It's official...

That dweeb you see to the left is officially a Page at NBC! Spent the last week shadowing tours, learning about the different studios, and reading over my tour manual every night. I took my test this afternoon and passed, meaning that I'm officially a Page! I got my nametag and peacock pin this afternoon and my first tour is tomorrow! I'm really excited. Everyone in my group passed so that was definitely good news. A round of drinks were had in celebration.

The program is really great and I couldn't be more happy to be a part of it. Everyone who works there is very supportive of each other, and even when you're competing for the same position they put up signs and send emails every time someone gets a new assignment. I'm not eligible for assigments just yet, but I'll let you know how that goes in the future. If you ever want a special tour just let me know and I'll hook you up! Haha.

New York City is a great place to live. Granted my apartment is small, and I have to make several trips to several stores to get everything I need (who would have thought I'd miss Wal-mart so much?!) and everything is expensive and it's hot and crowded, but I LOVE IT! There's so many things at my fingertips that I couldn't be more appreciative of this situation I've been given.

I have noticed a few things about NYC. Contrary to popular belief, no one is really that rude at all. I think everyone is just self-focused and has learned to just go out their business as needed. Most people wear big sunglasses and have their iPods permanently attached to their heads, but I think that's all in an effort to stay on task and keep their sanity. In a city of millions of people it's easy to get swallowed up by all the hustle and shining lights. I haven't busted out my mp3 player just yet, but I don't really need it in my 10min walk to work.

Quick shout outs!

• Shout out to Liz Farry for our rendezvous on the 3rd floor! I never see you in the building!
• Shout out to Mr. Weaver for sending me my very first piece of mail! Thanks!
• Shout out to Rich Bailey, Jen Caumo and my former roomie, Tom Moore, for the awesome cards
• And the shout of of the week goes to Sherri Breitigan for actually sending me a card with $1 inside because I said to send money! You rock and your card was perfect!

So, I hope everything is well back home, because it's going great here! I'll let you know how my first official week goes and keep you up to date on any celeb sitings!

Conan Rules!

Today at work we did the usual tour shadowing and cramming info into our brains about NBC and the studios/shows, then we got to see the taping of Late Night with Conan O'Brien! Lisa Kudrow and DJ Qualls were the guests. It's on tonight... you probably won't see me, but pretend I was there. There's a ridiculous sketch involving farm animals... and it was very strange to see a live, 800lbs cow, sheep and rooster in the studio. It was really funny! Again... this job is sweet.

I promised I would post some pictures from the move, so here they are! There's some of work, some of the area of where I live, and some of my mom and grandma (they're proud!) I'll get some of the apartment soon. It's not as exciting! Enjoy!

Last Call

Today was my second day of work and it went really well. We did some more orientation stuff, got our uniforms tailored and fun stuff. Then we practiced some of the tour material and eventually got to go be in the audience for Last Call with Carson Daly! It was really great. I was in the second row, like ten feet from Carson. Tucker Carlson (who some may call a d*ck) was the guest, along with a stand comedian and a band I had never heard of! Oops.

Anyway, the show airs Wednesday July 20th and you can see me in the audience. Sweet. Peace out.

I'm alive!

I'm here in New York City. It's about 6:30 on day 2 and I haven't been mugged, stabbed or trampled yet... so it's been a good day. My apartment is small (duh) and clean, so it's totally doable. My neighborhood and street are really nice, and I'm just 2 blocks from Times Square so there's tons of stuff to do. My mom, Grandma and I had a very nice trip and driving into the city was actually very easy. The move was great (although I have YET to see or speak to my roommate. Maybe He'll be home tonight?) . I took a bunch of pictures today, but I'll post them later. Here's my new address so you can send me letters and cards (preferably with money inside).

Pat Sandora
370 W. 52nd Street
Apt 3B
New York, NY 10019

I start at NBC tomorrow. Got a sneak peak at the place today thanks to the lovely and talented Liz Farry! Liz was spreading good things about me for a week, so let's hope it goes well! Until next time...

So much for my plans...

I got a call today from NBC. They need me to start at 9am next Monday, the 11th. Talk about short notice. Basically I have to drop everything and move.

I'm excited and really sad at the same time. I probably won't get to say goodbye to most of you. :-( I hope that there's time this week to see everyone important before I go. There's so much to do...

wish me luck, I guess.