"In New York, freedom looks like too many choices. In New York, I found a friend to drown out the other voices." ~u2

Today someone asked me for directions to Times Square. And I was able to help him! He was on the N train heading downtown towards 8th Street (my stop). Heh. He was really lost.

I've been working at MTV for a week now, and it's going well. It's busy here. I'm always running around doing something. Which I guess is a good thing. There should be two more interns coming into my department soon, and it'll be good to have some of the burden shifted off of me. Everyone here is soooo nice. We order lunch in every day from somewhere new and eat together. The guys here are a bunch of goofballs who dress like they just came in from the beach. Ripped jeans and flip flops are standard attire. The atmosphere can change in a second, though; there are moments of high tension when everyone is stressing out and seriously getting down to work, and then there are moments when everyone is yelling jokes across the office and throwing a football around. I like it.

Last Monday, my first day of work, I went to a shoot. It was incredibly cool. It was a commercial for MTV's Spanking New Music Week, sponsored by T-Mobile Sidekick. I was there for 14 hours. I still can't believe it took 14 hours to film a 30-second commercial. I got to yell things like "Rolling!" and "Cut!," which I found thrilling. I also 'babysat' the actors on their downtime, which was fun because they're both around my age and were really nice and friendly. It was an exciting way to start my internship here.