An exciting day
I hear that Americans overuse the word exciting. It seems like everything that I say I am “excited” isn’t really that exciting. It may be neat, but jump-out-of-your-chair excitement just doesn’t happen too often. Today may be an exception. I may not be out of my chair as I write this, but I have a sense of hopeful expectation that I haven’t felt as much as I do today.
This morning I had my interview at MSN. The architecture immediately gives an impression of what type of place and experience the internship will be. It’s a beautiful building from the front and even gets more impressive by a walk through the waiting room complete with an Xbox. Everything is cutting edge. From talking with my editors, I realize that I will be getting invaluable, hands on experience doing video and writing. They realize that Mizzou students know their work and are not afraid to let them take control of their projects and tasks. With a healthy dose of self-motivation, I can work on some really great projects. From what I know, I will be working in entertainment as well as video. While most of the editors do the interviews, I hope I am able to at least shoot some of these. A personal goal for me would be to go film a movie premiere in addition to doing some great work. I just need to leave my MacBook at home (since it is a Microsoft office). The commute is an easy 15 minutes on a crowded tube in a business district.
It pays to be a U.S. citizen today especially at Madame Tussauds. Venturing through the museum of stars, I finally met the new president … well, a wax version, but still. It was great to see so many people line up to see a just a wax sculpture of Obama. Not just U.S. citizens waited in line to get their photo with him. It is an exciting, historical day for many in the UK who are eager to see a new president in the White House. The papers love him here and there are all types of Inauguration events in London for folks to celebrate and watch history in the making. I will be at the Union Bar later tonight before class to see as much of the ceremony that I can. It already feels like a day that will be remembered for life. One of the questions my grandkids will ask me “Granny, where were you when Obama was Inaugurated?”