WAIT....is this REAL life?!

What a CRAZY month! In the last month...i've gone on a "weekend drive w/ JEFF BRIDGES!" (yes, the actor). Interviewed KAthryn Bigelow, James Cameron, Lee Daniels, Quentin Tarentino, and Jason Reitman at the Director Guild of America Awards. Worked on shoots with Cameron Mathison (so SEXY) and Melissa Rycroft (The Bachelor reject...AMAZING girl!!) Talked with Oscar winning Dame Helen Mirren and Christopher Plummer (Mr. Von Trapp from SOund of Music). Approached Rider Strong (Shawn from Boy Meets World) in a bar. Then...there's MC DREAMY and the BIGGEST AWARDS SHOW!!

So, last week, I decided to go to the commissary. It's a daily thing for me. I get a salad, take it back to my desk and EAT! But this day was different, I got a sandwich. So, here I am standing waiting for my food, when I here..."Georgia Bulldogs." I look at debit card, the Georgia G...and turn around, expecting a camera guy or something. But NO!!! iIt's MC DREAMY, PATRICK DEMPSEY HIMSELF!! I work on the same lot as Grey's Anatomy, so it's not surprising to see them running around. I just laughed and said, "yea!" HE then asked me questions like are you from GA? and What are you doing out here? To that I respond, "Yep, born and raised!" and "trying to work in the entertainment TV industry." He continued with "well, good for you b/c no many Georgians are out this way." I was SHOCKED he was talking to me!!! We ended up both getting our food and sitting at tables RIGHT NEXT to each other. WE casually talked until his friend came....BUT LET ME TELL U...HE IS BEAUTIFUL...NOT DISAPPOINTING!!!! BEAUTIFUL!!!

                                      ^Photos from one of the drivers*
THEN....THERE'S THE OSCARS!!! In early february, I got the honor to be invited to the OScar nominations. I worked early morning to make sure the Nominations made air. I worked w/ a PRoducer, Nancy, and learned SOOO much! It was so cool to be there! But this last week got even cooler!                
A bunch of GMA NY producers came in to film the show. i ran around all week w/ my OSCAR credential helping set up thee red carpet stuff, doing walk thrus of the morning show, pretty much doing ANYTHING and EVERYTHING! I felt so cool to flash my yellow badge. I worked right along side GMA co host's ..Sam Champion...producer, DArcy. SO i was with Sam and Darcy ALL week long! What a cool experience. I helped shoot segments  and OOO so much more! I met Robyn Roberts, another GMA cohost...who i ADMIRE so much...and yes me...made a fool out of myself...shocking right. I was in the credential trailer when i saw her...so i bluntly said, hi yall are w/ GMA right? then i said i know who you are...Robyn just looked at me. Sometimes it's like REALLY Jenna?! REALLY!?!?!

It was amazing to GMA's live show at the Governor's Ball on Friday and today at the LA Theater...they are so wonderful. BUt OScars were last night. I watched as stars walked the red carpet and helped Darcy produce her party piece, which was an AMAZING experience!!! It's what I want to do, so it an HONOR to be the wing man for that!! I literally decided some shots to place w/in the piece and helped be as organized as possible...which meant staying up for 27 HRS! Yep...NO SLEEP FROM 6 AM Sunday to 9 AM TODAY! AWESOME!!! BUt SOOOO WORTH IT! The editor and I pretty much put the piece together for NATIONAL TV...that's soooo crazy!!!! I can now say, yep I worked the Oscars. Yep.

Another cool thing...y'all remember Chris Connelly from MTV? He did all the documentaries and news back in the days of TRL. Well, now he's on GMA and ABC and let me tell u...probably the COOLEST man! He's so awesome. I've worked on a few shoots w/ him now and today he walked up to me and was like "hey Jenna Harrison." I mean that's crazy b/c lets be honest, most correspondents do NOT care to really know who i am. But we talked and cut up. Talked all about ATLANTA...i was wearing a UGA sweatshirt...which is a BIG talking to pt...FYI! BUt he's so cool. So real. It makes you realize there are some AWESOME ppl in this industry who aren't stuck up and willing to get to know even the littlest ppl. It's great...so yea, we're like BFFs now. ha! it's just cool b/c i grea up watching these people. DREAMING of their jobs. And now, I'm here working wtih them. It's WOW!

The last few weeks have been interesting in the bureau...pretty much the WHOLE bureau will be laid off in the next few months for me...that's the bad news, the good news...i KNOW im in the right stop. I don't get star struck...i want to do the job and do it right. Plus staying up 27 hrs is ok in my eyes. I'm doing what I LOVE! I can't imagine NOT working in the entertainment industry. I know God will continue to lead my life in ways I can't imagine!