The Waiting Game

So.. It has been... A full week. I know they said it could take 3-4 weeks. But this week has been the most painful. People interviewed around or at the same time getting their acceptance emails left and right... And you... You... Still waiting...
What's worse is, you start second guessing yourself... Your interview... Even what day it is of your wait. It feels like Day 7:Half an eternity. The wait is making me nervous and anxious. EEK!

So I turned to comedy. I've been watching Dane Cook and Jim Gaffigan. While giggling at some Weird Al songs and Flight of the Concord. I tried reading some of News but that is getting depressing, and I went to check out the facebook Disney group, and got even more antsy.

It is so painful. Even drawing isn't quite helping. Cause as the picture above shows, I just keep drawing and reflecting how stressed and mustering up hope.

But! I am hopeful! It is all I can do. Hopeful that I will walk to that mail box or open my email box, and SEE that purple Welcome that I have been waiting upon so much for!

(((Edit: While waiting, I got addicted to this game. So if you are worrying and fretting over that email, play it. The moment you get those anxiety attacks... PLAY IT! It will get your jitters out-
http://games.adultswim.com/robot-unicorn-attack-twitchy-online-game.html )))

Thank You Email

Got my Thank You email on February 22. I feel so happy, but now (February 23) I feel anxious. Seems like all the people who interviewed the same day, but for Food and Beverages, got their purple folders today. Me and some of my other friends who are waiting signed up for other things, and still got no word, but hopefully, that means they are taking extra time trying to figure which Attraction they are going to put us at. I rather they take their time for putting me to Attractions, than rushing me then sticking me at toilets. But I'm also to the point where I am happy that I will get in, no matter where they put me. The point will be "I'm in! And I will make the most of it! No matter what the situation!"

Hello, This Is Mickey Calling (The Phone Interview)

"Oh Google, You deserve an ode to your all powerful search engine of wisdom."

So me and google teamed up again, and became the most well sourced, knowledgeable, all knowing sentient of all time~ When it came to information on the phone interview... Too bad that I look back now, I gotta wonder if it did me a lick of good.

I was nervous waiting for Thursaday. Everday was ticking down, and google did help me alot, but my nervousness increased and increased till I was physically sick and head whirling. Then the day of the interview happened. I realised there was only one thing I could probably do to help.

Dance.

I danced away like no tomorrow.

I danced to "I Gotta Feeling," "Tik Tok," "DotA," "I Don't Feeling Like Dancin'," "Paparrazzi," and then collapsed into my computer chair all right before the interview. I was so pooped, I barely had enough energy to worry. Though, once 8 o' clock came, the butterflies in my stomach were doing their own parade.

My interviewer was named Christy(Christie? Kristie? Kristy? However you spell it)!

She was a little bit late, and seemed at the same time rushed as the interview went on.

~Answered through the normal questions of where I went to school at (apparently, no one knows where my college is at. The person who set up my interview, and the interviewer both had an equally tough time trying to figure out where it is.)

~Then she asked about if I had a live presentation or an internet one, and who was the presentator.

~A couple of other questions about If I am a U.S. citizen and if I were an international student.

~Then the famous "Why do you want to work for Disney, and what do you think this program can accomplish for you?" (I told her how I wanted to work for Disney as an animator or for the storyboad team, and she commented "That's great! This would be like a foot in the door for you then, to start your career." Yes ma'am, it sure would be for me. =DDD)

~Did I have the Disney look? Tatoos is basically what she was looking for.

~Her other questions though seemed to zoom on by real fast. Did I want fall or fall advantage program (fall advantage, for me! :DDDD)

~What was my past job like?

~What did I like most about my job (Meeting new people)

~What did I not like about my job (How sometimes the place would become dead and empty, but I did my best to have fun and draw in customers while cleaning the place up.)

~Have I ever had experience with dealing with money?

~What were my favorite top roles that I wanted to work for?

~Did I have any public speaking experience?

~Would I mind speaking to a large audience of people?

~Would I mind working outdoors?

~Would I mind working at Merchandising?

~Would I mind working at Fast Food? (after this, I told her I was happy to work where ever and whatever they put me as. She sounded pleased and commented that it is so good that I am very flexible)
~Did I have any experience as a lifeguard or any qualifications?(told her how I am a Certified Nursing Assistant and how we had CPR training)

~Did I work as a CNA? (Yes, for training and for family, though I forgot to mention I worked at a nursing home, but she was hurrying up my interview and barely gave me time to answer)

~Did I have any experience with a cash register? (again Lol)

~Did I have a roommate? (Yes lol!)

~What do I not like in a roommate? (This is where I sorta flubbed, I think. I said I don't like it if they are messy, but I don't mind cleaning up, and it really doesnt bother me too much. @_@ I was getting nervous cause she was trying to hurry up the interview.)

