Announcements: Blog Editors Let Intern Sit at Grown-Ups' Table

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Blog Editors Let Intern Sit at Grown-Ups' Table

best%20little%282%29.jpg Oh, hi! I'm Kate "The Intern" Richardson. For one day, and one day only, Maura and Jess have let me out of the tiny, dark room where I watch tribute videos and troll MTV's virtual worlds. First I must say what an honor it is to be guest-editing. This site is just as much fun to work for as you could ever imagine in your wildest Internet-themed dreams. Some of you may be wondering exactly what it's like around here behind the scenes.

Well, if Idolator were the movie version of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Maura would be Mona Stangley, the fiery madam with a heart of gold; Jess would be some combination of Jewel, the plucky housekeeper/co-runner of the brothel, and Sheriff Ed Earl Dodd, the dogged protector of the house; and I would be a cheerful whore/chorus girl. Or maybe I'm Deputy Fred, the bumbling subordinate? In any case, my point is that around here there's "just lots of good will, and maybe one small thrill...but there's nothing dirty goin' on!"

When I'm not forcing people to watch Dolly Parton content, I like forcing them instead to watch Planet Earth. Seriously, have you seen this shit? And when I'm not doing either of those things I'm sort of at a loss, though I occasionally dabble in school work at a major university in New York City (not Columbia). As for music, you probably know more about it than I do, except when it comes to Jimmy Buffett.

8:45 AM on Fri Sep 21 2007
By Kate Richardson
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by Ned Raggett at 08:55 AM on 09/21/07
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Planet Earth? Good choice. I'll take Attenborough over the Crocodile Hunter anyday.
by Lucas Jensen at 09:07 AM on 09/21/07
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Oh, Ned. Don't speak ill of the dead!
by OnlyRumors at 09:14 AM on 09/21/07
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yay!

I LURVE the Kate!

(But Blue Planet is better...check out "Deep")
by Chris Molanphy at 09:46 AM on 09/21/07
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I look forward today to experiencing both changes in latitudes and changes in attitdues.
by valido at 09:56 AM on 09/21/07
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Hi Kate, just wanted to say that "objects of affection" is the best column ever conceived. By any website or magazine whatsoever. It was time to reward those hardworking kids.
You know what? I'm totally gonna make a slideshow of your posts set to a Dolly Parton song... maybe something from the "Rhinestone" soundtrack. What do you say?
by the rich girls are... at 11:04 AM on 09/21/07
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Kate, you are totally rad!
by Kate Richardson at 11:52 AM on 09/21/07
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Thanks, everyone!
by Bob Loblaw at 11:57 AM on 09/21/07
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And here, staring at a computer screen in a tiny corner of Manhattan, we find that rarest of creatures, the guest blogger. Watch, as she sifts through endless minutia, hoping for a tasty morsel of gossip, or when struck with inspiration, as she gives shape to opinions both weighty and well-reasoned. Truly, it is a thing of great wonder.

(Seriously, I've started hearing my inner monologue in Attenborough's voice.)
by Tenno at 12:39 PM on 09/21/07
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The seasoned intern, proud both in bearing and in poise, drops her first nugget of insight into the gawping maw of her avid readers. Today, she feeds them gossip by the pound. Tomorrow, she sweeps the floor.

It is a bitter cycle for this person. But, soon she wil spread her wings and, with a mighty lunge, make coffee for the team.

Hi K!
by Hyman Decent at 01:05 PM on 09/21/07
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Oh, hi!

You mean, OH HAI

KTHXBYE