My best registration yet

I don't register until tomorrow, but I'm glad I don't have to stress about it! I'm going to be taking 5 classes in LA: How Hollywood Works, How Music Business Works, the Creative Process in Film/TV, Topics in Entertainment, and my communication internship class. I'm so excited to learn more about these topics! Hopefully it won't even feel like class.

Yesterday, I went to walk-in advising at the communications school. They looked over my resume and cover letter. They gave me a lot of useful pointers about applying to production companies! If you guys need help with your applications, take advantage of career services! They are seriously the most useful resources available.

Halloween is this Friday! I still don't have a costume. Maybe I'll just dress up really dark and put some scary make-up on. Or just go downtown and get a bratwurst...we'll see.

On to IM football news, our team got bumped up to Co-ed B! We were pretty bummed since we had a good chance of winning it all this year but we still won our first round 37-0!! So we still might be able to pull this off...

AND a new Harry Potter trailer came out! yesssss...

1 down, 14 to go

Yay! I sent out my first cover letter and resume the other day. Hopefully I'll send out two more tonight! My goal is to send out all 15 companies on my list by next Friday. The scary part is having to wait and to see if they actually want a phone interview with me. I think I'll start panicking in mid-November if I don't hear from anyone.

So I went to the Communications Career Services and grabbed some of their cover letter/resume guidelines and I'm surprised at how different they are from the business school. Everything is a lot more lenient in terms of format. I'm not sure which one I'm supposed to follow so I just went with communications (since it is UTLA).

Did anyone watch the game today!! We're still #1!!! Hook em!

Intramurals <3

Our co-ed football team is officially in the playoffs! We went 4-0 during our season so hopefully we'll get a bye for the first round. I really really really want to get a championship shirt this year. *Crosses fingers*

Our IM soccer team is 1-2 but we might still have a chance of making playoffs depending on how the other teams do this week. Soccer is a lot of fun, but so dangerous! I've never been beaten up so much from any sport.



I'm so glad that my round of exams are over. I don't have another test till November, but I definitely need to learn from the past and start preparing now by keeping up with reading.

So I think I've finally decided to go for a more creative/production internship for LA. In that way, I'll be able to see if I really want to pursue something in that area rather than marketing. Thank goodness for internships! I'll hopefully get a more corporate marketing internship in the summer so I guess I should start looking for that too.

Why am I stressing out over this?!

Ok, I want to apologize for my ranting in this entry but I have to say something.

I find it completely annoying and disrespectful when people constantly ask me about my grades. Does it really matter to you what I got on my test? It's a different story when people ask "How did you do?" versus "What did you get?" Especially when you keep prying to make me say my grade. And yes, sometimes I do bad on tests but yall don't have to make a disgusted face while I tell yall about it. I mean really, who gives? Why spend so much time worrying about other people's grades? Live your own life and make your own standards, but don't judge others based on them. Seriously, grades AREN'T the most important things in life. No wonder there's such a high suicide rate at schools like MIT. Competition can make people so depressed over a number. But I'll be fine with my B.

Sigh, whatever.

No case for me

I'm not entering into McComb's Case Competition anymore! I have to volunteer for my MAN project next Saturday so that takes precedence. I definitely want to do it next year as a senior though.

I took my two tests yesterday and I think I did alright in them. I'm trying not to get my hopes up just incase I did really bad haha. I'm still dead tired though. I can't wait to get a good night's sleep tonight!

So now that my round of tests is done, it's time for me to start looking for internships in LA! It's a bit stressful contacting all these companies by email. I feel like the chances of getting a response from them are really low. I wish we had a career expo type event to meet with recruiters from Cali. I guess my best chance is to contact as many as possible to get a chance for an interview. Wish me luck!

OU Sucks!

WOOT GO LONGHORNS!!! I was lucky to make it back to Austin to watch the fourth quarter and man we rocked it! I'm so proud that we beat the #1 ranked team, so hopefully we'll keep on truckin' and make it to the championships this year!

Dallas was a brief trip! It was great to see my parents before they headed to NY for vacation time. But I felt like I spent a lot of the time worrying about this semester. My grades aren't looking too good (just got back IB grade). I really really need to do well this Tuesday to not only bump up my grades but to boost my self-esteem. With all this going on, I entered into McComb's Next Top Major! I looooove filming and editing so this is totally my calling. My team signed up for supply chain management and we are going to rock it (hopefully haha). I also want to sign up for case competition again. I don't know what it is, but I can't seem to say no to case comp. I feel like I have to win something before I can let it go. But I only want to do it if I can get the right team involved. Dedication and commitment are going to be key.

In music news, I was going to see Brooke Fraser next Friday in Austin but she backed out of the tour due to illness. I'm so bummed because I haven't gotten to see her perform her new songs yet (and she's from Australia so who knows when she'll be back). So in honor of her, I'll put up a live performance on here:

Drained

I have 2 tests today and yet I'm updating my blog! I have them back to back in about 30 minutes and I feel I can't stuff anymore information in my brain. I have MAN and IB today and conveniently, OM and BIO fall on the same day next week too. I can't wait to go home and sleep tonight! Hardcore studying for me...starting tomorrow :).

I'm going back home this Thursday to Dallas! I'm not going to the OU game but I need to get some stuff and celebrate my dad's birthday. I'm planning on leaving during the second half of the game on Saturday so that I can beat the traffic back home. I haven't been to a Red River shootout yet, but I'm planning to next year. Here's my list of must-do's for senior year:

1. ACL 3-day ticket
2. Season passes + OU game
3. SXSW

Yea it's kind of short for now, but I'm sure it'll start getting longer later.

FYI: TODAY IS THE LAST DAY TO REGISTER TO VOTE! There are booths everywhere on campus to register...so go do it!! Hook the Vote is also going on tonight in front of Gregory from 7-midnight!

Anyways, wish me luck on my tests!