It's a Wrap!

The three most precious words...EVER!

Yesterday I went on set for a movie featuring Vanessa Hudgens, Aly Michalka, Lisa Kudrow, etc. It felt like the longest day of my life. I checked in at noon and checked out at 2 am!! The scene was a rock concert so we had to listen to the same song over and over and over. It was pretty cool though b/c I got to dance right next to Aly in a close up. Hahaha! So if you guys go watch the movie, I'm the girl to her left. :P

The experience itself was pretty sweet though. I've never been on set of a motion picture so it was really fun to watch the crew and to see how the director works. I even thought of double majoring in RTF but after last night, I don't know if I would've had enough in me to shoot that much everyday. They're going to start filming on campus this Sunday. I haven't decided if I want to go yet. We'll see how my weekend goes.

So while I was doing that, I was bummed to miss out on Bill Clinton's rally. I thought I knew who I was going to vote for until the debate last week. My vote is really up in the air right now. I think tonight is Obama's rally so I'll try to go to that one especially since Ben Mckenzie from The O.C. is speaking. It's really cool that all these speakers and celebrities are coming for us on campus. It's cool to see how important our vote is for this primary.

Classes have been going smoothly. I don't have anything major before spring break so I'm just taking each day as it comes. As for spring break, the ski trip didn't fall through so I guess I'll just spend some time back in Dallas.

Next week is career prep week and they have some interesting seminars. I particulary want to go to Sales and PR/Advertising since those relate the most to marketing.

Alrighty well I have nothing else to say right now so I will leave you with another video clip. One of the many reasons why I love the Internet is that you can find so many talented people (and not so talented haha). I love his voice:


P.S. Shout out to Paul So...you better read this!

No mas!

Case comp is over! Hurray! Unfortunately, we didn't make the finals but we had the worst odds to begin with. All the other rooms only had 2 groups but we had 3 so that sucked. We're pretty disappointed but I don't think any of us regret entering. It's very rewarding to finally present our solution that we've been working on for so long. Who knows...maybe I'll enter ABSA's case comp later this year.

Now that case comp is over, I need to catch up on my reading. I have a government test I have to take for ACC by next wednesday and I haven't started. Oops.

Has anyone been watching America's Best Dance Crew on MTV? There are some sick crews. Here's one from UC irvine:

Breath of air

I just finished my marketing test. I only got about an hour last night to study but the test turned out to be really easy. I didn't get sleep yesterday and my hand started shaking while I was trying to bubble my scantron. I am so passing out when I get home in a couple of hours.

Case comp write-up took a lot longer than we expected. It would've been a lot better if half our team didn't go back to dallas last weekend :P. But we still managed to pull it together and I guess we'll see how we do this Friday.

I recommend everyone to compete in case comp. Even though it does take most of your life and you can't really do anything else during that time, you learn a lot about working with other people. It's not like those group projects you have in classes... you literally live with the people on your team 24/7. It's quite an experience.

My car has been acting funny. It makes a weird sound when I start the engine and it changes gears abruptly. I have to go get a check up but this week doesn't look like I can go and get it fixed.

I still don't have spring break plans and that's not good. I didn't do anything over winter break so I really really want to travel for this break. Either that or my boss might make me work at SXSW. Some of his bands are performing so I'd help out with all that jazz...I don't even know what I'm writing right now. I'm so tired. Gnight.

Crash & Burn

i'm becoming nocturnal.

sleeping times

thurs night 4:30 am
fri night 3:00 am
sat night 7 am
sun night ... probably an all-nighter

i guess you wouldn't consider it night.

case comp is due in 11 hours. when am i going to study for my marketing test tomorrow? actually... when am I going to shower? :(

... more later...

I'm losing my mind

I just lost 2 bucks from the vitamin water vending machine. Then I went to the next one to get water and I accidentally pushed the Pepsi button :(. Dang it!

Anyways, last night I spent about 4 hours baking for ABSA...so please please please go to the atrium and buy some lovely cookies ;). I finished my 20 pages of Spanish homework while baking them, geez did that take long. I have a test in Spanish tomorrow and I don't know where I'm going to find time tonight to really study.

Don't you hate it when everything lands on one day? I have a marketing test, BA presentation, case comp report, and a blogger meeting all on next monday. It's going to be the longest, most hectic day for this semester. I wonder how many hours of sleep I'm going to be running on.

I also forgot that most of the study abroad scholarships are due this Friday. AHHHH I can't wait till these next two weeks are over. I'm already feeling intimidated by everything going on.

