Disney World vs Disneyland

Disney.  It's known as the happiest place on earth.  No matter which park you go to, you're supposed to have a magical and memorable experience.  Growing up, I was spoiled at Disney.  My parents would take us weeks at a time to the parks as we had annual passes.  I loved going to Disney World as a kid and still remember the times I was dragged onto Thunder Mountain and Goofy's Barnyard coasters and came off crying.  Whenever you go to Disney and see children crying you say, "There's no crying at Disney!"  Yeah, well, I was one of those kids.

During my college years, I frequented Disney World quite a bit.  In my junior year, I spent spring break at DisneyWorld park hopping with two friends, DJ and Fernanda.  I knew the parks inside and out, and when I moved away from Florida I was saddened that I was moving away from Orlando.

California brought a completely new twist on Disney parks when I visited their version of 'Disney' for the first time.  I was told mixed reviews about the parks by Californians and Floridians.  I went to Disneyland/Disney's California Adventure with an open mind (even though I secretly hated them for their ridiculous ticket prices).  To start with, I really LOVED how close everything is between the two parks in California.  For one, you can walk right across the way from Disneyland and enter California Adventure.  Park hopping was a breeze unlike in Florida where you have to take buses or monorails to get between parks.  Once inside the parks, the rides themselves seem so close together as well.  You could finish one ride, and walk right next door and bam you're at another one.  The Florida park seems very spread out.  I enjoyed how the designers of the California parks packed as many rides as they could in the space they were given.

Now, Disney World has 4 different parks and California only has 2.  There's only so much space in 2 parks which limits them to the amount of rides they can have.  So the big question is, what do I miss from Disney World that Disneyland doesn't have?  Allow me to break it down for you.

Magic Kingdom

The staple park for Disney World.  So many rides packed into one park.  The Barnstormer roller coaster, Philhar Magic, Monster's Inc Laugh Floor, and Stitch's Great Escape.

Those 4 rides/shows are all missing from the California park landscape.  Do I miss all of those rides?  Not really.  Remember me talking about a ride I cried on when I was a child?  The barnstormer would be that ride so why on earth would I miss it?  I do miss Philhar Magic.  The smell of apple pies floating through the room.  It was such a magical and enjoyable show!  There is a Monster's Inc ride that is far more enjoyable than the laugh floor at Disney's California Adventure.  One time through the laugh floor and you're good with their jokes.  I do not miss Stitch's Great escape nor do I miss the alien version of the ride previous to Stitch.  Not a fan of being in the dark with 'things' breathing on my neck.

There are a few rides that are different than their versions at the Magic Kingdom.  The Astro Orbiter is MUCH lower to the ground at Disneyland.  I miss taking the elevator up to the ride and being so high up that you could see the whole park lit up at night.  The castle at Disneyland is minuscule in comparison to the Cinderella castle at the Magic Kingdom.  However, there's a fun walk through of the Disneyland castle which is missing from the Magic Kingdom.

Epcot

The world showcase, Test Track, Mission Space, the Seas with Nemo and Friends, Spaceship Earth, and Ellen's Energy Adventure are all missing from Disneyland parks.  The world showcase is a fun adventure for a few times when visiting Epcot.  Walking around and tasting different food, drinking different alcoholic drinks when you're of age, and there are a few short rides around the world showcase.  However, if you don't have a boatload of money to spend to drink yourself around the world, then the world showcase is really only good for 1 or 2 visits.

At the Disneyland parks, there are other versions of the missing rides.  You have the Nemo underwater adventure in the submarine which is definitely more enjoyable than riding around in a clam shell and Radiator Springs Racers which far surpasses Test Track even with the updates.  I do miss Ellen's Energy Adventure as it was always a fun cool off on a hot day at the park.  Mission Space was not fun for those who don't enjoy claustrophobia and 'G Force'.  I do miss the gigantic golfball ride that was Spaceship Earth.    A classic ride that cannot be forgotten with a fun video you create at the end.  The feel to the Epcot park is definitely fun.

Hollywood Studios

The Great Movie Ride, The Legend of Jack Sparrow, Rock 'n' Roller Coaster, The Studio Backlot Tour, The Indiana Jones Stunt show, The American Idol Experience, The Extreme stunts show, and The Voyage of the Little Mermaid.

