Whiskey Media Internship, Day One: Pop, People and Power Outage

Hey! Guess where I am?

Today was the first day of my internship here at Whiskey Media, and so far, things are just swell. Like any good (read: overexcited) intern, I showed up to my first day of work 45 minutes early and kind of just sat around until Sean Coonce showed up and let me in. After setting all my belongings down, I promptly checked in on foursquare, inadvertently ousting Matt Rorie as the office's Mayor. WHOOPS / GREAT.

My week 1 intern duties include doing trailers and promos for Anime Vice, doing a little bit of manual labor and keeping the coffee flowing. Ethan assures me my duties will get more fun over the course of the next two months, but theotherfourinterns assure me that Ethan is a liar. (They didn't actually say that.)

As much as a pain in the ass as actually moving from North Carolina to San Francisco was (short version: my flights were delayed and my luggage was temporarily lost), it's awesome to be here. I made sure to bring with me many culinary bribes to ensure that everyone loved me right away, and so far, it's working: Ryan is currently drinking some of the NC-exclusive Cheerwine soda I took here with me, and Steve seems quietly thrilled about the 3rd Degree Burn Scorchin' Habanero Doritos I brought him. Success!

All told, today was pretty damn productive considering I just got here: I posted a video to Anime Vice,created a few wiki tasks on Giant Bomb, and cleaned the whole entire kitchen! Gettin' things DONE, you guys.

It was also pretty productive considering the power went out for a while. Like, all the way out. Much as it did in the original Giant Bomb offices back in 2009, the lights simultaneously went out and all the non-laptop technology in the office completely stopped working (power outages tend to have that effect). With no lights and no clear ETA on when they'd be back on, two things happened: we shot a Kessler Kam episode (expect that later this week) and Ryan had me perform the classic intern task of leaving to get him lunch. It didn't quite go as perfectly as I would have liked, but it turns out that Ryan Davis is not the wrathful, unforgiving god you might expect. He is a lovely person.

And that's kind of my takeaway from Day 1 here at Whiskey: this is an office full of lovely people. The other four interns embraced me with open arms (not literally, thank christ), and all the permanent staff members have been ultrafriendly. Day 1 is just ending, and I'm already looking forward to Day 2. Is that weird?

Hey! Guess where I am?

Today was the first day of my internship here at Whiskey Media, and so far, things are just swell. Like any good (read: overexcited) intern, I showed up to my first day of work 45 minutes early and kind of just sat around until Sean Coonce showed up and let me in. After setting all my belongings down, I promptly checked in on foursquare, inadvertently ousting Matt Rorie as the office's Mayor. WHOOPS / GREAT.

My week 1 intern duties include doing trailers and promos for Anime Vice, doing a little bit of manual labor and keeping the coffee flowing. Ethan assures me my duties will get more fun over the course of the next two months, but theotherfourinterns assure me that Ethan is a liar. (They didn't actually say that.)

As much as a pain in the ass as actually moving from North Carolina to San Francisco was (short version: my flights were delayed and my luggage was temporarily lost), it's awesome to be here. I made sure to bring with me many culinary bribes to ensure that everyone loved me right away, and so far, it's working: Ryan is currently drinking some of the NC-exclusive Cheerwine soda I took here with me, and Steve seems quietly thrilled about the 3rd Degree Burn Scorchin' Habanero Doritos I brought him. Success!

All told, today was pretty damn productive considering I just got here: I posted a video to Anime Vice,created a few wiki tasks on Giant Bomb, and cleaned the whole entire kitchen! Gettin' things DONE, you guys.

It was also pretty productive considering the power went out for a while. Like, all the way out. Much as it did in the original Giant Bomb offices back in 2009, the lights simultaneously went out and all the non-laptop technology in the office completely stopped working (power outages tend to have that effect). With no lights and no clear ETA on when they'd be back on, two things happened: we shot a Kessler Kam episode (expect that later this week) and Ryan had me perform the classic intern task of leaving to get him lunch. It didn't quite go as perfectly as I would have liked, but it turns out that Ryan Davis is not the wrathful, unforgiving god you might expect. He is a lovely person.

