Picking up from yesterday –
I’d only touched one field piece in my time there (which thankfully aired before the deadline). So, since that was the only thing I even could submit, I didn’t have to worry, “Did I submit the right thing?”
Somewhere along the lines, they even double check the credits somewhere. (I don’t know where… I only know this because they called me to tell me they thought I was listed as an assistant editor (meaning I wouldn’t be eligible).
Since I had just become an editor, their info (wherever they got it) hadn’t been updated… I told them I’d recently been promoted and that the credits on Hulu (and everywhere else they could find the show) read that I was an editor. And then they double-checked and everything was fine.
But the point is, even getting that phone call showed me they did their due diligence.
And then the final ballot comes out and you start to think to yourself, “Oh my gosh. How many segments is The Daily Show submitting?” or “Oh crap! I’m up against Sam Bee? Of course they submitted. How could they not? Daaaaang it, that’s a fantastic new show.” “Beyonce’s music video?! Why is she even in my category?” Or, you know… whatever it is you think…
And then you wait.
And that brings us to yesterday.