Whew seems like a lot of rides missing, huh?  The Great Movie Ride was such a classic ride.  Granted it was so old and needed so much updating, but it was still a fun experience.  The American Idol Experience really took a big chunk out of your day if you chose to compete.  It was fun to watch a bit of the competition, but I would never want to compete and lose your day at the park.  I really miss the Indiana Jones stunt show, but at Disneyland they have an epic Indiana Jones ride that definitely tops the show.  It's hard to compare the two since they're so different but I will say I'd pick the ride over the show any day.  If you really know me, you know why I could care less if the Rock 'n' Roller coaster was at Disneyland.  They do have the huge California Screamin' coaster at California Adventure for all you coaster nuts so that will fill your craving.  I would like to see the Legend of Jack Sparrow, but since it is a new attraction I can't comment on if Disneyland is missing out or not.  We already have a little mermaid ride so for me that one doesn't matter and the studio tour is lame in comparison to a certain studio tour at Universal Studios (which I also have an annual pass for.)

Animal Kingdom

Last but not least...oh who am I kidding?  Animal Kingdom was always my least favorite park.  The Finding Nemo show, Dinosaur, Expedition Everest, Kilimanjaro Safaris, Primeval Whirl.  Expedition Everest - PSH I hate roller coasters.  Moving on to Dinosaur which I do miss.  It's a fun ride with a wee bit of a drop and leaves you laughing at the end.  The Finding Nemo was a huge disappointment so I'll take the adorable new Fantasy Faire shows at Disneyland over that any day.  The Primeval Whirl looks to me to be another version of Goofy's Sky School which they have at Disney's California Adventure.  One time on that ride and my friends and I said NEVER AGAIN.  It is the most jerking, painful ride you will ever go on.  Lastly, you're left with the 'zoo' aspect of the park as well as the Kilimajaro Safaris which were quite fun.  For me, Animal Kingdom was always a park that I felt was mostly just a zoo.  A very expensive zoo at that, so I really don't miss it.

The parks in California also have: 2 other Cars Land rides, the Matterhorn aka the bobsled ride, an Alice in Wonderland ride in addition to the tea cup ride, an Aladdin show and Gadget's Go Coaster.  There is also a fun boardwalk atmosphere which has rides such as swings you'd see at a big fair, a golden zephyr ride, and a cute jumpin' jelly fish ride which is a miniature Tower of Terror.  There's also Mickey's fun wheel which is a huge ferris wheel with individual gondolas that move and swing and are quite enjoyable!  They also have my favorite food place to have lunch or dinner at, Flo's Diner.   The one aspect I have yet to discover is if the Disneyland parks have a show when they first open in the morning.  Disney World parks do.  I'll hopefully discover this when my cousins and I visit the park for the 24 hour event.  I made t-shirts and we are going to go all out for the 24hrs.  I've never stayed up for 24 hours straight so we're going to see how this goes!

Overall, I've come to love the Disneyland parks more than Disney World.  I never thought I would say that, but I honestly don't miss anything about the Disney World parks.  One day I'm sure I'll return to Disney World and I will have a blast there.  For now, I'll be happy visiting Disneyland every month and having a blast with my cousins and friends not dying from the humidity.  Going to Disneyland has become a wonderful stress relief for me and a chance to escape my busy LA life.

I know that so many people have different opinions on the parks, and this is just mine.  Feel free to voice your opinion, but this is in no way intended to start an argument.

And no, I won't be posting a comparison of Universal Studios Hollywood with Universal Studios Orlando because we all know how I feel about that.

I've added some fun Disney pics from both parks.  Enjoy and I look forwarded to reading your comments.

♥ Mir

My T-Shirt design for the upcoming Disney 24 Hour trip with my cousins! :)

 Fernanda and I meeting Mickey and Minnie - DW

The Sword wouldn't come out.  Rumor has it, a park worker pushes a button and the sword rises sometimes in Disneyland. - DW

Me and Peter Pan.  The best cast member engagement I've ever had. - DW

Me and Aladdin - DL

Disney's Hollywood Studios - DW

Raining in China - DW

Radiator Springs Racers - Disney's California Adventure

Disney's California Adventure

Alumni

I cannot believe next week marks 2 years since I graduated from Ringling.  It feels like it has been so much longer than that!  Since next week a new class is graduating, I wanted to write a post about what it means to be an alumni.  Let's start with the definition of alumni:

A graduate or former student of a specific school, college, or university.

There are many different views of what it means to be an alumni from a college. In the college's eyes, they mostly look to you as a way to promote the college and also a new source of new donations. I have received countless mail asking for donations in addition to the phone calls yearly.  The funny thing is they actually think you should donate after having paid so much money to attend the school.  Sorry folks, my money is going towards something called rent!

