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!

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!

Everything's getting even more crazy as it's the last few weeks of class. On top of the typical end-of-semester papers/projects and then final exams, we have comprehensive exams (a final requirement for graduation) on the last day of normal exams, then also we are on the search for internships for the summer (the other final requirement for graduation). I thankfully got accepted as a finalist at the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (they do the Emmys), but now I've gotta make an interview tape and analyze a script for them in the next two weeks. Also I'm dumb and volunteered to lead everyone in studying for the comprehensive exams, and no one can seem to get anything together and it's a mess and everyone keeps asking me questions about it. So yeah, I'm super-busy and have a ton of stuff going on right now.

That's why I've still not gotten around to commenting on blogs, sorry. And also I'm probably gonna be behind on submissions here and there (like tonight since I had a meeting after class and barely got home on time for Medium, not to mention missing Bones since I have class until 8:15). Hopefully everyone will understand...I know this isn't a good time to be behind (since it's finale season), but I've gotta get all this stuff done for school before I come here, so I figured I'd warn everyone they may have a few days' wait on acceptances at times. I'll blog for real and start commenting again as soon as I get a chance!

Later!

I thought I should post some type of blog so no one thinks I'm dead or something lol...I've been not having the best few weeks (the main issue is this lady that will NOT call me back, no matter what I do, to set up an interview for the internship I want more than any other one), and have been busy with class (tons of assignments due soon, and class is over in less than a month now, crap!). Also I've been starting to study for our comprehensive exam (it's one essay of ten, you don't pick which one you write so you have to know them all...and it's a 4-hour test so I'm assuming we have to write quite a few pages!), so I haven't really been around here so much. Also apparently I like writing huge run-on sentences right now. I'll hopefully be back soon, in a week or so, with a real blog and some blog commenting. Oh, and all our shows are finally coming back...so I'm pretty sure actually that I'll be spending more time here soon - I can't wait for everything to come back! CSI is already coming on Thursday!! That's it for now, I'm out!

So that test I talked about in my last blog, the one that was gonna be real hard...I studied forever for it, staying up all night the night before...then he made it take-home! I was sorta glad, since his tests are notoriously hard, but still, I knew most of the stuff on there. *sigh* I have to share though, because this is a great class. We watch TV. Every week, that's really all we do. The class is "Prime Time TV: 1980-Present" and it's pretty cool. Our teacher is the leader in the field of pop culture, and is quoted all the time in news articles, and has been on MTV and 60 Minutes and stuff, so he knows his stuff, and we actually do learn about TV, not just watch it. Here's some of the questions from the test:

1. Describe the 1st season of the Fox Network, including the year, examples of programs, and scheduling strategy.
2. The Dick Van Dyke Show was not made by MTM Enterprises, but is linked to the company in several ways. Describe them.
3. St. Elsewhere was often referred to as "Hill Street Blues in a hospital." While this may be true from a certain stylistic standpoint, it is not necessarily true in terms of the chronological history of the show. Explain why not.
4. Who is Glenn Gordon Caron and what made him a unique figure in 1980's television?
5. I claimed that there were at least three levels of meaning operating in many scenes from St. Elsewhere. What were the three levels I pointed out in the cafeteria scene we discussed in class?
6. Who shot J.R?
7. Miami Vice took a new artistic approach to television. What elements did the show emphasize, as I described them in class?

Isn't that cool? I particularly liked the one about Glenn Gordon Caron since he's the creator of Medium.

Other than that, I wanted to mention that I'm leaving to go home for "spring" break today, so I'll be pretty much MIA until St. Patrick's Day when school starts back up. I'll check my queue every few days, but other than that I'll be busy with other stuff so won't have much time for the site. Bye for now!