About Me!

I’m going a bit crazy with waiting for applications to open, so I thought I’d do an ‘About Me’ post if anyone is interested.  I will try to keep this as concise as possible, but I am a bit of a rambler and I’m worried this will get a bit long so I might just talk about myself here and then later on I might post a bit about my experience with Disney thus far.

My name is Rebecca (or Bec/Becca/Becky – take your pick!), I’m Australian, 30 years old and currently studying Costume for Performance at the Adelaide College of the Arts, which is the main Arts campus of TafeSA.  I’ve wanted to work in the theatre since I was about 15 years old, but never really felt like I had enough talent to make it work, so ended up going to University to become a primary school teacher instead.  I taught for a few years and even though I love working with kids, my heart just wasn’t in it.  So I ended up pursuing the dream I’d harboured for half my life and enrolled to study costuming.  I absolutely love costuming and designing and I’d like to one day work on a Disney Broadway show (preferably actually on Broadway but I’m not picky). 

Personality-wise I’m a self-confessed weirdo.  On the Myer-Briggs Type Indicator I’m an ENFP personality type, which actually explains a lot about me so go check that out if you want (and if you’ve never done Myers Briggs I’d recommend it – it’s by no means conclusive but it’s a good guideline for understanding yourself and other people).  But essentially I’m a very talkative, friendly, happy person.  I like to think the best of people and will be friends with anyone provided they’re nice.  I’m very independent and even though trying out unknown things often terrifies me, I love to just get in there and give it a go.

I love music, mostly singing (because I didn’t have the patience to master any of the other instruments I tried!).  I love reading and movies and a little bit of TV, but I also really love just going out and DOING things; which is why I love the idea of being at WDW, because there is just so much to DO.  It might sound a bit corny, but I love making memories.  Not in a sappy, romantic-comedy film sort of way, but in a “remember that time when…” sort of way, that always ends up in peals of laughter.  I very much believe in the idea that ‘only boring people lead boring lives’, and I want my life to be anything but boring.

A couple of quick facts about me: My favourite colour is green, my favourite food is toast, I love, love, LOVE coffee, my favourite Disney princess is Belle, I love musical theatre, I’m a Whovian (Dr. Who fan) and my first celebrity crush was on Indiana Jones/Harrison Ford when I saw ‘Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade’ at the Drive-In Movies when I was six years old!

Ok, that’s a general intro to me.  Probably not terribly interesting to anyone but it was fun to write all the same.  I’m planning to write a bit of a post about me and Disney later on, so stay tuned for that!