Personally, I have a very different vision as a college alumni.  As an alumni, my vision is to help the current students and graduating students from Ringling.  How can I help them?  While the students are still in college, they have so many questions they want answered.  The professors can answer some, but it also takes former students who are now in the business to answer them.  The questions range from how to get an internship, how to get a job, where is the best place to move, ect.  Sometimes being an alumni even means I'm up late at night reading their scripts and giving them feedback.  I enjoy feeling involved and helpful even when far away from Ringling.  Last fall, I found myself calling accepted students and speaking with them regarding their choice of major, answering questions, and helping them in any way I could regarding their college decision.  I enjoy speaking with potential students and remembering what it was like for me when I was in their shoes.

A great way to help current alumni, is to help them make the move to Los Angeles, CA to start their career.  In December of 2011, I helped Lindsey move out to California by letting her get on her feet and move in with me.  This upcoming July, she will be moving out and I will be helping another alumni, Jessica, make the move to California.  I'm extremely excited for Jessica to move on not only because she's an awesome friend, but I'm also excited to see her get her film career started.  I'm always so happy to see fellow alumni succeeding in working in film and television.

I have found the most essential time for alumni to be there for current students is when graduating seniors need their questions answered.  Graduating from college is one of the most important times in an individual's life.  The time period between when you graduate and get your first job is one of the most trying and difficult times.  There are so many questions the graduating seniors have.  I always find myself giving the exact same answer:

No matter what you want to do, no matter what it takes, move somewhere besides back home.  When you move home after graduation, you learn to settle by getting a job around the town and over time you lost interest in pursuing your dreams.  The most important thing to do after graduation is to move somewhere you can get a job in your field.

So, in the midst of my crazy, busy life I still make time to be a good alumni.  Are you working to be a good alumni for your college?  Have you reached out to fellow alumni or current students lately?  Volunteer some of your time and see what you can do to help.  You were once in their shoes, and I'm sure you would have enjoyed some help.

Til next time readers.

♥ Mir

Owl Post

Have you ever done something that you felt was a stab in the dark yet you did it anyway?  Well, about 3 months ago I found myself in that kind of a situation.  One night I was up super late because I couldn't sleep and found myself just surfing the web.  The topic of the night was Harry Potter.  For those of you who don't know me, I guess I should give you a bit of backstory.  I would have to say I'm pretty obsessed with Harry Potter.  My daily life includes various Harry Potter references, my car is named Griffy (short for Gryffindor), my laptop is adorned with Harry Potter stickers, a Harry Potter banner resides in my bedroom, and heck even my toilet has a Ministry of Magic sticker.  Harry Potter was a huge part of my childhood as it was with so many others.  So, what does this have to do with a night of sleep loss and web browsing?  I stumbled upon a youtube video of a girl receiving a response to fan mail from JK Rowling.  The girl was such a mess as she opened the letter, and of course I found myself thinking about what it would be like to receive such a letter.  After browsing through tons of web pages I finally stumbled upon the best address where I would have some chance of receiving a response.  So many had written that they did not receive responses, but I figured I had a good shot.

Now when writing a letter to JK Rowling there are many questions you'll ask yourself.  A very important one would be should it be hand written or typed?  I guess you could say I did a little of both.  I began by typing the letter.  Once I was absolutely positive of how perfect the letter was, I hand wrote it on note paper.  What was in the letter? Yeah, like I'd tell you folks.  That's between me and JK Rowling!  I will say I added a few color doodles to give the letter some spunk.

A week later after I had dotted my 'i's and crossed my 't's, I went to the post office.  With JK Rowling written in huge black sharpie on a manilla envelope, I found myself a bit embarrassed that I was mailing a letter to my idol author, so I shielded the name from view.  Who knew if I'd even get a response.  I could be wasting my time.  So I mailed the letter with the crabbiest of postal workers, and left the post office leaving any doubt about if I'd get a response at the door.

3 Months Later

A letter arrived to my FL address stamped with the Royal Mail.  $50 bucks says who this might be from? (Or if you are actually willing to bet I'll go for $1,000 seems how I know the outcome.)  I guess I had indeed found the right address to send my letter to.  Now before we go any farther, do think about how busy JK Rowling is.  She has kids after all!  After reading over the letter (I haven't seen the original yet, only the scans my parents sent me), I do feel it might have been sent by the Hogwarts students she employs for their volunteer work.  After all, I doubt JK Rowling would have spelled my name wrong if she had typed this.  I still found this letter to be so awesome.  The attached faq sheet was quite a nice touch.  Besides her promoting her new book and Pottermore, it was definitely an amazing letter to receive!  I am going to send another letter in the hopes I'll receive another one with my name spelled correctly this time.  Much better for framing when your name is spelled correctly!

