Where would I go?

I was filling out an application for a potential internship in NYC and I had this question posed to me:

If you could take THREE industry-related field trips, anywhere in the world, where would you go? What and/or whom would you visit and why?

I had to think about my answer for a couple of minutes... New York? Los Angeles? CNN is here in Atlanta? Where would I go? After a while of thinking, I made my decision:

Tokyo, Japan, Beijing, China, and Mumbai, India. The particular portion of the communications industry that I want to go into relies heavily on technology. Those three places I feel are going to be the places with the next major equipment changes in the field. I would visit the Research and Development divisions of the leading audio/visual manufacturing companies to learn about what is coming up next and how I can implement it in the future.

The Red Cross Called

I got this email today....

from: ((my dad))
to: ((me))
date: Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 2:13 PM
subject: Red Cross called

Mary at Red Cross said it was time for you to donate again and that they are in desperate need.

My response:

Of course they are.... the major stock market players are all having heart attacks....and their ulcers are causing internal bleeding....