Moving

Yesterday I moved back into my parent's house. Yay? Now I gotta re-pack EVERYTHING to get it ready for Disney. So I pretty much packed, unpacked, and now I gotta pack again. I'm kind of over packing already. And I can't really think of too much to say except that I hate packing, i'm exhausted past the point of exhaustion, and I feel more inspired than ever after the last week of theatrical experimentation that we did.
And this time next week i'll be in Florida.
The End.

Makeup Tips for the Ladies :)

*edit*
I realize that the layout on my blog cuts off some of the videos. I don't think it's a real big deal, I think you can still get the gist of the video.
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So some of us do enjoy playing with makeup. I'm definitely one of them. And I've been looking for ways to still wear makeup while at work or in class/traditions. I am a huge fan of Michelle Phan who is a makeup guru and this blog is probably going to be me plugging her videos and products.I moonlight as a makeup artist as well. :)

Using powder foundation is a better choice than liquid foundation. Powder doesn't melt :-).
There is one foundation I believe you should never ever ever use. ESPECIALLY if you're gonna be outside and hot. The Maybelline Dream Matte Mousse. I used this foundation once and i've never used it again. It's incredibly cakey and melts in hot weather. I hate this foundation...I would never recommend it. Revlon and Rimmel London make good foundations, the Loreal Paris True Match foundation is the best. :-)

The Disney Look requires that makeup not be distracting and all colors that are used must compliment the skin tone. Well what does that mean? It pretty much means that you can only use neutral colors. And coastalscents.com has a really great neutral eyeshadow palette that costs $25!
Here is a link to the actual palette where you can purchase it.
http://www.coastalscents.com/cfwebstore/index.cfm/product/1871_122/88-warm-palette.cfm
I am a huge fan of coastalscents.com also and I would recommend their products to anyone.

Eyeliner!!!
Eyeliner is a toughie for this. I'm not actually sure how far that you can push eyeliner thickness and length but I DO have a cool trick that makes it look like you're not wearing eyeliner at all! Before I get to that however I have a normal eyeliner tip without even using eyeliner. Get an eyeliner brush...they look like this...Get your hand on one of these. They range in prices from $3 for drugstore brands and $11 for brands like Sephora $20-26 for more expensive brands like MAC and NARS. Use a black eyeshadow instead of a black eyeliner pencil or liquid liner. The look is much less harsh and is easier to blend out harsh edges to make it look more natural.
Now onto my invisible eyeliner secret that really isn't a secret at all. Makeup artists everywhere use this trick to make models/actresses look completely natural while enhancing the look of their eyelashes. This trick makes your eyelashes look thicker, fuller, and longer.

Take an eyeliner pencil and line your upper waterline. This is the area right underneath your eyelashes. You can gently lift your eyelashes or look up at the ceiling to get into this area. It tickles too!
That's it! Easy!

Skin Care

Skin care is incredibly important. Makeup can only do so much. It's important to prevent now than having to cure later. Makeup also looks more natural when it is applied on a clean face. IQQUBeauty.com sells skin care products that I swear by. I personally think the Jasmine Rice Scrub is a must have.
The scrub helps even out your skin tone and I swear to god my skin has never felt better after using this. You can purchase it for $15 here....
http://iqqubeauty.com/int/index.php/products/jasmine-rice-scrub-coming-soon.html

If you have acne IQQU also sells an acne serum. Also all of these products are dermatologist recommended but not a lot of people seem to know about it. This company is like my secret weapon :)
You can purchase the acne serum for $25 here....
http://iqqubeauty.com/int/index.php/products/acne-serum-1.html

The sunscreen is awesome too and will come in handy in that Florida sun! The sunscreen is a dry formula which means that you can apply it over makeup during the day without smudging anything!
It also has SPF 35 and you can buy it for $25 here....
http://iqqubeauty.com/int/index.php/products/acne-serum-1.html
All IQQU products are cruelty free. They do not test on animals.

Tattoo Cover!!

