Swag bag! (aka Moraga and the DLP, Part 2)
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azuriteOkay, so there's no wireless here at the dorms of St. Mary's College (no Ethernet, it looks like either... I feel sorry for the students who stay here), and the wireless hot spots on campus require a password. So the soonest this'll get posted is sometime Sunday night. Oh well, I guess that gives me less to get distracted by?
Well, I was pretty distracted enough coming here, I guess, because I forgot something critical: my bra. :P Luckily no one's said anything today, so I guess I managed to make do pretty well, and I'm hoping my triple-layers tomorrow will help as well. But seriously... bra + business = A+. No bra + business... FAIL! I'm sure![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
schmollieollie, cutieme4u and a few others remember when I was stringently anti-bra back in the day... yeah well, not anymore. :P
So the DLP took off this morning around 9am after breakfast (which went amazingly fast; we had breakfast in Oliver Hall, which is huge and wooden, but the food isn't FANTASTIC, just passable). We split into groups (I'm in Group 9 with New York Life insurance) and then headed to La Fevre hall where the Welcome and Orientation was; we were greeted by a bunch of CRAZY happy facilitators and leaders, went down a Soul Train high-five line, and then got our nametags.
We had a lot of mix-up networking that we did-- we had to keep switching groups and meet new people according to things like favorite color, birth month, and so on. Eventually we got back into our regular groups, and we had to come up with a cheer. Ours is "Bringing the 8s and 9s," (we're group 8 and 9 combined) "Rep'in' New York Life, Take it to the Chorus (my line! :D), Go ahead and bring it, New York Life! x2... actually, I think I messed that last line up, so I'll correct it later when it's drilled into my head.
After that we had our workshop, which was "Charting your Course, Straight from the Source," which was a fantastic help regarding interviews and resumes. I got some great tips from a guy named Bin Nguyen (know him,staplerx?) who works for New York Life here in San Francisco. So I'll be fixing up my resume this week before Philadelphia, so I have better resumes to hand out while I'm there.
Then we had a session devoted to New York Life's internship, which sounds pretty cool-- though difficult and highly competitive. Still, there's got to be a reason why I ended up in this group and not one with Lockheed-Martin, Target, or one of the other sponsors.
If it weren't for the Enterprise Rent-A-Car energy drink we got in our swag bags yesterday, I would be passed out now. But that perked me up during the last half of the NYL session and kept me going through dinner (which was veggie tortellini and rice).
In a few minutes, I'm heading back to La Fevre with the rest of my group, and we're doing some sort of evening events and more prize drawings (didn't win this morning, but I'm staying optimistic for the Video iPod giveaway, or one of the scholarships). Then comes the Target Social, which I will MAKE myself go to, even if I don't stay for the whole thing (because I have to be up at 6:30 tomorrow morning for breakfast at 7:00).
...Later that day
Okay, so at the Evening Social we played a bunch of games and raffled off more prizes (none of which I won... yet), played a Scavenger Hunt with an HP digital camera (the results of which I hope are creative enough and win our group SOMETHING... we did have representatives from our group in the Dance-Off and in the "American Idol" contest (Lip synching + choreography), but we only placed in the Dance-Off. Still, watching it all was hilarious.
At least during it all (especially during the raffle calls, when a lot of dud tickets got called), I made myself known. The "Games Mistress" Amber got to know my face and voice enough so that when I came to the Target Red Room party afterward and she saw me, she stopped talking to the person next to her and gave me A Look. I held my hands up in surrender and said "I'm not saying anything!" and she looked at me all shocked and said, "That would be the first time today, wouldn't it?" (In the raffle, I'd said "Pick me!" and she said "The fishbowl does the choosing" because she was pulling tickets out of a "fishbowl." I said, "Fish like me!" and she said "So does duct tape," to which everyone -yes, me included- laughed. It's actually kind of fun knowing I can laugh at myself instead of being hurt-- I remember when one girl DID get insulted at an emcee, and it only made her look like a tart, not the emcee.)
The Target Red Party cool was pretty nice-- they had fruits, chips with salsa, cute decorations done in red and white (Target colors, of course), and even circular bathmats placed all over. I especially liked the fake votive candles in target-marked glasses (I got to keep one, ssh!). But the music kind of stank after the first few minutes-- I only danced to "Slide, Part 2," the dance-off (Target-style, which I did not win, of course :P) and the suddenly addictive "Girlfriend" from Avril Lavigne.
