Weird In Between Gray Area

So, since I was 5, I've always been in a grade, and now that I've graduated High School, I'm not... and it feels weird. It's like some in between gray area, it feels somehow very ominous.... Anyway, I'm so very happy to be done with school!!! It's absolutely wonderful! I've been busy with that whole 'graduating' thing, and now it's over and I find myself not knowing what to do with my life right now... BUT, I am getting extremely excited to go to Disney now! I got my plane ticket, and I have my roommates, and Nichele has even been so kind as to offer to pick me up from the airport and let me stay with her and her mother for the night before going to check in! :D (THANKS AGAIN, LOVE!) So, I'm going to begin cleaning out my stuff and packing, which I will update you all on, but for the next few days, I'm just going to enjoy the summer! I'm glad that I have something so awesome to look forward to, but I'm glad that I get to have a nice 'last summer' with all my friends first. I can't wait to meet you everybody and make more new friends! :)

11 dayssss...

As my last school year winds down (11 days left!) I can't help getting more and more excited about going to Disney!! WOOT WOOT! I don't really have anything else to say except, good luck to everyone with getting all their stuff together for the Program!!! :)

Shipping

Hi! So, getting ready for this is going to be crazy!! I'm flying down, so I can't take everything with me all at once. I'm going to have to ship a lot of my stuff down. Which I'm reaaally not looking forward to. It's going to be crazy figuring out what I need to bring and what needs to be shipped. Argh! But, eh... it's not all bad, I'm only packing to do the most awesome thing ever. So, yeah.
Also, I have my (hopefully) roommates! We're going to stand together and hope for a three bedroom in... somewhere. I don't really care all that much :) I'm very glad about that, because I was really scared I would get horrible roommates. But, now I'm not. Yippie! Anyway, I didn't really have much to say, I just wanted to get into the regular blogging thing. Because once I actually start working I hope to do this at least every few days. :)

EPIC QUOTE TIME:
Oh, the sound of rolling dice to me is music in the air,
'cause I'm a gambling Boogie Man, although I don't play fair.
It's much more fun, I must confess, with lives on the line.
Not mine, of course, but yours, old boy,
now, that'll be just fine.
-Nightmare Before Christmas

Hello World!

So, with little to talk about I thought I would get kinda deep this post, as others have been doing lately. Give y'all a little insight into my life, get to know me a little better. :) And the best way I can think of doing that is to give a really long answer to this question:

Why are you doing this?

My whole life I had this one basic plan for myself, go to school, work hard; get into a good college, work hard; get a good job that I liked, start a family, be happy. But, to be honest... I didn't work as hard as I hoped I would, and I was not happy with the grades that I got. I couldn't get into the colleges I wanted to. But when I thought about it, I realized that I didn't even know what college I ever wanted to go to, because I had (and still have) no Idea what I want to do with my life! Not knowing where I wanted to go or what I wanted to do had me procrastinating on applying to colleges, and eventually I realized that I just wasn't ready to make that decision yet. Luckily, I have the most wonderful parents, who understood what I was saying, and let me make the decision I needed to. I decided I was going to take a year off. That lifted such a great weight of my shoulders I can't tell you how wonderful I felt, but I still didn't know what I was going to do during my year off. I was talking to my friend about what I was going to do (probably get a job around town and work for a while) when she mentioned that I should go work at Disney. I didn't really think much of it, and I thought she was joking, but she sent me the link to the E-presentation. And it opened up a whole new world to me. Obviously, I applied immediately because I wanted to do this so badly! But, while waiting for an email about the web interview, I mentioned to some people that I had applied to the program, and most of them seemed wary about it... this got me thinking that maybe I was to rash in my decision and it really wasn't right for me. This got me thinking... I've been going to school with basically the same people since kindergarten, I've been confined in this social bubble, and I hate it! I want to get out, get TOTALLY out, I want to take the boundries of my comfort zone and blow them up. I want to experience something totally foreign and terrifying. Because that's what I need right now.

Knowing that I'm going to do this makes it seem like all the mistakes that I made, ultimately brought me here, and I think that it was all worth it. Working in the entertainment field might be what I want to do with the rest of my life, and this is the perfect way to get started!

EPIC QUOTE TIME:
Mater: You know, I once knew this girl Doreen. Good-looking girl. Looked just like a Jaguar, only she was a truck! You know, I used to crash into her just so I could speak to her.
Lightning McQueen: What... are you talking about?
Mater: I dunno.

oops...

