Well I'm leaving in May for Walt Disney World!!! Can you believe it? I'll be a quick service food and beverage cast member. I already have a roommate picked out. Her name is Holly and she is a clean freak and a cook just like me. I have a feeling that I will have the time of my life!!! I can't wait to quit my crappy job at McDonald's and go stay in the Vista Waaaaayyy apartment complex. May 16 is the date!! I just picked it!!!
Now I will have to create a packing list, go shopping, save money, and WAIT!!!
haha well i have to go to my crappy job so talk to you guys later!!!
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
happiest place on earth or bust!!!
Well my phone interview is over!!!!
I think that it went great. She asked me why I chose the program, which program I prefer and why, if I am receptive to the fall advantage program(going in may instead of august), what my top three roles are and why, if I have ever lived with roomates(put a positive spin on that one :) ), if I have any visible tattoos, if I have a problem with the Disney Look, about my work experience, if I have a driver's license.
She told me that if I get accepted and pay the fee then the website opens up to me. Information that no one else gets to see is all of a sudden there for me. Like the roommate matcher, picking my arrival date, rules and regulations, all that fun stuff. she said if I don't get in to just keep applying till I do. (I'm hoping that's a good sign because she had no obligation to say that so she must have thought I had a good interview and deserve to be in the program, right?) She said I would find out within two weeks (or less!!!!)
I am uberly excited. uberly. I can only hope that I conveyed the right personality and that my wide choice of roles will land me SOMETHING. Now just to wait and keep busy.....this is going to be difficult.....anyone want to go to Disneyland for the next two weeks? haha
I think that it went great. She asked me why I chose the program, which program I prefer and why, if I am receptive to the fall advantage program(going in may instead of august), what my top three roles are and why, if I have ever lived with roomates(put a positive spin on that one :) ), if I have any visible tattoos, if I have a problem with the Disney Look, about my work experience, if I have a driver's license.
She told me that if I get accepted and pay the fee then the website opens up to me. Information that no one else gets to see is all of a sudden there for me. Like the roommate matcher, picking my arrival date, rules and regulations, all that fun stuff. she said if I don't get in to just keep applying till I do. (I'm hoping that's a good sign because she had no obligation to say that so she must have thought I had a good interview and deserve to be in the program, right?) She said I would find out within two weeks (or less!!!!)
I am uberly excited. uberly. I can only hope that I conveyed the right personality and that my wide choice of roles will land me SOMETHING. Now just to wait and keep busy.....this is going to be difficult.....anyone want to go to Disneyland for the next two weeks? haha
Monday, February 6, 2012
Why Disney is Special To Me
I just read a new friends blog who is also applying to fall 2012 Disney College Program. And I find it amazing that someone feels the same way about Disney as I do. Now I've gone to Disneyland what seems like millions of times in my life and the first time she went was when she was seventeen so she can better recall her first trip. But I can still tell you how I feel EVERY TIME I walk into the park. Alli, if you read this, it NEVER wears off. That magic is always there.
When I go to Disneyland, no matter how excited and chatty I am in line, as soon as I scan my ticket, I am speechless. I immediately want to run. Anywhere. Because that's just it, anywhere is a good place to go in Disneyland. It's nicknamed the happiest place on earth, but it is truly my happiest place on earth. There is no where I would rather be. I walk in and just want to take in the atmosphere, soak it in. Disneyland is it's own world. To me, I walk in and all my troubles fade away. Even the times where I had a boyfriend nagging me or fighting with me over text messages, I was still happy. To tell you the truth, half the time I forget to even check my phone while I'm there. The sights, sounds, smells, they all surround you. The way main street looks like it goes on forever and the buildings look super small because, just like Sleeping Beauty's castle, the bricks get smaller as they go up the building. The ever present magic shop (even though magic tricks aren't in style anymore). The window displays on the Emporium which are super old but never change. The horse-drawn carriages and two-story busses. These are all the things that welcome you to Disneyland.
I haven't been truly happy for awhile. But just the thought of a trip to Disney lifts my spirits for a little. It's a place where nothing can go wrong. Even my family gets along there. I especially love seeing my little brothers and sisters faces as the magic of Disney hits them. And I think there lies the real root of why I want to work for Disney so much. I want to be apart of the place the makes every person happy. That creates magic for children and the young at heart.
After all, "To all that come to this happy place: welcome. Disneyland is your land. Here age relives fond memories of the past, and here youth may savor the challenge and promise of the future. Disneyland is dedicated to the ideals, the dreams, and the hard facts that have created America... with hope that it will be a source of joy and inspiration to all the world."
And that's just it. Disney is special. It creates something that no one else can touch. It is at the head of many new things and recreates other things to make them infinitely better. Working for them is my dream. I want to get into this program so badly. Just so that my dreams can come true and I can use that happiness as pixie dust and make other peoples dreams come true.
