New York!

Well, not much to say this time other than... I GOT AN INTERNSHIP IN NEW YORK CITY!

That's right, on Thursday I was called up by New York social media ad agency Mr. Youth who offered me a copywriting internship for 10 weeks. The agency's CEO has been on The Daily Show twice and their clients include Barnes&Noble, HP and Victoria's Secret among others. I honestly could not be more excited and more nervous for this opportunity because I do believe it has the potential to change my life and certainly set the possible course for my career. I will be staying in the city starting in June and although I do not have an apartment yet, I am working feverishly to find anything available. With any luck I will have a good apartment in Manhattan by the time the internship starts.

So what is the best part of this internship besides the fact that its in New York, at an advertising agency and will allow me to live out my Mad Men fantasies? The location of the offices. Mr. Youth is located in an indoor food court and office building known as Chelsea Market. Besides housing extremely high end grocers and top quality boutiques, Chelsea Market is also home to the Food Network Studios (where Iron Chef is supposedly filmed) MLB.com, EMI music publishing and who else but of course, Google.

I honestly can't think of a better place to be than among the best companies in the world, three iron chef's restaurants and at an agency where I have so much to learn from among the best professional ad men and women in the world.

Beatles today? Well the first one that comes to mind relates to fame, fortune and celebrity and right now I am feeling especially connected with all three of these concepts- despite the fact that I have neither fame, fortune nor celebrity- and though coming to New York will not bring these things to me, it does make me feel closer to the world of "things happening." From the "Magical Mystery Tour" LP its Lennon's Baby You're a Rich Man, a song I like to think was written by John while thinking about himself; if you imagine it as a conversation he is having with himself it takes on a brilliant new meaning and becomes a truly thoughtful and insightful song about looking into the soul of someone who has had fame thrown upon them.

"How does it feel to be
One of the beautiful people?
Now that you know who you are
What do you want to be?
And have you travelled very far?
Far as the eye can see.
How does it feel to be
One of the beautiful people?
How often have you been there?
Often enough to know.
What did you see, when you were there?
Nothing that doesn't show.
Baby you're a rich man"