~Any questions? (When accepted into the program, Is there going to be anyone waiting for me at the airport when I arrive? o_O)

~Have a magical day, thank you for the interview! (Thanks you too!! Thank you for the interview, Christy!)

*Happy Danced The Night Away After Hangging Up, then called my parents and facebooked the joyous event LOL*

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Other people's questions differ. I'm suprised I wasn't asked questions about "What if a kid- yada yada," D: Don't know if that is a good thing or not!

First Step-Web Based Interview

On February 12, 2010, I went to the live presentation at a college at Virginia Beach. Had a hard time finding the location, cause 2 events were going on at the same time. Thank you Jesus, I found the presentation just a few minutes before it began. YEY! The presentator we had was Daniel. Very perky lady, and her presentation just got me more hyped to join on the program.

So I went home lickitty split to sign up online. Little did I know the horror of THE WEB BASED INTERVIEW!!!! If I could go back in time, I would warn myself of the horror of it before I blindly took the dang thing, and be better prepared for it. So I took the test with a blind lalalalala attitude, but after the first few questions, the quiz said it would start to be timed. "Okay," I thought, and continued on. Then the crap started to happen. The pages were taking forever to load, and by the time it did, the question would skip on. I at first didn't quite care.I didn't think the test was too serious and thought it looked like a survey. Wrong.... WRONG WRONG WRONG! Also, I was very mellow about how I felt so I kept answering neutral or agree. Even worse. Well, after many missed questions and Neutrals later. I came to the end of the test.

It gave that epic "Sorry.. blah blah blah. Fail...Epic fail... You suck.... Try again in 6 months. Have nice day~ Buh-Bye!"

((Insert silent scream here))

It is one thing to be told you Officially Suck in Disney standard,... But 6 months to bang your head, and try again? NO! D= OMG! I felt cheated in a way. Apart from my computer being stupid(Yes, I was using Firefox rather than the godly Internet Explorer), but I just had no idea how serious this test was. I honestly thought it was a useless survey after the first few questions.

So I called up the phone number and let them know about my computer issues, and they told me I MUST use Internet Explorer, and they would reset the test in 24 hours, (with a Dooming voice)" only this One time."

You can bet me and google became best friends during that 24 hour period...

Come to find out, the test is not based on right or wrong in particularly, but on how confident you are with your answers. You either strongly agree, or strongly disagree. NO MIDDLE ANSWERS like Neutral, Agree, or Disagree. You either are or you aren't Strongly for or an answer. The second key to this test is to be consistent. If you say you like meeting new people and hanging around with them, then a few questions later you better like hanging around people rather spending alone time as your answer. The quiz WILL remember what you said last, so be conscious about your answers. So you will want to take your time taking the test. Sure it might be easy knowing which 2 choices to pick from, but you have to remember what you said last. ^u^

When they say answer truthfully, please do, they are checking to see where you would work best at. Like if you are a strong leader or have a strong speaker personality, they would most likely put you in the position where you interactive with guests most(on your top choices or whatever spots they have available for you on your Role Checklist). If you aren't good speaking with people, then be honest with the test. If you don't like hanging around people all the time, say so in your quiz with strongly disagree. You can always get a job like backstage,stocking, costuming, and ect., that do not require a lot of interaction from others, and you can basically work at your own pace.

Well, after I taken my test the next day, I got a lovely little screen that told me I passed(Thank God+sigh of relief) and recieved a phone number to schedule an interview. Unfortunately, by the time I tried to call, the scheduling office was.... Closed. =( So had to wait for the next day to call. I got scheduled around 8p.m. on February 18th. YEY!

The Beginning of a Dream

Yes, I have done it. For years I have dreamed of working for Disney as an animator, or working on the storyboard team. I heard from the very beginning by my aunt who worked for Disney, that the best way to get in would be to go through the Disney program. At the time though, I was too young to do it. Years went on, but I kept dreaming about my deep wish to do what I love. I even turned down becoming a nurse, because I realised-

Why do something for the rest of your life, and hate it? Doing it just for the money? Prestige? The title?

NO!

I love to draw. I love to imagine. Most importantly, I love to dream. I can't accept doing anything less, without trying to accomplish my dreams.

So, like Alice, I had fallen asleep. Trapped in a dream unable to manifest. Till a white rabbit( a school flier) showed up, which I chased down a hole that plopped me into this Wonderland. Now that I have figured out where I am at, I realize that Wonderland can make my dreams come to life. I am at the door now that could take me further into Wonderland, and the only key I need, I have in my pocket already. The key is myself. My will, my dream, my potential, and my very being. All I have to do, is open this door that is in my way. All I have to do is try.

I am opening the door to Wonderland. I am trying for Disney's College Program.

May the dream continue.

https://www.wdwcollegeprogram.com/sap/its/mimes/zh_wdwcp/index.html