When that song first came out (andcutieme4u will attest to this), I hated it, and couldn't believe it was Avril, who'd supposedly "matured" in both her tastes and her music. But then a group had it for the American Idol contest, and they did SUCH a fantastic job with it, we couldn't help but ask for an encore. And then they played the song again at the Target Party, so... :P Actually, one guy said to me (after the dance-off) that I should get back on the dance floor after the contest, because it was hilarious watching my face-- he said I get "really into it" when I'm dancing. ^^;; It was a while before I danced after he made that comment, because I got pretty self-consicious. For all I know, I look like an epileptic ape on the dance floor. So I swung by the drink bar and got a "Specialty Drink" which was Red Bull, pineapple juice, and a splash of grenadine-- enough buzz to keep me going when I have to be up at freakin' 6:50am tomorrow! Grrrgh.
Hopefully I'll win a scholarship or SOME prize (well, not a Starbucks certificate or a bag of candy...) and I can walk away from this not only having LEARNED something and having NETWORKED, but with something tangible and cool, too. :} I know that's not what it's all about, but when you start droppin' prizes, everyone wants in, and I'm no different. I hardly ever win anything, so... if it helps by being loud and proud, then I will be! It only takes a bit of time for me to get into a groove, even if I was Shy Guy earlier.
As for the subject line, Swag Bag, so far...
* Target gray messenger bag
* Longs drawstring bag with tissues, hand sanitizer, Icy Hot cream, and facial wipes
* New York Life neon drawstring bag
* DLP binder and pen
* Target bag of candy and jelly-ring with light
* Seagate bike light
* Enterprise Rent-A-Car stress ball
* Navy notebook
Hey,akavertigo? Whenever you read this, these are YOUR prompts!
* Note: they do not have to be used as quotes; they can be put in narrative and paraphrased to NOT be in the first-person, or to refer to specific people, if desired. But the context must remain the same, or else... how does it inspire?
(1) "There I was, just standing there, when I what I wanted to do was forbidden."
(2) "I decided the only option was to seduce him."
(3) "We were drinking champagne and losing our shirts."
(4) "She may be young, but she's not stupid."
(5) "the stain on the wall"
Well, I was pretty distracted enough coming here, I guess, because I forgot something critical: my bra. :P Luckily no one's said anything today, so I guess I managed to make do pretty well, and I'm hoping my triple-layers tomorrow will help as well. But seriously... bra + business = A+. No bra + business... FAIL! I'm sure
schmollieollie, cutieme4u and a few others remember when I was stringently anti-bra back in the day... yeah well, not anymore. :PSo the DLP took off this morning around 9am after breakfast (which went amazingly fast; we had breakfast in Oliver Hall, which is huge and wooden, but the food isn't FANTASTIC, just passable). We split into groups (I'm in Group 9 with New York Life insurance) and then headed to La Fevre hall where the Welcome and Orientation was; we were greeted by a bunch of CRAZY happy facilitators and leaders, went down a Soul Train high-five line, and then got our nametags.
We had a lot of mix-up networking that we did-- we had to keep switching groups and meet new people according to things like favorite color, birth month, and so on. Eventually we got back into our regular groups, and we had to come up with a cheer. Ours is "Bringing the 8s and 9s," (we're group 8 and 9 combined) "Rep'in' New York Life, Take it to the Chorus (my line! :D), Go ahead and bring it, New York Life! x2... actually, I think I messed that last line up, so I'll correct it later when it's drilled into my head.
After that we had our workshop, which was "Charting your Course, Straight from the Source," which was a fantastic help regarding interviews and resumes. I got some great tips from a guy named Bin Nguyen (know him,
staplerx?) who works for New York Life here in San Francisco. So I'll be fixing up my resume this week before Philadelphia, so I have better resumes to hand out while I'm there.Then we had a session devoted to New York Life's internship, which sounds pretty cool-- though difficult and highly competitive. Still, there's got to be a reason why I ended up in this group and not one with Lockheed-Martin, Target, or one of the other sponsors.