Some of us have to cover tattoos. And I am one of them. Now, some people think they have to purchase expensive cover ups to cover tattoos. While these products do produce the best results I have found that drugstore brands can produce satisfactory results. I do recommend buying the cover ups by Dermablend, Kat Von D, Ben Nye, etc if you want the best results however.
You can't just rub a foundation onto a tattoo and expect it to disappear. It doesn't work like that. There is a process to it. Use a highly pigmented concealer (which would probably be from one of the brands I listed above. Ben Nye is the best :) ) And cover the darkest parts with that. DON'T rub the foundation in. Tap it on. Use your fingers or a sponge. Blend the harsh lines and extend the makeup OUTSIDE of the tattoo area so it blends into your skin. Use a translucent powder to set the makeup so it won't rub off.
I am a fan of MAC's powder which you can purchase for $22 here....
http://www.maccosmetics.com/product/spp.tmpl?CATEGORY_ID=CAT159&PRODUCT_ID=474

Another way to make a tattoo disappear is to purchase the specialized tattoo cover up products. I really recommend purchasing them from Ben Nye...
http://stageandtheatermakeup.com/bnnc.htm
Use a blue neutralizer first to conceal. It's not ACTUALLY blue. The undertones have blue hues to it. This will neutralize the black text/artwork of your tattoo. Any redness of the skin can be covered with a yellow neutralizer. All of these products can be purchased at the above website. Once neutralizer is applied use powder to set it. Then apply the tattoo cover foundation and powder again. I recommend scrolling down on the page to the part with palettes and color wheels and purchasing from that section.
Here is a fairly decent video that shows multiple ways to cover tattoos.




Natural Faces :-)

Now i'm gonna stop talking...kinda. And post some YouTube videos of some natural looking videos. These are not my videos, I am simply a fan passing on some tips.



Be careful with winging out the eyeliner. Since the wings do extend past the eye area they may not be within the Disney Look.



This video has a cool version of A Whole New World on it too!



and finally....a theme park tutorial!! This look is NOT within the Disney Look because of the eyeliner but if you forgo the eyeliner and do the other steps there are awesome tips to help make the makeup last during a hot day at a theme park. You can use the fun eyeliner on your day off :)



Wow this was long.
Snaps for you if you actually read all of this.

What I am MOST excited about experiencing.

These guys...


Dapper Dans! I wanna tap dance with them! :) I've been watching videos of them on youtube and I can't wait to experience them first hand. They look so fun! And they tap dance! <3

This show. I had originally hoped to be a part of this show but that's no longer a possibility since I didn't pass the audition. Hopefully it won't break my heart to go watch it.

And finally...

Need I say more?

School

So. I went through a bit of a rough patch with my school so I thought I would update with what exactly went down.
I was told that my school was going to contact me about my next steps after I accepted. Well a month went by....then two months...then two and a half months...at first I thought nothing of this and figured they didn't care so I didn't contact them. But finally I shot them an email and asked if there was anything I needed to do before I left for Disney and this is the reply that I got.
Sarah,

Your first step would be to call our office (618-650-3708) to get your resume critiqued and to have Co-op Orientation. When you call, you should ask for an appointment with Laci and she can do both of these in an hour appointment. You would then need a half hour appointment with me to cover everything that needs to be done at the University before leaving for Disney.

However, according to our records, you are a Senior who will be graduating in May. If this is the case, you will not be eligible to do the Disney College Program through our office. You will need to go on your own after graduation. If your grad date is an error, please update your profile with the Cougar Jobline to reflect your correct date.

SIUE does not offer credit for the classes offered at Disney. I am not aware of any possibility of transferring these credits in either.