When I go to Disneyland, no matter how excited and chatty I am in line, as soon as I scan my ticket, I am speechless. I immediately want to run. Anywhere. Because that's just it, anywhere is a good place to go in Disneyland. It's nicknamed the happiest place on earth, but it is truly my happiest place on earth. There is no where I would rather be. I walk in and just want to take in the atmosphere, soak it in. Disneyland is it's own world. To me, I walk in and all my troubles fade away. Even the times where I had a boyfriend nagging me or fighting with me over text messages, I was still happy. To tell you the truth, half the time I forget to even check my phone while I'm there. The sights, sounds, smells, they all surround you. The way main street looks like it goes on forever and the buildings look super small because, just like Sleeping Beauty's castle, the bricks get smaller as they go up the building. The ever present magic shop (even though magic tricks aren't in style anymore). The window displays on the Emporium which are super old but never change. The horse-drawn carriages and two-story busses. These are all the things that welcome you to Disneyland.
I haven't been truly happy for awhile. But just the thought of a trip to Disney lifts my spirits for a little. It's a place where nothing can go wrong. Even my family gets along there. I especially love seeing my little brothers and sisters faces as the magic of Disney hits them. And I think there lies the real root of why I want to work for Disney so much. I want to be apart of the place the makes every person happy. That creates magic for children and the young at heart.
After all, "To all that come to this happy place: welcome. Disneyland is your land. Here age relives fond memories of the past, and here youth may savor the challenge and promise of the future. Disneyland is dedicated to the ideals, the dreams, and the hard facts that have created America... with hope that it will be a source of joy and inspiration to all the world."
And that's just it. Disney is special. It creates something that no one else can touch. It is at the head of many new things and recreates other things to make them infinitely better. Working for them is my dream. I want to get into this program so badly. Just so that my dreams can come true and I can use that happiness as pixie dust and make other peoples dreams come true.
Sunday, February 5, 2012
Disney College Program
Well I might as well talk about it on my blog since the secret is out. I have officially applied to the Disney College Program that is a paid internship. I passed a web-based interview and am scheduled for a phone interview Wednesday, February 8 at 8:15 am. If I am accepted, I'll go to the auditions to be a character performer in San Francisco on March 18.
This program includes housing that is exclusively for the program and they take your housing fees straight out of your paycheck every week. It is a full-time job making mainly minimum wage. You have the opportunity to further your education through the program with disney-themed classes, seminars, and other things. The main reason for this program is to be apart of the community, make new friends, learn very valuable job skills, and put Disney on your resume. For me this is the opportunity of a lifetime.
I applied to both the Florida Program and the Anaheim one, so I may be out-of-state for six months!!! My first three job choices are Character Performer, Bippity Boppity Boutique as a fairy godmother in training, and attractions.
I have watched EVERY video the Program has on youtube. I have read multiple forums and joined one. And I am a member of the facebook group that is for applicants of fall 2012. It is wonderful to be able to talk to people that are as excited about this and love disney just as much as I do.
I have decided that if I don't get in, I just might die!! haha but it won't be terrible, I can just apply again for the Spring 2013 Program. This is something people come home from with memories of a lifetime, pictures, friends, experiences, etc. I could never ask for anything more.
So keep watching my blog for updates on my status in the program, and if you have any questions, post them in the comments and I'll answer them!!! There is so much to talk about this program that I have no problem answering any questions :)
This program includes housing that is exclusively for the program and they take your housing fees straight out of your paycheck every week. It is a full-time job making mainly minimum wage. You have the opportunity to further your education through the program with disney-themed classes, seminars, and other things. The main reason for this program is to be apart of the community, make new friends, learn very valuable job skills, and put Disney on your resume. For me this is the opportunity of a lifetime.
I applied to both the Florida Program and the Anaheim one, so I may be out-of-state for six months!!! My first three job choices are Character Performer, Bippity Boppity Boutique as a fairy godmother in training, and attractions.
I have watched EVERY video the Program has on youtube. I have read multiple forums and joined one. And I am a member of the facebook group that is for applicants of fall 2012. It is wonderful to be able to talk to people that are as excited about this and love disney just as much as I do.
I have decided that if I don't get in, I just might die!! haha but it won't be terrible, I can just apply again for the Spring 2013 Program. This is something people come home from with memories of a lifetime, pictures, friends, experiences, etc. I could never ask for anything more.
