in the building they filmed Die Hard in, so that's cool enough for me for now haha.

  I'm gonna have to get used to the site again. I noticed they finally fixed the n/a bug - yessssss! I hated that bug so much! And I'm stilllllll level 49 haha. I can't wait for fall though, when TV is good again! Oh, and worst news of the week I recently read - no more Grissom on CSI after 10 episodes into this season! Noooo! Anyways...I'll have to discuss my new show picks at some point in the future...for now it's time to try to catch up on everyone else's blogs. Later!

  • Posted Jul 17, 2008 5:27 pm PT
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• 12May 08

  Done with school...and moving across the country?!

  Well, I'm all done with exams now, which was really exhausting and crazy...but now that means I'm also done with school! I graduated yesterday and the family came and everything, and now I'm done, forever! It's a really weird feeling, I don't feel old yet! Lol. I do have to do an internship though before I "officially" graduate, and I also need to wait for the results of the comprehensive exam. And for my internship...I'm pretty sure I'm moving to Los Angeles! Which is pretty crazy - it's all the way across the country! I always wanted to eventually move there, but half our program at school is moving there, and all my teachers keep telling me I should move there...and that's where most of the TV stuff is anyways...so I'm gonna give it a try!

  It's a huge change though, so I dunno how I'm gonna like it, and I might not be in the blogging mood for awhile. Also I'm not gonna move there for another month, so I'll be at home until then, and when I'm at home I'm rarely online...so that probably means no more blogs again haha. But I'll be around of course keeping up with all my guides and such, and hopefully the move will go smoothly and I'll be able to get back into the swing of things.

  I'm really excited for all the finales coming up, I can't wait! I'm terribly upset to hear that Smallville and CSI, my two favorite shows, might not be back after next year...at least I'll get one more year though! It's really late though and I need to go to sleep...see everyone around, take care!

  • Posted May 12, 2008 12:19 am PT
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