Hard for the Money

In order to keep busy, pad my resumé, meet new people, and try to forget that nearly all of my friends are gone or not from Chicago, I took two jobs. Technically, it's more like 3, and technically I'm only getting paid for one. Come, take a walk and hear my stories.

One of the gigs is helping a pod and vidcaster with her show. Here's a video we did a few days ago to test out UStream.tv for their live feed. I'm in the clip on the left.

My official paid internship in the city is going really well so far, for the first two days. I got thrown completely into the deep end with doing work. It's extremely satisfying to be on Photoshop for 4 hours without a break.

One of my proudest moments was watching the two account interns at the front desk act as receptionists and make copies. Been there, done that, my friends. IN FRENCH. AND BRITISH. I just sort of peeked over my screen, taking a break from resizing an ad, to watch them troop in and out to use our huge copy machine.

Working in the city is absolutely fabulous and I love it. The commute, it is not fun. An hour is much longer than a typical day's journey in London or Paris (A typical day. I'm looking at you, fucking grève.) My office is right off Michigan Avenue, which makes it similar to my Paris office's mere steps from the Arc de Triomphe. It's fun to be central, but it's not fun to be tripping over tourists and hillbillies in from the countryside. I tend to walk super fast and dodge people, looking like a total bitch in my sunglasses and headphones. Whatevs.

Tomorrow is a big festival day in Chicagoland, and I have a few plans in the pipeline. Pictures and more stories to come, I'm sure.