If you're going to San Francisco...

I had a very Rory Gilmore moment at my internship the other day. Most of you probably don't watch the Gilmore girls and now you think I'm lame, but let me explain. Rory took an internship at a really prestigious newspaper and the boss sits her down to tell her how she's doing and he completely rips her apart. And because she thinks shes been doing so well, it makes her question her pursuit of journalism as a profession. Mine wasn't nearly like that. But i did have a talk with one of my bosses last week. He talked about productivity and how it's important to be a strong asset to a company. I freaked out thinking that he meant that I was a slow worker and just a technician rather than an asset. I barely slept at all that night thinking about it. But then I went in this week and everyone was super nice and liked my work, so the way I figure it is that he just wanted to pass on his wisdom about the business and wasn't meaning I was doing things the wrong way. He wanted me to take something away from the internship and learn something about the graphic design community. I hope...

I went to USC for only the 3rd time this summer. I visited with Megan and Ashley and we watched episodes of House. We went to El Cholo for dinner. They have the most delicious green corn tamales ever! Unfortunately, they're only offered may-october. Cruel cruel world. The downside was that we got stuck in the corner booth in the back of the restaurant and our waiter completely forgot about us. Ashley had to flag down any bus boys who passed our table. I'm going to miss Megan a lot this year. It solidified the fact that I've got to live with 4 complete strangers very soon. I'm crossing my fingers that at least the girl in my room is nice and easy to live with. I hope to go back one more time before summer is over.



Last night, Brigitte and I went to a BBQ at one of her AFI friend's house in Echo Park. I really like that area because it doesn't seem to follow a grid as much. There aren't any disgusting tract homes that all look exactly the same. We actually passed this awesome bright teal apartment complex with purple trim and I thought about how cool it would be to live there. It felt very much like summer. We bbqed outside, had music, I took my shoes off and had a beer (which I think I might actually be starting to enjoy. gasp!). I think the best part was that it was 80% boys so I met some very cool people. And I ran into some people I already knew who I wanted to see again. Most everyone was a film student from either USC or AFI, or both, so I got lost in the film lingo most of the time and just kinda stared at whoever was talking like I understood what they meant when they were talking about budgets or the difference between a unit production manager and a production coordinator and their salaries. I like film people though. They're mostly outgoing and interesting people, as opposed to a lot of the fine arts people I've met who tend to be a little off their rockers. Who knows...maybe I am too.

Going to Northern California tomorrow...will post some pictures of that when I get back.