So naturally this confused me. First of all why didn't they contact me with all this stuff I had to do when I was accepted 2 months ago?! I wasn't sure why they needed my resume or why they said I would be ineligible to attend through the school since all Disney required was that I was a student when I applied. I also am not graduating in May. They never updated their records. So I didn't call, I went in person and brought a friend with me because I felt I needed a witness. I met with this woman and she said that I needed to submit my resume for approval before I could leave for Disney. And that after August which is my new graduation date Disney would have to decide to keep me or not. WTF.
So I asked why and she said that since I wouldn't be a student my co-op would no longer be in effect and I would need to be kept on as a regular part timer. This didn't sound right to me. And it still doesn't sound right to me but I spoke to my recruiter and she set my mind at ease and told me I had nothing to worry about.
I then told her that my resume is a theatre resume and it probably doesn't look like any resume she's seen before and she said that it should be fine and to just bring it in for approval. They would put this resume in their system so people in my career field could access it and consider me for jobs. Which I saw as pointless because i'll be working at Disney. I won't be able to accept any other job. Also I'm pretty sure there are 0 theatre companies looking at the SIUE database for potential job candidates. We're not even on their radar.
So I brought in my resume and this other woman essentially laughed in my face at my resume format and my chosen career field. She said she couldn't approve it because it wasn't a resume. I fought her and said it was. It was a theatrical resume. She said I also needed my professors to approve it and I said that we had worked together for an entire semester creating and fine tuning it and she looked dumbfounded that any professor would approve such a thing. She said she couldn't approve it until it had my graduation date, GPA, skills (my skills had things like dance experience, laughing, instruments, sewing. She wanted my WPM which is actually 87, pretty impressive. Also Microsoft Office skills, I have none. I spent my whole life training in other things that are actually relevant), and to take off my stage roles and replace them with actual employment experience. I almost snapped at her. I told her that it was a terrible idea to put my graduation date on a resume because it ages me. It gives me a set age which will limit me, the theatre company decides how old I am. My GPA is completely irrelevant, they don't care. To a theatre company laughing is a legit skill. It's not easy to laugh convincingly on stage. She didn't care. She gave me resume templates and told me to follow these and to return tomorrow with a new resume. I left the office in tears. I had never had anyone treat me like that before. To look at my career and my resume and everything on it that I have worked my entire life to accomplish and say it's worthless....

I slave over this new resume until all hours of the night. And it's truly pathetic. I have never seen a more pathetic resume. It was cookie cutter, it was not impressive. It was a theatre resume with a year of work experience at Jimmy John's. Not relevant. At all. Not impressive on any resume really. But it's all I really had. I brought it in for my appointment and the other woman I spoke to before told me that they will go ahead and use my original resume. My jaw dropped. I could not believe that I had just gone through that humiliating experience and stayed up all night working on this new resume just to have them say forget it. So my original resume was uploaded and now I just need my training agreement from my recruiter. I don't know what that is, but I need it apparently.

This whole thing was way more complicated than it should've been. I cannot believe I had to go through that. I talked to a friend of mine who did the program a couple years ago at a different school and he was dumbfounded as well. He said he just said "Hey school, I'm doin this program" and they just said "Cool. Good luck. Have fun."

And after all this they're not giving me credit! Even though this co-op thing will keep me as a full time student there's still absolutely no, 0, zip credits involved.

Waiting Survival Guide

So now that a lot of us have been accepted and we're counting down the days til we arrive ( 51 days, 1232 hours, 73957 minutes, 4437434 seconds) at Disney I thought I would try to compile a list of things to occupy our minds so we don't go crazy.

1. School. As much as it may suck and drain the life out of you if you just immerse yourself into it time should go by faster.
2. Friends. You're not going to be seeing them for a while so get as much time with them as you can. Be social. Sitting in your room all the time isn't going to make time go by any faster.

3. Start working out. Chances are your job will have you on your feet and boosted stamina can't hurt. Plus you'll be on your way towards a bangin Florida body!

4. Learn to cook if you can't. Not only is there awesome self gratification over creating your own meals but you can make some really delicious dishes for really cheap. If you're concerned with saving money then consider making your meals vs. eating out every night.

5. Steal the Back to the Future car and jump forward 2 months. Easy solution :)

Chicago Auditions

First and foremost I want to say that they had a cut before the dance combo and animation. And I didn't make it through that.

Moving on.
Prior to the audition I saw Chicago with Abby and Allison and got some lunch. Once there we were measured and our photo was taken. I was really glad to have brought my headshot too because the camera they used didn't look like it took very good quality pictures. I measured in at 5'5" so I was pretty much screwed from the start.

We learned a very simple 2 eight counts of marching essentially and then they cut about...I would say close to 90-100 people from the 124 that were there. They brought us in a room and said "sorry but we are unable to offer you an entertainment position at the time. Sometimes it just comes down to fitting in the costume." So I didn't actually get to experience this awesomely fun audition i've heard so much about and that is what I was mostly disappointed over. I won't lie and say that I'm ok and not upset. But I've gone through this before, I've gone through similar cattle calls (and that's what this was) and had the same result and it's ok. I can move on. I saw something Jazmine posted on the group and it's true. That now I can make magic for guests and be able to take credit for it. Merchandise here I come.

You hear more people tell you no than yes in this business. And that just makes that "yes" so, so much sweeter. :D

Outburst

Auditions are on FRIDAY!!

That is all.

