Discovery Day

Discovery Day is one of the four park specific training you can receive while working at WDW.  Discovery Day (Epcot), Once Upon a Time is...Now! (Magic Kingdom, DAKlimation (Animal Kingdom), and On With the Show! (Hollywood Studios) are the four training classes.  

One day after Operations I had my scheduled Discovery Day class.  Out of all the parks, Epcot hasn't always been my favorite.  It has the feel of a more adult park because of the addition of World Showcase. Wow, have I been wrong this whole time (see post about Food and Wine).  Discovery Day was a day of new experiences, new information and memories, and definitely some new discoveries.  Epcot stands for Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow.  Epcot is all about learning and embracing cultures, and new technology while focusing on diversity, progression, and traditions.  

We met right outside the entrance to Cast Services and were taught how to clock in and enter the cheese grater as I like to call it.  You have 6 seconds to go through the turnstile otherwise you will be locked out for 15 minutes.  Not a good thing when you are running late!  We started our day in a classroom behind cast services.  This beginning segment started with a video that went back to the orginal storyteller and man behind Epcot, Walt.  In the fall of 1966 Walt put together a video pitch to the state of Florida for his new Disney World entitled the Florida Project.  During the time the video was made, Walt was ill and sadly died in December of that same year.  He never got to see his Disney World and Epcot plan through.  The Epcot was have today is vastly different from what was planned initially by Walt. 

Afterwards, we got to delve into the park!  Our group was so large that we split in half with two Discovery Day guides leading each group. Our leaders were very knowledgeable and quite nice.  We learned many Epcot facts and had some great jokes to boot! Now hear this, it was the beginning of August and that means the weather that day was around 90 degrees--IN THE SHADE.  We walked all around Future World starting with a group ride through Spaceship Earth (the attraction inside the big golf ball looking thingy for those of you who don't know).   Next was world showcase and you could tell that our group was feeling the heat.  I especially was not looking forward to a solid mile of walking with little to no shade.  Lo and behold, that was not to be the case.  The friendship boats came to our rescue!  Turns out that was the plan the entire time. These boats take you all along the pavilions on the man-made lake in the middle of World Showcase.  Many more facts about the countries were spewed at us and I remember very little because the entire time I was sending up prayers to the Disney gods for this unexpected bit of magic.  One fact I do remember is that Morocco, which was not a part of the original opening pavilions, was built with special instructions. The prince of Morocco sen over his personal architect to work with Disney in making sure the construction of the pavilion was authentic.  This is also why the pavilion does not have lights on it for Illuminations at night (see Illuminations post).  

There is a part of the tour that I have not discussed and I will not discuss because I swore to keep it a secret.  Legit.  We all had to raise our hands and repeat an oath searing to never ever share so help me Mickey.  You'll just have to work at Epcot to discover the special moment! All I will say is that was the first time I cried in a Disney park while down here.  I felt very welcomed and at home.

At the end of Discovery Day is when you find out your assigned location (attraction, merch, qsfb etc).  I already knew where I was being placed because I looked it up on the HUB previously. I received my schedule to train at the Sum of All Thrills (SOAT).  There will be a whole post dedicated to it, but in short the ride is a virtual rollercoaster type simulator that you create from scratch.  It also incorporates some math and science into the design process.  Hurray for rudimentary equations and middle school math! 

TRADITION.... Tradition! Aaaaaaand a little thing called Operations

First off....

IM SORRY.  I said I wouldn't fall into the Sarlac pit of despair that all DCP blogs do because we get so busy and I did the exact thing I said I would.   SHAME SHAME SHAME ON ME.
I guess you probably don't want to here my excuse that my computer is broken so I haven't had access to a working laptop since October....it's still the truth.

Alrighty.  I'm going to dig deep into the recesses of my brain to try and recall all the details that I can, so I can attempt to salvage this sad little corner of the internet.  I want to help others who are interested in the DCP.

After the Housing meeting, I had a day off to just lounge around and get things sorted.  Still couldn't play in the parks because I hadn't had my "Traditions" class yet.  I feel like during the beginning of your program, it's similar to the beginning of college. Everyone asks the basic questions: "Where are you from?"  "What is your role?"  "What park are you working in?" "When is your Traditions class?"  That last one is SUPER important and can make or break new friendships. Once you get that blue card, the parks are your playground.  People were already making plans to meet up with strangers friends to explore Walt Disney World.