So what did I learn from this experience?  Never give up on something that others say is impossible.  You don't know that something is impossible until you try.  So until next time bloggers I'll be prepping my letters for other authors I find quite enjoyable.  I've already managed to track down a way to get autographed copies of my favorite series, Divergent.  The internet is a vast oasis filled with information for you to get closer to your desires.  Just might take a few sleepless nights to find it.

♥ Mir

My JK Rowling Response Letter

A Typical Weekend in My Production Life

There was really only one way to describe what I felt while working on the MTV Movie Awards besides not being able to feel my fingers from how cold I was.  I felt on top of the world as Emma Watson walked next to me after winning her trail blazer award.  You could definitely say she is at the very top of my celebrity bucket list, so to check her off the list felt amazing.  As I texted one of my co-workers, "Emma Watson just walked past me.  If I died tonight, it'd be okay."

Friday

Let's rewind to Friday night.  I had an incredibly busy week last week working at Don Mischer Productions.  Don was Producing his daughter's high school Gala fundraiser (much like a Ringling fundraiser).  I had early mornings and long nights as I worked to create rundowns, organized film packages, edited photos for slide shows, edited music tracks, and the list goes on.  Friday night I found myself editing the rundown times as the run time of a film package had been extended.  11pm in bed with my laptop with the thought of waking up to work a separate show the next morning.

Saturday

Saturday morning came quickly and swept me up like a tornado.  I never jump on shows for just the weekend so I felt thrown amidst so many new people trying to keep track of names and titles and figure out what in the world I would be doing the next day.  The show was filmed on the Sony lot which is always a fun lot to work on.  Not to mention I only have a 2-5 minute drive to work dependent on how many red lights I hit.

It's always interesting when I jump on other shows to see how different production companies run their shows.  Some team members didn't seem to really understand the politics of productions, which I find very important.  Enough about that, moving on to what I actually did.  Saturday afternoon I was finally emailed a copy of the look book.  A look book, for my purposes, is essentially pages of faces of all the talent that would be walking the carpet.  I immediately printed it out and began studying.  Of course right after I printed it, I was emailed an updated version.  I was up until 1:30am on Saturday night studying the look book.  After frustratingly texting a co-worker, I gave up and went to bed.

Show Day

9:15am:  My alarm goes off playing "Don't Worry, Be Happy."  First thoughts of my day were names I'd memorized last night.  The first name that came to mind was Utkarsh Ambudkar (Pitch Perfect).  His was definitely the most unique name out of the group.  I raced to get ready in my show blacks that I had laid out the night before, then drove off to the Sony Studios.  I arrived early as per usual.  Thanks to my white chocolate mocha, I was set for the day with caffeine to at least get me to lunch.

11:30am:  My fellow red carpet team and I assembled in the production trailer to gear up with walkies, headsets, and the latest look books.  Another spotter and I stop by Holland Roden's (Teen Wolf) trailer to escort her to the carpet for rehearsals.  Rehearsals go smoothly and the next thought on everyone's mind is: "When's lunch?"

2:45pm:  I'm in position with my look book in hand standing at the top of the carpet where the limos drop the celebrities off at.  I have my look book in hand and made friends with talent transpo/press so if I miss any celebs they're quick to tell me who else I need to name drop.

3:30pm: The carpet officially opens.  The call over the walkie tells me we're now live on the web and limos begin pulling up to the carpet.  From 3:30-5:45 it's a constant flux of limos, watching publicists scramble, calling talent, and keeping track of who's wearing what.  You'd be surprised how often your brain turns off when you try to figure out different ways to describe guys in suits and jeans.  I lived for the moments when there were gaps in between limos to catch my breath.  Pretty fun task minus the fact I'm freezing cold.