Woes

With everything great that's going on in my life lately there was bound to be something foul on the horizon.
And that is my parents telling me I shouldn't go to Disney. Well they can't change it. Which is why they said "shouldn't".
But to combat it I started painting again. And while I may not be the best painter in the world it's still something I enjoy doing. I'm currently painting a picture of Alice following the white rabbit in the rabbit hole. I like it a lot :)
I also have the amazing support of the D-Fam. Who I love already and can't wait to actually meet some of them in two months. I can't wait for August when all of us are together!
Short update. Cool.

Roommate Survey

I fail at blogging.
But here's a roommate survey!!

NAME: Sarah, Sar-Bear, Cici, Sarah Beth, McKenney. I'll answer to all of these.
HOMETOWN: Well. Tough question. I was born and raised in Germany for 12ish years, I've lived in England for 2, New Jersey for 5, and now I'm in podunk Illinois and i've been here for...almost 6 years.
MAJOR: Theatre and Dance with a specialization in Performance and all around awesomeness.
OTHER: Special skills include: Laughing, silliness, loyalty, sewing, singing, dancing, skipping, and kindness. :)

CP Vitals

ROLE AT DISNEY: Pimpin' Merchandise. Auditioning for Character Performer in Chicago.
ARRIVAL & DEPARTURE DATE: May 24/January....3?
FLYING IN OR DRIVING: Driving.

HOUSING STUFF

COMPLEX PREFERENCE: Pretty much set on Vista Way. I'm very social.

WELLNESS OR NONWELLNESS: Non-wellness

NUMBER OF ROOMS/ROOMMATES: I would like a 3 bedroom.

I COULD NOT LIVE WITH A ROOMMATE THAT: Leaves post-it notes everywhere dictating what I should be doing/not doing. If there's a problem talk to me. The post-it thing is sooo passive agressive. And yes this has happened to me multiple times. It pisses me off and makes me want to disobey them even more.

LIFESTYLE STUFF

DO YOU DRINK? Quite.

DO YOU SMOKE? I've been known to have a cigarette if I've been drinking heavily. But as far as day to day? No I don't smoke. So yes, socially. Yes and no....

DO YOU LIKE TO PARTY? Yes. Part of the reason why I chose Vista. That and I want a cheaper living area. But yes, count on me partying frequently. I do not like hosting though. So no worries there. I'd rather crawl back than have a messy apartment to clean the next day. And then there's no liability issues either. :)

MEDICAL CONDITIONS? None.

MESSY OR TIDY? Slightly cluttered. Mostly I'll just throw clothes around.

DO YOU LIKE TO COOK? Occasionally. I do make a mean turkey chili dip and chicken stir fry over noodles with soy sauce. It's delicious. Trust.

NIGHT PERSON OR MORNING PERSON? Night. It would probably be wise to not converse with me in mornings before i've showered/had a cup of coffee.

ROOMMATE STUFF

FAVORITE CHORE? I don't know how anyone has a "favorite" chore. But putting dishes into a dishwasher would probably be it. Easy.

LEAST FAVORITE CHORE? Hand washing dishes. Good thing we have a dishwasher right? And bathrooms.

DO YOU SNORE? No. I can't sleep if my roommate does either.

WHAT TIME DO YOU USUALLY GO TO BED? I almost never go to bed at the same time every night. For the most part it depends on what I have to do the next day.

WHAT TIME DO YOU WAKE UP ON FREE DAYS? Like..noon. hahaha. I like my sleep.

I PREFER TO SLEEP IN A ROOM THAT: Is dark and quiet.

PERSONALITY STUFF

THREE WORDS THAT DESCRIBE YOU: Adorable, trustworthy, hardworking.

ONE GOOD QUALITY: I don't blab things. "that's why her hair's so big it's full of secrets"

ONE BAD QUALITY: I can be extremely absent minded and forgetful at times.

FAVORITE FOOD: Spicy food. Really....really spicy food

5 FAVORITE BANDS/SINGERS: 1. Lady Gaga 2. Blondie 3. The Four Seasons 4. Carrie Underwood 5. Beyonce.

5 FAVORITE TV SHOWS: 1. Glee 2. Lost 3. Friends 4. Will and Grace 5. Jersey Shore

5 FAVORITE MOVIES: 1. Beauty and the Beast 2. Alice in Wonderland, 3. Shakespeare in Love 4. Mean Girls 5. Princess and the Frog

5 FAVORITE BOOKS: 1. Harry Potter 2. Water for Elephants 3. Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister 4. Wicked 5. Alice in Wonderland

HOBBIES: Pretty much anything involving creativity.

