Four Months in Oz: 6 weeks...

So two weeks have gone by since starting the internship and the people there are great. The first week was spent shadowing a news director, going on shoots with the ENG guys, and shadowing the vision mixer (the woman who switches the show...presses the buttons) for the SBS show Dateline. It happened to be an anniversary episode too so that was exciting. This last week they had me in the office because they are short staffed right now and will be short staffed for the next couple weeks so I don't think I'll be leaving the facilities office anytime soon. It's really not what I signed up for but I am learning a lot and since I seem to be catching on quickly they are giving me more and more responsibility. The area around SBS is beautiful. I have to cross the Harbour Bridge on my way there and back so I have a view of the Opera House and all of Sydney near the water...it is probably the most beautiful commute I will ever have.

I have also been taking a class and have a paper due this Saturday, with an internship paper due Monday. My professor is great and seems to have taken a genuine interest in how all of the (9) people in my class are getting along in their internships.

Some great news! My friends and I have been watching this one show, Good News Week, since the first Monday we got here. We love it and have made a weekly gathering of it. Today Alan and Andrew surprised Nikki and I with tickets for the show's finale taping on the 21st! It's going to be amazing!! It's taped at the ABC, which is right around the corner. It really was such a great surprise.

Oh yes and for Halloween I was Pam from the Office. My friends Alan and Matt were Dwight and Jim. We wound up winning best group costume at the BU Halloween party, crazy! My friends Maggie and Monica were Gilligan and the Skipper. Maggie (the Skipper) won best girl costume.