I am not dead. I am alive and well :) I'm so sorry that I haven't blogged in forever! I've been insanely busy. The quarter was ending and... well... my english grade wasn't what you would call 'good' so, I had to do TONS of work to fix that. (haha, I've been lazy) ANYWAY, everything is done and fourth quarter is starting and everyone knows that fourth quarter is suuuper easy and relaxed :) (It had better be!) So I'll be back to regular blogging, awesome, right? Shut up, I know you're just pretending you aren't exited. What? My blogs weren't the highlight of your week? Well, then! Haha, I'm just kidding, I know you think I'm fabulous. ;) Fabulous is a fun word. It makes me think of sparkles. 

EPIC QUOTE TIME:

I want fabulous,
That is my simple request,
All things fabulous,
Bigger and better and best,
I need something inspiring to help me get along,
I need a little fabulous is that so wrong?

-High School Musical 2

Got my response...

So, yesterday... kind of a crappy day, it was icky outside, and it was Monday, and Maine lost the hockey finals in overtime at an amazing game the day before, and I just wanted to sleep. Then I had to walk home in the rain, which wasn't that bad, because I live less than a 10 min walk away from school, but it was cold and wet. I went to my mailbox to grab the mail, and I see a large envelope, with MICKEY MOUSE ON IT OHMYGAWD. I ran to my house, quickly opened the door, and tore open the package, there on my counter sat the most beautiful thing I'm pretty sure I have ever seen... a golden folder that shone with the awesomeness of an experience I knew would change my life. Yeah, baby yeah, I got accepted!!!!!!
I'M GOING TO DISNEY! I'm arriving September 1st! I can't waitttt! Now that I know I got in I will definitely be blogging more often, and I will update you on absolutely everything! Not really, wouldn't it get annoying if I made a blog post about my shopping experience to buy shorts and stuff? Anywhoo, I have to go to my school for a chamber choir concert, and I'm sick, haha won't that sound AMAZING. So, hopefully later I'll make a blog about something supah fun!
Also, sorry I didn't make a blog when I said I would! :P I'm a bad person... I know.
And, to Hayle, I'm very very sorry you didn't get in, although this may sound a little selfish, I'm upset you didn't get in a lot because I feel like I've been deprived of what could have been an absolutely amazing friendship. Keep your head up, and I promise I will keep you updated on everthing!! :)

Busy

I have been so insanely busy for the last few days! 2 hockey games (Maine won both!! Going to Boston to see if we get into the finals!), and a swim banquet. That doesn't actually sound like a lot, but add school, homework, friends, family, and grocery shopping and you've got yourself a buisy gal. So I haven't been blogging, and I feel very bad. It's too late to do a blog tonight, but I PROMISE to do an awesome blog tomorrow that I'll at least prepare for a little :)
EPIC QUOTE TIME:
Uncle Martin: Martians use 100% of their brain while humans only use 10%.
Tim O'Hara: No, we're smarter than that.
Uncle Martin: Your astronauts pee in their spacesuits. Case closed.

My favorite Martian, Awesome movie.

uhhhh

I haven't made a blog in a while, so I thought I should. I don't have anything to blog about though, so this really isn't going to be long, just wanted to say hi., how are you? Good. A little less than 5 weeks of a wait now. Woooooo.... yeah. I really like pizza, and I know this is weird, but I don't like that much cheese, and I like a lot of sauce. Mmmmm :)
Epic Quote Time:
Queen: Take her far into the forest. Find some secluded glade where she can pick wildflowers.
Huntsman: Yes, Your Majesty.
Queen: And there, my faithful huntsman, you will kill her!
Huntsman: But Your Majesty! The little princess!...
Queen: Silence! You know the penalty if you fail.
Huntsman: Yes, your Majesty.
Queen: But to make doubly sure you do not fail, bring back her heart in this.

shiiiivers! Snow White and the Seven Dwarves. :)

Bonjour!

Je n'aime pas parler francais. ( I don't like speaking french) So, I'm not going to. Anyway, like I said, questionssssss:

Quick! What is your mothers maiden name?
... Cooley

Good, good. What is your favorite food?
Taylor likes watermelon yum yum.

What do you think of roller coasters?
I LOVE ROLLER COASTERS! They're so relaxing. :)

Do you cook? What?
I do cook, but mostly desert, because desert is the best part.

Have you ever dyed your hair?
Yeah, once, and I got highlights a while ago. I didn't really like them all that much so I'm letting them grow out. But I dyed a strip of my hair red for swim :0 and it's still there. I kinda like it, it makes me feel tough, it's like "yeah.. don't mess with me, I dyed my hair red foo!"

