This is Me

First, I would like to say sorry I haven't been a good blogger girl these lasts couple of weeks. My life picked up out of nowhere, so I've been busy being busy and adjusting to being busy...you feel me?

Okay, so let's start with the basics...my name is Deanna Riggs, I grew up in Kansas and moved to NYC two years ago when I was 21.

I know what you're thinking, "why would you move from beautiful Kansas to dirty New York City." Valid question my friends, but I do have an answer...Mr. Conan O'Brien...yeah I said it, the giant leprecon man is responsible...kinda.

A couple of days before Christmas 2005, I got a call from the internship coordinator at Late Night with Conan O'Brien. I went through a couple of phone interviews and she offered me a spring internship at the show, and by "the show" I mean my favorite show of all time. So I of course said yes, she informed me I had to weeks before my first day. As I told her "yes, I'll be there," I was shitting my pants...for so many reasons! First, out of excitement. Second, out of fear. Third, "holy fucking shit...I have a apartment in St. Louis (where I was going to college), what the hell am I going to do.

yadda yadda yadda...I figured all that shit out and surer enough, two weeks later I had a New York zip code.

So obviously that internship has long come and gone, I finished June 2006. Since then I have made use of my upgraded resume. A month after I left Conan I got a job at a post-production house. They edit all the major commercials you see on television.

After working full-time for a couple of months I decided I wanted to explore other accepts of production and worked it out so that I only have to work there part-time. With the extra time I landed a kick ass casting internship at "The Onion News Network." I'm sure all you guys are familiar with the "The Onion" right (if you're not you should be)? Well ONN is a new division of "The Onion," it's just like watching CNN but it's all fake news. FYI you can check it out on myspace or at www.theonion.com.

Now you all are caught up to my life in the present and why I have been to damn busy to blog. Well, my internship at ONN ended last week after almost a year. To fill the void I decided to look for a job...this time one that pays money.

So as of last week I am the new Junior Agent at Actors Reps of New York, a successful talent agency. The basic function of my job is to audition actors/actresses who want to join our agency and decide if we want them. Oh and my office is pretty rad too, it's on Times Sq. with a huge view. All of the furniture is straight out of the 80's, which is probably my favorite part about the new job.

Anyway, I promise to write more!!! Gotta run b/c Weeds is going to be on in like 6 min. I'm not even going to proof read this...and I'm one of those people who really should.

Have a great night!!!!!!!!

~Deanimal