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i leave for school on wednesday, and as excited as i am to be back, i'm hardly ready to begin my senior year. i feel as if college flew by far too quickly for my liking, and i'm not ready to start legitimately thinking of "real life" in the "real world." i'm also not enthusiastic about any of my classes in the fall since i'm trying to finish up everything (except for MMS) -- my major, my graduation matrix, EVERYTHING, so I don't have to worry about anything academically (in terms of finishing things) in the spring. and naturally, being me, i've left the dreaded DS1 (medieval time period) class in the English department until the end, as well as one more math class and one more Spanish class.
i also haven't packed. or ordered my furniture. or ordered internet or cable. but i feel like everything will get done soon since it absolutely needs to be. but i did just switch ALL of my magazine subscriptions -- and trust me, there are far too many of those.
i am excited about having a normal full sized bed in my apartment, especially since now i get to go shopping for new linens. and since i finally have a normal sized bed at school, i can get egyptian cotton sheets. these are the simple pleasures in life, my friends.
in other news - i'm officially mentally checked out of my internship and therefore completely done emotionally with being an intern. forever. it was a good experience. i loved the responsibilities i had this summer, and working in a busy office for a huge media conglomerate at one of the most major cable networks was a better experience than i can convey, but as i need to reflect on my experience to complete various surveys, i realize that overall, working at nickelodeon -- at least in the brand marketing department -- doesn't feel like the right step for me in life. actually, i take that back: working in brand marketing at nickelodeon doesn't seem right for me. miramax's marketing department seemed far more cerebral, far more logistical and far more hands on than nickelodeon's. i feel that my department seems to oversee everything and therefore delegate responsibility accordingly. no one writes treatments for commercials or trailers -- there are other departments for that, no one sits and brainstorms how to effectively use marketing budgets and where and when advertisements should be placed -- consultants are hired for that. the marketing team at miramax knew what they were working on inside and out -- and sure, for a film company that doesn't release a ton of movies each year, that's easier than a network releasing several shows (with various episodes) each season -- though the only ones they focus on are premieres and other tentpoles and ratings drivers. but even still, i don't know if my boss sits around and watches all the episodes necessarily, yet at miramax they watch dailies from the producer when the film is in production, read the script, watch cuts, etc. like today when i saw becoming jane (miramax movie - i slaved over the copy machine making copies of the earliest promotional photo shoots last summer) and i saw the trailer for gone baby gone i actually teared up. i read the script for GBG my first day of my internship, and whenever we got dailies in, i watched those too. and the trailer was INCREDIBLE.
in any case - i think i've mentally decided that if i go straight into the business side of the industry, i want to work in film, not tv. (will i do tv? sure - but it's not my first choice). but, i think it's best for me to start off at an advertising agency or some brand/media consulting firm. i think the best way to learn the nuances of the field is to work in a company where i'll have real responsibility than to be an assistant at the film/tv studio.
enough about that, in exciting news, we're already thinking of christmas vacation, and while spending a week in the caribbean is still (and always) on the table, my dad and i really, REALLY got in the mood to spend christmas in paris. maybe even spending a few days in berlin or munich or something. amazing.
i also haven't packed. or ordered my furniture. or ordered internet or cable. but i feel like everything will get done soon since it absolutely needs to be. but i did just switch ALL of my magazine subscriptions -- and trust me, there are far too many of those.
i am excited about having a normal full sized bed in my apartment, especially since now i get to go shopping for new linens. and since i finally have a normal sized bed at school, i can get egyptian cotton sheets. these are the simple pleasures in life, my friends.
in other news - i'm officially mentally checked out of my internship and therefore completely done emotionally with being an intern. forever. it was a good experience. i loved the responsibilities i had this summer, and working in a busy office for a huge media conglomerate at one of the most major cable networks was a better experience than i can convey, but as i need to reflect on my experience to complete various surveys, i realize that overall, working at nickelodeon -- at least in the brand marketing department -- doesn't feel like the right step for me in life. actually, i take that back: working in brand marketing at nickelodeon doesn't seem right for me. miramax's marketing department seemed far more cerebral, far more logistical and far more hands on than nickelodeon's. i feel that my department seems to oversee everything and therefore delegate responsibility accordingly. no one writes treatments for commercials or trailers -- there are other departments for that, no one sits and brainstorms how to effectively use marketing budgets and where and when advertisements should be placed -- consultants are hired for that. the marketing team at miramax knew what they were working on inside and out -- and sure, for a film company that doesn't release a ton of movies each year, that's easier than a network releasing several shows (with various episodes) each season -- though the only ones they focus on are premieres and other tentpoles and ratings drivers. but even still, i don't know if my boss sits around and watches all the episodes necessarily, yet at miramax they watch dailies from the producer when the film is in production, read the script, watch cuts, etc. like today when i saw becoming jane (miramax movie - i slaved over the copy machine making copies of the earliest promotional photo shoots last summer) and i saw the trailer for gone baby gone i actually teared up. i read the script for GBG my first day of my internship, and whenever we got dailies in, i watched those too. and the trailer was INCREDIBLE.
in any case - i think i've mentally decided that if i go straight into the business side of the industry, i want to work in film, not tv. (will i do tv? sure - but it's not my first choice). but, i think it's best for me to start off at an advertising agency or some brand/media consulting firm. i think the best way to learn the nuances of the field is to work in a company where i'll have real responsibility than to be an assistant at the film/tv studio.
enough about that, in exciting news, we're already thinking of christmas vacation, and while spending a week in the caribbean is still (and always) on the table, my dad and i really, REALLY got in the mood to spend christmas in paris. maybe even spending a few days in berlin or munich or something. amazing.