So lately I have noticed something. I feel like I have talked...well graced this question/topic before, but I really need to get it out there. I have noticed that most people I know support gender and sexuality equality. I want to say, I'm proud to know so many supporters.
With that though comes this...why is it still such a big deal?! Why isn't it just something normal now. Like, are you bothering me? Are you hurting me? NO! You're going about your business causing no harm, just being gay. (trying through some punning humor in this....working?) Now, it is different when you have that ones that ruin it for everyone, but you have that for anything. There is always a jerk. Even in your group of friends you have at least one jerk!
Get with the times people.
With that, I know some trans people and there is one thing I've come to notice. (in talking with them and others!) That is, if you don't know if you're comfortable enough to ask a question, or if you're unsure if it'll offend them...DON'T ASK. Like, seriously. I hate it when I have a zit and someone is like "what's that? Something is on your face." YEAH THANKS I KNOW. Seriously. Did you have to point that out?
The inter-web is a wonderful thing. USE IT IF YOU REALLY WANT TO KNOW SOMETHING.
Again, this doesn't effect everyone. I do know some people that are so open about everything, they don't care. However, as a good rule of thumb, just keep it in mind that if you're unsure if it's okay to ask...it might not be okay to ask.
Now one of my very good friends is going through a transition and I know I can ask him anything and everything and he will never get upset. Then again, I know a few others that I'm friends with, but I do watch what I ask out of respect.
Another thing to keep in mind: it's all in the way you ask! It's easy to tell when someone truly is curious and wants to know and when someone is taking a hit. Please nice. Seriously.
I don't know. That's just been something on my mind lately. People are so rude. They see things in one light and that's that. Just because something is the way you like it, or the way you do things doesn't mean it's the only way.
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Wednesday, April 29, 2015
Monday, March 16, 2015
Clarissa Explains It All: Update
Clearly I've been watching too much Amazon Prime lately...aka nothing, but Clarissa Explains It All. Really though, who doesn't love the 90's? I didn't go to derby practice yesterday. I was debating if I should have gone anyways, but then I didn't wake up until 10...so there went that.
--------just saying though, waking up that late is amazing!----------
On our Facebook page some people posted that they were unable to make it to practice and asked what we did. Let me tell you...that wasn't the practice to miss. They learned an amazing amount of new things that I don't even know what half of the crap is. I know the 180 knee taps and that's about it.
I am feeling like this ankle thing will never heal...even though it is...how lame is that?
I'm pretty sure I'm just going crazy from being in my house so much and yet I still don't want to do anywhere.
On the Disney front: I got out of submission for a call center job!!! For anyone that doesn't know this is how Disney works....you find a job to want to apply for and apply for it online. Within minutes (most of the time) you're put in to two groups, submission or no longer in consideration. How they do that...I don't know. After that you'll be in progress, then pre and post interview, then you'll find out if you got the job or not! ---the DCP is a little different, you're just submission then in progress the whole time--
Anyways, a few weeks ago I was just playing around and thought "WHY NOT?!" and applied for a few different jobs at Disney, one being in the call center. A few days ago I was on my dashboard and I got out of submission! Even if I don't make it any further I think it's pretty awesome that I even got out of submission for a REAL Disney job!
In the meantime...I'm still waiting to hear about the DCP. I feel terrible because some people are still in submission for that. Come on Disney!
Vocab time!:
180 knee taps: tap your knee down, turn 180 and get back up, all while still moving as fast as possible. It's used to turn around quickly during game play if you get knocked down.....yeah...sounds easy...sure.
Thursday, March 12, 2015
Soul Crusher
Here's a little update....after sulking all day on Tuesday and hating my life, I went to bed. I woke up and got a hair cut. I plan on getting a massage next week and guess what? I don't really hate life anymore. Sure, it sucks. Being turned down will always suck. However, I will keep thinking about the upside to everything. There's always more chances and more auditions, I don't have to wear the fur and I might still be offered another role. There are some jobs...or rolls as they call them, that I would love to have down there. One girl said "at least I'll be down there." When I think about it, it's true! She will still get to go down there and spend a few months surrounded by the happiest place on Earth. That opens a huge door.