And that's kind of my takeaway from Day 1 here at Whiskey: this is an office full of lovely people. The other four interns embraced me with open arms (not literally, thank christ), and all the permanent staff members have been ultrafriendly. Day 1 is just ending, and I'm already looking forward to Day 2. Is that weird?

Dang sounds awesome.  And wow 4 interns??!! I remember the days where having one intern was a big deal.  Sounds exciting and can't wait to here more.

They are picking up a lot of interns. I guess you can't ever have too many whipping boys right?

Edit: Pretty much all of your links to people/profiles are broken. I hope you are reprimanded accordingly.

Out of curiosity how did you land the position?  

Glad to hear it was a success, It all sounds pretty exciting for you.

New City, new job, new people, I'd be looking forward to it as well.

@weeman105 said:

They are picking up a lot of interns. I guess you can't ever have too many whipping boys right?

Edit: Pretty much all of your links to people/profiles are broken. I hope you are reprimanded accordingly.

Weird! All the links work just fine on the identical version of this post on my blog. I think the new editor uses /.../ if the root is the same, which in this case works fine on profile pages, but not on the forums.

@HatKing said:

Out of curiosity how did you land the position?

I flew out here and interviewed with Ethan a couple months ago. I think part of why he offered me the interview was because I made those silly "NEVER." and "STRAP IT ON." videos everyone seemed to like so much.

Was Coonce wearing a tracksuit? Actually don't answer that, I don't want to be disappointed.

Glad to hear Ryan didn't annihilated you, yet. Have fun dawg!

@Babylonian said:

@weeman105 said:

They are picking up a lot of interns. I guess you can't ever have too many whipping boys right?

Edit: Pretty much all of your links to people/profiles are broken. I hope you are reprimanded accordingly.

Weird! All the links work just fine on the identical version of this post on my blog. I think the new editor uses /.../ if the root is the same, which in this case works fine on profile pages, but not on the forums.

@HatKing said:

Out of curiosity how did you land the position?

I flew out here and interviewed with Ethan a couple months ago. I think part of why he offered me the interview was because I made those silly "NEVER." and "STRAP IT ON." videos everyone seemed to like so much.

Aw fuck that was you? Man those videos are great. You deserve that spot!

Love seeing North Carolina represented. Brad should treat his homeboy well or give you hell. Good luck and learn something while you're there.

Also, this sounds pretty rad. I expect daily blogs about your evil overlord Ryan Davis.

Also, Also, this is my 3333rd post. I found that weird.

@Claude said:

Love seeing North Carolina represented. Brad should treat his homeboy well or give you hell. Good luck and learn something while you're there.

hell yeah!

.... ok I live 30 minutes from NC... so I call myself a North Carolinian every once in a while.

Congrats on the internment.

congrats man sounds awesome

@mracoon said:

Congrats on the internment.

I can't tell if this a joke or not, I hope it is.

Also you look like Griffin McElroy of Joystiq/MBMBaM fame.

And I'm jealous.

On all accounts.

Why does WM have so many interns at once?

@Matoya said:

Why does WM have so many interns at once?

We're actually in sort of a transitional period right now; as I enter the fold this week, it's simultaneously Corey's last week here this summer, as per Ethan's blog post. For a better of explanation than that, you'd have to ask the folks in charge!

Great Job!

SHIIIIT!!!!!!!!!!

Which part of North Carolina are you from? I'm in Spring Lake (right next to Fayetteville/Fort Bragg) and will be flying out to the Whiskey Media offices in a couple of days to watch the Happy Hour.

Also, what do interns do about living arrangements? I've always been curious.

Very cool.

@Babylonian:

hey thats cool gratz on that. now GET BACK TO WORK

Great! It is awesome seeing members of the community working at the Whiskey Media offices. Good luck!

