First of all... I am seriously learning and understanding how amazing our God is... I just applied for an internship in SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. I know that things like that, they don't ever just happen. Everything happens for a reason, and everything happens at the correct time for a reason... we may never know why, but thats not for us to really know. I have to explain how all of this began.
Several months ago, I started gathering information for my resume and started to look for jobs following graduation in May. I told myself that by spring break I was going to have my resume and cover letter completed and sent out to newspapers, magazines, schools and anywhere else where English degree was listed as a requirement in the job qualifications. During my job search, I started looking into internships and wondering and praying if it would be best for me to do a summer internship for the work experience and then look for a job. And the more I looked into, the more appealing and logical thing for me to do.
Over spring break, I went down to Jackson, MS to see my sister and brother-in-law. On Sunday we met with my sister, the hubs and her in-laws for lunch before heading back. At lunch, I was talking with Sylvia, Eric's mom and she was asking me what I was looking into doing following graduation (the standard question for all college graduates) and told her my plans. I also told her its something that I have been praying and wondering about for awhile. Sunday night I get back to my dorm at school. (<--- not important to the story) Tuesday after class, I go to check my email and lo and behold I have an email from my mom... its an email about a paid internship for college students working at the Disney World or Disneyland resorts. I opened that and pretty much thought... "Ok God, is this what you were talking about? Is this what I needed to be patient about... I mean, its Disney...?!" I mean... its not an email that you get everyday. My mom recieved the email about the job and then forwarded it on to me.
So that afternoon, I was supposed to meet David Harrell in Garrett to shoot my interview for our documentary we are working on. I get over there well before my scheduled time, and end up meeting with my council for Alpha Psi. While there, we got neccessary jobs done, and the girls helped me fill out my application. As I started to work on it, you are supposed to use the drop box and find your college. Lo and behold... Blue Mountain College is not listed, but Blue Mountain Community College in Oregon is listed. I took that as a sign and God telling me to be patient. Wait. So I followed the directions and emailed the tech department to get BMC added to the list. I did that Tuesday, its Friday and they have yet to email me back; even though it said that they would get back to me in 1 business day (I got an automated message back saying they were out of the office and should reply in the next business day). I have obsessively checked my email since then hoping for an email from them saying the mountain had been listed. Nothing yet...
Tonight, I get back to my dorm after working on the documentary from 6-12 and decide for kicks and giggles to look into applying for Disneyland in California. I did it expecting the same results... to not be able to finish my application. I was proven wrong. On the application for California, there was the OTHER option to where I could simply write out the name of my college. I was able to finish and submit my application. I got an email saying that my application and resume has been accepted and put into the database. After finishing my application, I am supposed to complete a web-based interview. After completing it, I was very surprised when it came back saying, that I was identified as being a strong candidate! (I applied for 16 positions...) Following my results from my interview, it gave me instructions for setting up my phone interview that needs to be completed in the next 3 business days.
I am in complete and utter shock. I have applied for a job/internship in SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. I never once thought that a) I would apply to work for Disney b) apply for a job on the western seaboard c) that such a door would ever be opened for me. I know this is a total and complete God thing. There is no way that if it was not for Him I would not be doing anything that I would be doing or talking about now. I understand that Disney is a semi-controversial company, given their support of the gay community... but I firmly believe that this door has been opened to me for a reason. God opened this door and this chance for me for a reason. If it was left to me and my own devices, a chance such as this would not have ever fallen into my lap. I am just glad that I have even given the opportunity to apply for such a job. All I can do is thank God... for everything. And if I am seen to hired by them... there is nothing that says that I can't use Disneyland as my mission field. I can share my faith with others in whatever capacity. God, you are so good!!! This all shows me that the plans I have for myself are nothing. God obviously has bigger and better plans for me than I could have ever imagined. I am not saying, or writing as if I am going to get the job... but really?! Applying for Disneyland.... NEVER in my plans. My plans were to stay and live in Memphis, but obviously God might have other plans for me. Southern California. This week has shown me that I am not my own, and my plans mean nothing... God has bigger and better plans for me. All I can do is praise Him for just being able to fill out a simple application. An application!! Ahhh! Praise Him from which all glory flows! (I hope I got that saying right)
God, you got this. I am just looking to you for my direction and guidance. All I can do is praise him.. for an application. Simply put, I am speechless.
I will do my best to keep everyone updated, especially though who have followed my status updates and problems I have incurred on facebook. :)
Stay tuned folks... :)
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Spring Break Epiphanies
Things I have learned over spring break:
- Having no internet at home sucks. (I am writing this at my sister's house)
- I text A LOT. My inbox holds 300 messages and I have had to empty it, who knows how many times.
- Too many red heads in the same room is a bad idea.
- My grandma has been loosing at hide and seeks, this saddens me greatly because she is a beast.
- Late at night, the noises that come from my kitchen scare me.
- I love being at home, and being with my family but not having my own room and sleeping on the couch every night is not my idea of fun.... or comfortable.
- I have apparently lost my ability to stay up until 2 every night.