Finally after what seemed like an eternity, but was really only less than 24 hours, Traditions arrived.  There were two Traditions groups over the span of several days.  One was in the morning and the other the afternoon. I was fortunate enough to have the morning class, which meant after we were finished we could hit up the parks!  WOO-HOO. I won't give away any spoilers and if you really want to find out what happens you can honestly just troll the internet, but Traditions was magical. (Did someone say something about a trip through the utilidoors??) This training is given to every single new employee from CPS to executives.  It's about why Disney does things the way they do.  You get your nice nametag and blue company ID.

Operations training for me was two days after.  It was pretttttttty boring. Consisted of lots of videos on safety and a deeper explanation of the roles within Park Operations (including attractions, vacation planner, custodial, main entrance ops, and parking.  Did I mention the A/C was broken in Disney University that day? The temperature was around 80 or so in the building.  We were thankfully allowed to remove our blazers and cardigans even if that put us in non-Disney look because they didn't want us passing out.

What fun.

Don't forget that it all started with a mouse.

Whew.  I feel like I have neglected my blogging duties.  Guilty as charged.

Ok I apologize because this post will be short (by short I mean lacking) pictures and funny captions, just because I'm exhausted and need to get some much needed zzzzz's after these long work shifts I've been having.  I vow to not fall into the CP trap of starting a blog and then not posting for months because of my work schedule.  These next few days will be a catch up of what has been happening for the past two weeks!

ALRIGHT HERE GOES.  On August 4th, I moved into Chatham apartments with my 6 other roomies for the program.  We still have a missing girl, which we think is our linked roomie who had to change her move-in date super last minute.  Check-in was very organized and super efficient and me and my roommate (Jessica!) didn't have to wait long at all!  After the initial queue line and getting our program guides we were led into a semi-(I'm stressing the word semi) air conditioned room where we received our assignment and work location as well as housing selection.  I will be/am working at DRUMROLL....EPCOT!  At Innoventions as a host/hostess for the Sum of All Thrills ride.  It's similar to the Downtown Disney roller coaster simulator with the only difference being that the ride operates with robotic arms instead of a rolling centrifuge.  More on that later.  

After the big housing room we were shuffled outside to learn a little more about the first few days here and find out our schedules for drug testing and the housing meeting.  I had casting right at 9 so there wasn't much of a turnaround for me in that regard.

The Casting building is right next door to DTD (Downtown Disney).  Yes, I will be abbreviating.  Disney loves abbreviations.  Kapiche?  The bus to casting was filled with corny jokes and some Disney trivia--Holla to winning a DCP pin merely hours after checking in.  Once there we waited in more lines with more paperwork and documents to sign.  I may have pulled a little mermaid and signed away my voice/soul.  BUT WHO CARES CAUSE IT'S DISNEY.  <---I may regret that statement.  After casting I headed back to Chatham where the 'rents had oh so graciously unpacked all my things.  I met all the roomies--Jessica, Crystal, Julie', Annie, Kristen, and Barbara.  We all seem to get along just fine as of now, which is comforting. I dislike drama and hate confrontation.

Fast forward to the next day.  Tuesday August 5th.  I had my drug testing and housing meeting back to back. In order to be fully prepared I chugged two water bottles 30 minutes before heading over and then had to wait 30 more minutes until they called my name.  Big.  Mistake.  I thought I wasn't going to make it.  The absolute torture.

Personally, I loved the housing meeting.  It was corny and cheesy and highly dramatized CP living, but it had that personal Disney spark of magic that made everything seem so believable and realistic.  I know that my program won't be glamorous or as easy/breezy as everyone in the housing videos.  I fully understand that my program is a job.

Alright, those are the first few days out of the way.  I think I'm going to pass out now.  I'm catching a little bit of a cold/allergies from being down here and I need all the rest I can get.  I have my job assessment tomorrow.  Like I said before, I'm a little behind on posting these so by the end of next week, I should be in current time.

Let me know if you have any in-depth housing/move in questions!  Always happy to lend a helping hand.

-Faith, Trust, and Pixie Dust*

Some things are meant to be...

Summer brings many things.  Graduation, new jobs, love, loss, and new found friends.

I've debated whether or not to write this post several times over the past few days because I don't want this blog to involve my own personal issues, but so many times I have been persuaded to keep a journal or to write down my feelings and this post will be therapeutic for me.

The best way to appreciate something is to be without it for a while.

