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Name: Amy
Country: United States
State: Wisconsin
Metro: Green Bay
Birthday: 3/9/1988
Gender: Female
Interests: Activities: Theatre, Sewing, Knitting, Crochet, Video Games, Singing, Thrifting, etc....Music: Musicals, Indie, Rock, Ska, Happy Hardcore, Techno, Jazz.
Expertise: Student
Occupation: Student in college.
Industry: Entertainment
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AIM:  Dorkituplikemad
Member Since:
1/2/2003
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| I'm so glad that there's only a few weeks left of work. This week was one of the most frustrating weeks I have ever had in a job. Not only is it crazy with all the float making and carnival planning with painting, set making, costume constructing, and dip and dabbing chaos, but we have had to deal with some serious issues that happens with the community. Unfortunately for the sake of what I do I can't give too many details on here, but basically we found out the kid is getting beat really bad from his mom. I reported this issue to one of my supervisors who simply shrugged it off as if there was nothing anybody could do about it. Of course this doesn't satisfy me...how can we kick this kid out of the park for being naughty when he has to go home to that crap? So now I have a moral dilemna of reporting this further or doing nothing about it like everyone else does. Still, I can't do that...I have to take everything seriously. This kid is brainwashed to think that his mom beating him is ok and that god will protect him. First of all, that's sick to be a religious person yet beat your kids. You'll just confuse the child into thinking that god is evil when they are older. Secondly, if your occupation is a social worker and you ignore some kids getting beat you shouldn't brag about your program being one of the best in the country because you aren't keeping them safe, you're hiding it to keep the good reputation. However, if I report it further...this could really jeopardise my job because it's not so anonymous to my supervisors anymore. Maybe that's why most people do nothing about situations like this, but by nature I care too much for these neglected kids. After asking advice from a professional, I realize that I am doing the right thing and I could really be saving a kid's life (not physically, but get him on the right track in life).
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| GRANDMOTHER WILLOW
Is that my Pocahontas? POCAHONTAS
Grandmother Willow, I need to talk to you. GRANDMOTHER WILLOW
Good morning, child. I was hoping you’d visit today. Why, your mother’s necklace! POCAHONTAS
That’s what I wanted to talk to you about. My father wants me to marry Kocoum. GRANDMOTHER WILLOW
Kocoum? But he’s so serious. POCAHONTAS
I know. My father thinks it’s the right path for me. But lately I’ve been having this dream and I think it’s— GRANDMOTHER WILLOW
Oh, a dream! Let’s hear all about it!
ANIMALS
[Chatter.] GRANDMOTHER WILLOW
Quiet! Quiet!
FROG
[Ribbit.] GRANDMOTHER WILLOW
Now, child, you were saying. POCAHONTAS
Well, I’m running through the woods and then right there in front of me is an arrow. As I look at it, it starts to spin. GRANDMOTHER WILLOW
A spinning arrow? How unusual. POCAHONTAS
Yes! It spins faster and faster and faster until suddenly it stops. GRANDMOTHER WILLOW
Hmm. Well, seems to me this spinning arrow is pointing you down your path. POCAHONTAS
But Grandmother Willow, what is my path? How am I ever going to find it? GRANDMOTHER WILLOW
[Chuckle.] Your mother asked me the very same question. POCAHONTAS
She did? What did you tell her? GRANDMOTHER WILLOW
I told her to listen. All around you are spirits, child. They live in the earth, the water, the sky. If you listen, they will guide you.
WIND SPIRITS
Ay ay ay na ay ay na POCAHONTAS
I hear the wind. GRANDMOTHER WILLOW
Yes, what is it telling you? POCAHONTAS
I don’t understand. GRANDMOTHER WILLOW
Que que na-to-ra
You will understand
Listen with your heart
You will understand
Let it break upon you
Like a wave upon the sand POCAHONTAS
It’s saying something’s coming! Strange clouds? GRANDMOTHER WILLOW
Listen with your heart
You will understand WIND SPIRITS
You will understand GRANDMOTHER WILLOW
What do you see? POCAHONTAS
Clouds. Strange clouds.
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| Ahh, what should I do?
A letter upon figuring out where to take my Arts Management internship...
These are all good ideas, Amy, and I think you would do fine at any one of them. The Meyer might be a good option if you decided to do it during the school year, as it would be easy to get to and I suspect he might be able to find some winter break hours from you, since a lot of that internship in the past has been scheduling ushers and volunteers. If you are thinking about spring '10, then a good time to make an appointment to talk with Matt Goebel at the Meyer would be around October.