So I went to BA 101 classes today and yesterday to plug our blogs. I hope you guys are reading this! Julie and I had a lot of fun doing it even though we were starting to freak out about right before talking haha! Oh, public speaking. Good times.

Valentine's day is coming up. I wish I had someone to spend it with <3. But some of my friends are probably going to go do something to overshadow our depression of having no one. hahah just kidding! I really don't have time right now for anyone...but maybe after two weeks :P.

AACM Talent show is this Saturday! I have a couple of friends who are going to be in, so hopefully I can take time off of case comp and go watch. Here's what ABSA did at last year's show:

What have I got myself into?

These next two weeks are going to be brutal. I signed up with my friends for the BizIT Case Competition. We have a week to finish our written proposal and the week after are the presentations. I'm kind of excited since it is my first case comp, but the timing is all off. I have so much going on I kind of regret signing up for case comp. I guess this will really test how well I can manage my time.

Last Thursday was the McCombs Diversity Club dinner and I actually had a good time. I was quite skeptical in going because all the companies I want to work for (Warner Brothers, Columbia Music Group, etc) don't come out to these McCombs recruiting events. So for the majority of the time I felt like I didn't want to be there, but the company I got to eat with just so happens to own a large entertainment company: it was destiny. The recruiters were really helpful in giving me tips and information on trying to get internships with them and I feel like I have a good understanding of what I need to do to stand out. The food was also great and that is always a plus.

On a random note, today my friend and I visited the Austin Studios for a casting call on a major motion picture featuring Vanessa Hudgens. It'd be interesting being on set of a feature film and I might try to mingle in with the production crew. A family friend is actually casted in this film so it'd be cool to get to see him. I'll update more on that as the month goes on.

The band I help manage hasn't been using me lately. I think they have been busy all around the country touring with Kelly Clarkson or making tracks with Jason Mraz. I should try contacting my boss haha.

My friend and I are also going to start writing a screenplay for fun. We both have a really similar sense of humor so it'll be interesting to see what comes out of it.

Well I'm sorry if I don't post often or if they're really depressing in the next couple of weeks.

Hm can't think of anything to leave yall with so here's some High School Musical :P ... I wish it was summer...


UPDATE: I just got an email back from my boss. He's in LA and going to the Grammy Awards tomorrow. *Jealousy*

Super Duper Tuesday

What a busy week! Everyone ready for Career Expo tomorrow? I'm not looking for an internship this summer so I decided to volunteer for it. I also dropped by Resumania and it was so helpful! My resume has a lot of flaws in it that I never have noticed before. It's surprising to see how much I need to edit it.

On Thursday, I'm attending the Interactive Diversity Forum. It'll be my first recruiting dinner and I'm quite nervous. I probably should've gone to an Etiquette Dinner before this.

The BizIT case comp is coming up and I think I might form a team. I know I'll be sacrificing a lot to compete in it but I've always wanted to enter one. The deadline to enter is this Friday!

Of course, today is Super Tuesday. It'll be very very interesting to see the results at the end of tonight. I registered to vote for the Texas Primary yesterday and I'm quite excited. It'll be my first time voting! I'm still trying to research more about each candidate before I make my final decision.

I'm not trying to plug anyone here... but I thought this was a cool marketing technique. Will.I.Am from the Black Eyed Peas turned one of Obama's speeches into a song and made a music video. It's quite inspirational. Check it out:

Anyone else but you

Today in BA 324 we had our first short essay exam. I realized how hard it is for me to write in active voice!! I just stared at the paper thinking of different ways of writing each sentence. My essay wasn't long because I spent the whole time trying to write properly, so hopefully I'll won't get too many points off.

Yesterday's ABSA was probably one of the best meetings I've been to all year. A professor came and talked to us about how not to waste our salary after we graduate. In summary:
1. Don't buy a new car
2. Pay off your debts now
3. Invest in your 401K

Anyways, the Super Bowl is this Sunday and I could really care less. It would've been different if Green Bay made it, but I don't care enough about the Patriots or Giants to watch with enthusiasm; but of course I'll still watch it. Who would pass the excuse of eating pizza and wings with your friends on a Sunday night?!

I still don't have any plans for spring break. Everyone seems too busy to be able to plan out a trip. If nothing happens in the next two weeks, I'll buy a film pass to SXSW. I would get a music pass except that it costs twice as much at $600. I'll save that one for senior year.

Speaking of indie films... here's one of my favorite scenes from Juno. If you haven't seen it yet, go watch it! NOW!