This past semester has not been the easiest for me.  While Disney has been a boon for me, you could say that the rest of my semester has been a craps game.  Unfortunately I wasn't able to graduate from college in time and therefore missed walking the stage with the rest of my class.  I'm certainly not going to bore you all with details so the short of it is after months of being unhappy, I can finally say that I'm on my way towards becoming back to normal.  Or at least something next to normal.  To be honest, I haven't seen normal upwards of 4 years.  So in summary, after boy drama, grades, and health issues I am finally able to let all my anxieties and stress go in preparation for my trip down to Orlando.

I've got my summer job to thank for helping me through this entire process.  In a past post, I think I may have detailed my job at VSA (Vanderbilt Summer Academy)  Well, I came back this year and let me tell you...IT WAS 100X BETTER.   The entire ResLife Staff was so welcoming and understanding of all of my troubles.  It was surreal to be surrounding by such funny, witty, happy human beings that it kinda wore off on me.  Tbh:  it wore off on me a lot. For the first time in forever (yup, I went there) I didn't stay up all night wondering 'what if'.  I don't think that this group of people will ever fully grasp what they have done for me this summer.  I am eternally grateful.

On a MUCH lighter note,
Here's a bit of what I have been doing this summer in picture form!

Needless to say, I've been having the time of my life and within a few days I'll be traveling down to the most magical place on earth!  A post about housing and the entire DORMS process will be posted before the week is up!

I guess I should go back to packing now.  Le sigh.  

Nashville Character Performer Audtitions

So I'm a little late to the party with this post, but I'd like to share my experience with the performer auditions so that in the future, possible DCPers will be well informed about the process.

I don't have a car on campus (thanks Obama), but I was able to carpool to the location, which was approximately 15 minutes away.  The auditions were inside of a dance studio apply named DC Dance Factory. We immediately knew we were in the right place when the parking lot gave us a view of Mickey car toppers and decals.  We had arrived.

Upon entering we were encountered with a slew of different people.  You had the barely 18 year olds with their stage mothers giving them a pep talk, the true Disney fanatics with their personalized Ariel and Tiana regalia, the strange ones who were clearly not going to get in (based solely on the fact that they were not in the Disney look) and us.  It was like the segment in mean girls where they described every clique.  Needless to say I wasn't feeling plastic in this situation.

Ok, here's a little background on me.  I have never had technical dance experience.  I'm pretty sure my mom placed me in gymnastics when I was a weeeee toddler, but those skills have become nonexistent.  My athleticism stems from the infrequent bouts of tennis that I don't regularly play and walking across my big-ass campus.  I was hoping to pass through the first round of parade-type dancing and by general looks alone and then hope that they liked my animation and energy because I was totally going to tank when it got to the harder dance.

Alright, first things first.  We wait, and wait, and wait, and OH LOOK.....more waiting.  Disney Auditions aren't known for their punctuality.  Good thing I brought my laptop and book to read.  A little bit around 9:45 the crowd started to move, so we packed up our things and followed everybody into a large dance studio.  We had received no instructions so far, so we put our bags in the back and took a seat (semi-near the front right) of the studio.

After everyone had filed in and we had made some friends who were sitting near us (everyone is so darn friendly!) the two Disney recruiters began talking.  For the life of me, I can't remember what their names were.  Hers was something started with an M and his was Ken or Kurt or something.  Both had the Disney attitude and smile with a legacy with the company to boot!  They had been doing this kind of thing for yeaaaaaars.  We had some professionals on our hands.  First, the woman--let's call her Miranda--explained the process.  We were going to register our name, email, and program (the auditions were for the College Program and regular hire) on an iPad with Kurt/Ken and then Miranda was going to take our height.  I think this is a huge preliminary cut that takes place without our notice.  Disney has specific roles that need to be filled and they are very much based on height.  You can either be an inch or two too tall or a foot too short for what they have available.  I think the misconception is that Disney only takes beautiful/perfect/athletic girls and guys.  That is somewhat true, but a HUGE factor is what height you are.  Not all roles are available at one time and even though you are precisely the right height to be all of the Disney princesses and then some, that doesn't mean you will get cast.  I almost wish they would tell you immediately if there wasn't a role for you.