5:45pm: I bid my talent transpo friends goodbye and head over to my spot for during the show.  My entire job is to call talent over the walkie when they enter the backstage area I'm standing near.  This way the backstage live cameras can turn to catch the celebs for viewers online.  For the next 3 hours, that's exactly what I did.  Every winner, presenter, performer, and other talent walk past me at some point throughout the night. I also saw any talent who grabbed drinks from the bar area.  (Aubrey Plaza anyone?  No need to say more.)  I tried not to scream as Emma Watson, Liam Hemsworth, Chris Evans, Eddie Redmayne, Zac Efron, Taylor Lautner, Chris Pine, Joss Whedon, Peter Dinklage, and many other celebs walked past me.  After working so many shows, I've become more accustomed to seeing A list talent and not freaking out.  There are still times where I see someone for the first time and I can hardly contain my excitement.

9:00pm: My job was over and I was finally able to seek warmth in the truck.  Now to spend the last hour wrapping up things and doing paperwork.  The most uninteresting part of my day I dare not write about.  I left the lot, grabbed some food, and went home to lay on the couch and watch the show.  Trying not to think about the next morning when I had to go to work again.

So that's a typical day in the life of me on location.  It was my first time as an actual talent spotter, so that was a fun, new experience.  I get so exhausted on long stretches of work, but my work is so worthwhile.  Next up for me is my second time working the Billboard Music Awards.  I'm excited to see Vegas friends and work one of my favorite shows our production team does.  So til next time bloggers.  Hope you've enjoyed my recap and below are a few of the sneak photos I was able to grab.  Feel free to leave some comments!

♥ Mir

Is Reputation all that Important?

Reputation.  My favorite definition is:

Favorable repute; good name.

In the industry, you often hear talk of how contacts are the best way for your ‘in’ to the industry.  A very good way to lose those contacts is to have a bad reputation.  In order to keep a good reputation there are 2 things you must do.

1. Work hard, be respectful, never complain, do what is asked of those above you, and do not make mistakes in your position.

2. Never recommend others who don’t level up to item #1 because it will reflect poorly on you.

As with most instances, I have found out the hard way with item #2.  You recommend someone to do a job with good intentions, and then they fail miserably or bail entirely.  Hopefully, the person you recommended them to doesn’t hold a grudge with you and is understanding.  They’ve probably also been in the same boat.  Another bad outcome is your reputation with recommending others is destroyed.  I note above to not make mistakes in your position, but you’re probably thinking well, I’m only human.  Yes, there will be times that you make mistakes, but hopefully they are forgivable and fairly harmless.  Always take responsibility for your mistakes and never try to blame someone else for them by pointing fingers.  The truth always comes out in the end, and it will look even worse if you are found out to be a liar.

Sometimes it can mean losing friendships over the fact that you simply cannot recommend them for work.  Sometimes it means cutting off friendships because you get tired of them bugging you about work.  Always be mindful of the reason why someone wants to be friends with you.  Is it to get ahead of you?  To use you for contacts?  I feel juggling work and relationships should have been a required college course.

Whenever I am recommended for a job and accept, I make sure to do the best job I can as I know it isn’t just my reputation on the line.  If I failed in my position I might lose a friendship as well as new contacts.  I once was called up by someone who had taken a job after lying in their interview.  Telling their future employer they knew how to do things that they really didn’t know how to do.  How do you think that ended up?  Not well.  Never lie.  If you really want the job, then don’t say you know how to do something but that you would really love to learn how to do it.  Do research on your own and ask others for help.  After all, this industry can be tight knit and there are plenty of individuals who aren’t the cut throat type who will help you out.

I hope this blog has been helpful for you to sort out what to do the next time you’re in one of these situations.  Look inside yourself and evaluate relationships.  Perhaps this post is relevant for you?

Til next time bloggers,

♥ Mir

What's All this Talk about Numbers?

I went to college for film and spent 4 years there.  What was something that wasn’t mentioned to me once?  The importance of ratings in television.  Sure my teacher had us read the trades in Senior year and see what the big topics were, but ratings was a topic that wasn’t explained to me.  After graduation I began working in the world of television.  Basically, ratings can make or break a television show.  With live events television, the studios can choose to bring a Producer back based on if they brought in the ratings the studio wanted to see.  Fun fact about the Oscars this year: the ratings SOARED in the male 18-35 range.  Overall, the show was up 3%, but the biggest climb was the 11% increase in the 18-49 demographic.  After so much controversy over the show, what do you think the studio cared the most about?