Awesome, good luck with everything!

So, uh, no reason, but are there any pictures of you in front of a green anywhere on the internet?

I just came on here to say that I really like the word "Kingtern".

keep those wiki tasks flowing :D

Sounds awesome man. I'm coming up for the live show on Friday, I can't wait to check out the office.

Congratulations on the job, and enjoy it! Sounds like a fun place to be!

Hey, I have family from Asheville, NC. I think they work for the city, or something.

Good luck with your Whiskey Media Internship, or Whiskey Internship, or Whi-nternship.

I love how on your first day you knocked the power out. You interns suck at being careful and responsible!

@Babylonian said:

@weeman105 said:

They are picking up a lot of interns. I guess you can't ever have too many whipping boys right?

Edit: Pretty much all of your links to people/profiles are broken. I hope you are reprimanded accordingly.

Weird! All the links work just fine on the identical version of this post on my blog. I think the new editor uses /.../ if the root is the same, which in this case works fine on profile pages, but not on the forums.

Your next task - shout at the engineers about that bug. Go on, you know you want to.

Dang sounds awesome.  And wow 4 interns??!! I remember the days where having one intern was a big deal.  Sounds exciting and can't wait to here more.

@artofwar420 said:

Glad to hear Ryan didn't annihilated you, yet. Have fun dawg!

Are you sure Ryan didn't do anything behind closed doors? I know I would have hit him if he fucked up my rice lunch...JUST KIDDING!!! Seriously, congrats on the Intern Job!

Way to go, dude! Enjoy your internship.

You look like a guy I know, but you are not that guy. Thus, I am disappointed.

You seem like a potentially likeable intern.

It's now day 2...
 
YOUR MANDATORY REPORT IS LATE!!!!

Cheerwine is everywhere around Northern California these days. It's great! Hope the internship goes well for you.

@wumbo3000 said:

Dang sounds awesome.  And wow 4 interns??!! I remember the days where having one intern was a big deal.  Sounds exciting and can't wait to here more.

Yeah but they get payed jack squat.

Dude, why are there so many interns? It's madness! Surely there aren't THAT many sandwiches to be fetched?!

I was born and raised in West Virginia. Still live here as a matter of fact. A few local shops sell Cheerwine. Not sure how the distribution works out--maybe they order it online, maybe they drive down there and pick it up...who knows. All I know is that that I have direct access to that sweet red awesome-sauce.

@Babylonian said:

@Matoya said:

Why does WM have so many interns at once?

We're actually in sort of a transitional period right now; as I enter the fold this week, it's simultaneously Corey's last week here this summer, as per Ethan's blog post. For a better of explanation than that, you'd have to ask the folks in charge!

Then I'll be there next week.

What the fuck, why would you assume I was going to be mean? I GUESS IT'S TIME FOR A LITTLE WISH-FULFILLMENT UP IN THIS BITCH, NEW GUY.

gg duder! Keep it rollin'. Also you had better cowboy up and increase your post count. I expect you to break 1k before I do. ;)

What the fuck, why would you assume I was going to be mean? I GUESS IT'S TIME FOR A LITTLE WISH-FULFILLMENT UP IN THIS BITCH, NEW GUY.

@Ryan said:

What the fuck, why would you assume I was going to be mean? I GUESS IT'S TIME FOR A LITTLE WISH-FULFILLMENT UP IN THIS BITCH, NEW GUY.

oh noooooooooooooooooooooo

@Video_Game_King said:

@Ryan said:

What the fuck, why would you assume I was going to be mean? I GUESS IT'S TIME FOR A LITTLE WISH-FULFILLMENT UP IN THIS BITCH, NEW GUY.

Well, you did want to destroy the NDX and the Game Room Quick Look, so maybe he assumed that you hated fun :P.

Why do you say this to me when you know I will kill you for it?

Poor Video_Game_King. Body washed up on a beach in Guam five weeks later. His family couldn't even identify the mangled body.