Mail Room

Thursday was another full day at the office and I was a total intern. I spent about an hour in the morning helping organize an agent's expense report by putting totals from receipts into an excel spreadsheet. Then I spent the rest of the day in the mail room.

Working in the mail room will help me learn people's names which is awesome and if I can get over my shyness and fear of all the important people then it will definitely be beneficial. We do sweeps of all the floors collecting outgoing mail and interoffice memos and then we sort all of the incoming mail and packages and deliver them. That's it. You repeat that process about 4 or 5 times throughout the day. Whenever you are not out collecting or delivering you are sorting. I know that being an intern involves doing routine work, copies, filing, answering phones etc. Lots of watching/observing/learning. But when they keep us all separated from the rest of the company I don't know how we are going to learn a lot.

It was just the first week for me though, I guess I need to have more patience. I just was hoping that this internship wouldn't just look good on my resume but that it would really help me be better prepared for a job.

On a different note, I spent yesterday at Disneyland which was AWESOME! My friend bought me an annual pass for my birthday so I will probably be going there a lot. I can't help but be super happy at Disneyland, it is truly one of my favorite places in the whole wide world. After we rode Space Mountain my friend was laughing at me because I giggled the whole time, she said it was hilarious. I pretty much giggled more yesterday than I have in a long time. I LOVE me some Disneyland and when it's only an hour away, how am I supposed to resist?

-Lauren

Other interns!

So I today was the first "real" day in the office and I found other interns! They mostly work in the mail room, which is a much different environment than up on the other floors. I didn't get the impression that the other interns are very interested in working in film or being agents but who knows, maybe I just didn't talk to them for long enough. It was kind of a relief to find other interns though because I didn't feel as out of place amongst the (younger) interns as I do amongst the agents & assistants. But HEY! It was only the first day, I am sure it will get better as time goes on.

I don't really know how my day to day duties will go, I know my boss has some projects that he would like me to work on and I know that HR and the mail room want me to be in the basement sorting mail & then delivering mail. I am pretty much going to be floating around. Luckily my boss is going to try to make sure that I meet people and that I get to learn a lot. I feel that I am a part of all the interns but at the same time I have a champion in my corner of sorts, a sponsor kind of, that makes sure I don't get trapped under packages and inter office memos, which I think will help me, well I know it will.

I am hoping that I get the hang of everything quickly, I hate not knowing how everything works and where everything is. Also it is kinda outrageous that I am not getting paid. Lots of interns don't. That is so incredibly odd. Do work for the sake of learning? Whaaaa?...

-Lauren

Meet & Greet

Today was Day 1 of the internship, I was only in for an hour as I just went in, met my boss and got a tour around the office.

The office is pretty big and it seems pretty nice. The reception area is straight out of the movies, I kid you not. The minute I stepped off the elevator I was instantly intimidated. Once I went in I was introduced to a lot of people. I am the only intern in the office and I get the impression they haven't had an intern in a while. Everyone seems really cool. That is the only word I can use to describe them. I have never been one of the cool kids and I feel like I will be working amongst all the coolest of the cool kids.

Most of the stuff I will do/work on I probably won't be able to share but I am really excited about all that I will get to learn this summer.

My goal for tomorrow: work on being LA confident, I have to know I am cool and that I belong before anyone else will believe it.

I belong. I can do this. I am smart. I look good. I belong. My mantra for the summer.

After I was done for the day [after an exhausting hour ;) ] I drove to Anaheim to visit my friend Alyssa, it was really nice to see a smiling, familiar face. We went to Borders & Target and after she had to go to work I went to Ralph's.

Overall a productive day, I successfully navigated multiple LA freeways, yahoo!

Here's to tomorrow!
-Lauren