I considered posting that the reason I hadn't blogged here in so long (in internet years, at least) is because I was hit by a taxi cab and in the hospital regaining my memories for a few weeks.
However, that is an absurd lie. And I wouldn't really expect anyone to believe it.
Truthfully, all that happened was that everything suddenly got super super busy. And that's hardly an excuse since most people working in this industry are probably equally swamped... But I got a ton of new assignments plus was trekking out to daily interviews for a job for post-McCann and this little hole in the world wide web took a backseat to all of that. Let's try this once more, with feeling, okay?
I DID get a job, anyway. Part-time, since I've still got one more year of school to go. I'll be working as a junior at a production studio in Manhattan. I thought that before I invested upwards of $30K to get an adschool degree in copywriting, I'd go ahead and make sure I don't enjoy the production side of things more. And since I've already done sound/video editing for various side projects, I qualified. And there's that one small thing about a job being a job.... Since I'm trying to pay my way through an undergraduate degree in New York City, I also had to get a gig nannying 15 hours a week. So when I add it all up, I'll be working/taking classes for seventy hours a week. Not taking into consideration classwork I'll need to do at home or overtime I'll need to pull on either job. Of course, again with the complaining! I'm sure I'll work just as hard, or harder, at my first (second, third, fourth?) full time agency job.
Suddenly I'm tired....
The internship program at McCann ended last week. Which is both happy and sad. I've been doing the tour of adschools since then, stopping in Richmond to interview at The Adcenter and then Atlanta for The Creative Circus and The Portfolio Center, and next I'm heading to Miami for Miami Ad School. I'll fly back to NY to start my last year of undergrad and the two new jobs after Labor Day!
In other news, I was friends with Julie Roehm on Facebook before Ad Age made it cool, and I watched Mad Men last night and give it no stars.
I'll try to be a better blogger in the future.
About Me
- anna kate
- I'm a twenty-something, ad-something at McCann Erickson in New York City. Also, I'm a student at The New School studying media theory and creative writing. Also, I'm a junk food junkie and a middle child and a word collector. I have poor circulation in my hands and feet, and I like dogs more than cats but when people say things like "I'm a dog person", I think of them as people with dog heads. I recycle because I'm never going to stop driving cars. Additional queries can be emailed or posted in the comments section.
5 comments:
I love how in high school you were always "crazy Anna Kate who dyes her hair raspberry and is wonderfully spontaneous" and now you're one of the most together people I know. Congrats on the job, lovely.
said the girl who goes to Oxford...
Also, I'm going to let you know about Thursday, I just have to figure out how late things are going to run in Atlanta.
thanks for the congratulations! i'm glad you read this dribble.
Good luck with your grad school searches.
My best friend went to Portfolio Center, he didn't like it, but he's also back in school in pre-med. So take from that what you will.
Oh, and good luck with classes. I know it doesn't seem this way now, but it may get easier once you get into a rhythm.
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