Home at Last

There really is no place like home.

I returned Monday night after spending two weeks in Germany(Berlin), Norway (Bergen, Oslo) and Sweden (Orebro, Stockholm)...the perfect combination of history, nature, architecture, and the arts. If only there were words to describe the ways of the Europeans. Europe will never cease to amaze me. Charm fills the air, and you just can't help but feel more elegant. I didn't really appreciate Scandinavia's 25% sales tax though. Upside--Mom and I refrained from buying unecessary souvenirs that usually end up packed away in boxes anyway. Fun fact: I've officially visited twenty-one countries! At least I'm ready for Villanova's fun fact question now. Pictures from my vacation will be posted on Facebook shortly.

To bring you up to speed, I began my internships at CBS and Telemundo this week!!!!!!! (...if only you could sense my genuine excitement over a simple blog). I don't even know where to begin. I'll be interning at CBS in Studio City every Tuesday from 2:30PM-12:00AM and at Telemundo in Burbank the rest of the week. Special highlight of my first day as an intern at CBS: meeting Pat Harvey, one of the main anchors on KCAL9! (KCAL9 is owned by CBS.) We only talked for about five minutes, but I could already sense that she was a genuinely sweet woman. I acted like typical Kat would, and she surprised me with a "I love your personality!"

I think it took me a couple minutes for it to hit me that I just met one of my favorite anchors on the news. More specifically, I met someone who had survived the tumultuous career path of a broadcast journalist and a woman who managed to balance her career and personal life. Now, you should know that I never went through the whole "OMG, that celebrity is like, so hot!!" phase, not even in middle school. I guess I saved that enthusiasm for this moment. As soon as I went on my dinner break, I frantically called my parents and a couple friends to share the big news. Of course, Pat Harvey is no Brad Pitt (whom by the way was never my favorite anyway...I'm sorry, but his acting skills cannot compete with the likes of Denzel Washington or Tom Hanks.), but she's been working for KCAL now for 20 years, ever since I was born!!! Now that is a legacy.

Speaking of legacy, WAY TO GO LAKERS! Game 1--CHECK. I won't rant on and on about how great we played (more like how Kobe dominated and the Magic didn't know how to show up), but I will say that no one can no longer question if the Lakers really want this title. You could see it in Kobe's eyes. The intensity in which Kobe and the Lakers' played energized the Staples Center and traveled straight through my television screen. Let's just say I am ready for 5PM on Sunday.

I'll elaborate more on my Telemundo experience sometime tomorrow since this entry is becoming an essay as usual. I get to go out on the field and shadow a photog and reporter tomorrow, so I'm going to rest up for what is sure to be a journalism student's dream come true.

All in all: a dream vacation to Europe with my parents, two dream internships, and a Lakers' dominant win that surely wasn't a dream.

What can I say? Life is good in purple and gold.