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Keepin' ya posted. That's the goal.

It all started with a slight infatuation with Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. OK, who am I kidding, it was a full-blown obsession. Keeping up with MK and A introduced me to the wonderful world of celebrity gossip. Celebrity gossip then opened my eyes to movie stars, music stars, television stars, wannabe stars and fashion icons.

Allow me to introduce myself.

I, Katie Packer, dubbed KP for short by a friend, am obsessed with the entertainment industry. Let’s just say this brown-haired, brown-eyed youngin' studying journalism and political science at the University of Florida used to get dressed up to sit in the family room and watch award shows. And I'm still not totally against spending my small life fortune on trashy magazines. So I made a vow to myself that someday I would be a part of the fast-paced industry that stole my heart, and my study time, a decade ago.

Enter New York City.

Time to make my dreams a reality and escape my Florida existence for three fabulous months.

In about two weeks, I will be moving to the city to intern at Us Weekly and Universal Records. How much more lucky can a girl get? I will make my humble abode in the center of Union Square…for a small fortune, I might add. And I will probably get lost a thousand times before I can figure out the boroughs, the subways, the neighborhoods and the streets – 5^th Avenue, 14 ^th Street, Avenue A, Avenue B, Avenue O. Can someone just tell me how to get to Sesame Street because it all sounds like alphabet soup?

So follow me as I attempt to take on the city, the internships, the celebrities, the musicians, the food and the nightlife. Forget those little town blues. The fun is just getting started and the best is yet to come.

Like I said, I'm Keepin' ya Posted...it's in my name.

Kisses, KP