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| Raining on the square |
Today was a stupidly early wake up time. 6:00am. Too early for sleeping and eating late... but I had a good reason! Today at around 7am I was going to be admitted into the NBC studios to get into the studio for Good Morning America to meet and be there for the live filming and interview of X-Men Apocalypse.
Unfortunately, as I was walking down the street towards Times Square, it was raining pretty damn hard. As I approached the square (my first time there actually), I saw that there was a very long line up. It was good that my friend was already there waiting for me in the queue. Unfortunately, she did not bring an umbrella. Her reasoning was that she did not want to bring one because she did not want it to feel like Belgium. Silly reasons from silly friends.
We finally got in about an hour and a half after they told us to arrive (and about an hour after the paper said they'd close the line up to everyone) and were screened by the metal wands at the door.
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| Ballin' |
When we got upstairs, part of the cast of X-men were already there taking selfies with selfie sticks.
James McAvoy was there. So were 4 other cast members. It was cool. I stood at the side since I wasn't really sure where I should have gone and kind of backed up a bit. People were quite dressed up for it whereas I was wearing a blazer and dress pants (oops).
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| He plays young Cyclops |
It was really cool being in the studio and seeing how much work went into a just 5-minute segment of interviews. There was makeup, hair, camera men, some other guys telling people what to do, people with clipboards...seriously a lot of people. So much goes into a few minutes.
After the very brief filming, I took some photos with some of the actors/actresses and then headed out back to the UN. But before I left, they gave me tickets to go to the pre-screening of X-men the next day! So cool.
I am so lucky that there is so much so close on the island of Manhattan where I can go out and explore!
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| The cast |
Work was interesting, there were meetings and other things to do. I had a meeting with some personnel in UNDP and headed over to the other building (UN has quite a few buildings, not just the Secretariat one) to speak to them. In true UN fashion, no one expected me. I called up and was told that I slipped their mind. Woo. Went back to work. Did my thing.
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| The Set |
Today though, I stayed a bit later so I could hang out with a friend. They had invited me over to their home (very kindly) and I got to enjoy a wonderful night of homemade dinner, great company and
enjoyable television (where they talked about travel and food). I walked home pretty late but content with the improved friendships I made that day.
