The Scoop

Anonymous said...
dear col, what's new?

Well Anonymous,

Many many things are new. First of all I've been sending out resumes and cover letters like it's my job. The fax machine has become a good, good friend. Hopefully it won't become my real job at any internship, that would suck - as they say. I have even branched away from the Ithaca Internship Database and found some numbers on IMDPpro. Signed up for the 14 day trail and WHAMMY I got the direct number to a director of 24. And YEP I called and left a message which I hope wasn't sketchy. Though I bet the heavy breathing was a mistake...

The best news I do have is that I was offered an internship yesterday. It's for the West Wing and it's not just bitch work. I would get to be on set, sit in on meetings, read the scripts when they first come out, shadow people. So I'll probably accept it on Monday. However, I am looking for another internship to fill up the week. Perhaps at a little indie place.

Also i got the balls to call up Arrested Development and they just finished wrapping so no job for me. DRAT!

In other smaller news, I've went to work out in the fitness center they have here and when I got inside I was interrupted several times by the fitness trainer guy named Mike. First of all, when you have headphones on it a gym that means don't bother me. But 5 seconds in I hear - CAN YOU HEAR ME?!

Naturally my polite self takes off the headphones. This was my major mistake. He proceeds to inquire about my "muscular legs" and where I got them from. For the record they are from soccer which I havent played in 4 years but they still decieved him into thinking I was some "tremendous athlete." Yeah sure, an athlete who can't really jog for over 5 mins without taking many breaks. Clearly this guy is awesome at his job.

But the fun doesn't end there. He then comes across the gym to talk to me. And he tells me his life story about being smashed in the face, needing surgery, recover, how he has a world record in the bench press, his kids - he shows me pictures, how he trained the Giants football team at one point. Writing that now I'm impressed I remembered it all because I still had my headphones going. Never the less he keeps interrupting me and I have to leave. I mean what is that? I finally get the desire to work out here and Mike goes and ruins it. Good thing the gym here is free. And I'll be working out at night from now on when he is not around.