life after facebook

Alright bloggers, I’m back! Sorry for the hiatus. Life has just been crazy! To make up for it I’m going to have a really long post.

There have been some exciting things going on in my life over the last month and I have been busy busy busy!

Here are some highlights:

CNN

Yes the rumors are true, I am a CNN intern! I have been there for two weeks and so far it has been a really great experience. Everyone in my department is super nice and I haven’t had to do any grunt work…yet. I’ll let you know when I have to make some coffee.

I am working in the Special Projects department. They do minute to minute and a half pieces on different things such as travel and business. Their pieces run on CNN, CNN.com, and Headline News. It’s pretty cool. I really like the constant changing of the pieces.

Boston Tea Party

Elizabeth and I had the opportunity to visit Boston a few weeks back. Can I just say, I LOVE Boston! It is so nice. Very pedestrian friendly and there are a lot of neat things to do. One of the big highlights of our trip was the Duck Tour we took. Here’s the duck that we actually rode (I randomly found a picture of it on the internet):

It was really awesome! If you ever go to a city and they offer Duck Tours, I highly recommend taking one. We went all over the city and into the river for half the tour. Plus, you get to quack at unsuspecting by-standards! Of course our Duck had to have the Red Sox on it. You would think they would put another team on there. I guess riding the duck was “betta than riding in a caa.”

We also got to ride the T (their much more efficient and better version of MARTA) up to Cambridge and visit around Harvard. There is a hamburger place there called “Mr. Bartley’s Burgers.” Wow. Amazing milkshakes, or as they call them up there, frappes. If you get a chance, go get one! We also toured Harvard which was a beautiful campus. I mean, who do they think they are? #1 school in the country or something? Oh…

22 Hours of Bliss

I am taking 22 hours this semester in hopes to graduate in December. It’s looking like that’s going to happen! Please understand if I don’t update all the time between now and December, it’s because school is kicking me in the teeth.

That’ll do.

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The Morning Express
I have began shadowing producers at CNN. It’s super cool and I am meeting lots of good contacts. Today was only my second day and I have learned a ton!

So there is this show on Headline News (CNN sister station if you will) called the The Morning Express. They were having a contest and the winner got a trip for two to Atlanta to be on the show and have breakfast with Robin Meade, the host. Today was the day the winner was here to be on the show and have the breakfast. Being the super VIP that I am, I was able to go to the breakfast and meet Robin! She was very nice and it was really a cool opportunity.

The rest of the day I followed a Supervising Producer who was working on a promo for a certain grey-haired prime-time anchor. So I will continue to shadow for the next two months and hopefully build more to my arsenal of contacts.

Visitors

This little guy is Bobo. He and Elizabeth’s grandmother, Mama B, are visiting for the weekend and he is a little nervous coward. He likes to run under the table and run the other way when you try to pet him. Wuss.

This is Lucy Claire. She is Elizabeth’s (and soon to be my) niece. She is pretty much the happiest baby in the world. She could dominate your niece.

I think the weekend is looking great already.