First Two Weeks in the Big Apple

My name is Jared Preusz and I am an intern from Brigham Young University at PC Magazine here in New York City. I decided to finally write a blog on my experiences here and what is going on in my life. My internship with PC Mag is to write posts and edit articles for blogs, so I figured that I might as well start my own.

My first two weeks in Manhattan has been great. The first few days were a little bit of a struggle, however. It is an interesting experience riding the subway by yourself. New York though is not new to me. I served a mission for my church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, here in Brooklyn, Queens and Long Island three years ago. But it still is a little scary learning the largest part of the city on your own, especially when I was used to always having a companion with me.

But now I am starting to feel more comfortable with this place. I enjoy the diversity and there is so much to do here. And my internship is an amazing experience. I am an editorial intern for the online content section of PC Mag. I write and edit for four blogs on technology products and web applications, www.appscout.com, www.gearlog.com, www.technoride.com, and www.goodcleantech.com.

So far, I have been to some amazing broadway shows. Last Saturday, I went to a musical called Cry Baby. It was a musical with a similar story line to Grease, where the good girl falls in love with the bad guy. The singing and dancing was incredible, something I have never seen before. It was put well together and was hilarious.

Another show I went to was Chicago. I went to this show not really knowing what it was and discovered it had a story that just dragged on and the plot was confusing. It also was really dirty with women basically wearing almost nothing and all the men had to be gay, which made the show revolting and disgusting. I highly recommend for no one to see such indecent exposure.

On Thursday last week I went to Stomp. It was a show with skilled percussionists who basically could make music out of anything. There was one part of the show where they did this bamboo act. It turned into a spectacular martial arts like routine, which was stunning. The show also had one point where all the lights were off, and the actors banged on tin cans, metal, and an assortment of trash items. It looked and heard like a train going through a mine or something. I highly recommend Stomp. It was an exhilirating show.