If it weren't for the Enterprise Rent-A-Car energy drink we got in our swag bags yesterday, I would be passed out now. But that perked me up during the last half of the NYL session and kept me going through dinner (which was veggie tortellini and rice).
In a few minutes, I'm heading back to La Fevre with the rest of my group, and we're doing some sort of evening events and more prize drawings (didn't win this morning, but I'm staying optimistic for the Video iPod giveaway, or one of the scholarships). Then comes the Target Social, which I will MAKE myself go to, even if I don't stay for the whole thing (because I have to be up at 6:30 tomorrow morning for breakfast at 7:00).
...Later that day
Okay, so at the Evening Social we played a bunch of games and raffled off more prizes (none of which I won... yet), played a Scavenger Hunt with an HP digital camera (the results of which I hope are creative enough and win our group SOMETHING... we did have representatives from our group in the Dance-Off and in the "American Idol" contest (Lip synching + choreography), but we only placed in the Dance-Off. Still, watching it all was hilarious.
At least during it all (especially during the raffle calls, when a lot of dud tickets got called), I made myself known. The "Games Mistress" Amber got to know my face and voice enough so that when I came to the Target Red Room party afterward and she saw me, she stopped talking to the person next to her and gave me A Look. I held my hands up in surrender and said "I'm not saying anything!" and she looked at me all shocked and said, "That would be the first time today, wouldn't it?" (In the raffle, I'd said "Pick me!" and she said "The fishbowl does the choosing" because she was pulling tickets out of a "fishbowl." I said, "Fish like me!" and she said "So does duct tape," to which everyone -yes, me included- laughed. It's actually kind of fun knowing I can laugh at myself instead of being hurt-- I remember when one girl DID get insulted at an emcee, and it only made her look like a tart, not the emcee.)
The Target Red Party cool was pretty nice-- they had fruits, chips with salsa, cute decorations done in red and white (Target colors, of course), and even circular bathmats placed all over. I especially liked the fake votive candles in target-marked glasses (I got to keep one, ssh!). But the music kind of stank after the first few minutes-- I only danced to "Slide, Part 2," the dance-off (Target-style, which I did not win, of course :P) and the suddenly addictive "Girlfriend" from Avril Lavigne.
When that song first came out (and
cutieme4u will attest to this), I hated it, and couldn't believe it was Avril, who'd supposedly "matured" in both her tastes and her music. But then a group had it for the American Idol contest, and they did SUCH a fantastic job with it, we couldn't help but ask for an encore. And then they played the song again at the Target Party, so... :P Actually, one guy said to me (after the dance-off) that I should get back on the dance floor after the contest, because it was hilarious watching my face-- he said I get "really into it" when I'm dancing. ^^;; It was a while before I danced after he made that comment, because I got pretty self-consicious. For all I know, I look like an epileptic ape on the dance floor. So I swung by the drink bar and got a "Specialty Drink" which was Red Bull, pineapple juice, and a splash of grenadine-- enough buzz to keep me going when I have to be up at freakin' 6:50am tomorrow! Grrrgh.Hopefully I'll win a scholarship or SOME prize (well, not a Starbucks certificate or a bag of candy...) and I can walk away from this not only having LEARNED something and having NETWORKED, but with something tangible and cool, too. :} I know that's not what it's all about, but when you start droppin' prizes, everyone wants in, and I'm no different. I hardly ever win anything, so... if it helps by being loud and proud, then I will be! It only takes a bit of time for me to get into a groove, even if I was Shy Guy earlier.
As for the subject line, Swag Bag, so far...
* Target gray messenger bag
* Longs drawstring bag with tissues, hand sanitizer, Icy Hot cream, and facial wipes
* New York Life neon drawstring bag
* DLP binder and pen
* Target bag of candy and jelly-ring with light
* Seagate bike light
* Enterprise Rent-A-Car stress ball
* Navy notebook
Hey,
akavertigo? Whenever you read this, these are YOUR prompts!* Note: they do not have to be used as quotes; they can be put in narrative and paraphrased to NOT be in the first-person, or to refer to specific people, if desired. But the context must remain the same, or else... how does it inspire?
(1) "There I was, just standing there, when I what I wanted to do was forbidden."
(2) "I decided the only option was to seduce him."
(3) "We were drinking champagne and losing our shirts."
(4) "She may be young, but she's not stupid."
(5) "the stain on the wall"
