So this fall, you'd all normally think I'm going back to Gordon for a normal semester..right? Wrong. I'm still "going to Gordon", but participating in a program called GORDON IN BOSTON! Aka, I'll be living in Boston area (Dorchester to be exact) in a house that Gordon owns, with five other people participating in the program! I get to do an internship in Boston, and take classes through the program and through other schools! I'm seriously SO excited.
So needless to say, I needed to find an internship for this program. So my summer has been a long process of writing resumes, cover letters, and applying for internships. I've been waiting and waiting to hear back, and the only person I heard back from was a sports producer at WHDH channel 7 in Boston, and I interviewed over the phone and wasn't hearing anything for a while. I was freaking out a little bit, trying to think of more options for internships. BUT - THIS PAST SUNDAY, Koon Lam, the producer, e-mailed and officially asked me to be an intern for the fall semester!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'd say it's pretty safe to say I FREAKED OUT, SCREAMED AT MY MOM TO LOOK AT THE E-MAIL, AND WE COULDN'T EVEN BELIEVEE ITT!!! Gahhhh, it was SO great! So, WHDH here I come! I accepted later that night. (I didn't want to e-mail him back a HALF HOUR after he e-mailed me. Ew. Embarrassing.) So, now I'm trying to figure out now what days/shifts I'll be working. Haven't figured it out yet, but when I do, I'll let ya know! :)
So the semester is obviously going to be GREAT. I ALSO worked out that I'm going to be doing an independent study that I'm SOOOO excited about! Chris Gilbert is a local film producer in Beverly and I'll be doing some type of reporting/film editing work with him that I'm THRILLED ABOUT! He said I'll come out of it with great stuff for my portfolio! I'm just so excited, mainly because I feel like Gordon is a GREAT school, but I haven't gotten the best experience directly in the field of broadcast journalism that I want, so I feel like I'm finally getting what I'm looking for! :) It's all coming together! So, needless to say, I'm so excited for Gordon in Boston! We move in August 29th, and our group has already started writing e-mails telling each other about ourselves and what not!
I know what you're thinking. Katie, your fall sounds AWESOME...bet your summer is JUST as exciting, right? Yeah nope. My life was straight up Subway sandwiches the last week! I had over forty hours. It was insane. I almost went nuts. It gets SO busy in the summer, that literally from 11-2 the line was NON-STOP OUT THE DOOR!! It was craziness. My apron even fell off at one point! Haha, I was busy trying to find this customer's buffalo chicken sandwich that he never got. (Found it on the back counter...oops! And he was in the car halfway to his destination when he realized it wasn't there...DOUBLE OOPS!) But yeah, Subway's been insane, but still so much fun!
Other than that -- just been hanging out! Kristi's at UNH for soccer camp until tomorrow so I've been rollin' solo! It's okay though, she'll be home tomorrow night! :) This morning I had a wonderful dunks date with Laurie Foustoukos, my wonderful friend from Gorham, but she's actually living in Beverly for the summer, so I haven't seen her as much! It was so great seeing her at my favorite place - Dunks, obviously - today and catching up!
(Oldie -- maybe my junior year of high school!)
And today my mom and I walked the boulevard in Portland and then met my dad for lunch in Monument Square. That's my favorite place in the world, city center in Portland. Every one knows my favorite building, Time and Temp, is right there, and I just love the liveliness of the city streets. Wednesdays are the BEST because they have the farmer's market - get all your veggies, plants, and other random stuff! It's the best. We got Maine blueberries, sugar snap peas, and summer squash! We got lunch in the Portland Public Market and sat upstairs! So nice.
(The best building in Maine, BY FAR!!!)
Anything else in my life? Hmm, here's random bits!
- Bought a Red Sox hat the other day at Olympia because A. Lost my old one and B. It was my reward to myself for getting the internship!
- Had a soccer game Monday night. We had ten people and no goalie. Needless to say, score was 8-1. ROUGH.
OH MAN - and we need to talk about ... BORDERS CLOSING? WHAT THEEE HECKKK!!! I love Borders. Don't get me wrong, I don't read. Me+Reading=No. SOMETIMES I DO THOUGH! And I loved going in and just exploring it all the time! And my sister's crushed, she LOVED reading. AND MY MOM, THE ENGLISH TEACHER, IS MAD TOO! Ahh, I don't get it. Gonna be SO SO WEIRD without it!
Only other thing on my mind is that I can't wait for the Smurf movie. I am by no means a Smurfs fan at all, but I LOVE KATY PERRY, and she's in it, AKA it's going to be perfection. Kristi and I will see it, DEFINITELY! Comes out Friday! PUMPED!
Alright, guess that's all for now! I gotta go check out what I'm smelling -- the blueberry coffee cake that my mom just put in the oven!! YUUUUUMM!!!
Thought to end with:
"And if dreams and memories sometimes get confused, then that's the way it should be. every kid deserves to be a hero. every kid already is."
Heard Kevin Arnold say this on The Wonder Years last night! Such the best show ever inventedddddddd!!! Never gets old!
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