After waiting for about 30-45 minutes for all 148 of us to sign in, Kurt/Ken told us all to stand up and get ready to learn the first dance.  It's a very, VERY simple parade routine that I've never seen used at the parks haha.  It's basically a good feel for them to learn how your body moves and if you can keep the beat, how fast you can memorize a routine etc... It started with skipping, a couple pivot turns with hand motions, two grapevines and a spin to the ending formation.  For those of you who attended the auditions, I was able to find the song we danced to.  Seriously, after listening to it play for a good 30+ minutes, I can't ever think about it the same way.

the horror

Alright so after performing the dance roughly 10 or so times.  The room was split in half.  The first 70 or so numbers stayed to perform in front of Miranda while the rest went to a neighboring dance studio to wait their turn.  This routine was a "cross the floor" one, so while you were dancing, you repeated the dance 3 times and gradually moved across the floor to make room for the next group.  The groups were 4 at a time and our carpool group was fortunate enough to all get to go together.  

Aaaaaand that folks is as far as I got.  

After gathering us all back together, the group that I danced in was completely cut (which in itself was lucky cause the ride situation back would have been weird to figure out).  I didn't feel awful though because only 40 people remained after the cut.  We didn't stay around for very long after that.  I wasn't disappointed nor did I cry.   Disney has a specific image in mind and there were professional dancers as well as actors who didn't make it any farther, which put my mind at ease.  Luckily I had a friend from school also attend and she made it so I was able to ask her what they did for animation and the harder dance.  This is what she said:

"For the animating part they had us be a zookeeper bathing an exotic animal of our choice and then for the second one we had to become the animal.. The second dance started out pretty easy (maybe slightly harder than the other dance) and got pretty difficult by the end with kicks and pirouettes and stuff."

Turns out she did make the cut and was offered a character performer role, however she is only a freshman at school and didn't want to deal with the hassle of logistics so had to decline.  She mentioned applying again in the future so I wish her the best of luck!  In case anyone is wondering, she has years of dance experience as a ballerina as well as other forms.  Her height was probably a big deciding factor seeing as she is smack dab in the middle range for the mice.

Anywho, that's all I have for now!  The end of the year is wrapping up and I need to devote my time to studies and finishing finals.  If you have any questions about my process so far or details about my audition, feel free to comment below.  Also, if you have a topic you would like for me to write about, I'm more than happy to oblige!  

Disney College Program Bucketlist Fall 2014

This is going to be a post that I will be referring back to frequently over my stay in Orlando.  I'll probably add a key later, but struck through items have been completed and items in red are ones that perhaps I find out are impossible to accomplish.  

1. Meet all the Disney Princesses:
• Snow White
• Cinderella
• Aurora
• Ariel
• Belle
• Jasmine
• Pocahontas
• Mulan
• Tiana
• Rapunzel
• Merida
• Anna 
• Elsa
2. Finish the kitchen sink ( I plan on having at least 5 other girls with me, so this is definitely possible)
3. Run a Disney marathon/half marathon
4. Go to Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween party *in costume
5. Got to Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party
6. Participate in the Candlelight Processional Cast Member Choir
7. Drink around the World 
8. Work a shift in all 4 parks
9. Visit all 4 parks in one day! *go on at least one ride and see one show
10. Participate in Dapper Day
11. voluntEAR
12. Go to the Beach
13. Visit Harry Potter World
14. Attend Universal's Halloween Horror Nights
15. Watch every show/parade/fireworks display
16. Attend the Food and Wine Festival
17. Go on a backstage tour (specifically Keys to the Kingdom)
18. Meet a Celebrity
19. Visit every Resort
20. See the Cirque Show
21. Go Bowling in Splitsville
22. Eat at every dining option in all 4 parks (this will be a doozy)
23. Keep an autograph book
24. Become a pin trading extraordinaire *up for debate
25. Buy a pair of ears
26. Eat Dole Whip (IVE HEARD ITS LIKE HEAVEN ON EARTH AND I WILL PROBABLY DEDICATE AN ENTIRE POST TO ITS MAGICALNESS
27. Disney-bound in the parks
28. Ride Seven Dwarves Mind Train Ride
29. Attend the filming of the Christmas Day Parade
30. Earns my ears
31. Graduate from DCP
32. Get a Professional Internship
33. Buy things at the Cast Member only store
34. Find and talk to "Push"
35. Attend most if not all CP events
36. Have a date in one of the parks
37. Go to a park by myself
38. Stage a picture on Splash Mountain
39. Meet "talking" Mickey
40. Get a birthday button!

Faith, Trust, and Pixie Dust.

I GOT ACCEPTED.

While, I could just end this post here, I thought it would be beneficial to my readers and the readers yet to come that I explain my whole process.  The following post tells of my pre-accepted information and the timeline of my entire process.  This post will detail the events that followed my acceptance and all the events leading up to today.

