Welcome to the place where dreams come true

..And the sun never fades!

Hello from the sunshine state ( and west coast)!

I don't even know where to begin! I'll just start with the flight over to California. First it was delayed, then we had some turbulence ( which was kind of cool to fly through the storm), then we went through the golden hour of the day in the clouds, followed by seeing fireworks as we flew into the city. That's an awesome sight to see! The next night we went to Santa Monica pier and saw fireworks from the Ferris wheel. The following day was all about finding a rental  car that wasn't wicked expensive .. After a full day searching, I finally found one. Then I moved into my apartment. All my roommtes are nice and friendly. I definitely lucked out on that part. However, there is only street parking which can be a pain and take forever to find a spot which could be anywhere from outside the apartment to about a half mile away up a hill. Traffic isn't much worse than 290 during rush hour, except for the fact there are about seven lanes. 

My first leg of the internship is at Shark Tank with abc located at Sony. I can't tell you much about the actual show since it's confidential.. I'm serious, I signed a confidentiality agreement. Everyone there is so friendly. I get to shadow Ken, the director, and hang out with everyone all day. I got a headset today. I switch back and forth between the control room and stage. This way I get to see how it all goes together. It's only a few days in, but I know this summer will be the experience of a lifetime and will teach me so many valuable things that I wouldn't necessarily learn in school. 

It's funny: one of the things you see referenced on tv shows and movies are the craft services tables. They're legit. We get catered lunch everyday and breakfast .. The breakfast burritos are awesome! you can get unlimited coffee and tea. There's the occasional coffee runs to the local coffee shop on the studio lot to get other coffee drinks like lattes, espresso, and what not (No, I am not sent in these runs.. However I do offer to assist the people going).  

I love it here so much. These past few days have reaffirmed that I definitely am in the right business. I am wicked excited to see how the next seven weeks play out and see how many awesome people I can meet and make remember me.. It'll come in handy for next year! 

I'll update more later once I'm actually on my computer. (I actually haven't been on that here except for when I was searching for rental cars). I get up early and am out all day. By the time I get back to the apartment, all I want to do is eat dinner, relax, shower and go to bed. I actually was asleep at 10:30 yesterday! (For those of you who know my sleep schedule, that's early)

Peace. Love.happiness.

The stage shark tank is filmed in. 

My bed

Bubba gump! ( no these are not alcoholic)

Fireworks from the ferris wheel

The pier

Ferris wheel

From the plane