DISNEY STUFF

FAVORITE MOVIE: Beauty and the Beast

FAVORITE CHARACTER: uhhhhh....Belle or Alice

FAVORITE PRINCESS: Belle

FAVORITE VILLAIN: Maleficent

FAVORITE PARK: Magic Kindgom

FAVORITE RIDE: Teacups

FAVORITE SHOW: No memory of those...

FAVORITE RESORT: I've never stayed in a resort

FAVORITE RESTAURANT: Again don't know

HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU BEEN TO DISNEY? twice

WHAT ARE YOU MOST EXCITED ABOUT AT DISNEY? Living at Disney World!

Quick Update

I haven't had my computer over the past couple of days because a friend of mine gave me !!300!! viruses on my laptop. Yes. 300. And yes. I am furious with him. But no worries because I got it fixed FO FREE! My dad has 30 years of IT experience and he fixes my laptop whenever something goes wrong for freeee. Swell hookup there.
So now I have it back and it's good as new and I can stop using my itouch to get online now.
I plan on posting a charity themed blog because there are two charities that i'm incredibly passionate about and would like to get more people involved with them if possible.
Also this weekend I will be in Louisville, KY for the Humana Festival of New Plays. Pretty much a weekend of being submerged in theatre. So I may or may not be on my computer...if I decide to pack it at all...PACK! omgosh. I still have to pack!
I've been doing a lot of stretching and working out to get ready for the audition too. And just a florida body in general. A good thing though is I had my BMR calculated and it's super high. Basically I could lie in bed all day and still burn 1483.5 calories. I think that's pretty good.

Audition Tips

I thought I would create a blog for all of us going out to the Disney CP auditions! Being an actor myself I have gone on countless.....countless auditions so I think my advice matters in this case. :)

Tip #1:

Be there early! If check in is at 3 be there at 2! There is a saying in the business, "To be early is to be on time, to be on time is to be late, to be late is unacceptable!"
Getting there early gives you ample time to stretch, warm up, release some nerves. Warming up is CRUCIAL. Even if the combination we're learning is simple still stretch and warm up. You don't want anything to hold you back. If you get there closer to the start time you probably won't have as much time to do this as you will probably get thrown into the action immediately. Also if you get there early you have more time to meet other people. Personally for me, if I know people there i'm more willing to go big in my audition.

Tip #2:Dress comfortably. Dress like a dancer! Chances are those they push through the audition are the ones that look like dancers! I plan on wearing a leotard with a tee (to hide my tattoo), my dance shorts, tights, and nude jazz shoes. Leg warmers depending on my mood. Dancer clothes are form fitting so instructors can see the muscles and how they're moving so they can tell if they're moving correctly. If you're wearing sweat pants that's going to hide a lot of what you're doing. Don't wear baggy clothes. You may be comfortable. But at a dance audition you just come across as sloppy. Also don't wear a ton of makeup. Some foundation and concealer is ok just don't cake it on. And some neutral eyeshadows may be ok. But they want to see you. Not a caked on you.

Tip #3
SMILE! If you don't smile then it's pretty safe to assume you didn't pass the audition. This is Disney! You HAVE to smile! If you don't then it comes across as you don't care, are too tired, or you're bored. If you are any of these things then just don't show it. But try to have as much fun as possible. I know two guys who completely forgot a dance combination in an audition but they whipped out this crazy improv dance that really entertained the crowd and they were both cast. If you do forget something DO NOT let that smile drop from your face because the casting director's eyes will go right to you if you do.

Tip #4Be nice to all members of staff. Stage Managers, etc. If you are rude to these people they WILL go to the directors and you WILL NOT be cast. Don't put yourself in that position. Be kind and gracious to anybody. Even in a waiting area. You may be around a million people and not one of them may appear to be in uniform but if you are even just heard complaining about the wait, about the weather, about anything someone who matters could hear you and take that negativity to the director. So don't be negative, don't be rude, don't be stupid.

Tip #5
If you are cut don't hang around and mope. Don't beg and plead with them for a second chance. It may not be over for you. They simply have just seen all they need to see from you. If you cry and plead and beg with them that will send them over the fence and not take you. Nobody wants a drama queen. So in the event that you are cut or they ask you to leave simply smile and say thank you...and leave.

