{"id":114,"date":"2010-11-08T09:16:58","date_gmt":"2010-11-08T14:16:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/rebecca\/?p=114"},"modified":"2010-11-08T09:16:58","modified_gmt":"2010-11-08T14:16:58","slug":"masquerade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/rebecca\/2010\/11\/masquerade\/","title":{"rendered":"Masquerade!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This is my yarn octopus, Tungeptson (isn't he cute?).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Working for KRUI is a complex, highly time-consuming task totally worth the effort. Memorizing thousands of little buttons and their meanings seems daunting, but it leads to the kind of celebrity found only in broadcasting. Knowing someone out there listens to you seems kind of intimidating, but after a while, you learn to own it. As long as you stay on top of your game, censor yourself and make sure you\u2019re speaking to the best of your ability, you have nothing to worry about.<\/p>\n

My supervisors, Bret and Emily, pushed me to speak on the radio last week, but I was reluctant and stuck to a weather report. After which, I said, \u201cI owned that weather report, you guys. I told that weather like it was nobody\u2019s business.\u201d<\/p>\n

They laughed. They\u2019re pushing me to participate in Tuesday\u2019s interview and political discussion. I kind of hope I don\u2019t sound like an idiot because I\u2019ve never conducted an interview before, and I don\u2019t want to sound like some political moron, but since I\u2019m pretty much on top of the news, there shouldn\u2019t be a problem.<\/p>\n

Zach was scared for his job at Informavores (internet news show). He doesn\u2019t really keep up with politics, so I helped him out. I\u2019m thinking of making flashcards for him so he can learn the governors and their stances. Sometimes, that\u2019s useful if you\u2019re panicky and about to speak on-air, but I don\u2019t know if he\u2019d appreciate that (probably not because I don\u2019t think he\u2019s a flashcard fan). Either way, he should learn them before his show. I think that\u2019s pretty rational.<\/p>\n

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I attended Drag Ball with these people. : )<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I went to drag ball with a bunch of people. Damon (who admires Oscar Wilde and watches movies with which I\u2019m unfamiliar) rocked it. He danced and lip-synced to Shakira. He also blew away the audience by looking super-cool in his outfit and impressively dancing like a pop star (I can\u2019t :<). After he performed, we ate fruit and drank water, both of which were refreshing after cheering on performers for extended periods of time.<\/p>\n

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Stare-down between Damon (right) and I (left).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I also went to a KRUI productions meeting yesterday. The staff taught me about cameras and affiliation with websites to make money, which was of great interest to me because I like to earn money through writing (big surprise). I\u2019m working with Amanda (who takes cool pictures and has a larger version of my laptop) and Rory and Fred (bearded and has glasses respectively). They\u2019re super-mega-awesome-fancy people and I like working with them because we design station merchandise and talk about webcomics.<\/p>\n

The AIHS (honors-student-hosted) masquerade was fun. We made our masks (mine was red-orange, Zach\u2019s was purple and Damon\u2019s was blue) and did the time warp, which I also did at the Bijou Theater\u2019s Rocky Horror production (Damon won a Charlie Brown doll). I learned it\u2019s fun to dance to popular songs because you know the lyrics and it\u2019s fun to act out the things happening in the song, like when Lady Gaga sings, \u201cTonight, I\u2019m not takin\u2019 no calls\/\u2018cause I be dancin\u2019\u201d and you simulate talking on a telephone and then break into dance.<\/p>\n

Zach had trouble keeping up with \u201cThe Cha Cha Slide\u201d even though the dance steps were in the song. He crashed into me and I asked, \u201cZach, are you having trouble with this? The instructions are in the song.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s difficult.\u201d We slid to the left. He bumped into me again.<\/p>\n

\u201cLeft, Zach.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t tell my left from my right!\u201d<\/p>\n

We laughed. He bumped into a couple more people. The song ended. It was funny.<\/p>\n

My three exams this week went well. I\u2019m satisfied with my grades, but I\u2019m learning I don\u2019t have to cloister myself to have good scores. I can leave my room and have occasional fun, which is cool. I\u2019m still pretty stressed about upcoming essays and exams, though, which seems stupid considering they\u2019re not coming for several weeks. Still, work outside of school makes me feel like I always have something to do, which I technically do, but it\u2019s not meant to feel stressful.<\/p>\n

Oh well.<\/p>\n

Tonight I have F.A.S.T (Free Associate Student Theater), for which I wrote a play. Basically, they\u2019re going to review my submission and tell me its flaws, which I\u2019ll fix and then it\u2019ll be perfect. Then, the group will select my piece if it\u2019s good enough and student actors will perform it, which seems pretty awesome. I hope people like it because I really put heart into that thing. Right now, I just want people to like (maybe love) my play.<\/p>\n

Tomorrow night, I have a meeting for KRUI News and on Tuesday, I have another meeting for KRUI music. I don\u2019t know if it\u2019s wise to work for four departments, but I think if I focus on the ones of main interest, I should be okay. It\u2019s kind of a lot, but I\u2019ll be fine.<\/p>\n

Anyway, I have to take notes on a book about food ethics. Have a lovely day, my dears. <3<\/p>\n

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Damon (left), Zach (right) and I (center). Courtesy of Alyx. :3<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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