Now I should explain that I'm not trying to be bitter. There are some things I don't understand about that audition. There will always be things you don't understand. You could've killed the audition...best one in your life and if you're not what they're looking for....that's that. It helps that I knew I wasn't going to be a princess or anything. I wouldn't say I'm fat, but I'm a size 11 (or so, you know those weird in between sizes. That's me). However, to be a character at Disney? Come on now. I read somewhere that most of the princesses are a size 2 or 4 and that there is a few that are size 6. If you read their website is does say height is the most important, but there's no reason to not face that facts on that one.
Anyways, so I sulked and was fine. Until practice that night. Watching is starting to get more annoying than anything. I want to get back up and start skating again. At least until they need their knee taps. That's still scaring the crap out of me. I'm not sure if I'm in the right mental state to do that now.
I did stay after and started to NSO. Non-skating official. I had to sit, so I was put in the penalty box. Sit with a stop watch, as soon as your color (depending on what side of the box you're sitting on and what side of the track the girls are on) sits down the timer starts. They sit for 20 seconds then you say color, number and stand. They stand and after ten more seconds (so they're there for 30 seconds total) you say color, number and done. Then they go back on the track. Next week we get to learn how to do paper work for the box as well. There are more jobs as well like penalty tracker and score keeper. Everyone keeps saying it's one of the best ways to learn how to play the game and just learn the game in general. So for now, that's what I will do.
My spirits? Keeping them as high as possible. You will hear a million "no's" before you get a "yes"....that one yes is all that matters.
Oh and for anyone who is wondering....soul crusher is a derby term. It's part of a strategy. One jammer knocks the other out of play and goes as far back on the track as she can causing the one that was knocked out to enter behind the one who knocked her out. Pretty much it makes the one who got knocked out have to skate further before entering to play again. It's a lot easier to see.
Now I should explain that I'm not trying to be bitter. There are some things I don't understand about that audition. There will always be things you don't understand. You could've killed the audition...best one in your life and if you're not what they're looking for....that's that. It helps that I knew I wasn't going to be a princess or anything. I wouldn't say I'm fat, but I'm a size 11 (or so, you know those weird in between sizes. That's me). However, to be a character at Disney? Come on now. I read somewhere that most of the princesses are a size 2 or 4 and that there is a few that are size 6. If you read their website is does say height is the most important, but there's no reason to not face that facts on that one.
Anyways, so I sulked and was fine. Until practice that night. Watching is starting to get more annoying than anything. I want to get back up and start skating again. At least until they need their knee taps. That's still scaring the crap out of me. I'm not sure if I'm in the right mental state to do that now.
I did stay after and started to NSO. Non-skating official. I had to sit, so I was put in the penalty box. Sit with a stop watch, as soon as your color (depending on what side of the box you're sitting on and what side of the track the girls are on) sits down the timer starts. They sit for 20 seconds then you say color, number and stand. They stand and after ten more seconds (so they're there for 30 seconds total) you say color, number and done. Then they go back on the track. Next week we get to learn how to do paper work for the box as well. There are more jobs as well like penalty tracker and score keeper. Everyone keeps saying it's one of the best ways to learn how to play the game and just learn the game in general. So for now, that's what I will do.
My spirits? Keeping them as high as possible. You will hear a million "no's" before you get a "yes"....that one yes is all that matters.
Oh and for anyone who is wondering....soul crusher is a derby term. It's part of a strategy. One jammer knocks the other out of play and goes as far back on the track as she can causing the one that was knocked out to enter behind the one who knocked her out. Pretty much it makes the one who got knocked out have to skate further before entering to play again. It's a lot easier to see.
Tuesday, March 10, 2015
Disney Auditions
Let's just start with saying I didn't make it past the first round. Simple as that.
I tried my hardest.
They say that just because you weren't asked to stay doesn't mean the road is over. For the DCP it doesn't matter....they could offer you another job in a different field, you just aren't going to be a character performer.
