Tonight, on TMZ…
April 2, 2010
Jesse James’ 2939723940 alleged mistresses form an alliance…
Lindsay Lohan tweets as she falls on her face, again. and…
… I’m on TV?
I have been working at TMZ for the past few months. I’ll be the first to admit that I had absolutely no idea what I wanted to do when I graduated in November, and never did it even cross my mind that working for TMZ, a guilty pleasure site that often helped me through finals week insanities for the past few years, was an option. Not knowing what I wanted proved to be somewhat difficult when it came to applying for jobs; I realized that wanting to do everything wasn’t an option anymore. This was apparent when I showed up to my interview at TMZ, where the EP looked through my resume, look up at me, and asked me what exactly was it that I wanted to do as a career. I didn’t have an answer prepared for him. But I told him the first thing that came to my mind. It was an honest answer, and it surprised me. Now here I am, my life is falling into routine.
I wake up at 4:45am every morning, get to work by 6am, and come home 12 hours later. I make dinner, unwind, take a shower, and go to bed so I can wake up at 4:45am again. If you had told me four months ago that I would be getting up so early on a daily basis, I most likely would have laughed in your face. After all, I haven’t taken a class that started before 10am since sophomore year. But I’m somehow okay with my current schedule. I like what I do.
I help produce celebrity and entertainment news on TMZ.com and TMZ TV. Sometimes you can play the “where’s Andrea” game on your TV. My mother hasn’t figured out which channel TMZ airs on in Athens, so I’m not sure she completely understands what it is that I do. I don’t think she’s convinced that TMZ exists. She finally logged onto the website this week and was completely perplexed by the photo of Gerard Butler’s missing finger. I miss her.
So long story short–and without going into any details that will violate my contract–I’m settling in LA just fine. I feel really grown up.
