The Interview

66 Responses to “The Interview”

1. 1 Mel Says:
   September 22nd, 2005 at 8:56 am

   You are a fabulous writer. I will definitely check in from time to time.

2. 2 Colin Says:
   September 22nd, 2005 at 9:08 am

   This is great stuff. I am hooked!! Keep it up!

3. 3 Olivia Says:
   September 22nd, 2005 at 9:15 am

   Wow. This is why I’m in art history and not journalism. You’re brave.

4. 4 rchobby Says:
   September 22nd, 2005 at 9:17 am

   Very nice. I left Manhattan 5 years ago with wife and kid in tow. Loved NYC, hated the traffic, loved the food, hated the waiters, loved the shopping, hated the expense, loved the skyscrapers (do we still call them that?) and hated not seeing the sky for years.

   I miss it.

5. 5 jennjr Says:
   September 22nd, 2005 at 9:44 am

   I’m totally hooked now. Can’t wait to hear more!

6. 6 Amandaxr Says:
   September 22nd, 2005 at 10:06 am

   Oh wow… congratulations!! Nice blog, by the way, first time I chanced upon your blog and I have to say, you’ve got a repeat visitor in me. I will definitely bookmark your site and pop by again in future. I like your interesting perspective.

7. 7 stretch td Says:
   September 22nd, 2005 at 10:50 am

   An expose on Fox News … love it.

8. 8 D.T. Says:
   September 22nd, 2005 at 11:05 am

   Woah, girl…you got yourself some guts! LOL! Me? I would’ve been totally freaked, but I would’ve stood my ground. Yeah…I’m wanna be an aspiring journalist someday too, but I’m still in school right now…anyways, I was wondering if it was true that they dont check your credentials…

9. 9 Newspaper Hack Says:
   September 22nd, 2005 at 11:13 am

   Actually, per Olivia, this is exactly why I’m in journalism. I love me some office insanity.

10. 10 Pete Says:
    September 22nd, 2005 at 11:20 am

    Sounds to me like you saw through her “drapery.” Now, you are all the wiser for it. You will do well there.

11. 11 Jenn Says:
    September 22nd, 2005 at 11:46 am

    Wonderful stuff!! I realized that I couldn’t handle a small town newspaper, and got out of the journalism ring.

    Good luck to you! (and when you get a hankerin’ for Southern-ness, just say “y’all” a few times and give someone directions akin to “yonder” and “a fer piece”

12. 12 Jenn Says:
    September 22nd, 2005 at 11:47 am

    PS: I hope you don’t mind, but I’m adding your blog link to my blog site.

13. 13 RepublicanGirl77 Says:
    September 22nd, 2005 at 12:08 pm

    wow. this is great stuff. i’m hooked!

14. 14 joe Says:
    September 22nd, 2005 at 12:14 pm

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15. 15 Mark Says:
    September 22nd, 2005 at 12:20 pm

    I tell ya what, I’ll take the intense fast-paced office life over the boring, mundane, browse-the-Internet-all-day office life.

16. 16 Leigh Says:
    September 22nd, 2005 at 12:55 pm

    I have to say, I agree with Mark. I have a headache from looking at the computer all day.

    I’ve just been transplanted into the middle of nowhere from DC, and let’s be honest–I’m a tad bored.

    I can’t go home (New Orleans) but at least I can hear tales of a fellow Southern girl’s adventures in the big city…

    Love reading your work Belle. Let me know when you get published. I’ll buy that book.

17. 17 On The Road Says:
    September 22nd, 2005 at 1:04 pm

    As much as you try to turn people off of the big apple… your actually helping me want to go there. I visited back in July. Stayed in times square fell in love. I mean i believe you like it to… to make it big in the big Apple? well.. isnt that the dream… if you make it big there you can do it anywhere.

    keep writing… check mine out if you have a second.. completely not like yours… mines more… hmmm Jack Kerouac/Chuck Palahniuk.

    love yr life

18. 18 On The Road Says:
    September 22nd, 2005 at 1:05 pm

    As much as you try to turn people off of the big apple… your actually helping me want to go there. I visited back in July. Stayed in times square fell in love. I mean i believe you like it to… to make it big in the big Apple? well.. isnt that the dream… if you make it big there you can do it anywhere.

    keep writing… check mine out if you have a second.. completely not like yours… mines more… hmmm Jack Kerouac/Chuck Palahniuk.

    love yr life

19. 19 Luke Levine Says:
    September 22nd, 2005 at 1:36 pm

    Great entry I just read today…

    Keep it up the good job Belle and good luck (maybe you don’t need it, Girl! you’ve got some pants!!)
    

20. 20 Clarte Says:
    September 22nd, 2005 at 1:51 pm

    Great blog Bella. Got me hooked.

21. 21 madoccupant Says:
    September 22nd, 2005 at 3:21 pm

    ok.. that was good stuff!!