Part of me is okay with not having to wear a large fur costume in the hot sun....however, let's face it...everyone knows it's the dream of a life time.
I was crushed. I tried acting like it didn't bother me, but it did.
This is what happened...
We stood in line and got our numbers before signing in. We all went into one room then numbers 1-70 went into a separate room. We learned a dance quickly, very quickly. We did it four times, then four times while going across the room, then you did it again...this time only four at a time. That's when they made first cuts...that was it.
People who would really good dancers and people who were very much a look-a-like didn't get called back. There were some people who had been there more than once and have made it all the way to not making it past the first cut. It was a very odd audition.
I can't say that I'm not happy I did it. I am happy. I did it.
However, now I don't know what I'm suppose to do.
My sprained ankle is kind of putting a damper on my parade. I can't do derby and now...well now I'm still just sitting and waiting for Disney to tell me if they're offering a job (or role as they call it) for the DCP.
There is always more auditions, but after the way I feel today I'm not sure if I can handle another Disney audition.
I will tell you one thing...the people there are so nice. Many people come back and try again if they didn't make it the first time around. You start knowing people and remembering them and you get in contact with them and it's like a little family. Everyone was cheering for everyone, meeting everyone, smiling. It was a wonder place to be....even for that moment. I think that's why I'm so disappointed. I knew I would fit in if I got a chance.
I was told by someone there that at the very end of the audition they only have 15 people left....15. There was over a 100 people there. It's hard to believe how limited they are. It's understandable that they can only have so many jobs and so many people, but the massive amounts of people and you can be cut because you didn't smile enough or simply for the fact there was too many people for your height and you just didn't make it. Not to say that if you audition again it'll be the same. They could have only been looking for people who were 4'5-5'3 and if you're not in that...you're out. That's just part of the game.
My sister made a good point in how hot it would be while in fur. I'm not sure how much I would like that and everyone has to be fur. That's just the way it is.
Maybe I will audition again. It's hard to keep your chin up. They say when one door closes another one opens. Perhaps I am meant to stay here or for that matter...I'm just not meant to be a character performer.
Who knows? I might get a job offer down there that I take and it turns out to be the best time of my life. Thinking on it, being a character performer you have to be always up...being someone else. At least in any other job, I would still be able to be myself and at the end of the day I don't want to be anyone else.
I tried my hardest.
They say that just because you weren't asked to stay doesn't mean the road is over. For the DCP it doesn't matter....they could offer you another job in a different field, you just aren't going to be a character performer.
Part of me is okay with not having to wear a large fur costume in the hot sun....however, let's face it...everyone knows it's the dream of a life time.
I was crushed. I tried acting like it didn't bother me, but it did.
This is what happened...
We stood in line and got our numbers before signing in. We all went into one room then numbers 1-70 went into a separate room. We learned a dance quickly, very quickly. We did it four times, then four times while going across the room, then you did it again...this time only four at a time. That's when they made first cuts...that was it.
People who would really good dancers and people who were very much a look-a-like didn't get called back. There were some people who had been there more than once and have made it all the way to not making it past the first cut. It was a very odd audition.
I can't say that I'm not happy I did it. I am happy. I did it.
However, now I don't know what I'm suppose to do.
My sprained ankle is kind of putting a damper on my parade. I can't do derby and now...well now I'm still just sitting and waiting for Disney to tell me if they're offering a job (or role as they call it) for the DCP.
There is always more auditions, but after the way I feel today I'm not sure if I can handle another Disney audition.
I will tell you one thing...the people there are so nice. Many people come back and try again if they didn't make it the first time around. You start knowing people and remembering them and you get in contact with them and it's like a little family. Everyone was cheering for everyone, meeting everyone, smiling. It was a wonder place to be....even for that moment. I think that's why I'm so disappointed. I knew I would fit in if I got a chance.
