Take me out to the ballgame...

Today was a great day! I kept busy at work, had great experiences and went to a baseball game.

This morning a guy name Brian came to my desk and asked me to make some copies for him for a workshop he would be teaching tomorrow. I said sure and when they were done I took them to him. He started talking to me, something that I honestly didn't expect because few people just start up conversation with the interns. So, that was cool. He started telling me about where he used to work, what he used to do and how he was teaching this workshop on SMTs (Satellite Media Tours) tomorrow. I asked him the workshops were for just anyone to attend. He explained that the agency has a continuing education type of program where employees are assigned to attend one of 6 classes every so many weeks. He didn't know if interns were invited, but if I found out I couldn't attend he would be more than happy to sit down with me and teach me all about them. WOO HOO! So, I emailed Alison about being interested in attending the SMT class and possibly others. She was like "Oh yeah! Totally! That would be great!" So, another blessing of opening my mouth, I will now get to attend these regular training sessions that are on topics such as SMTs, product placement, writing, etc. So, that's exciting!

Then, this afternoon I went with a guy named Matt to meet with one of the assistant editors at Family Circle magazine. I watched Matt pitch ideas and build a relationship with this lady to use as a contact for the future. It was great. On the way back to the office Matt asked me what other accounts I was on. Turns out that he's also on the MasterCard account that I've been doing very little work for. He mentioned that on Friday morning they would be doing an SMT at a studio in Times Square and he invited me along. So, Friday morning at 7am I'm going to go to the studio right in the heart of Times Square and see it all happen. I'm STOKED!!!

Opening my mouth and asking for work has really helped make this a worth while experience. There are some new interns starting this week sometime so Melissa and I will no longer be the newbies, so that'll be good, too.

Melissa, Brandon (her husband), and I went straight to the Yankees game from work. It was a BYU intern group activity so we didn't have to pay, which made it that much more enjoyable. :o) They played the Texas Rangers and I must say, I expected the stadium to be a bit fuller. I guess I just thought that all Yankees fans were die hards and practically lived for the games. I guess that's only in the finals. In the bottom of the 8th though, they called the game because of the rain and the Texas Rangers won 4-2. Go Texas!

I'll be getting a camera this week so I'll be able to start putting my own pictures on the blog. Keep checking for pictures on old postings though, because when I get them I'll post them.

For those of you who know Teigan Scoffield, she just got engaged and will be married in September. How exciting, huh? Congrats, Teig!

Anyway, I'm off to read and then to bed. G'night!

-mk