To start things off I think I'll talk about my latest adventure, which actually turns out to be applying for the STA World Traveler Internship (that's a lot to type so from now on it's just going to be STA. Or intern. Or whatever I feel like calling it at the time)! I'm going to take you back.... baaack.... to a time loooooong agooooooo.... like last Tuesday.
Specifically, the Tuesday 3 days before the STA submission deadline.
I was deeply engrossed in my studies (read: goofing off on the internet) when my sister sent me a link to the STA intern homepage and informed me that if I didn't apply she would hate me.
Now me and dear ol' sis have had our differences ever since the Great Noogie Incident of '92 but I'm not down for hate, so I hit the link and was immediately hooked.
What followed was a marathon even in video production. I spent the rest of the day brainstorming ideas, studying the competition and writing. by 10 in the PM I had a working script and was scrambling to find a femme fatale for my opening sequence.
After a delightfully hilarious/awkward conversation I had an actress and a location and started filming 11 PM. 4 hours of giggling and hip wiggling later I had my footage and started the editing.
Editing (in all of its riveting detail) went on from 3am until 9pm with a short break to go to work at the trusty library (also riveting). and by 10 Wednesday night I had a video and an application up and ready to be voted on.
Ah voting. It took me all of 20 minutes to get banned from Facebook Chat for spamming my friends.
I think that deserves an award.
By the numbers I directly contacted over 600 friends, over 2,500 guests of the "Help Andrew Hoover" event, over 6,700 fans of a recently cancelled radio show and unknown thousands of hapless MCJ students via the campus listserve (thank you prof. Hayes!). After about 24 hours I had broken into the top 50 with a meager 2400 votes.
Then I did a stupid thing.
I went and told all of those people that if I could break 15,000 votes by the submission deadline, I would shave my head.
I picked 15,000 because it was obviously unattainable.
I am a fool.
Over the course of 9 hours, my vote count skyrocketed to hit over 18,000 votes before finally slowing down, by midnight I was squarely in the 20,000s. So fast that it prompted some to even to pose as STA administration and accuse me of cheating.
Which was hurtful.
But no matter.
I made it to the top 50! Which is awesome in at least 7 different ways.
and on that happy note I'm off to check out the Fresno Rogue Festival
In the mean time, go vote for me on my intern page!!
Cheers,
The Wayward Hoover
Talk about an ALL NIGHTER... wow, that is amazing, so proud of you Andrew. Now you HAVE to do the Amazing Race with your sister, you've proven you've got what it takes. ;D Way to Go Laura !
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