I'm sorry I've been so lax about my postings this week! It's been relatively uneventful, filled with class, writing a paper, and trying to get over this cold.
Though, I guess something kind of big happened on Wednesday. I got my internship! Fremantle contacted Daryl on Monday and sent their regrets - they couldn't take an intern. Since most of their day to day operations have been relocated to South East Asia there wasn't really anything for me to do in this office. I was thankful for their honesty and consideration, it's still a nice connection to have somewhere down the road. So Daryl emailed his contact at Showtime Monday afternoon and by the end of class I had an interview. It was like lightning! Wednesday morning I got up early, got dressed in my nice professional outfit (which I realized my white, French cuffed shirt had a small stain on the sleeve as I put it on, I covered it awkwardly with my hand most of my interview) and went to my first class before my interview. It went by pretty slowly, the longer I sit the more antsy I get so by the time Daryl came to pick me up at BUSC I was ready to burst. Of course, my interviewer was still on an international conference call when we got there so I had to wait some more. But that was fine because the interview seemed great. They have so much going on at Showtime Australia! Not only do the license and program American-made content but they produce their own as well. That, to me, is the most exciting. I get to be in an environment that is filled with both creative people and business people - the combination I hope to embody. I'll be working with two executives, following their day to day operations in addition to being given some projects of my own. I'm really excited as they seem open to allowing me some independence and a window into pretty much everything. Not to mention the DVD library they have there, I'm going to buy a sleeping bag and just camp out in there! It sounds like a really fantastic opportunity and I'm lucky to be putting it on my resume.
Afterward, Daryl and I went and got a coffee and chatted for awhile. He's a really great mentor and I'm really grateful that he's my adviser. He's so knowledgeable and willing to share all of that knowledge, which is a huge help. It was nice to just kind of sit and listen to his stories - he did a lot of documentary work during his career so he was really interested in my work with Carl and Tia as well. I think I'll eventually do something big with docs, they seem to be popping up everywhere in my life! I'm excited to be able to explore everything at Showtime, their programming lineup is amazing: from Dexter to Grey Gardens to documentaries. I'll be watching the Emmys on Monday (they're on at 10am Monday here!) with my fingers crossed for Showtime programming!
After that I just bummed around all day, finishing a paper about the programming differences and successes between the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and PBS/CPB in the States. I love my major. :)
I also love my minor! Since I'm taking an Aboriginal Australia class here, Professor Zank (my religion adviser) said if I wrote my paper in the class on Aboriginal religion I could count that as a religion credit. Well, the professor who's teaching the class here is so awesome she's helping me take it a step further. Not only am I writing a research paper on Aboriginal Christianity she's going to help me create a multimedia presentation on the evolution of Aboriginal spirituality - from the time in the bush to missionaries to where they are now. She's going to take me through the community throughout the semester to give interviews and hear stories, and hopefully I'll be able to go out with her to her people's lands and see a ceremony. If not, I'm sure the information I gather here will satisfy Professor Zank and be a great show of my quest to create a religious studies aspect out of my experience here. I'm very anxious to speak to people about their concept of religion and spirituality, it sounds so interesting and thought-provoking. It'll be a lot of fun.
Tonight we're off to get margaritas and chips and queso as a celebratory dinner for finishing our papers! I've been looking forward to it all week. Seriously. The Flying Fajita Sistas have the best queso I've ever had. I'm stoked. Tomorrow Megan and I are going to the Outback - to Ayers Rock and Kings Canyon, two beautiful natural phenomenons in the desert, dead center of the continent. We're being true backpackers on this one - no luxury resort for us! We're getting their early tomorrow then hiking Kings Canyon, doing a sunset tour, then back to a little hostel to sleep. Then early, early Saturday morning we're getting picked up to do an entire day's worth of hiking, exploring, and climbing on and around Ayers Rock. Then, at sunset we head to an observatory to check out the amazing stars you can see in the middle of the desert. Sunday we don't leave until later so I'm going to hit some of the Aboriginal cultural centers to start my research and check out the artwork. It's going to be a whirlwind but wonderful trip. I'm so excited!
I should probably go start getting ready for dinner and finish packing. I'll be without internet until Monday morning so I'll update then with pictures from the Outback!
G'night from down under!
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