22. 22 Jada's Gigi Says:
    September 22nd, 2005 at 3:40 pm

    I add my compliments to the masses. That was awesome! You go Southern girl! I’m a Bama girl myself who spent 10 yrs in PHilly. Whoa talking culture shock! lol But I loved the pace and NY too. You will too, I’m bettin. I happen to know for a fact that us Southern girls are sugar and spice melted over pure iron. LOL
    Go get em, sistah!

23. 23 LagunaLove Says:
    September 22nd, 2005 at 3:40 pm

    I’m so stoked to read more!

24. 24 K-Prime Says:
    September 22nd, 2005 at 3:41 pm

    Congrats! What an opportunity! You’ll succeed smashingly, I’m sure.

25. 25 formerfoxie Says:
    September 22nd, 2005 at 5:39 pm

    Takes guts lady… I gotta think ms. Greb’s seen this…

26. 26 Belle Says:
    September 22nd, 2005 at 5:48 pm

    “Former Foxie,” whose Ms. Greb?

27. 27 rastropovitch Says:
    September 22nd, 2005 at 8:53 pm

    First it was Wild Turkey, then marijuana, then cocaine, and now: done with all that.

    But there is still Belle…

28. 28 TMTLTH Says:
    September 22nd, 2005 at 9:24 pm

    Excellent stuff. Very impressed. I might even come back.

29. 29 authority42 Says:
    September 22nd, 2005 at 9:35 pm

    Great material, I’m definately checking back. I’m a native New Yorker, but I’ve always had a soft spot for the southern traveler.

30. 30 Yoj Says:
    September 22nd, 2005 at 9:44 pm

    I’m hooked- your blog is amazing, as is your writing!

31. 31 Jeff Says:
    September 22nd, 2005 at 11:26 pm

    Interesting. You should have stayed down South. I’ve never seen such frantic passion at a certain cable news network I work for in Atlanta. Maybe it’s that laid-back Southern charm.

32. 32 Aloke Kumar Says:
    September 23rd, 2005 at 12:26 am

    Great Stuff. I am following it. I came yesterday to find that the comment box has disapeared. And here is my line on it…..”I was following another story. Not the story of my life. Something contempoary…happening in New York. It is another Blog. “Belle in the Big Apple”.Very contemporary , fast and quick. Something like a Goddard movie. I read a very interesting quote in it ,”Everything that isn’t autobiographical is plagiarism.”I was taken by it as I really believed in this stongly . For whatever I am writing is autobiographical. The quote is by a famous Spanish filmmaker. What is his name. I think it is Pedro Almodovar. I had not heard about him . I searched the web and sure he was there. Much of what I read reminded me of another famous filmmaker Fellini. Off couse all of his work is autobiographical. One must reel out from there own experience . There is no way out. Incidentally this Blog on NewYork life has suddenly changed its format. It has stopped inviting comments. I think she is absolutely right. It was getting a little absurd. People commenting on her life and suggesting what she should do … like meeting somebody from the blog etc. However it is great stuff. She is a writer ..but how does that matter . The writing is great . I only hope I can be like her..post often .. write fluidly..

33. 33 Grant Says:
    September 23rd, 2005 at 12:51 am

    Congratulations. I suspect that your blog will suffer with this amazing opportunity. Hold the line and keep the goal in sight!

34. 34 lonely_in_iowa Says:
    September 23rd, 2005 at 3:55 am

    Totally agree, its unanimous, this is one hell of an addicting blog. Blog, no that word doesn’t justify the flowing poetry in which everything (real or fake) is painted by “Belle’s” uniguely uniformed ramblings. Great stuff, I am DEFINATELY hooked.

35. 35 justCandyshop Says:
    September 23rd, 2005 at 5:20 am

    Congrats Belle… i’m having so much fun reading your blog. YOu are very talented.

    Candice

36. 36 havocus Says:
    September 23rd, 2005 at 11:13 am

    hmmm, so this is why you can’t trust them…

37. 37 Liar X Says:
    September 23rd, 2005 at 11:58 am

    WEEEEEEEEEEE! It’s a roller coaster ride from a soap opera. I love it!!!!!! The heat from a television newsroom. BAM! It just smacks you in the face. That’s what I love about real life, it’s so much more exciting than the fake stuff!

38. 38 Maverick Says:
    September 23rd, 2005 at 12:40 pm

    I might not be a very regular blogger, but of all the blogs I’ve ever read in my life, this blog was one of the most interesting blogs. It captivated my attention from the first line and kept it till the last one. In my humble opinion, Miss Belle, you should really consider writing short stories in addition to your journalism career. You can take this boy’s word for it, you will definitely shine.

39. 39 Big D Says:
    September 23rd, 2005 at 9:30 pm

    Congrats. I think.

40. 40 Mark Klein, M.D. Says:
    September 23rd, 2005 at 9:32 pm

    Have a trust fund so you can afford Manhattan rents?

41. 41 Rollergirl Says:
    September 23rd, 2005 at 10:18 pm

    You rock! Best of luck! I just moved to the big apple from a small town myself. I would love to hear more about your adventures.

