quick flashback

Day 232: Thursday, April 19, 2007. I don't wear baseball caps often, but I'm attached to this one. In my first job after college, I was a Page at CBS, which basically boils down to spending four afternoons a week in audience services at the Late Show with David Letterman. Every day is crazy and hectic, and for all the time pages spend answering questions out on Broadway, the audience of nearly 500 is always moved from the street to their seats in approximately 12 minutes. It's not as easy as it sounds.

Anyway, this hat is authentic "Late Show" straight from the Christmas party memorabilia. It doesn't say "with David Letterman" on it because CBS sells the merchandise with his name on it. Therefore, stuff that comes straight from Dave and staff doesn't have his name on it. Like all jobs, there are days you just want to run and hide, but looking back almost a decade later, I can't say that I didn't have a damn good time.

For the most part, the rest of the pages I worked with were awesome, impressive, amazingly competent people. Dave was always cool with me whenever I ran into him. And I saw a lot of musical acts perform up close and personal. I was there the day that 53rd Street was closed for the Smashing Pumpkins to perform outside. Unfortunately, the city stopped the show before they could finish the hour set they'd planned. It was awesome while it lasted.