One Week Left

I can't believe it's already Wednesday of this week. I had anticipated that my last two weeks here would drag, but it's already hump day and a week from today will be my last in the dear old public relations pit. I'll save the mopey sum-up for next week when I actually have some emotion regarding the end of this internship. Yet, right now, I'm filled with the desire to make the best of my last few days here. Last week had been quite busy because of the publicity book that we were working on. This Monday randomly went by pretty quickly and then yesterday was pretty productive as well. The NBA Schedules were released yesterday so that took up a lot of our day. First, we helped the PR department look over the Knicks news release of the schedule to be released within minutes of the NBA's news release. After going through and proof-reading, however, my fellow interns and I realized that each of our versions had different mistakes... then one of our supervisors made a side comment about how our boss had told him that he had 'caught all of the intentional mistakes'. So, it was a test... as usual. I liked proof-reading though. I remember when I was applying for internships that I had to do some fact-checking for Charlotte Magazine. I didn't really like it all that much, but that was because it wasn't a real project of substance, it was merely part of the application process. My motivation is limited for problems that don't hold some sort of weight in the real world. I love hypotheticals, but not when they require energy. HA! Anyway, I tried a new place for lunch yesterday called Bagel Maven and it was really good. I had been going to my favorite french cafe, Macaron, a little too much and the thought of a goat cheese or brie cheese sandwich right now actually makes me queasy. Then, after lunch, the world of sports news went berserk in its attempt to cover the break of the NBA schedules. So I labored over all fourteen articles that mentioned the Knicks from major news outlets and sent them out for priority clips. That made this morning a little easier, but we ended up with 37 articles for E-Clips, which is the most in a while. I think the other day we had 10? I remember the day after the draft though was 65 so I'm thanking my lucky stars that we stayed under 40. You probably don't even get what that means. Anyway, last night I monitored sports radio again and then went out with my roommate and her Texas biddies for one of their 21st birthdays. We went to Tortilla Flats, which was a pretty cool venue. Lots of sparkly streamer things hanging from the ceiling so I was entertained. Well, I'm in the process of trying to get in touch with Glen Grunwald, the VP of Basketball Operations who was my contact for this internship in the first place. We had touched base a few weeks ago about meeting when he was in the office, but he hasn't been in yet and I'm done next Wednesday. I also want to try to have a meeting with Jonathan, the boss that keeps testing me, before I leave. These people are fascinating and since I don't really know if I'm going to end up in the PR world again... ever... I might as well try to get the most of the people here who have come to love it and remain in it. Maybe there's something in PR that I've been missing that I should know about? Well, if I'm bored enough to be writing here at 10:43 am then chances are I might find something to rant about on here later... perhaps the fact that I want Bill Clinton to run for president again... orrrrr the fact that the psycho who killed all of those women at a gym in Pennsylvania actually makes me want to save the world... orrrr the fact that I cannot comprehend why a mother would get behind the wheel of a car while high and drunk with her daughter and three nieces in the car in BROAD DAYLIGHT WOMAN. Just don't even get me started...