Just a fun outline of some past Oscars ratings:

2013 40.3 million Argo
2012 39.3 million The Artist
2011 37.9 million The King’s Speech
2010 41.3 million The Hurt Locker
2009 36.3 million Slumdog Millionaire
2008 32.0 million No Country For Old Men
2007 40. 2 million The Departed
2006 38.9 million Crash
2005 42.1 million Million Dollar Baby
2004 43.5 million Lord Of The Rings: Return Of The King
2003 33.0 million Chicago
2002 41.8 million A Beautiful Mind
2001 42.9 million Gladiator

TV ratings are also very important in scripted television.  The higher the numbers, the better chance the show has to be picked up for another season as well as get a get a great primetime spot.  Recently, there was an NBC show that was moved to a Saturday spot from a Thursday primetime spot.  Why?  Because the ratings dropped significantly from the 1st season.  Curious what the term ratings actually means?  Ratings = the amount of viewers tuning in.  Studios see ratings minute by minute so they can track when they lost viewers and when they tuned in.  The minute by minute is also great for live event shows so they know what worked and what did not.  Do you find yourself turning the station right when commercials go on?  So do many other Americans which causes a ratings drop.  This past Sunday night I found myself in a huge conundrum.  There were SO many shows on at the exact same time that I wanted to watch.  I was curious to see what the ratings would turn out to be the next day.  I figured Game of Thrones would top the cable ratings.  Wouldn’t you agree?  Turns out, I was wrong.  Check out the tier below:

The Walking Dead Finale – 12.4 Million

The Bible Finale – 11.7 Million (overall) / 12.3 Million (9pm hour)

The Talking Dead Finale – 5.2 Million

Game of Thrones Premiere – 4.4 Million

Surprised?  I definitely was.  Now, Game of Thrones is in no danger of getting dropped or bumped.  In fact, the next morning it was picked up for a 4th Season.  I will say Sunday night was a victory for AMC.  You might have noticed above I said ‘Cable’ ratings.  Do you know the difference between cable and broadcast television?  Perhaps that’s another subject, for another post.  So next time you’re in a business of film class raise your hand and ask about TV ratings.  Start to become familiar with them before you find yourself surrounded by the whirlwind of television.

Until next time bloggers.

♥ Mir

The 2013 MTV Movie Awards

Well as the headline says, I was contacted to work on the 2013 MTV Movie Awards.  One of my good production friends recommended me for a position.  (Contacts in the industry are your lifeline to finding new production gigs and meeting even more contacts.)  When I heard about the job my first thought was: “Wow, so spending every weekend at a movie theater watching every movie this year could have definitely paid off?”  What position did you get you might ask?  Well, simply put, I am known as the ‘Spotter’.  I will be on the carpet for the movie awards simply ‘spotting’ talent and letting the camera crew know who they are.  Let’s face it, I know every nominee in every category as they’re basically ALL teen movies.  Anyone who knows me knows that I definitely have my hands in every teen franchise that is currently on the market therefore this position is perfect for me.  The awards also take place at Sony so I could even walk to work and avoid the cluster mess that always ensues on every show day ever.

Now for a little back story.  Growing up I ALWAYS watched the MTV Movie Awards.  I hardly watched any award shows (yes, shame on me), but I never missed this one.  I would gather friends and we’d cringe and cheer as we saw the winners.  We’d also look forward to exclusive clips they would play on the show.  So to be able to work on the show will seriously be a dream come true.

So, it’s time for me to get my flash cards ready and for my friend to start quizzing me on all the celebrities who will be present at the show.  After all, recognizing celebs is obviously serious business.  Also time to also get my face ready for when I see Emma Watson waltzing down the carpet as she is being honored at the event this year.  Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson within a couple of months?  I don’t know that my heart can take it.

Til the next post everyone.  Keep dreaming and succeeding.

♥ Mir

Hello blog world!

Welcome to my new blog.  It has been 19 months, 27 days, 3 hours, and 44 minutes since I moved into my first apartment in West Los Angeles, CA.  Since then I’ve moved apartments once, made new friends, discovered guys are not gentlemen in California, and worked a LOT of award shows.  I mean to use this blog as a way of sharing my learning experiences post-college such as many things they did not teach you in film school, exciting experiences, fun celebrity moments, and other ways I’m just making my way through production.  You won’t find me posting rants about bad days, funny cat images,  or sob fests about my realization that the weekend is over when I walk into the office on a Monday.  I will post a new entry at least once a week.  What it all comes down to is I’m just a girl from a small town who decided to embark on a crazy adventure and somehow ended up living this life in California.

So til next time blog readers I’ll be kicking my feet up and enjoying this bottle of wine I just received as an Oscars thank you.

♥ Mir