42. 42 Sudeep Kumar Jain Says:
    September 24th, 2005 at 7:00 am

    Oh yesss~!!!! Not just Journalism even the Technical Phone Support Offices are like this Mess all over the plcae me and my buds cramming over customers giving out instruction and trying to resolve issues with computer hardware imagination being put to use as how the issue could have begun if the caller is real bad at tech terms…..and fighting it out with workforce guys to geta break for 5 minutes! High Pressure Jobs.There’ Gr8 thats why i left my boring, mundane, browse-the-Internet-all-day Job at an engineering firm whwer ppl say i belong being a mech engineer………..Hmph…..Lifes more than following tradition brought on by Graduation~! Its abot the love for your occupation! What do you Say?

43. 43 swandad Says:
    September 24th, 2005 at 7:20 am

    Good stuff. I just bookmarked you. You should be so lucky….

44. 44 Sepideh Says:
    September 24th, 2005 at 8:54 am

    Hey girl write some more,,,,
    I put away my novels by Nobel Prize winners to get on and read your stuff. It’s the best shit!!!!!

45. 45 huda Says:
    September 24th, 2005 at 10:53 am

    wow. guess i’m another victim, addicted to your blog, eh? loving it.

46. 46 Jeff Says:
    September 24th, 2005 at 11:17 am

    Welcome to NU YAWK.
    You’ve made a follower out of me.
    Congratulations on your gig.

47. 47 piu piu Says:
    September 24th, 2005 at 12:22 pm

    are u a JOKE? yes, very brave to reveal lucrative family connections that get u ahead of possibly more worthy cadidates.

    a blog about money, men and wannabe celebrity, in NY no less. i tip my hat off. how original.how ‘manhattan’.

48. 48 Alex Says:
    September 24th, 2005 at 12:44 pm

    Lol thats pretty funny

    R2000

49. 49 CassiusFRANCE Says:
    September 24th, 2005 at 3:20 pm

    Wonderful

    i m a fan

    congratulation from Paris FRANCE

    blog of the french fan

    http://cassiusfrance.blogspot.com/

50. 50 vince Says:
    September 24th, 2005 at 3:36 pm

    I live in the Big Apple myself and I love your writing it really feels like you are a southern belle trapped in a big city. It is nice to see your views on my hometown.

51. 51 Tony Says:
    September 24th, 2005 at 3:39 pm

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52. 52 Tony Says:
    September 24th, 2005 at 3:41 pm

    Interesting blog. Will be back for your next post.

    Affly,
    A fan from India.

    http://crazyjourno.blogspot.com

53. 53 gary j. introne Says:
    September 24th, 2005 at 8:32 pm

    I liked the parts of your post that I read, and hope to continue reading. It’s nice to hear your in-place testimony.

    http://garyjin.blogspot.com

    please check out mine.

    Gary Introne

54. 54 katherine Says:
    September 24th, 2005 at 9:31 pm

    a very good story. couldnt read all your stuff, only the first, because of a lack of time, but i will.

55. 55 The Mad Hatter Says:
    September 24th, 2005 at 10:46 pm

    Get used to getting effed in the a-hole. That’s what journalism is all about. Look at Shephard Smith, you can’t honestly tell me that he’s never been corn-holed.

56. 56 cityangelz Says:
    September 25th, 2005 at 12:55 am

    Hi!!

    Happened to find your blog at the blogs of note at the front of blogger. and have to say i like your writing style!

    I want to be a journalist myself one day. but the one in the papers coz i hate appearing in front of the camera.

    Studying hard to achieve that goal.

    I’ll be back

    cheers,
    siti

57. 57 Remunera Says:
    September 25th, 2005 at 1:20 am

    Wonderful blog. I enjoyed reading the entry and will check back.

58. 58 serious Says:
    September 25th, 2005 at 2:37 am

    good writing,, faced similar miseries in my life

59. 59 Chazeriffic Says:
    September 25th, 2005 at 2:17 pm

    Great blog! Fabulous writing!

    chazinc.blogspot.com

60. 60 Musophrenia Says:
    September 25th, 2005 at 2:34 pm

    is real? or is it a novel?

61. 61 James Schipper Says:
    September 25th, 2005 at 4:55 pm

    A facinating read. I cant wait for the next installment! Thank you!

62. 62 Ingrid Says:
    September 25th, 2005 at 6:14 pm

    somehow this could be the sequel to “I am Charlotte Simmons.”

63. 63 Brother Waxwell Says:
    September 26th, 2005 at 6:26 am

    A wicked read.

    Cheers
    M

64. 64 Frank McBoob Says:
    September 26th, 2005 at 4:41 pm

    A novel…

    Too stereotypical of a newsroom… I’ve been in newsrooms in my life and I’ve never seen anything like that.

    With that said, it’s a good read… especially when you’re stuck in Alberta.

    Sincerely,
    Frank U. McBoob

65. 65 Daniel Maté Says:
    September 26th, 2005 at 10:47 pm

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66. 66 YoungNBrave Says:
    September 30th, 2005 at 11:00 am

    I love your figurative voice! Keep writing.

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