- Finishing my resume has been harder than I had anticipated.
- I am loving the fact that certain relationships in my life are slowly getting back to normal. :)
- I think my grandma likes to insert big smarty pants words into conversation every chance she gets.
- Nothing makes me more happy than when I can be in the same room and house as my sister and brother
- I have an intense addiction to chapstick.
- My new glasses actually make me look like I am 22.
- I don't have anything else new that I have learned, other than I dont like to end things on an odd number
Friday, March 11, 2011
Woes of the Graduating Senior
Its 2 am Friday morning, and I am currently sitting on top of a washing machine in the basement of Whitfield waiting for laundry to finish so I can start to pack for spring break. But I doubt this is going to be an ordinary stress free spring break. For the first time in a number of years, my mom and brother are on spring break the same time I am so I am actually going to be able to get to spend some quality family time. One thing that I am going to hate when spring break is over... is that my deadlines are all going to be closing in on me... and then graduation will become feasible. I titled this blog entry the woes of a graduating senior, but I have not gotten to that part yet. I think part of it is because as soon as I start to write about it... all the stress that left me for 2.5 will all be creeping back in. So here I go... letting loose of all the woes and troubles coming my way from now until May 7th.
1. Finding a job. This scares me half to death, I have been "looking" for awhile but have not submitted my resume yet. My initial goal was to have my resume completed and ready to send out to various businesses, newspapers and schools hoping and praying that someone will like what they see, give me an interview and then hire me. But I have not even gotten that far. I am still working on my resume, and that thing is more daunting and scary than I thought it would be. I am afraid that I will either have too much information, or not enough. And this is a major fear of mine because as I would like to a journalist or an editor, all of my experience comes from working within the theater. I have at least decided that I am not going to be spreading myself thin, I am going to cover all bases and go anywhere I am qualified with my English degree.
2. Job vs. Summer Internship. This has become a recent thought and something that I need to seriously pray about. For one thing, I don't have the necessary experience working in a newsroom being either a reporter or editor that I would like to have, and a summer internship would give me this experience. Another issue that I have is whether I not I should look for an internship at a newspaper, or if I should look for one in the theater (where I have the most experience in).
3. Documentary. Last semester, my assignment, along with J. Gooch (or Goochie Hootchie as I so affectionately call him) was to film the production of "The Taffettas" from start to finish and the ultimate goal being a documentary. The idea sounded cool and all, but it quickly became a thorn in my side for many reasons. (One being that I had a total Negative Nancy attitude about it and the second being that I had no flipping idea what I was doing). Tonight was my first initial meeting with David Harrell, (our IT guy at school who will help guide us in the editing process) and during our meeting, we came up with our story board and then proceeded to view 17+ hours of footage, crammed into 3 hours. And to be honest, the more we worked and watched footage the more I became excited about this project. I think this was because David complimented me on all the wonderful USABLE footage that I got, as well as some good interviews. But here is the kicker with this project... its date for viewing by the WHOLE school is March 31st. We can get it done, and I am excited about it but its going to consume a lot of my time following spring break. This is also something that is going to look spectacular on my resume, and also I get to do voice overs. :)
4. Bids and Invitations. The same week that the documentary will debute, I will also have to deal with getting bids out to the pledges for Alpha Psi Omega, as well as the invitations for the Jimmy Awards. With these two things being so close together, I have to make sure that all the invitations and bids get addressed and sent out in a timely manner. And the day that bids go out is always a big and exciting day.
5. Pledge Meeting. Following the delivery of the bids, I, as president of Alpha Psi have to lead and direct the new little neophytes. This in and of itself requires butt loads of planning and preparation. What sucks about this is that its not something that I can delegate off to one of the council members, its a meeting that I have to conduct.
6. Rush Week. April 4-8 is my favorite, but also my most hated week. Rush will be from 8-6 and its always real time consuming for me because not only am I doing the duties of a member, I also am planning other events behind the scenes.
7. Pledge Night. April 11th. The most stressful day ever. I have to make sure that tests get distributed, our ceremony goes off without a hitch, everyone knows what they are to do, and to make sure that there are no problems with the reception. Its also my favorite because its the night that the neophytes find out whether or not they get to become Alpha Psi members or not.
8. Jimmy Awards. April 14th. Right after finishing with rush week and pledge night, I have to make sure that everything is done and completed for the restaurant as well as on our end. I have to make sure that I have everyone's corrected food order, seating arrangements done, favors, and many more things. This night will be emotional, not only because its my last one, but I also have to deliver my farewell speech as out-going Alpha Psi president (of which I have served for 2 years, but also the end of being a council member since I have been on council since I was a sophomore), induct the new president, but the kicker is that this is the year that I receive my senior plaque. This is one thing that I have looked forward to recieving since I was a freshman, but its the one thing that is going to make me cry like a little girl.
