Urban Poly Princess

Fhe last night was preparing for road shows. When I was in JR high school I loved, loved, loved acting. I got the lead in the 3 plays our class performed probably because of that. When I moved back to Hawaii I would've been a drama geek but my high school had a very weak program. BYU-Hawaii had plays that some of our high school kids auditioned for but I got too involved in colorguard and student government first in 8th grade and then the summer following that I started dancing at the Polynesian Cultural Center AND was paid to do that so yeah NOOO drama for me after that.

I took television acting classes first at the University of Hawaii before my mission and then after my mission with some professional ex-actress with lots of experience in film and television. My look is perfect for the bit parts they always need with films in Hawaii. I moved to Utah my second month of classes. There were a lot of working actors and actresses in my classes. I wanted to join them. In Utah I finally decided I would get my broadcast journalism degree. While I love acting I know with my look and type I'd get the slutty roles I'm not comfortable playing. Now I'd have to lose a bunch of weight to do either. I love that still but I'm not willing to work on that anymore. I was 4 classes away from finishing the broadcast journalism degree at the U before I quit to attend library school. I met with an academic advisor at the U when I moved to Logan because I wanted to finish already and it had balooned to 7 classes. I did an internship at the Herald Journal and fulfilled that requirement.

This is also when I learned about Stevens-Henager College's MBA program so I quit my broadcast journalism thing AGAIN!!! I still love broadcast journalism BUT I'm NOT going to work for a network. I enjoyed working as a teleprompter for Channel 4 in Salt Lake City because it let me see what a newsroom really is like. I like reporting but I want my own schedule AND reporters make crap and I'm not willing to start there and I like working for myself. I want my own entertainment blog just because I enjoy it. That will be just for fun. The nature of journalism has changed so much with the internet. The networks don't have the power they once did. That is such a good thing. At first I wanted to be a political analyst but I don't want to do that anymore. When I was at the U I worked for the school newspaper as a political reporter. At the Herald Journal I told them specifically that I wanted to write feature stories. I'm glad I'm a librarian. I didn't want my academic muscles to atrophy which is why I was so reluctant to do entertainment reporting BUT it is what I enjoy. As a librarian it is part of my professional development!!! I want to end up in public libraries NOOOT academic.

I can still offer my services to the Herald Journal if I want stories printed but the time involved and the pay that'll be next to nothing DON'T make it worth it and I published enough stuff for that not to be a concern. I plan to develop that interest through a blog and shoot video stories too. I think Park City is ideal for that. I haaate driving in the snow BUT once I FINISH the MBA and establish myself as a Zumba fiend, my outside interests will include that. I also need a sound SUV with 4-wheel drive. A nice digital video camera and FinalCutPro software is nice too. One of our photography instructors is proficient in FinalCutPro-I want to master it.

Me, Tavia and Lynette were getting so into planning for our fhe roadshows. No one else was. I wonder if it's just my personality to get carried away. I have a feeling it is-I did this in library school too with presentations. Something extra and creative always gave us more points and was always a motivator too. I like doing more than just enough. I'm beginning to realize that. I think I've always known this about myself. I am just getting to know myself better and see it as more pronounced as I interact with different people who are NOT like this.

I have the nominating committee election results meeting today. Thursday is Voni's CVLA meeting. I'll enjoy Thursday when it's all done.