Who are you?

1) Humor and Playfulness
2)Social Intelligence
3)Kindness and generosity
4)Leadership
5)Capacity to love and be loved
These are my top 5 strengths.
What do I mean by that?
Dr. Martin Seligman (the father of Positive Psychology) has an online test that measures your top strengths. The test has 240 questions and is very simple.  It takes some time, but its completely worth [...]

The Whiskey River runs downhill

There have been a few posts mentioning the music that Erik, Jaime, Sam and I have been making and recording.  Well we are happy to say that 3 songs we’ve made are up on Myspace music for everyone’s aural enjoyment and our name is Whiskey River.  They’ve already recieved a few plays but we are [...]

Star-struck on set.

I have never really been star-struck before, until Thursday that is.  
I woke up at 5:00 a.m. on Thursday morning to prepare for my first professional day on set.  We were shooting a commercial for Chow Mein noodles.  Despite the fact that I had finally drifted into a state of half-sleep just a couple hours [...]

Climbing the LAdder 2009 BLOG Launches June 10th

The new class is getting settled into Los Angeles this week.  Look forward to daily updates to this BLOG starting JUNE 10.

Summer of 2009

Applications are now being accepted for the Elon in Los Angeles program summer of 2009.
We are all very excited to recruit another great class for our 2nd year in Los Angeles.  Please go to our website to download the application at :
www.elon.edu/eloninla
You can always contact the coordinator by e-mailing:
eloninla@elon.edu
Stay tuned to the blog for announcements [...]

Say goodbye to Hollywood

Well my time here in LA is just about over….for now.  I’ve made some incredible new friends, learned a lot about my job AND myself, and had the summer of a lifetime.  Nine weeks ago I was unsure of whether or not I could live here, but after a summer of work and play in [...]

Manzanita, Oregon

Every two years, my dad’s side of the family gets together for a reunion. We’re a unique group of people and certainly don’t frequent your typical vacation spots. We’ve had reunions in Washington state, the Nebraska Plains, and New Hampshire. I’ve been going to these reunions ever since I can remember, and they have really [...]

California Republic

As a final blog post, I wanted to share a scene I came across on the way home from work the other day. On Crenshaw Boulevard, I drove by a colorful display of flags along the fence of a vacant lot. I pulled the car over to take a closer look, and an [...]

Last Day at the Office

Last night, I was able to attend the premiere of Starship Troopers 3 through Sony. The film will be released straight to DVD, through Stage 6 Productions, but it was really entertaining and funny, despite being a typical B movie. Seeing a completed film that the people that I’ve been working under all summer spent [...]

ComicCon – Saturday

My last full day at ComicCon was a great one as it featured three of my favorite TV shows.
The Heroes panel began at 10:30, which was approximately an hour earlier than the first panel from both Thursday and Friday. Even worse, the ferry that I took over the bay from Coronado to the Convention Center [...]

In the Atmosphere

So I know another blog about my adventures in hiking will make me sound like some sort of crazy, outdoorsy, enthusiastic hiker (and maybe I am).  But I thought, what better way to wrap up my summer than to blog about one of my favorite aspects of Los Angeles, the hikes.  
Last week, I hiked [...]

So now, the end is near…

As I sit here, my suitcases are packed beside me, and I’m awaiting a cab to the airport.  My long journey into Los Angeles has finally come to an end, and like so many of my classmates this moment is bittersweet.  While I’m excited at the prospect of making money once again and returning home [...]

You might just be a wiener!

And by wiener I mean wienerschnitzel, of course.
While I can’t say a lot now, I’d recommend that you watch The Tonight Show with Jay Leno to find out. After the show airs (Pacific Time), I’ll give a more detailed review about why I’m blogging about your everyday average studio taping…
But for now, I’ll say that [...]

A Look at the Professional World

I’ve been spending a lot of time on the preproduction side of Hollywood in my internship, but unlike some of my classmates I haven’t had that big of a chance to look at post-production on a professional level.  Well, I got my chance last Friday when Vicki Fite (who I had met previously) set me [...]

What do Superman, B.J. Novak, and San Diego have in common?

Answer:  Every year, at the end of July, thousands of nerds, geeks, and profesionals in comics, television, film, and animation all mob the San Diego Convention Center for Comicon.  Like Elizabeth and Mich, I too jumped at the chance to buy tickets, if only for a day–in my case, it was Saturday, the busiest and [...]

An Eventful Last Week

As our time in LA winds down, this past week I had the opportunity to shadow two different people I met through my boss at their jobs.  
The first was with Sharon Tay, one of the anchors for KCAL9 here in LA.  I brought a few other people from Elon, Lars, Katelyn, Ryan and Brandon. [...]

Sunset Strip

The Sunset Strip in Hollywood is marked by world renowned hotels, restaurants, shops and bars. The night began on West Hollywood’s famous restaurant row at STK that boasts it’s not your daddy’s steakhouse. I was joined by friends Casey Monroe, Shia and Gia Ben-Hur. The cocktails were refreshing and the appetizers to die for. I [...]

What is Elon? – a Climbing the LAdder (mini-vignette)

In this Climbing the LAdder mini-vignette, we ask people in Hollywood the question, “What is Elon?” The answers may surprise you…

Special thanks to Katelyn, Brandon, Mich, and Tom for helping me out with this.

and it ended with a pinch

Never mind that title. It refers to what they in the biz call an “inside joke.” So, great summer. Figured i’d end it with a few photos from Manhattan Beach and Hollywood the other day. Something I’ll really miss about California is taking pictures on beach piers. There’s always so much happening on piers.

museum watching

Went to the Getty last weekend with Tim and his friend Alex. The exhibits weren’t great. There was one exhibit from a German photographer who was a Nazi party member in the 30’s and 40’s. Tough to root for those photos. So yeah, none of the exhibits really got me off, but the whole facility [...]