9. Preparation for finals and graduation. I have no words other than I am not ready to think about this yet.
10. Getting my soul back from Garrett. Sarah, CJ and I plan on going over to Garrett and writing our list of things (plays and roles) we have done in the BMC theater since our time there. This is going to be one very bittersweet moment. I have lived in Garrett since my freshmen year (figuratively, not literally) and when I sign the wall, I will finally have my soul back. Its going to be a bittersweet day.
So as it stands, I have a full plate of things coming up and its slowly killing me. I have decided that next year's Alpha Psi president has no idea what they have gotten themselves into, and I hope they can become fast friends with stress because its the driving force behind everything. I am excited about everything, but at the same time its all very bittersweet... this is when reality of leaving Blue Mountain really starts to set in. I am ready to face it.
1. Finding a job. This scares me half to death, I have been "looking" for awhile but have not submitted my resume yet. My initial goal was to have my resume completed and ready to send out to various businesses, newspapers and schools hoping and praying that someone will like what they see, give me an interview and then hire me. But I have not even gotten that far. I am still working on my resume, and that thing is more daunting and scary than I thought it would be. I am afraid that I will either have too much information, or not enough. And this is a major fear of mine because as I would like to a journalist or an editor, all of my experience comes from working within the theater. I have at least decided that I am not going to be spreading myself thin, I am going to cover all bases and go anywhere I am qualified with my English degree.
2. Job vs. Summer Internship. This has become a recent thought and something that I need to seriously pray about. For one thing, I don't have the necessary experience working in a newsroom being either a reporter or editor that I would like to have, and a summer internship would give me this experience. Another issue that I have is whether I not I should look for an internship at a newspaper, or if I should look for one in the theater (where I have the most experience in).
3. Documentary. Last semester, my assignment, along with J. Gooch (or Goochie Hootchie as I so affectionately call him) was to film the production of "The Taffettas" from start to finish and the ultimate goal being a documentary. The idea sounded cool and all, but it quickly became a thorn in my side for many reasons. (One being that I had a total Negative Nancy attitude about it and the second being that I had no flipping idea what I was doing). Tonight was my first initial meeting with David Harrell, (our IT guy at school who will help guide us in the editing process) and during our meeting, we came up with our story board and then proceeded to view 17+ hours of footage, crammed into 3 hours. And to be honest, the more we worked and watched footage the more I became excited about this project. I think this was because David complimented me on all the wonderful USABLE footage that I got, as well as some good interviews. But here is the kicker with this project... its date for viewing by the WHOLE school is March 31st. We can get it done, and I am excited about it but its going to consume a lot of my time following spring break. This is also something that is going to look spectacular on my resume, and also I get to do voice overs. :)
4. Bids and Invitations. The same week that the documentary will debute, I will also have to deal with getting bids out to the pledges for Alpha Psi Omega, as well as the invitations for the Jimmy Awards. With these two things being so close together, I have to make sure that all the invitations and bids get addressed and sent out in a timely manner. And the day that bids go out is always a big and exciting day.
5. Pledge Meeting. Following the delivery of the bids, I, as president of Alpha Psi have to lead and direct the new little neophytes. This in and of itself requires butt loads of planning and preparation. What sucks about this is that its not something that I can delegate off to one of the council members, its a meeting that I have to conduct.
6. Rush Week. April 4-8 is my favorite, but also my most hated week. Rush will be from 8-6 and its always real time consuming for me because not only am I doing the duties of a member, I also am planning other events behind the scenes.
7. Pledge Night. April 11th. The most stressful day ever. I have to make sure that tests get distributed, our ceremony goes off without a hitch, everyone knows what they are to do, and to make sure that there are no problems with the reception. Its also my favorite because its the night that the neophytes find out whether or not they get to become Alpha Psi members or not.
8. Jimmy Awards. April 14th. Right after finishing with rush week and pledge night, I have to make sure that everything is done and completed for the restaurant as well as on our end. I have to make sure that I have everyone's corrected food order, seating arrangements done, favors, and many more things. This night will be emotional, not only because its my last one, but I also have to deliver my farewell speech as out-going Alpha Psi president (of which I have served for 2 years, but also the end of being a council member since I have been on council since I was a sophomore), induct the new president, but the kicker is that this is the year that I receive my senior plaque. This is one thing that I have looked forward to recieving since I was a freshman, but its the one thing that is going to make me cry like a little girl.
9. Preparation for finals and graduation. I have no words other than I am not ready to think about this yet.
10. Getting my soul back from Garrett. Sarah, CJ and I plan on going over to Garrett and writing our list of things (plays and roles) we have done in the BMC theater since our time there. This is going to be one very bittersweet moment. I have lived in Garrett since my freshmen year (figuratively, not literally) and when I sign the wall, I will finally have my soul back. Its going to be a bittersweet day.
So as it stands, I have a full plate of things coming up and its slowly killing me. I have decided that next year's Alpha Psi president has no idea what they have gotten themselves into, and I hope they can become fast friends with stress because its the driving force behind everything. I am excited about everything, but at the same time its all very bittersweet... this is when reality of leaving Blue Mountain really starts to set in. I am ready to face it.
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