So orientation went well, learned a lot about the ICLA program and met all the staff. They are all very nice and willing to help in whatever ways they can. It's great to know they are there to go to about issues beyond the classroom.
Tuesday night the ICLA program went to a taping of 'Shit My Dad Says' starring William Shatner and Jean Smart. I felt very nostalgic watching it because it reminded me very much of my summer at 'White Collar.' Everyone was complaining about how long it took (around 4 hours to tape a 22 minute episode) and I must admit sometimes I found myself asking what was taking so long. But it took 7 full days to tape a 45 minute episode of 'White Collar' with all the field stuff, plus we didn't have to entertain a live studio audience the entire time, so I walked away surprised at how much they accomplished during our time there. They had this guy, I can't remember his name right now, who's job was to entertain the audience in between all the takes and keep up the enthusiasm so we would continue to laugh at the same jokes three and four times. He was great at his job, which I could see being just as stressful as it is fun.
Tila Tequila randomly guest starred in it too. She was the last person anyone was expecting to see, so it was kinda funny. Apparently Ashley Tisdale was there too, but I didn't see her. Her supposed scene was on the other side of the studio so I couldn't tell if it was her or not. Kinda funny how these (decently) established celebs are taking small parts in sitcoms.
Yesterday was more orientation and then the group hiked to the top of the Hollywood sign. It was a crazy view at the top. All of Los Angeles and the Pacific Ocean were on one side of the lookout and the San Fernando Valley was on the other. Pretty incredible.
My internships, which I can talk about now cause they are both official, and classes start next week. I am working Mondays and Tuesdays at Intuition Production as a development intern and Thursdays and Fridays as a talent assistant on the Emmy award winning show (shameless advertising) 'The Doctors.' I'm also taking classes on Tuesday and Thursday nights from 7-10. It's kind of crazy because everyone that I have talked to that have accepted internships have done so at really cool places as well. A friend and I were talking and we really want to go on everyone else's internships to experience everything with them. I am just now beginning to realize just how great this opportunity is that we all are about to have. Yes, everyone has said that to me before and I knew it to be true. But now I am finally figuring the depth of what that really means. Deep stuff....
I am officially working at the Golden Globes HBO Lounge on Saturday as a talent escort. Im excited that there is another girl in the program also working there so we can carpool together. She told me she expects that we will be assigned a 'celebrity' (up to your own interpretation as to who this could be) that we have to take around and introduce to all the vendors. Yes, I have worked with talent before, but they were all extras on an organized shoot so I expect this to be just a little bit different, and I am therefore nervous as hell. I mean come on, if I mess up at the Golden Globes I doubt it will go unnoticed. However, if you do well they ask you to come back to future events, so that is always a good thing because it's a paid gig.
Update after my award winning experience!
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