I was told by someone there that at the very end of the audition they only have 15 people left....15. There was over a 100 people there. It's hard to believe how limited they are. It's understandable that they can only have so many jobs and so many people, but the massive amounts of people and you can be cut because you didn't smile enough or simply for the fact there was too many people for your height and you just didn't make it. Not to say that if you audition again it'll be the same. They could have only been looking for people who were 4'5-5'3 and if you're not in that...you're out. That's just part of the game.
My sister made a good point in how hot it would be while in fur. I'm not sure how much I would like that and everyone has to be fur. That's just the way it is.
Maybe I will audition again. It's hard to keep your chin up. They say when one door closes another one opens. Perhaps I am meant to stay here or for that matter...I'm just not meant to be a character performer.
Who knows? I might get a job offer down there that I take and it turns out to be the best time of my life. Thinking on it, being a character performer you have to be always up...being someone else. At least in any other job, I would still be able to be myself and at the end of the day I don't want to be anyone else.
Sunday, March 8, 2015
Watching The Masses
Everyone compares themselves to other...everyone watches other people. Come on now. I know a lot of people who can even say that "people watching" is one of their favorite things to do.
Today in practice...that's what I got to do. I watched.
At first I was really excited for it. Watching everyone skating around the track and doing the basics was really helping me understand what we were really doing. I know what to watch for now and it makes it a lot easier to notice things.
However, even though we're not suppose to judge other people, it is hard. I'm watching some of these girls that can clearly skate better than I can and so, naturally, that causes me to get down on myself. Then I notice half of the girls are at my level. --staying up, hardly falling, just trying--
There were some tears today. They may have been tears before, but this was the first time I saw someone crying at practice. I felt her pain. I've been there already as well.
It's funny because we are all trying new things. I've noticed that even the girls who I thought were beyond amazing were stumbling and having a hard time on at least one thing.
I was pretty upset because today we...well they learned how to do 180 transitions and turn around toe stops. Pretty much the transition is turning in around by lifting your feet (at least your heals) off the ground. The turn around toe stop is the same thing, but you put your toe stop down after you turn in order to stop and change direction that you're going if need be. I've been all about it and I was pretty bummed I miss it.
The swelling in my ankle has gone down, but there's a chance I won't be able to finish this wave. Wave being the group of girls that's training at a time. For now I'm keeping my hopes high and if nothing else I'm going to start does NSO-ing. NSO being non-skating official. Pretty much....score keepers.
We will see what it's like after Tuesday. The big audition day.
Until then R.I.C.E. is my friend, and I will keep it up.
Anyone can do anything for 30 seconds.
There is always one thing someone can't do. No one is perfect.
Today in practice...that's what I got to do. I watched.
At first I was really excited for it. Watching everyone skating around the track and doing the basics was really helping me understand what we were really doing. I know what to watch for now and it makes it a lot easier to notice things.
However, even though we're not suppose to judge other people, it is hard. I'm watching some of these girls that can clearly skate better than I can and so, naturally, that causes me to get down on myself. Then I notice half of the girls are at my level. --staying up, hardly falling, just trying--
There were some tears today. They may have been tears before, but this was the first time I saw someone crying at practice. I felt her pain. I've been there already as well.
It's funny because we are all trying new things. I've noticed that even the girls who I thought were beyond amazing were stumbling and having a hard time on at least one thing.
I was pretty upset because today we...well they learned how to do 180 transitions and turn around toe stops. Pretty much the transition is turning in around by lifting your feet (at least your heals) off the ground. The turn around toe stop is the same thing, but you put your toe stop down after you turn in order to stop and change direction that you're going if need be. I've been all about it and I was pretty bummed I miss it.
The swelling in my ankle has gone down, but there's a chance I won't be able to finish this wave. Wave being the group of girls that's training at a time. For now I'm keeping my hopes high and if nothing else I'm going to start does NSO-ing. NSO being non-skating official. Pretty much....score keepers.
We will see what it's like after Tuesday. The big audition day.
Until then R.I.C.E. is my friend, and I will keep it up.
Anyone can do anything for 30 seconds.
There is always one thing someone can't do. No one is perfect.
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