June 2007 Archives

Somedays being an intern for Clear Channel is great. There are free concerts, celebrities, cd's and movie premieres etc. But then on others day like today, you have to stand outside for 5 hours during a 4 hour shift in 100 degree plus heat, after you just did your hair, while waving a flag screaming "100.3 The Beat" to the top of your lungs. Whoo! I love my internship however with all good things warrant hardwork. I am learning that the very "sweaty" way." Despite the hard work I am learning so much about the music industry and marketing that my Mass Communications class could not fully teach me.

I just finished watching the comedy, "Knocked Up" and feel exhausted from laughing throughout the entire movie. One of the perks of working for a movie theatre during the summer is seeing an unlimited amount of free movies, which I fully utilize. I was planning on working on campus throughout the summer, but decided to head back to my hometown after things didn’t pan out. Even though staying on campus for the summer would be a lot of fun, I am enjoying countless home cooked meals and hanging out with old friends.

“Summertime and the livin' is easy.�

These lyrics from the musical Porgy and Bess seem surprisingly fitting with how my summer is going so far. While I still have not managed to get any sign of a tan, I have enjoyed playing Frisbee outside almost daily. In the fall I might even tryout my skills and join one of the many pickup games of Ultimate Frisbee that happen so frequently in the Mall Area between Northrop Auditorium and Coffman Union.

I hoped this summer to be much more fun, exciting, and relaxing. But it isn't that different from last semester when it comes to my everyday activities. I'm still going to the Starbucks, which isn't only my favorite coffee shop; it is very close for my job.

Even though I am out of school, I still have to study genetics which I registered for the spring semester. It is an IDL (Independent and Distance Learning) class. The nice thing about the University is every credit I register for over 13 credits is free, which is awesome. Since the IDL class is an extended course, which I'll finishe it in nine months, I thought it will be better to register for this class in the spring and study it over the summer. So I don't have to take a summer class and pay for it.

I am 19. I am officially a student in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication. I am a Martin Luther King Program advisor and now I have an internship with Clear Channel Radio a fortune five hundred company! All these things are going on yet I still sleep with the lights on after a scary movie. Very embarassing. Believe me I know! Now I am back in Saint Louis and home just doesn't feel the same anymore. I find myself mentioning the Gophers just as frequently as I mentioned Saint Louis, while I was at U of Minnesota. Life is funny how it works.

This morning I was reading a blog from the Minneapolis Star Tribune where the author tried to feed herself for $3 a day, which is basically the budget people on food stamps must adhere to. It's a really funny post, check it out at the strib's website! Anyway, the author's mission seemed all too familiar. This summer I have an unpaid internship = very little disposable income most of which is provided by my parents.