Chocolate? CHOCOLATE? CHOCOLATE!!!!
Peanut M&M's, my favorite.

License?
Yes.

Favorite Kind of movie:
Sci Fi and Disney :)

What TV shows do you like?
Doctor Who, House, CSI, Merlin... others, I can't think of them.

How is a raven like a writing desk?
Je ne sais pas.

Are you weirded out by the randomness of these questions?
Yes, whoever wrote these is crazy.

What is your most prized possession?
My laptop, I'm addicted to the computer.

Are you reading any books right now?
Yes, Sherlock Holmes. I saw the movie and felt guilty for not reading the books, so I did, and they are AWESOME.

What is the one thing you are most proud of (Don't be modest now!)
Captain of the swim team. :)

Are you upset that this is the last question?
Yes

Tell me one interesting fact about you. (Ha! I said it was the last question, this is a statement)
There is really nothing interesting to tell about me... One of my distant cousins dated Jude Law. wooo, exciting. (Also, apparently for the whole life of this blog, I've been spelling 'exciting' as 'exiting' My bad, and I've been saying it a lot because... I'm excited.

I really like the 'epic quote' thing, (even though I'm kinda stealing it from Haley, FORGIVE ME!) so, I'm going to do it again:
Ronnie "Sunshine" Bass: I can't make that pitch Coach.
Coach Boone: Yes you can. When I was fifteen years old I lost my mother and my father in the same month Ronnie, same month. 12 brothers and sisters I was the youngest one of them, now I wasn't ready either, but they needed me. Your team needs you tonight, you're the Coronel, you're going to command your troops! Twins right 48 zero read, *go!*
Coach Paul 'Doc' Hines: You have twelve brothers and sisters?
Coach Boone: Eight.
Coach Paul 'Doc' Hines: Yeah, twelve sounds better.
(Remember the Titans + Taylor = Love)

Until the next post, I bid you... Goodnight

Chinese Food

We got chinese for dinner, nothing special, right? WRONG! Chinese food is so delicious, and we never get it. Anyway, that's beside the point, I got a fortune cookie, and it read "You are heading for a land of sunshine" Florida? Am I going to Florida? To DISNEY??? I'm really not a believer in this sort of thing, but I don't care. I'm pretending it is a sign from the gods of Disney.It also said one of my lucky numbers was 18, and I'm turning 18 in 18 days! It also told me how to say "She is a teacher" in chinese, but I don't think that's relevant. Yup. Sorry I know I'm posting really late, but it's because I was outside like, all day! It was so nice out. It was 54 degrees at one point, I was outside in a T-shirt! 'Twas great. I SAW DUCKS! I named them Donald and Daisy. So you guys know what's a good movie? Natonal Treasure. I know pretty much every line in that movie. I tried to watch it today, but the DVD started skipping :( Haha, I'm blogging about nothing. Lets try to blog about something more relevant?
Here we go: Nope, can't think of anything. Wasn't this AWESOME like I promised. Don't deny it, you know this was absolutely the best thing that you have ever read.
EPIC QUOTE TIME:
Powell: [referring to the underground staircase] How do a bunch of guys with hand tools build all this?
Ben Gates: Same way they built the pyramids - and the Great Wall of China.
Riley Poole: Yeah... the aliens helped them.
Love. That. Movie. (National treasure... in case you haven't seen it. See it. NOW)
Note: For all of you who are blogging with me, I'm going to try to come up with another questionare thingy like I did earlier. So we can maybe have something of substance to blog, would you guys be in? Lemme know.
The End

I have no idea.

Hi guys! I feel bad because I haven't blogged for a while, but that's really because I have no idea what to blog about. Mostly because I don't want to get too into this, and blog about what I'm going to do when I get there and what I'm going to pack bla bla bla, and then find out I didn't get into the program... because that would just be not so great. I'm pretty sure I'm to anxious to care though, and I'll end up blogging about random thingies like that anyway. Sorry for the short and dissapointingly lame blog! I'll do something super cool tomorrow, promise.

Phone Interview!

