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Name: Becca
Location: Waco, Texas, United States
Birthday: 9/26/1986
Gender: Female
Interests: Taking naps at the Judge Baylor statue, poker for dares, the tree swings, talking in brackets and parentheses, I-dub...
Expertise: I am awesome at kicking ass...and cussing. So deal with it.
Industry: Entertainment
Message: message me
AIM:  StrumpetLobster
Member Since:
4/30/2005
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I hate crickets.
That is all.
--Becca | | |
| I have not posted anything in awhile.
We arrived in NYC on
January 13, and I love everything about it-- even when it feels like 10
degrees out. I love public transportation, the melding of cultures,
food, movies, nightlife, attractions, museums, work, everything.
So
far, I've tried three different cupcake places. Tonnie's is the best;
it's even better than Magnolia. Plus you can get two cupcakes for $2
with a student ID.
I've only gone to two of the many museums,
but plan on going to as many as possible. We hit up the Museum of the
Moving Image for class, and it was amazingly fun. They had fun
activities and a lot of costumes from the movie "Chicago." I went to
the Jewish Museum on one of my days off. It was really interesting, and
afterward, I had lunch with a cute little old Jewish lady.
The
food here is amazing. I normally don't cook. Instead of going out and
getting Whataburger, Wendy's, or Subway for a few bucks, I can go down
the street and get decent pizza or chicken shawarma. I was surprised to
find one place with sweet tea. However, unlike Bill Miller's and
Bush's, it was kind of expensive for not very much tea. I'll probably
have to go back in a month or so in order to satisfy my sweet tea
cravings.
I went to the Today show the other day. It was cold,
but I got paid $50 for promoting Pennsylvania by a PR firm one of the
other girls works for. I almost got to meet Al Roker, but the chance
slipped by. However, we're going back in a couple of weeks because we
made friends with the security guys, and they said they would hook us
up.
I've been watching a lot of Scrubs because my roommmate has every season on DVD.
I can't wait for Deathly Hallows!!
Work
is awesome. Sometimes it gets a little boring, but I also have time to
do homework. I like all of the people I work with. They're fun.
We
went to a bar the other day. It was neat because they also had a dance
floor, but it wasn't quite like a full out dance club. Their drink
prices weren't too bad either.
Yesterday, I witnessed the
nerdiest thing ever. The Landmark Sunshine showed Batman (1989, Tim
Burton) at midnight. We were (oddly enough), the first ones in line.
The guys behind us were the biggest nerds ever. My roommate was
surprised that when I started talking to them, they were able to talk
back competently. There were about six girls in the whole theater.
Before the film, I talked to the random Jewish boy next to me and his
friends. Most of his friends were drunk, and he was getting there. Oh,
and they were all wearing their yamakas. It was an interesting evening.
I
couldn't possibly write down everything I've done here, but I know that
I never want to leave. Unfortunately, I'll have to go back to Texas in
a few months until I graduate. Hopefully I'll be able to get a decent
job in NY and a nice little box to live in.
I'm happy the Colts won.
<3 Becca
PS: If you're close to the area, come visit me!
PPS: Send me things! I'll give you my address if you want. | | |
| One thing Incarnate Word taught me how to do particularly well is
procrastinate. Which is exactly why I’m writing this entry. I have a
paper due tomorrow for my U.S. History class over a novel. I read the
novel this weekend, and I’ve gotten the first paragraph of my paper
done.
I’m about to go into bitch-mode extreme because there’s
these two assholes studying in the library near me. I’m not saying
people shouldn’t study. Sure, you’re going to school for a reason.
However, I’m saying that you shouldn’t study audibly in a quiet study
area, especially when there are other people studying around you. When
I actually need to get work done, I need quiet. Seriously.
Another
reason I’m so cranky is because I haven’t had my caffeine yet. I forgot
to ask for my drink iced, and so I have to wait forever to drink it.
For
Post Production today, we had a speaker. It was nice-- he was funny, I
learned a lot about sound design/actually working in the film business,
and our projects were extended to Wednesday. That means I haven’t done
my project yet. Anyway, a few people got up during his talk, which made
me curious about the time. I looked at my phone, and saw that I had a
voicemail and a missed call from New York City.
I had a phone
interview last week with a woman from NBC. She was just the basic
internship coordinator and told me she would pass my information on to
relevant areas of the company.
A man from NBC Digital Media had
called and left me the message. He said he was interested in talking to
me, and so I returned his phone call. I basically had an impromptu
phone interview, and he said he would be calling back sometime in the
near future. I hope it’s soon because I hate waiting for these things.
In other exciting news, the St. Louis Cardinals won the World Series. It made me happy.
Oh, and when you wear short/tight dresses for Halloween, you get hit on hardcore. Ego boost, though. Seriously.
Anyway,
I guess I should get going on my paper because I also have to read for
Brit Lit and work on my project for Post Production.
<3 Becca | | |
| Well, I guess I'll start of my post like 80% of my friends: I haven't posted in forever.
Time
goes by in the strangest way when I'm at school. The days seem long,
but the weeks seem short, and I cannot believe it's October already,
and I'll be in New York in less than three months (89 days). I'll
probably start a countdown soon. I cannot wait to get there.
I've
been working on my internship applications and whatnot. I applied
online at NBC and heard back from them. We're supposed to be setting up
an interview sometime soon. I've also applied to a post house in NY,
but haven't heard back yet. I might try to work where my friend works
right now. I feel so grown-up though: writing my resume and talking
about interviews and jobs.
I had to get a new ID card today.
During my terrible Saturday last week, I learned that the magnetic
strip on my card did not work anymore. LAME. Since I forgot to do it
last week, I went today. Of course I picked today to remember. Since it
was raining this morning, I did nothing to my hair since it was just
going to get wet again. Well, my straightener died a couple of weeks
ago, so I couldn't do anything this afternoon to fix my hair at all.
Anyway, I had heard that if you still had your ID, you wouldn't be
charged for a new one. This is a lie. $12. Pssh. She did let me take a
new picture though. It's not the best, but it's not terrible either.
Pigskin
is this week. It's crazy. I decided to be in SING Alliance before I was
even in college. Don't ask me how I knew that I didn't want to be in a
sorority before I even experienced college life, but I did. It's
exciting that we've made it to Pigskin. My brother did SING for at
least two years and never made it.
Really though, I don't do too
much. I go to class (sometimes), do homework (sometimes), and hang out
with friends and sleep on the weekend, with homework on Sundays. Not
too exciting. Oh well.
<3 Becca | | |
| It's amazing how I can get almost no work accomplished during an
evening at the library. I only went in the first place because I had to
work on a ridiculously short group presentation...which lasted all of
about five minutes.
Instead of going deep into the library to my
"study spot" (the only place I ever get a lot of work done), I decided
unwisely to stay in the lobby. Therefore, I saw a ton of people I knew.
I also texted my friend John to see if he was at work (on the 3rd
floor), which he was, and visited with him for a bit.
This
afternoon, I didn't get anything done because I ran into a friend of
mine (at the library...again), but didn't feel like doing homework
there. We ended up talking for three and a half hours, and that was
nice.
I'm a social being by nature and love being back at school where I am surrounded by my peers constantly.
My
classes aren't going to be terribly difficult, save for the weeks when
papers and tests are due. Other than that, I should be ok.
<3 Becca | | |
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