Team 7 Vlog - Episode 12 - Orlando 2013: Home, First Time Eating a Warhead

Team 7 Vlog - Episode 11 - Orlando 2013: Jackson, Mississippi

Team 7 Vlog - Episode 10 - Orlando 2013: EPCOT, Universal Studios CityWalk

Team 7 Vlog - Episode 9 - Orlando 2013: Disney's Magic Kingdom

Team 7 Vlog - Episode 8 - Orlando 2013: Disney's Hollywood Studios

Team 7 Vlog - Episode 7 - Orlando 2013: Downtown Disney, Disney's Boardwalk

Team 7 Vlog - Episode 6 - Orlando 2013: Pensacola, Joe Patti's Seafood

Team 7 Vlog - Episode 5 - Orlando 2013: Kobe 8 Year of the Snake Unboxing, First Leg of the Trip

Team 7 Vlog - Episode 4 - Orlando 2013: Sleepover at Hien's House and Crawfish Feast

So last Friday was the start of our Team 7 vacation. This trip was like one year in the making. Since it was no-meat Friday because of Lent, we attempted to cook crawfish.

Plan B.

So I gave myself until May to find a job otherwise I'd go back to school for a Master's and to refine my portfolio. As far as I can tell, my job search isn't going anywhere and that's because I don't have any work experience. The Disney College Program was supposed to be my solution for that but seeing as I didn't get accepted the second time... Well... Now I'm stuck. Moral of the story: take the opportunities when they are given to you. My dad's concern is that if I took a semester off to work in Orlando that I wouldn't finish school. Well, that's rather insulting because I felt like I was stubborn enough to finish what I have to. I mean, I finished school a semester early for goodness sake! Had I taken that offer the first time, I could've been in the Disney PROFESSIONAL Internship program now. Those internships are reserved for alumni of the College Program. I want to be a graphic design intern for Disney. But darn. I guess I can't. The other internships that I want require me to be in school (which makes me unqualified as well).

I know that I'm sounding pretty whiny, but if an opportunity that big passes you by of course you're going to be sad/upset/frustrated. There's a career fair at UTD the Thursday after I get back from my big spring break trip to Orlando (har har). That's probably going to be my last chance at maybe landing a job. Otherwise it's back into part-time work at maybe Studio Movie Grill (oh no)! Then it's taking the GRE and applying for the Master's program at UTA. Why UTA? Because UNT doesn't have a Master's program for design where I can refine my portfolio. UTD? Of course they don't have anything. I tried looking at the ATEC and EMAC stuff, but it's nowhere close to what I want in my portfolio. I know that UTD is working on actually adding a graphic design degree but it's too little, too late. That only leaves UTA. Knowing my parents, they'd probably make me commute. Ugh. Well, at least one of the benefits of going back to school is that I would be eligible to take up internships that I want to participate in. And my dad said that he doesn't care if I don't finish and get my Master's because "at least [I] have my four-year college." Pffft. Okay, Dad. Ah well. That's my plan B.

You know what would be awesome, though? What if my Team 7 trip lands me a job at Disney? I mean, we're recording vlogs at Disney World. If someone saw that and thought that that kind of thing would be great promotional material and contacted me about it, then my life would just fall together with a huge stroke of luck. Not likely. But it's fun to dream. Anyways, back to cleaning my room.