As for the PAC, I've had very good luck with interns there, they use interns well and you get a good experience. There is both a marketing and development internship, and the development supervisor is a former student of mine (although I'm not sure she would still be there by next summer, because she has talked about moving to Madison so her husband can go to graduate school). If you wanted to do that next summer, we would need to start looking into it at the beginning of spring semester.
For Pen Players, Laura has a good handle on the application process there for the technical positions, but we would need to contact them to see if they still are interested in an administrative intern -- last year, at least, that was posted separately. Since that is a newer internship, I don't have a very good handle on how many applicants they get, but I would be happy to talk with them in the fall to see what the situation is. Remind me!
There is another possibility that just came up, and I thought I would mention it to you even though it isn't fully formed yet. There is a group tentatively called Film Green Bay which is starting to organize with a mission of encouraging film production here. They are interested in considering an intern to help them formulate a film festival and/or write a business plan. The advantage of this is that it would be a lot of independent hours and you could probably do a lot of work during winter break. The disadvantage is that, as a forming organization, you won't be able to see a theater company in action as you would with the other ones.
I really appreciate you thinking about this early, and let me know what you would like to do for the next step.
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| Life has been wonderful lately. Getting engaged was a nice step into my relationship with Mike. Although I don't plan on getting married for quite a few years, it's nice to know where we stand. We have been talking about our after college careers, mostly centering it around the Chicago area to start, so hopefully things go really well for the rest of our college. We'll be an interesting couple...one Theatre/Arts Management girl with an environmental science (forensics) dude. Living with him is really a good life move because we are so compatible and we have the best communication and connection as a couple and as roomies. So, yay for me.
I tend to keep my friends updated lazily through facebook status', so here are a few of them lately:
seems to deal with stress through severe rls, tons of kicking in my sleep, Eczema, and saying strange things in my sleep. I really need to do my online journaling again...well, it looks like we might have to be stuck in this heap 'o crap apartment. Of course that's after reminding them that it's illegal if they don't give us a NORMAL lease option. Brush up on your laws, renters!
let's just say...our land lord is ridiculous. This apartment is cheap, but it isn't managed well and it is pretty tiny. It would be nice to have somewhere new. My whole experience living here has been stressful. From getting harassed by weird neighbors to getting my car stuck a million times from their lack of plowing, I knew I wanted to live somewhere else...and when our lease was up we started looking right away. However, instead of them giving us the 60 day notice that we were supposed to get, we got like 4 days to sign a lease or get out. Then about the day it was due, we got a letter saying to disregard the last letter because of some errors. Well, that bought us a few more weeks, but it still wasn't the 60 day notice we were supposed to get. Not only that, we only got three options for renewing our lease. 1...pay extra rent for a month to month lease, 2...lease until February (umm..hello?? have you ever moved in the middle of winter?), or stay here for a year and a half. So, after all that stress, we looked up our laws on renting, and even in our lease it said we have the right to get the same lease again (a year). Unforutunately, I'll have to deal with another year of hot sleepless nights (because of the crappy air circulation and noisy neighbors), harrassment from bitchy/creepy neighbors, and a shitily maintained property. Can you sense my stress? I have the right to feel comfortable in my own home, but these are just making it very difficult.
Other than that I must continue finishing college and trying to think about what i want to do for my arts management internship...assuming I do one instead of a practicum. I'm debating whether to live at home in Appleton during the summer and working for the PAC, trying to get free housing at some theatre far away during the summer, or working at the Meyer or just for my school during the school year (maybe the spring semester?). Oh choices!
Work is ok. It's not as good as I thought it was going to be when I started the job...but it certainly beats smelling like wet dog all day and squeezing dog's anals. (yeah, I said it.) Most people think all we do is play kickball and Mancala all day. Funny. Instead, I yell at naughty kids and try to relax and have fun. There are a lot of stresses to deal with, but at least I get to be in the sun when I want to. It is pretty annoying to have the same questions asked every.fricken.day. I can officially say....KIDS ARE ANNOYING. If I have any parents or future parents reading this...for the love of god....discipline the little fuckers before it's too late. It's not something you want seen in public. I can see some of these kids' futures brightly. Some will be good and smart, while others will be unsuccessful and theives because of the way they are being raised. And I am not saying this lightly. 
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| Hmm...I've been thinking about journaling again. It keeps my thoughts organized. My thoughts have been kind of a mess lately...the good and bad ones. I have learned to vent before I explode though. I have a history of doing that. And luckily, since not many people read this anymore, I think I may be happy to write again. We'll see how much I keep up with it though. As for now, I guess we'll count this as a new start .
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