Congratulations, Amy and Matt!

I'm certain that the first thing on their agenda post-marriage is checking this blog. ;) Well, Amy, here are some well wishes for whenever you get back. *cheers*

A quick blog logistical note: I finally remembered to grant everyone admin privileges for the blog, so now any of us (not just me, lol) can mess with the layout, add html, moderate comments, and whatever other admin stuff we can do.

The first half of June has been relatively busy compared to what I think the rest of June is going to be for me. For 2 days, I got to be an intern for MTV to help with casting for an upcoming reality show. It's called Mogul in the Making, and it's basically going to be MTV's version of The Apprentice, but with 50-cent instead of Donald Trump. No, I didn't get to meet 50-cent, and no, I didn't get paid for it, but I get to put MTV on my resume, and both the casting directors I worked with gave me contact info and open invitations to call them when I get to LA, so it was more or less a win situation. The first day, they had us going through the emails for the NY auditions, and we basically go to decide who had a chance of getting onto the show. And everything you hear about reality TV show casting is 100% true! The very first thing Crystal told us was, "Make sure they're cute!"--based off their attached photos or MySpace profiles, of course--and all the other criteria was downhill from there. I felt like I was becoming everything I hated, lol. The second day was the open casting call, which wasn't as crazy as I initially thought it was going to be, but it was ridiculously hot that day, so I guess all the crazies couldn't take waiting outside to audition. The interns that day pretty much just made sure people filled out forms and stuff, but they also rotated us through the group interviews as fake candidates (complete with fake applications) and told us to agitate the other interviewees so they could see them out of their element..."Just be @$$holes," they said. That was fun!

Sadly, it was not taped. *wah wah*

The only other more-or-less newsworthy thing I've been up to was that Steve came to visit me last Friday, and he just left (ridiculously early) this morning. We took advantage of Chicago's museum free days that happened randomly this weekend, saw Kung Fu Panda--HIGHLY RECOMMENDED, I loved it!--my parents fed him duck intestines (I wish I was kidding), and he survived the insane over-Asianness that my family felt like bombarding him with while he was here. Duck intestines aside, it was a good time. :)

Otherwise, just chilling out, trying to find ways to earn money, and freaking out over LA. Hope everyone else is doing just as well!!!

--Jenni--