So keep watching my blog for updates on my status in the program, and if you have any questions, post them in the comments and I'll answer them!!! There is so much to talk about this program that I have no problem answering any questions :)
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
my feet are always cold
haha i'm not even kidding. they are cold like right now. My best friend has become so accustomed to this that he doesn't even make fun of the fact that I am normally wearing two pairs of socks, one of which is usually strawberry shortcake with those little rubber things on the bottom that keep you from slipping :). But I'm not kidding when I say my feet being cold really affects me. If I don't put that extra pair of socks on, sometimes I'll lay in bed for like an hour not being able to fall asleep. Then I'll get up, put a thick pair on, and immediately dose off. Is that crazy? I don't know, but I really like my feet to be warm haha.
Well on another note....I happen to have one of my old friends from high school in my women's history class!! It's great because she wasn't one of those friends that you stop talking to not because you got in a fight or something but just because it happened. It so great to talk to her. Although, I will admit that I am a little jealous of her. Today she was talking to me about how she was moving all day. Into her own apartment!!! Gosh the freedom. well not really the freedom, but the independence. Boy do I crave the feeling of being out on my own way too much. I can't wait to one day be able to decorate a place to my liking, organize it the way I want it, buy plates and cups and cooking utensils (probably the best part), and going grocery shopping. One day I will consider those tasks annoying along with doing the dishes, cleaning, having to pay bills and stuff, but for now that's all I can think about wanting. haha but anyways I told her this and she promised to invite me over as soon as she is settled in. I'm very proud of her. She's doing this all on her own (well she will live there with her boyfriend) and that's exactly what I want to do.
Um well I miss Disneyland if that's anything new. I spend most my time sleeping, also not new. I have a pimple on my ear. Haha you probably didn't want to know that but it hurts. Oh and I'm dreading the coming of valentine's day. I feel like I always do. Mostly because, somehow, all the bad moments in my romantic life happened around that day. This year that's impossible because I have no romantic life!! yay!!
oh i've been reading this book: Chicken Soup for the soul, Find Your Happiness. I really find it inspirational.
That's all for today, I didn't really have anything deep to talk about....
Off to read myself to sleep!!!
Well on another note....I happen to have one of my old friends from high school in my women's history class!! It's great because she wasn't one of those friends that you stop talking to not because you got in a fight or something but just because it happened. It so great to talk to her. Although, I will admit that I am a little jealous of her. Today she was talking to me about how she was moving all day. Into her own apartment!!! Gosh the freedom. well not really the freedom, but the independence. Boy do I crave the feeling of being out on my own way too much. I can't wait to one day be able to decorate a place to my liking, organize it the way I want it, buy plates and cups and cooking utensils (probably the best part), and going grocery shopping. One day I will consider those tasks annoying along with doing the dishes, cleaning, having to pay bills and stuff, but for now that's all I can think about wanting. haha but anyways I told her this and she promised to invite me over as soon as she is settled in. I'm very proud of her. She's doing this all on her own (well she will live there with her boyfriend) and that's exactly what I want to do.
Um well I miss Disneyland if that's anything new. I spend most my time sleeping, also not new. I have a pimple on my ear. Haha you probably didn't want to know that but it hurts. Oh and I'm dreading the coming of valentine's day. I feel like I always do. Mostly because, somehow, all the bad moments in my romantic life happened around that day. This year that's impossible because I have no romantic life!! yay!!
oh i've been reading this book: Chicken Soup for the soul, Find Your Happiness. I really find it inspirational.
That's all for today, I didn't really have anything deep to talk about....
Off to read myself to sleep!!!
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Ok, it's been awhile, I suck, haha :)
Alright so I haven't posted anything in awhile. I guess I just haven't had much to write. On the other hand, it's like I have tons to write about but don't want to talk about it. What a dilemna!! So how bout we just do a little review on my life. Sound good?
So today I really started working on my online classes. Only three of them have started. The other one starts in February. Yesterday, all the work I did on them was log in and make sure I did whatever introductory assignments the teachers posted so that I wouldn't be dropped from the classes, haha. On the topic of introductory assignments, in my Business 1B class, which is accounting, we had to answer 7 questions about ourselves. I did this a couple days before the start of class because I happened to log on early. Well yesterday when I went through all the syllabuses and stuff, I noticed that I got a 0 out of 10 on that assignment!!! Can you believe that? An assignment on myself?! So I went to check the review of it to see why. I thought maybe the teacher was mad that I didn't use complete sentences (I tend not to do that no matter how many teachers have tried to beat that out of me. HELLO! my mind is moving way to fast to think in complete sentences!! i'm smart! duh! haha jk) But I checked and, amazingly, I must have thought this teacher might want to see complete sentences so I actually did that. So now I don't know how I got a stupid 0 on that assignment. But I'm gonna let time pass to see if it changes. If not I will be messaging that stupid teacher asking why he thinks I don't know myself!!!
