We Are The In Crowd signing

So as you may or may not know, I have been living in Florida. And living here has brought a lot of awesome experiences, like the one I'm going to tell you about today (the story isn't too long so don't click that x button just yet). So a few months ago one of my favorite bands, We Are The In Crowd, was doing a signing at Zumiez at one of the local malls here by my apartment building. Well me and a girl who I've become pretty good friends with over the last few months found out about the WATIC signing via Facebook (it was actually good for something, I know shocker) and since the band was only going to do like 300 signing we decided to leave and try to be at the mall before it opened so we knew for sure we had a spot in line and that we were getting that signed poster (we were determined). We got to the mall at like 9:00am thinking we had the right location, well we didn't. We ended up waiting for about 2 or 3 hours before we thought to ask someone if the signing was happening or not (there was one at the place we were at but it happened the day before) but luckily we still had plenty of time and the other location wasn't but about 10 minutes away from where we were. After finding out we had the wrong location we literally booked it to where we were suppose to be, and some how managed to find a parking stop that was very close where the store was (the parking lot was literally so full we thought about just making our own parking space), but we somehow got lucky. We ran to find the store and sure enough when we turned the corner, we saw the line. The signing started at 1:00pm and we probably made it there by about 12 and to our surprise, the line had maybe 20 people in it.. Now I know that WATIC isn't a very big band in the music scene here (I'm not sure why though because they are amazing) and that fact that the signing was on a Sunday, but I thought that at least 100 people would have shown instead of maybe 30. While we were waiting on the band to get there, the people hosting the event had so much going on the pass the time, (there twerking contests, rap battles, random questions, whatever you can think of and who ever won got free stuff), they made the wait in line, in the heat pretty fun. WATIC showed up and everyone who was waiting was excited. We went through the line and got the poster they had signed by each member and Tay told me she liked my shift (I had bought the Weird Kids shirt by Glamour Kills earlier that day at the other location) and I took some pretty stalker like pictures of the band (we weren't allowed to take pictures with the band for whatever reason) and waited around for a bit and then snuck a picture with Jordan (shhh don't tell). And after that it was time for us to head back and start getting ready for work. WATIC was playing a show here in Orlando that night, but sadly due to work I couldn't go. But now that they are playing Warped Tour, I will be seeing them in a few months and I'm so excited! Who knows, maybe I'll be able to get a picture with the whole band this time.. (:

So I've Been Living In Disney

For the past few months I have been living in Orlando, Florida. But not only that, I’ve been working for the happiest place on Earth: Walt Disney World!! It has been the most exciting part of my life up to this point. I’ve met so many people from all over the world and have been a part in helping dreams come true! I’ve also become friends with people from all over the U.S as well as people from other countries, whom I’m going to miss terribly once my time here ends.

So what is it like working for WDW you may ask? Well, it’s exactly like you would imagine! Magical! I have a role in Quick Service Food & Beverage (QSFB for short) and to be completely honest I was not too thrilled when I started my first day of work. I was new to the area and not to mention never worked a day in my life so it was all a bit over whelming. But as my first day progressed I became a little more comfortable with my job and of course started making friends with some of the other newbies in my location. My coworkers are like my family and I would not trade them for anything in the world. Are they annoying? Yes. But they are some of the most down to Earth people I have ever met and I love them more than anything, even though some of them like to talk in our Facebook group until 3am after working a six hour shift. We are like our own little tightly knit family. But the down side to being so close to one another, nothing gets past any one. If something happens to one person, we all know within a matter of seconds. It’s almost as if you’re back in high school and you say something to your best friends and someone overheard you and then a rumor has caught like wildfire and everyone knows.

The housing situation is pretty interesting though. I live with 3 other girls in a 2 bedroom apartment, and it seems like we do not have enough room to put things away. Every place I look there is always, and I mean ALWAYS, something that belongs to someone just laying around somewhere. Now we aren’t slobs or anything but we just tend to leave things in every room. The only room that is a real mess is the kitchen and that is because we never want to clean up the dishes we use, so they usually just end up sitting in the sink until someone decides to wash them (which is pretty gross I know) but it works for us. It doesn’t really make sense but whatever works. Now of course we have our share of dumb fights (most of which revolve around the dishes) but in the end whatever we were arguing about is usually taken care of and everything is back to how it was before.

Days off are some of the best days of my life. Not only do I get to spend it with friends but I always to get to go play in the parks that is known as the happiest place on Earth. And I can assure you, I have never been happier in my life than I am now. I’ve gotten to meet so many of my favorite Disney characters (including Peter Pan and Wendy!!) which could not have been a greater experience. Disney is truly magical! From the shows I’ve seen probably 100 times by now (which NEVER get old) to just simply walking around the parks with my 5 best friends, Disney will be and is a home to me. If any of you out there reading this post are thinking of doing the Disney College Program, I highly suggest you do it. DCP has been the best experience of my life and I would do it all over again if I could, which speaking of, I’ve extended my program until August, so be on the lookout for some wild stories of the crazy things me and my friends get into.