1st Blog: I'm a BET(.com) Intern...well for a day

YAY! First blog as my alter ego Sidney Shaw (Yes Sanaa Lathan's character from Brown Sugar). I would FIRST like to thank SEAN for hooking ya girl up with my LOVELY graphics? Flyy right? I know! Follow his blog silentsmack.blogspot.com he's pretty sweet.

So today I woke up excited cuz today(June 28th) was The BET AWARDS and I LOVE award shows. I really wanted to go to the awards but pretty much all of the connects weren't helping. So I'm trying to figure out my apt situation for when I go back to michigan (oh yeah i'm in LA for the summer) when I get a phone call from Kim Osorio (do your research...she's too flyy for me to have to put you up on game http://kimosorio.com) asking me was I still interested in being an intern today for the awards. Am I interested? OF COURSE!
(Thank you, thank you, thank you THANK YOU Ms. Osorio for the opportunity!!) So I tried my best to get ready. I had no clue if i'd be outside or inside or what writing so I said HEY and threw on this Sean John dress I had (Yes Ciroc Obama!) Yeah I soon regretted wearing that dress the minute I stepped into the production trailer.

I met Quan Lateef aka Qdluv today. It really made my day. She used to have a show in Kalamazoo called 7 Degrees Jams I remember watching that show ALL the time when I was little. She's pretty much part of the reason as to why I wanted to do whatever it is I want to do. I was super excited when I met her it was funny but hey I give respect to be people who deserve it and she's been making it major moves since forever! Home girl is a Production Manager for BET.

So pretty much I was an intern for BET.Com (check out my teasers somewhere on the site. pretty much the 106 pre show ones) I had to sit and watch 106 & Park and write down the highlights for each segment. I don't usually watch the ENTIRE episode of 106 just cuz Rocsi annoys me. But I guess it's different when u are watchin it for a purpose. Once the show started I didn't have anything else to do so I just chilled in the production trailer and watched the show. It was really interesting to sit and watch how edits, and cuts are made and the whole behind the scenes things works. I really LOVE that part of the industry. Working as a Sony Music intern I'm learning about contracts and and music licensing so learning about how BET.com works was really cool too. Plus the stuff at BET.com is pretty hilarious too.

I ventured off for awhile and ended up seeing from a far, Ne-Yo, Letoya Luckett, and Ciara. I went downstairs so I could get a better of view of things and ended up being right next to Mike Epps, then I turned and seen the guys of Day 26. I watch MTB all the time cuz they are too funny. I didnt' wanna be a groupie so I waited until some other chick (probably a groupie hoe) walked up to them before I asked to take a picture. Brian was MAD cool, so was Q and Big Mike. I took a pic with Brian but it didnt' come out too well. (meaning I'm not posting it). Their handler ( i guess) told them they had to bounce, everyone walked away except for Will he had turned around and seen me so he stopped and gave me a hug it was pretty cool. I LOVE when artist are actually down to earth especially when they are on REALITY TV that the FANS are the reason as to why they are HOT. So big ups to DAY 26! Oh yeah. So I was about to go back to the trailer when I turned and I saw Beyonce. I'm not really a Beyonce fan, but I support her music. Y'all I promise Beyonce has a GLOW to her. She's gorgeous. I can't even HATE. Everyone who knows me KNOWS...I'm not a BEYONCE FANATIC so this is a MAJOR compliment coming from me.

Something random...So i won't say any names but a BET.COM staff member had me writing teasers and what not and redo the ones he had created. THIS GUY writes "TV is like a box of chocolates cuz you never know what you're going to get!"---FAIL. FAIL. FAIL. I have to protect his identity because that was pretty much TERRIBLE. LOL but funny. One thing I might say about that is as corny as it sounded...it's kind of true. It was so many behind the scenes things that occurred at the awards that the public doesn't know happened or don't get to see. That's the most interesting thing to me and thats what makes me want to be in this industry because I like putting in work only to get a great final product once it's done. I had fun today with my I'm a BET(.com) INTERN for a day. I wanted my first blog to be an Michael Jackson blog but i've let too many days past. R.I.P. do Michael Jackson. That Ne-Yo and Jamie tribute for "I'll Be There" was SO AMAZING.

I'm currently watching this show about Toya and Tiny. NO COMMENT. I'm just trying to translate WTF they are saying. Can I get captions please? Tired. Calling it a night. I'll actually post a meaningful blog tomorrow. F.Y.I.-It's Sidney Shaw full force now. Sony Music intern, DalTek intern, and BET.com intern (for a day LOL) This should be a great summer. It really should. okay wait. Tiny's dad makes the show a little more interesting...it actually makes you care like the fact that he has Alzheimer's but he remembers all the songs from the music group he was in. THANK YOU to the producers who decided to put this on the show. This might gain some better ratings. Okay...one more thing. I didn't know Tiny wrote "No Scrubs" and I'm loving the fact that she still wants to work but T.I. (TIP as she says lol) doesn't want her to. WOW. It's like before I met you I had my career and why I gotta change it up now? I totally feel her. I think I might be hooked on this show now. Its actually good and not ignorant like I predicted. I say WIN.

Head to BET.COM and check out all the highlights from the 2009 BET Awards. Encore Presentation is Tuesday as well. But until then GO TO BET.COM (Believe me they're NOT paying me to say this)