Well, not exactly what I was expecting, but not bad. The interviewer just wasn't really responsive. That's ok! I think I did pretty darn good if I do say so myself :)
Literally right after the interview was over I was like "holy crap, I have to wait a long time for this... Fudge Muffins!" 4 weeks after today is the 31st, I can wait until then... If I'm Rumpelstiltskin and I sleep for a month! laksjfhie But for all of you out there who are waiting with me, think about this; four weeks is not a long time at all. We're all around 18 years old, we've been alive for nine hundred, thirty six weeks. 4 weeks is only .42% of our already lived years. Yeah, we got this.
Also, check this out. I'm pretty sure this could keep you buisy for four years:
http://www.stumbleupon.com/ Make an account, tell it your interests, and boom! four weeks just flew by.

'Ello Poppet

Ok, my phone interview is in two days, and I am getting more and more anxious by the second. I keep trying to prepare, but I'm just epic failing. I don't really know what to do, well I know what to do, but I usually over prepare for things, and this is something you really can't prepare for too much. So yeah, not working out so well.

I'm so amused, because everyone who is blogging about the Disney CS are doing what I would call "fidget blogging" (Including me), meaning we don't really know what to talk about, but this is keeping us distracted from thinking about waiting, so we're doing it anyway. Haha! I love it! On the topic of waiting, everyone is wondering when their packets are going to come, (if accepted) and I just wanted to let everyone know, that Disney very likely sends them all out in bulk, instead of individually, (like they did with the Email) so, we all, who are doing our phone interviews within the next week or so, will probably have to wait for our packets (... if we get in...) for the longest time. 4-5 weeks I would say... sorry! This would also account for why some people waited so long, and others waited very little. But on the upside, I'm ok with waiting, because my 18th birthday is on the 25th! So that will most likely keep me occupied for a while :) For anyone whose birthday is not near then... I'm very sorry.... I would suggest blogging, lots and lots of blogging. If you guys get your packets soon though, I'm sorry that I made you stress, <3

Also, I just watched Pirates of the Caribbean. Be jealous :)

Thoughts on Disney

Soooo, I found out about the program and I had a complete freak out. I was so exited and giddy, that I was tearing up and couldn't stop smiling. From that moment until now, my patience has been my enemy, because it seemed to run away and I just can't find it. In a futile attempt to keep me from having some sort of 'I can't wait any longer and now I'm going to explode' attack, I have occupied myself by learning more about the program, by googling, and youtubeing and now I'm going to talk about the things I have found out.

The thoughts that were racing through my mind when I discovered this Pot O' Gold (I don't know why I'm calling the program that either, but I like it. So DEAL.) went something like this... "Disney! I love Disney, Walt Disney World the theme park I would live there! I would work there, BUT I WOULD LIVE THERE AND I WOULD GO TO THE PARKS ON MY DAY OFF AND I WOULD BE LIVING IN MY FAVORITE PLACE IN THE WHOLE WORLD! The working thing, wasn't really what I thought about too much. I was aware that I was going to, and I was exited to work, but It wasn't really super prevalent in my mind, I was more thinking about the 'Disney, I'll be living there, I will be going to the parks every day, holy crap' aspect. As I did more research and simmered down a little bit, I learned that this isn't going to be easy work. Well, easy as in it doesn't take nearly as much brain power as school I suppose, but these days working will be long, and buisy, (and hot) and even though I know I will be the peppy, happy person that I always am and I will love my job, I'm sure that I will be very tired, and want to not work so much. Don't get me wrong! I'm very exited to work, I really am. I am so ready for this challenge! But, I know that it's not going to be anywhere to an equal work to play ratio.

Another thing that I found was that pretty much everyone who blogged or vlogged about the Pot O' Gold, said that many people weren't enjoying it at all, and that if you wanted to be successful that you had to realize that this experience is what you make it. Meaning (I think), that if you come into it with an understanding of what you are going to do, and you are exited and ready for the good and bad that lies ahead, you will have the experience of a lifetime. I also think that many people who were unhappy with what they got, were unhappy because they didn't know what they were getting into, (I don't actually think that, I know, because they said it in their videos and blogs. They also mentioned that many other people felt the same way as them.) I believe that they had the problem that I had, before I did all my obsessing. They didn't realize that this wasn't going to be similar to their trips to WDW. They got over exited about all the fun things that come with leaving home, like partying far far away from home with nobody to tell them what to do, and being completely independant, that they didn't realize that it wasn't going to be all fun.

For me, I (now) realize that, if I get in, this is going to be the most amazing thing I have done in my entire life, and that I will have an amazing time everyday. I've already made new friends just talking about possibly getting into the Pot O' Gold, and I can't imagine how great of a time I'm going to have!

