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I honestly can't believe there are only three weeks left at my internship. Today was another fantastic day at NatGeo. We actually got to meet one of the staff photographers today, Mark Thiessen. He talked about his experience with internships and school and all of the work he has done with the magazine. He also told us about his passion about forest fires which was pretty amazing. We all (interns) honestly could have listened to him talk about his experiences forever. He is a part of the Cal State system which is a great thing to hear! All of us had a photoshoot today and it was fun being able to be photographed by a National Geographic staff photographer. We also got to have a meeting with the Association of American Geographers and it was great learning about all of their resources for future jobs and grad schools. I worked on a lot of projects and made sure I finished everything early. David invited all of the staff down to the library for the celebration of Library week with some refreshment and snacks. There were drinks based off of specific books which I thought was pretty clever. Class was fun. We worked on our digital stories and Stef (one of my roommates) and I were jamming to some Above & Beyond. Yuri, Stef, Nareg and Tanekeo and I pleated heads up on the metro. It was too much fun. Tanekeo actually fell down. It was hilarious. There were at least 12 of us altogether straight from class walking together home which was nice. It's been a while since that happened. I face timed with Bubs and went to bed early. It was definitely a great day.

It was pretty amazing. Got a lot of projects done at my internship and learned a lot about researchers and just the society in general. It been an amazing experience so far. I remember the first day and I'm already halfway through the program. It's crazy ow fast time has been going by. I'll be really sad when I have to leave. All of the other interns are really great and fun to work with and hang out with. I met Enric Sala yesterday and he was super nice after this awesome woman, Christy, introduced me to him. He's an awesome explorer working on the Pristine Seas project. I have a lot more projects to do and still a lot to learn. After work, I went home and got ready to go to Philadelphia. We ended up getting a rental car later then we were supposed to and I didn't even know if we were going to actually go anymore. We did and it was awesome. Listening to 90s music in the car and taking a road trip there was definitely something I needed to do. We got to the venue for the Sound of Tomorrow Festival and it was a blast. Danced the night away to 90s hip hop with really sick beats was super laid back. It was a relaxed and intimate event. I had a lot of fun. We ended up going to a small bar and then drove to get some legendary Philly Cheese Steaks from Pat's. They were so good. Drove back and knocked out on the road home. It was a great day. (3.27.2015)