It was at 10:30am in the morning, while I was over at my boyfriend's suite that I checked my email to find THIS:

I was completely over the moon! I told my boyfriend and then rushed back to my room to call my family.  Isn't it always at the most importance times that you find you can't reach them?  uh-yup.  I wasn't finally able to inform them until 45 minutes later after I had accepted my offer and payed all the fees.  

First, after my initial freak-out I followed the three-step process described in the email by Disney to officially accept my offer and pick my dates. 

I was directed to access my Disney portal page to accept my "offer" from Disney.  At this point, I had no idea what my role was or pay rate until reading the official offer page.  I will attach it below.  I don't feel wary about posting my pay-scale since the information is public and readily available if you search on Google.

Being in Attractions was one of my top 3 choices, so I was extra thrilled about being placed somewhere I was very much interested in working.  I've read that they already have decided where you will be working so hopefully since I talked a lot about my theatre experience I will get placed somewhere like the Great Movie Ride or the Jungle Cruise.  

After scrolling to the bottom of this lengthy acceptance page (the 7 more pages I didn't feel y'all needed to slug through) I clicked accept.  Following that I was sent the email to pay my fees.

Yada Yada, some people are going to complain about having to pay 300 dollars right off the bat, but it actually goes towards your first couple weeks of rent and the super mega foxy awesome hot activities for the n00bs as well--n00bs being me and the other thousands of DCP recruits.

I payed the fees and then my bank account cried.  And also looked like this 

ALL WORTH IT, in my opinion

The third step was choosing my arrival date.  To make a long blog post a bit shorter, the rest of the third step will be shown in pictures.  A la pictionary.

So there you have it.  I don't necessarily want to live in Vista Way, I think it just automatically chooses that until I log on to "DORMS" which is where you can list your roommate choices and housing preferences.  

So far I'm in a facebook group with 4 other girls (currently searching for a 6th roomie if you are interested and we all seem to get along just fine!)  We are calling our suite "The Palace" because we are all princesses.  I'm PUMPED to already have housing somewhat out of the way. 

In the next coming months I will be blogging all about my plans for budgeting during Disney and packing lists as well as my official DCP bucket list.  

Thanks for reading!

Hugs and pixie dust

~Lauren

Let's play the waiting game...

It is out of my hands...This is the mantra that I am repeating to myself on a daily basis so I don't lose my mind completely.

 Here is the timeline for my application process. *UPDATED*

• Applications opened sometime February 6th.
• I submitted the general application around 4:30pm Central Time
• I received an invitation to take the WBI at 6:49pm that same day
• I passed the WBI and was extended a phone interview at 9:41pm that same night
• I scheduled my phone interview for 10:45am on February 10th (the following Monday)
• Received a thank you email after the phone interview at 10:53pm the night of the 10th.  
• Pended on March 4th after I sent Disney Recruiting a reminder email about my application because it had been 22 days since my phone interview
• Accepted on March 12th at 8:30 in the morning for Fall Attractions!

I have not received the dreaded "pending" email nor have I been NLIC'd so I'm VERY optimistic about the future.  I will now go into a bit of in-depth explanation about my process and some of the questions I was asked.  Don't fault me for not remember everything because it was kind of a blur I was so excited.  

I had heard the "rumors" through the Facebook group and all over Tumblr that the apps for this upcoming semester would go live on February 6th, but I didn't place much stock in that because you really shouldn't believe everything you see on the Internet.  

I logged onto Facebook and saw the pure pandemonium that was people applying and decided to give it a look-see.  I didn't want to risk not getting sent the WBI* (more on this topic later).  My attitude at that point was, well if it's destiny, it's destiny. So I applied.  I didn't hear back from Disney until later that night, and believe me, my nerves were already in overload.  I decided to wait a bit and take the WBI after I finished dinner and was a tad bit calmer.  

drum roll......I PASSED.  Shocker.

The WBI has questions that are a bit designed to trip you up and are also a good indicator of whether or not you would be a good fit for the company.  The first part of the WBI contains some scenarios and how you would handle them.  Such as if a fellow cast member was doing something wrong would you drop what you are doing to help them or tell your manager? The second part of the WBI has statements ranging from "I am always on time" to "The customer is always right".  You will see this everywhere across the Internet and I am going to say it again.  ALWAYS, always always always choose an extreme answer.  Either choose strongly agree or strongly disagree.  Disney is looking for employees that are firm in their convictions.  Wishy washy 'neutral' or just plain 'agree' and 'disagree' won't earn you as many points.  I'm not going to tell you how to take the WBI, but it is pretty clear what answers are correct. I highly doubt Disney is going to hire someone who says that they are almost always late.  That being said, I wouldn't outright lie.  You could be hired and then your work record will ultimately reflect your (un)timely absences and you could be termed.  