Disney + Me

Well, it might seem like, from my previous post, that I kind of stumbled upon this program, and that I'm not a devoted Disney lover. Well, stumble upon it I did, but I really am such a Disney devotee!
When I was a little tyke, my favorite movie was The Little Mermaid, and I would watch it over and over and over. My sister's was Sleeping beauty, and she made me watch that over and over and over. Actually, I pretty much watched every Disney movie I owned over and over and over (except Bambi, that movie scared the crap out of me, and it still does. Don't ask me why). Who doesn't when their little? When Toy Story came along, it was the beginning to a beautiful obsession between me and everything Disney. I never have gotten over the awesomeness of that movie, or any Disney/Pixar movie since then. I love 'em all so much! I have Disney scene it, and I have not met anyone who can beat me at it. As I grew older, my love of Disney did not fade, and when my friends wanted to go see the new horror movie, I wanted to see Wall-E. I really don't know what I want to go to college for, but I've been thinking film lately, and what better way to explore that than to work at Disney? That's a trick question. There is no better way. Anyway, next post will be about my thoughts on the program, and what I've heard about other peoples experiences were and I'll blab about those too. :)

First Post!

Hey guys, bear with me as I try to understand this whole 'blogging' thing. It's new to me :) I will mostly be blogging about the Disney Careerstart program if you want to know more about it, check out disneycareerstart.com or if you want to talk to some awesome people about it, check out http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1695468. Also, note that I am a very sarcastic person, I am also very bad at sarcasm... so if something seems weird or mean it's most likely that I'm being sarcastic... yeah. So, I know a lot of us, who are applying for the program or maybe just a couple(?) are blogging now about this. Which is very exiting! I've been reading them and they are awesome! So I thought maybe we could all answer a few question thingys? Maybe? Well, I'm going to, and If you guys read this and want to as well... you should, and maybe add a few of your own? ANYWAY:

1. How did you find out about the careerstart program?
Well, I have been freaking out about college for pretty much my entire high school career, because I have NO idea what I want to study, what I want to do when I get out of college, or where I want to go, and one day while having dinner with my father, he suggested taking a year off. When I thought about that it was like a whole new world opened up for me and I knew that getting some work experience for a year would really help me understand what I want to do. That night while I was talking to my friend online about my new discovery, she said that I should work at Disney. "riiiiight, Disney. that's where I'll go to work..." I thought she was, like, so on drugs at that moment, but she sent me the link to the website, I watched the E-Presentation, did lots of research, and two days later, my application was faxed in.

2. (If you get in) What are some things that your not so exited for/extremely nervous about?
The Heat. I am from Maine, I love Maine. It's cold in Maine. I really can't stand the heat, I DO NOT LIKE IT. It's not like I've never been to hot places before, I've been to Florida tons of times, almost every year, once in the summer (that was death), but not for a long period of time. That's just something I know will be really tough for me, but I suppose I can get over it to work at the most awesome place in the world.
Being away from home. I love my family and friends, and I know I'm going to miss them like crazy, and be homesick sometimes. It's like an official closing to the first chapter of my life. But I also know that I'm ready to get away from home and start a new one, and I'm super exited! It's a horrible conflict of emotion. Terribly sad to say goodbye to your friends and the life you have known for 18 years, and the thrill of becoming a new person who is independant and making their own way, along with making new friends that I know will last a lifetime :D

3. What are some things you are very exited about?
Well, I'm exited for almost everything, but the things I'm most exited for, would have to be
Working. I've never had a real, paying job before, but I've always wanted one, and I know I would be a great worker, and I can't wait to make people's vacations magical, so I'm definately very exited for that!
People. Meeting new people and making new friends is something I love doing, and I already have through what I have done already! So I can't imagine how much fun I will have with everyone If I do this!
It's F-ing Disney. So, imagine that I've been working for a few days and now I have a day off. What to do? Sleep in a little and then... GO TO A WATER PARK! or.... GO ON SOME ROLLER COASTERS!... or SEE A SHOW! All for free. Yeah, that's exiting.

4. What is one little thing that you can't stop thinking about when you imagine doing the program?
Like I said earlier, I've been to florida a lot, and my favorite thing to do was to take evening walks. Where it was cool and warm at the same time, and you could smell the floridian air. It's so relaxing and wonderful. Last time I went to florida in October, we went to downtown Disney in the evening, and I can't express the magic that I felt. It was just amazing.

I am so sorry for the ridiculously long post. I'm very exited/nervous for my phone interview on the 3rd. :)