I hope this was informative! Feel free to ask me any other auditioning questions you may have!

Excitement

So I haven't updated in quite a while but i've been super super busy but now it's spring break!! And I have a wealth of free time not to mention a sickness....

cough.....sneeze....

So that means that I can probably write a blog with some meat in it......but what to talk about? hmmmmm........

I booked a room at the Holiday Inn Sunspree Resort for the night of May 23 so if you are also staying there that night I will be the pale white girl with bangs who just got off of 15 hours of driving. I may be cranky. So if I do meet you that night let me have a few cocktails before you judge me. :)
I looked at pictures of the hotel and it is probably the nicest hotel i've ever stayed at so that makes me excited. I do plan on getting breakfast in bed so I should come with plenty of $$$ for that. I've never had breakfast in bed before and this sounds like the perfect time to do it.
ALSO.
I plan on seeing Orlando when I get there. More importantly. I plan on eating at Friendly's ASAP. I used to eat there all the time when I lived in Jersey but they don't have any in Illinois/St. Louis. sadface.
BUT.
I'm not sure if i'll end up pulling off the highway as soon as I see one because I'm probably going to be super excited when I do.
OR.
Waiting until I check in at the hotel and possibly meeting a few people and THEN going to Friendly's with them. But I will definitely be hitting that place up as soon as possible. That's like my #1 thing to do when I get down there.
I just think it'd be fun to get a group of people the night before and see the city before we get sucked into Disney.

I also requested a few work locations for Merch and here they are!
#1: The Basin in DTD
I want this location SO BAD. I don't know what the chances are or if they even put CPs in this location but IWANTIT.!! ughhh. I love soaps and skin care products so much!
#2!!: Disney's Pin Traders
I know that there is the DTD location and some other like...carts? Correct me if i'm wrong. I think that would be a lot of fun. I used to collect disney stickers when I was a kid so pins is perfect! And they don't stick and leave residue either....
####Numero Tres: World of Disney
WOD would be so much fun I think. It's the biggest store right? I would love that. And i'm pretty sure the reason I got merch was because we talked about when I worked a seasonal job at Toys R Us during Christmas season in my interview so they know I can handle a ton of people talking to me at once. So my chances of being there are pretty good I think. Or maybe i'm just full of myself. Whoooo knows. I like toys though.
#Four4: Any store that sells costumes
I really want to work somewhere that sells Princess Dresses to be more specific. The thought of seeing little girls trying on and buying dresses of their favorite princess and seeing the look on their faces when they look in the mirror sounds like the best feeling in the world.
#FIVE: EPCOT location
Cause seriously...how cool would that be?

AUDITIONS
I audition in....20 days.
YES
so excited.
I plan on getting up there and staying with some friends of mine in Chicago. One of them is the director of a play and another is in that play so I plan on auditioning and then seeing their show. It should be good because I also haven't seen these people in 3 years. Reunion! I also have never been to Chicago. I technically have actually...but it was on a college visit in high school so I don't really count it. I didn't really get to see anything.

I also saw a midnight showing of Alice in Wonderland.
and i loved it.
so much.
I did not love however, the extreme lack of costumes and makeup. In fact me and my best friend who I saw it with were the only people to do makeup. And our looks were kind of tame too...we still got dirty looks from people. But really? Dirty looks? Did I offend? I don't think so...
Midnight Showing FAIL.
This was my first midnight showing of a movie too. Major letdown.

Formspring me!
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do it! I need blogging material clearly. I'd like to not have weeks in between blogs because I have nothing to talk about.

Day 6: Acceptance!

So I was accepted yesterday! Day 5! Yay! I was on campus when I pulled out my itouch to check my email and there it was. Sitting in my inbox. Of course I flipped out and freaked everyone around me. I was accepted for Merchandise for the Fall Advantage season and I leave 5/24/2010! I'm SO excited!! I plan to start vlogging once i get my purple folder in the mail too. Until my audition i'm not too sure what else I can really blog about...i'll find something.

Day 1-Thank You

1 day has passed since my interview.
And i received my thank you email. That was quick...and a lot of people on the group are being accepted in a matter of days. That is making me super anxious and now I am obsessively checking email. Jeezo.
The email said 3-4 weeks and to contact them after 4, so that's different from the 4-6 i've been hearing and I like that better.
My heart did skip a beat though when I saw my email inbox with an email from Disney.
The moon has looked like the Cheshire cat's smile the past two nights too. I'll take that as a good sign.

