It has been about eight days since my last entry. My bad. However, I see this as a good thing. I have been somewhat busier. The war room lost a soldier last week. His ten week stint had commenced. I picked up his accounts and it has been keeping me busy(er).

I was given the responsibility to secure calendar listings for our drag racing client. Nobody reads calendar items so I went for the big kill. I set my sights on features, articles and columns. I attached four photos to the media alert and contacted the sports and lifestyle writers or whoever sounded interested.

The first race, which is this weekend, will have two writers and a photographer present from local dailies. Overall there will be five solid write-ups in the form of a column or article in five different papers.

For next weeks race, which takes place in close proximity to my hometown, I pitched a solid angle to the features writer. She loved it. If I'm lucky she will act on it. Then again, "Ya gotta be good to be lucky and lucky to be good".

I had my resume revised by one of the top dogs here. He re-worded it nicely. Sounds much better than my retarded writing. He also introduced me to the HR guy. I set up an appointment with him and we are going to put the finishing touches on it.


Lately alot of people have been asking me if working in PR is what I want to do. If this company asked me to work for them, would I? I honestly like the work. What I am uncertain about is if I am ready to jump into all of this yet. The track I am on right now will lead me to a nine to five before I am twenty three years old. Am I ready for that? I'm not sure.

I started thinking about other options. Before this summer grad school was never one of those options. Going deeper in the hole with student loans is a scary thought, but with the amount that I will owe after my undergrad a couple more thousand can't be that bad.

Then there is the fact that I will actually have my masters. That's two years well spent. I will be able to be a kid for a few more years, have a little more fun and start my life two years later.

So I made the decision to at least weigh my options. I plan on applying to several different grad schools around the country and at the same time see what job offers come back to me. The goal is to be at a fork in the road instead of a one way street.

Jack

The title of this post is Jack because that is exactly what I did this week. Jack.

Made some calls to local papers in the surrounding area of a drag race event held by one of our clients. Calendar placements are easy pitches.

Monitored the blogs that I sent samples of our sports drink to. The bloggers have been doing a nice job with their responses to the product. I just hope that enough people read their blog for this to have an impact.

The best reading I did all week was on The Buzz Machine. It is a great example of how powerful blogs can be, if used correctly. Also, Jeff Jarvis has a strong voice in the Blogosphere (I hate that word). He makes some good points on how a large company can help or hurt themselves by starting a blog. He stresses that a blog should be a conversation between the company and its public not just a way for them to address the public.

Late for Work

I was half hour late for work today. However it is my birthday and I blame it all on Mr. Kirby. He should of never made me drink that Irish car bomb last night. He knew I couldn't have just one.

I didn't get that office cake party but the other interns bought me a sundae cup with a candle in it. I'm actually chewing on the flat wooden spoon that comes with it as we speak.

Remember I was telling you about the Brazilian soccer fan that works in our office? Well, he was features in the NY Times. Check it out.

Where's My Cake?

Short week. Because of the holiday I am only in the office on Wednesday and Thursday. This week also marks the halfway point of my summer internship. Not that I'm counting down until I can wake up at 11:00 everyday and nurse my horrible hangover by going to the beach and biting the bear that bit me. This blog will become 100x more interesting come August 10th. I guess I'll have to change the name from "The Intern" to "Recovering from the Night Before". Today feels like I'm recovering from the passed 4 nights. Fourth of July is my new favorite holiday.

Remember the whole cake ordeal? Well, Thursday is my birthday. Let's see if I get a cake. Its only fair, right? I contributed to some one else's birthday so it only makes sense that I receive the same treatment. Just plain old vanilla and chocolate ice cream cake will do. You know, The kind with the little crunchy chocolate separating the two flavors. I'm not picky.

I read a great article concerning internships on Thursday in the Wall Street Journal. Too bad the wall street journal isn't available online otherwise I would provide a link.

The article explained how employers that hire interns are beginning to ask that they receive school credit for the internships as opposed to being paid hourly. Since students have to pay for the credits it really makes no sense whatsoever. The article went on to explain how some universities do not want to give full credit or sometimes any credit at all because they do not believe that it is an academic endeavor.

If you ask me they're both full of shit. The employers don't want to put their hand in their pocket and the schools don't want to give away any credits. One side has to give. Yet the students have no choice. No internships, no job.

I sent out sample products to the bloggers today as I continue to search for other credible blogs that pitch. Not too much else going on over here. Everyone is pretty quiet around here today. Something must be going around. Everyone has headaches and bags under their eyes. Wonder what it could be?