So Many Weddings

There's not too much going on in my broadcasting world at the moment. The new job is starting to wear me down a little bit. The hours are a lot more intense than what I had originally thought. I'm gaining some good experience, but I'm also learning that it's not exactly where I want to be at the moment. I've been following through with some other opportunities that I was following before I got this job. I'll let you know what's up as soon as I know anything!

Apparently it is time for all of my friends to get married. At least that is what I gather from the past two weekends. Last weekend my good friends Brian and Steph were married in Hershey, PA... the land of chocolate (the air smelled like chocolate, people. It was amazing.) I was fortunate enough to be asked to be a groomsman in the ceremony and I had a great time. The wedding was beautiful and everyone had a blast!

This past weekend I was back in PA, this time at Westminster for one of my best friends wedding! Danielle and (Matt) Slacker got married at Wallace Memorial Chapel. The new Slackers asked me to do a reading during the ceremony (which I was really nervous about) but they said I did a good job. Phew. The wedding was very intimate, including their family and close friends (most of which were my close friends, too... which was really nice!) Again, everyone had an awesome time. So great to see everyone!

I had mentioned to several family members that Carolyn and I really needed a "big plant" for our apartment to finish it off. We were having the hardest time finding a tree or plant that wasn't over $100 so things were looking bleek. Always trying to be helpful, my Mom, Dad, and brother tried to hook me up witih this mail-order "lucky bean tree." No exactly the tree we were looking for, but I do have to say that it's almost doubled in size since I got it! Pretty lucky so far.

Luckily for us though, a few weeks later the bodega gods smiled on us and we managed to find a giant palm thing for only $25 on the street! Here is the majesty that is our cheap tree. It's probably infested with deadly beetles from Mexico or something, but for right now it looks great!

So as you can see, my life is uncontrollably exciting right now. Other people's weddings and cheap foliage. This city never sleeps!

Here are some additional wedding photos. Maybe I should become a wedding photographer instead?

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I'm headed back home to PA the next two weekends for some weddings. The first is in Hershey, PA for my friends Brian and Stephanie. I'm actually a groomsman in this wedding, which makes me feel particularly old. I guess it's about that time. Two weekends from now I'll be back in Cranberry and at Westminster for Danielle and Slacker's wedding. I'm not in this one, but I am reading a verse during the ceremony. Pretty fun. I can't wait to see everyone from school and catch up. Give me a ring if you're going to be in the area.

I couldn't make another entry without mentioning the Girls Gone Wild Weekend from last month. Back in July my Mom, Aunt's Patty and Freddie, Cousin Erin and "unofficial grandma" Judy came to New York for a long weekend. We had a really fun time seeing the sites of the city, and checking out my neighborhood. As can be expected we had a crazy time, and I think this picture pretty much sums it up. It's Mom, Aunt Freddie and Erin cutting loose in the light room at Top of the Rock.

Good times.

I Will Not Be Unemployed

And the peasants rejoice!

To my delight (and that of my parents and relatives) I have found myself employment after the NBC Page Program! I had to take out the specifics, but just be glad I'm employed and still working in TV.

I'm not finished being a Page just yet and I'm having a pretty exciting last week! I spent several hours serving as a stand-in on the Dr. Keith set while they did some camera blocking and run throughs for the first show on Thursday. A few Pages and I had the chance to be fake guests and have fun making up fake stories about our awful family life. Dr. Keith grilled us on camera about our fake lives and then analyzed us. It was really fun.

Tuesday night a few of us got to work the premiere party for season 3 of Project Runway on Bravo. We handed out credentials at the door, make sure everyone was getting in ok, and then passed out goody bags at the end of the night. It was a really fun time, because we got to see a lot of celebs and interact with many of them at the door. It was about 8,000 degrees at the entrance, but we got some nice swag when we left. Oh, the perks of Paging. (Heidi Klum is an amazing creature, by the way.)

Here are some pictures from the event. The first is me with Kara Janx, a designer from last season, and the second with with Malan Breton, a designer from the new season. Check 'em out.

Long Time, No Blog

It's been a long time since I made an update, but not too much has been going on. I've mostly been giving tours of NBC while looking for jobs in the downtime. I was lucky enough to be the only Page to work Katie Couric's farewell party after her last broadcast on TODAY. It was a beautiful Wednesday afternoon and the venue was stunning. The party was on a rooftop of a nearby building in Rockefeller Center. It had grass and a wading pond and a beautiful view of St. Patrick's Cathedral. They also shot a scene from Spiderman up there.

Of course I had my camera with me to take pictures of the event. I was mostly taking pictures of the area and the venue, but at the end I was lucky enough to get a picture with Katie. (She asked me if I wanted one! I didn't ask her!) I know some of my relatives will barf when they read this, but I'm proud of Katie. She's done so much in her 15 years on TODAY. Much like some older folks feel a special connection with Dan Rather or Tom Brokaw, Katie Couric has been on my television screen since I was 8 years old. I'm going to miss her!

The job hunt sucks, but it's not really that bad I guess. Most recently I interviewed for a job as a talent assistant on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. The position was here in New York and my interview went really, really well, but they decided to go with someone else. I know the person that got it and I'm really happy for them. On to the next one...

I'm still trying to get a back in for a second interview with MTV. My goal for this week is to get back in there and get the job. At this point I'm almost ready to ask, "So what do I have to do to get this job?" Desperate? Maybe. Haha.

I still have a few other leads that aren't really worth writing about at this point, but I'll keep you updated as I find out some more info . I'm going to start to looking into jobs at CNBC. It's not necessarily the first place I would think of work, but there are a lot of great openings, and it's a place to gain some great experience.

I'm headed to Boston for my cousin Jay and future-cousin Kate's wedding. It's going to be great to see all of my family in one place, and get out of New York for a bit. Now if only I could get a trip to the beach in there...

Flash back a year ago

Let's look into our crystal ball and see what I was doing just over a year ago today...

Oh, it's me and Tandi predicting out futures in broadcasting after graduation. Luckily for both of us we haven't had to beg just yet! Tandi's doing awesome at a radio station in Florida, and I have some good leads on potential jobs for next month. Hopefully after July 15th I won't have to resort to this source of income.