Formspring

I now have a formspring...thing. Not sure how it works...but I synced it up with my blog so ask me questions!
formspring.me/sarahmckenney

Post Phone Interview-Day 0

My interview was scheduled for 1:15 pm today and at 1:13 my phone rang. And yes I was sitting by the phone for the past hour waiting. I had Nancy as my interviewer. It started off with the basic questions to confirm my student status and then she asked me for my top roles. I said character performer, costuming, and attractions. She then asked me if I was ok with accepting QSFB..and I said yes. She then asked me questions about my performing experience and why I wanted to work at Disney. Then we chit chatted for about 10 minutes about my costuming experience and she asked me if I was ok with delivering long spiels for attractions. Which of course I am ok with. She invited me to the audition in Chicago and told me how that would go. Then a few roommate questions and some of my previous job experience questions. Followed by a couple criminal history questions and THIS is where my phone decided to drop the call. I wanted to cry. I freaked out. She called back and I apologized like 3 times and she was incredibly nice about it. She asked me if I had any questions and then my phone distorted her voice and dropped the call AGAIN. Seriously? This has never happened to me before and it would happen during this phone call of all phone calls. She called back again thank god and I asked her a few questions and then she told me I would be waiting around 4 weeks but that hopefully it would be less than that for me to find out. Which is good! The interview lasted almost exactly 30 minutes. And aside from the two mishaps it went really well and I feel ok about it. I'm just super stressing out about the dropped calls. And I have a long time to stress out about it. Luckily my show enters tech rehearsals tonight so I have that to take my mind off of this for the next 2 weeks. And maybe i'll even know by then.
Fingers crossed!
The wait begins!

SIUE you SUCK

So I went to the career center today and I asked them about getting credit for doing the DCP and they said that there was no credit for going. Ok, no biggie. So then I asked if there was credit if I took classes, there is none. Ok.....what? That's NOT ok....I'm only one credit short. I am NOT going to Disney and then coming back here for 1 credit...my plan is to go out there and STAY out there.

So I went to the chair of the department and asked him what my options were. He suggested an online class (I didn't even know we offered those!) or a Rehearsal and Performance class. Which is basically getting credit for being in a show. Since i've already taken R+P twice though it technically wouldn't count. But he said he would pull some strings so it would count. I'm so lucky the professors in this department care about getting their students out into the world...because the actual school sure doesn't.
Hung out with Mags (I miss her!! :( ) and talked to her about the program. She's applying for the SITI company's workshop (jealous!) and we should find out around the same time if we've been accepted into our respective programs.

And I DID get a cupcakery cupcake too. :) It's Raspberry Beret. yummy.

Day 5

Day 5 in the application process! I'm thinking of resetting the counter after my interview which is in 24 hours!! Just to more reflect the wait time. A bunch of people got accepted today and congrats to them all! Hopefully i'll be joining you in about 4-6 weeks! Today i'm going to pay a visit to the career development center and see if they can answer my questions about credit and graduating and what not. Maybe even grab a cupcake at the cupcakery because i'm feeling a little under the weather.
I've spent the last...almost week prepping for the interview and doing some research on Disney World since I haven't been there in 15 years! I"m sure lots has changed since then.
Hoping I get costuming. Hoping my experience gives me an edge.
Hoping more for character performer, but that's in march.

Walt Disney College Program Day 3

It is now Day 3 since I applied for the DCP and I have my phone interview on Wednesday. I wasn't sure if I wanted to start blogging before I got accepted because *gasp* what if i'm not accepted!?!? BUT I like to think that my chances are pretty frickin good! I'm totes Disney material! My top 4 roles are Character Performer, Costuming, Attractions, and Housekeeping. I plan on auditioning in Chicago on March 26th too. I may know by then if i'm accepted or not, and I may not know. Costuming seems like a pretty good shot though. I have 4 years of costuming experience. I worked as a dresser where we had to check costumed in/out, do laundry, dress people, and do minor repairs. So...i'm definitely qualified. AND i'm just a big ol' bundle of energy so the audition should be a piece of cake. I hear about the animation part and it just sounds like stuff I do in my acting classes everyday.

I hope I don't sound over confident. I'm just positive!!