Much happier news to report this time around. Today we did all of our in studio shooting for the newscast. For about the first 30 minutes everything was just getting all the talent mic'd up and getting out of the way to let Maurice DuBois do news flash. It went by incredibly smooth, many times the anchors got their reads on the first try and when they didn't, it wasn't much longer until it was perfect. We ended up finishing a half hour early even. What really sucks is that it was really only the third time that all the interns spent as much an hour around each other, which is unfortunate since we all were pretty comfortable as a group. Later in the day I had a phone interview with Jimmie Johnson, which is ridiculous since I know absolutely nothing about NASCAR, but went well. Pretty hard to believe these are the last two weeks, just when it started to get fun.

-Mikhail

Today I figured out my absolute flaw. I am unable to close. Amazingly on my way home from doing some preparations for the newscast I was thinking today how I'm really relaxed about pretty much every situation except for talking to pretty girls. Definitely not true, within 10 minutes of standing around in Webster Hall anticipating a great show by Atmosphere I started chatting with an incredibly cute girl from Minnesota (die hard fan, since that's where they're from) that just moved to the city. At this point definitely hitting it off, but then her friend arrived so there wasn't much talking after that, but the occasional glance was met. At the end of the show friend takes off for the bathroom and I tap her on the shoulder to let her know I'm leaving and that it was really nice to meet her and a nice handshake and hug, but of course I forget to ask for her number. Closing is my flaw. I had an 0-2 count with the bases loaded and wound up walking in the tying run, so now I can only hope that the team can come back to win in the bottom of the 9th or better make sure it doesn't happen again.

-Mikhail

I meant to write about this earlier, but I've kept putting it off and well its better that I did because it kinda came together today really. Two of the producers in the sports departments had kids within the last couple weeks. Really cool right? Internships are definitely not all about doing bitchwork, or "learning the industry" you also learn that people do indeed live lives outside of a room with computers on tables and videotapes on shelves. Ranging from people adding to their families, starting them or still dealing with roommates. I've heard a lot of cool stories come from my superiors. A lot of these guys have been working together for years and years and know each others tales and of course are always learning more too. Seeing my supervisor come in after his paternity leave with more words than just the "everyones doing well" that we've been getting as our updates was great to hear. It's nice to hear the stories that come straight from the people that are usually delivering it.

-Mikhail

Needless to say I've neglected you blog of mine. Last summer I had a lot of love for you. Every Monday I'd let you know the nothingness of my life. Oddly though compared to last year I'm unsure about almost everything. In a way that feels good, I'm more open to my possibilities. The summer is more than halfway done and soon it'll be back to school. I really don't know whether I want to be back in school or for this summer to just slow down. It's been going at a good pace and much to look forward to in both the immediate future and beyond. See what I mean?

-Mikhail

PS: oh yeah, I cut my hair.