After the WBI, I was allowed to schedule a time for my phone interview.  I chose the following Monday (February 10th) at 10:45 in the morning.  I knew that I wouldn't be able to wait all day.  My interviewer called 6 minutes late and our whole interview lasted 15 minutes.  I'm assuming that he cut it short because he was already behind schedule.  I would like to think that I did an adequate job.  I tend to ramble and got a tad bit flustered at the beginning, but I think overall I was pretty decent.  Here are the questions I remember him asking

1. Why are you applying to the Disney College Program?
2. What are your top 3 roles?
3. How would your past work experience help with the roles you have chosen?
4. What would you do if a girl in BBB was shy?
5. How would you address the situation if the parents of a BBB girl came up to you and said they were unhappy with the end result?
6. How would you make every single girl at BBB feel special and give her that little bit of magic?
7. How would you make a repetitive action interesting?
8. Are you comfortable memorizing long speeches?
9. What would you say to a child that wasn't tall enough to ride an attraction?
10. How would you remain calm in an emergency situation?
11. Why did you put Lifeguard as a low interest and would you be open to accepting the role?
12. If there was a phone ringing and you saw a customer in need, what is the priority of how you would handle the situation?
13. Are you aware of the Disney Look and are you receptive to the standards?
14. Do you have any visible tattoos or piercings?
15. How do you handle stress if there are 5 things you have to do at once?
16. Are you comfortable with standing for long periods of time?
17. Are you comfortable working outdoors in extreme temperatures.  
18. Have you ever lived in a dorm?
19. How have you handled problems amongst your roommates?
20. Do you have any questions for me?

And with that, thus ended the last part of the application that was in my control.  Now I wait and I'm almost positive that I will break the refresh button on the DisneyCareer website.  Expect an update in the next week to see if I receive a pending email, acceptance, or.....*GULP* NLIC.  

One Month!

We have t-minus 10...9....8....7....6...5...4...3...2...1 MONTH UNTIL DCP APPS COME OUT.

If you can't tell, I've a little bit excited.  Kinda like a kid in a candy store.

Or a kid posing with Tinkerbell.  Take your pic(k).  Haha Pic! Get It?

All of my 6+ years of waiting have finally paid off.  Well, not yet because I still don't know if I'm going to be accepted, but I'm desperately, hopefully, tearfully, willingly optimistic.  Yep, optimism is getting me through this month.

I apologize for my extended absence from writing posts.  The end of 2013 was quite eventful for me and I had other commitments.  Don't you fear small corner of the interwebz, I am here for you.  I'm BACK; better and better than ever.  2014 brought along some small changes in my life (new fitness plan, that is in the works and blogginggggggg).  I promise to blog more often and to blog hilariously.  We'll see which end of the promise proves to be more fruitful.  Tbh: the only reason I'm writing this post right now is because I'm lying in bed with the flu and I've got nothing better to do than sleep.  So I though that between my gigantic naps I would post an update on my blog.

Here's the interactive part for you guys:  COMMENT AND LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU WANT TO HEAR ABOUT.  Whether it be my fantastically awesome life...."Yes, Lauren, tell us about your lead role in Grease".....or funny insights into the Disneyverse..."Is it just me, or does Elsa's voice in Frozen, just not match her character?".....I want to hear from you!  I know that I probably don't have that much of a regular fan base because of my huge lapse in posting, but there are some of you out there and I want to cater to you!  This blog is for my enjoyment, but if I can bring a smile to your face, or a grimace--to each his own--I'll be happy to do it!  Plus, I will need something to do besides schoolwork while I wait for apps to come out.

Last note:
It's so flattering to see my page views just skyrocket after this summer.  I never thought the response would be so WOW!  Just wow.  I can't believe all of the views I have received concerning my description of DCP jobs and my Disney reboot analysis that I made as well.  I appreciate all of my readers.  I didn't think that many people noticed my tiny insignificant blog, but hey, you learn something new every day.

Old cliches aside, the title of this post just says it all.  Oh god, I need to get a reign in on my cliches.  I never noticed how much I used them before.  Well, when it rains it pours.

damnit