Alright, I'll move on now, haha. So I finished one english assignment today (it's going to be a heavy class, I've got to start working on it like nonstop) and put everything in word that I want to print out. That's my new strategy for online classes, print everything out, that way when I'm getting ready for work I can't complain that I don't want to turn my computer on to check the due date for something, I'll just flip through a binder. But I've also adopted my dad's strategy of logging on everyday so that I don't miss anything. Because believe it or not, one of my teachers is mean enough to actually have pop quizzes for an online class, unannounced!. sucks for the people who only log in right before a due date cuz I will not be stuck in that boat of missing those quizzes.
My only in-class starts monday, I'm kind of excited, I could use some socialization. Like bad. I can't remember the last time I actually spent time with someone my age other than my best friend Irving. And I don't even see him that often anymore. I'm starving for some friendly interaction. I need a party to go to!!!!
Other than that, I mostly just sit around watching netflix on my xbox, or reading, and going to work. Oh did I mention I sleep alot? Like all the time haha. Anyways, that's all I have to say for now. I will be writing more, sorry for the long period between this post and the last one.:(
So today I really started working on my online classes. Only three of them have started. The other one starts in February. Yesterday, all the work I did on them was log in and make sure I did whatever introductory assignments the teachers posted so that I wouldn't be dropped from the classes, haha. On the topic of introductory assignments, in my Business 1B class, which is accounting, we had to answer 7 questions about ourselves. I did this a couple days before the start of class because I happened to log on early. Well yesterday when I went through all the syllabuses and stuff, I noticed that I got a 0 out of 10 on that assignment!!! Can you believe that? An assignment on myself?! So I went to check the review of it to see why. I thought maybe the teacher was mad that I didn't use complete sentences (I tend not to do that no matter how many teachers have tried to beat that out of me. HELLO! my mind is moving way to fast to think in complete sentences!! i'm smart! duh! haha jk) But I checked and, amazingly, I must have thought this teacher might want to see complete sentences so I actually did that. So now I don't know how I got a stupid 0 on that assignment. But I'm gonna let time pass to see if it changes. If not I will be messaging that stupid teacher asking why he thinks I don't know myself!!!
Alright, I'll move on now, haha. So I finished one english assignment today (it's going to be a heavy class, I've got to start working on it like nonstop) and put everything in word that I want to print out. That's my new strategy for online classes, print everything out, that way when I'm getting ready for work I can't complain that I don't want to turn my computer on to check the due date for something, I'll just flip through a binder. But I've also adopted my dad's strategy of logging on everyday so that I don't miss anything. Because believe it or not, one of my teachers is mean enough to actually have pop quizzes for an online class, unannounced!. sucks for the people who only log in right before a due date cuz I will not be stuck in that boat of missing those quizzes.
My only in-class starts monday, I'm kind of excited, I could use some socialization. Like bad. I can't remember the last time I actually spent time with someone my age other than my best friend Irving. And I don't even see him that often anymore. I'm starving for some friendly interaction. I need a party to go to!!!!
Other than that, I mostly just sit around watching netflix on my xbox, or reading, and going to work. Oh did I mention I sleep alot? Like all the time haha. Anyways, that's all I have to say for now. I will be writing more, sorry for the long period between this post and the last one.:(
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Should I have gone away to college?
All summer I've been reading posts on Facebook about people going away to college. "Only this many days til I leave tracy!!!" Stuff like that. For some reason it wasn't really bothering me all that much. But now I'm seeing, "Good bye Tracy!!! Hello (enter new town name her)!!!" or "Packing to leave for..." This is very depressing. Going away to college has been my dream since seventh grade when I really started to think about college. And I remember thinking back then that if I wanted to go away to college I had to do really well in school, so I worked really hard. But then during my freshman year it became apparent that my dream wasn't going to come true. My parents were telling me that the best decision would be to go to a community college. So, of course, my teenege brain though, hey, if I'm going to go to a lousy community college, I don't have to do as well in school since they will except me no matter what. And I didn't do that will in high school. I no longer cared. Now I wish I hadn't listened to my parents and continued on with my dream. I could have gotten really good scholarships or something. I think I was afraid they wouldn't help me pay for everything. But since they aren't helping me anyway I could have left with no fear. But now that I am paying for all my college by myself I realize that I wouldn't have been able to afford to go away. I might not even be able to afford it now. I might get my A.A. and have to stop. Stuck as a manager of McDonald's forever. But I am determined not to let that happen. When I get my A.A. after working my butt off this next year and a half to two years, I WILL move away. Even if it means I have to put the rest of my education on hold for a year or two, I will not let myself get stuck in San Joaquin County. It's just not going to happen. When I am done at Delta, I will move to Anaheim to work at Disneyland and work until I have enought money to go back to school or work my way up without having to do that. All I know is that this little mistake of mine to stay at home and go to Delta College won't stop me from moving away and living my dream. Because all I want is to be independent and to be happy.
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