The big scary Interview

So.. big and scary? not quite. Morgan and I both went around with the same woman today, Denise. Instead of asking typical questions like, "Why should we hire you?" or "What are your weaknesses?" It went more along the lines of, "Here's your desk, oh and here are the latest issues of all of our top magazines."

 

It was great! We got introduced to a ton of important people who all seemed really laid back and friendly. Most people were drinking tea.. Others had bottles of Pimms on their desks (liquor) - that was a little surprising. Almost everyone was in jeans and looked super cute, so I'll be going casual most of the summer! =)

We seriously had NO time to even ask a single question. I'm looking forward to Thursday - we work 9-4 and then go to the party where we volunteer for a while and then hopefully get to mingle! I'm anxious to see who shows up - I'm still not exactly sure what the party is for... might want to figure that out soon.

We had another British Life and Culture lecture today - I didn't hear a single word the guy said.. seriously. And our professors were all dozing off in the back of the room, it was obviously very intriguing.

Tonight, we had a guest speaker in GK's class. He worked for the Press Complaints Committee. In Britain they don't have a written constitution, so everything is just kind of unspoken, agreed upon, tradition - things are just the way they are. So, when it comes to media regulations a bunch of editors and publishers got together in 1950 to create this code of ethics. It was a code, or way of doing things without disrespecting people, their privacy, or accuracy (in a nut shell). In order to regulate this code that all journalists agreed to uphold, the PCC was created. anyone can write in and complain if the press prints a false or misleading or libelous story about them and the PCC looks into whether or not the press violated the code. 

Our guest speaker tonight, Will Gore, worked for the PCC. He was great! He was so interesting - it helped that the subject matter was entertaining though. He got us involved in a discussion, something GK doesn't do. and he made me want to go to Law school! I think I'd really enjoy doing media law - but I would definitely not enjoy doing the 3 years of schooling to get there. 

Other than that, we went to a local pub tonight to just relax, it was fun! Tomorrow we have all day off, so we're going to do something fun, possibly afternoon tea at one of the nice places, most likely get dressed up =)

Nothing else new.. I'm just super excited to get my internship started! I want to get in the routine, feel like I'm learning something new about the ad industry!

PS - Dad, I think you'll really need to have a stress free vacation after Honduras. There isn't malaria here, or people with worms. Let's take a poll shall we? Anyone who agrees my dad should come visit his lovely daughter in LONDON say "I"!