Scream & Shout

Well Obviously I LOVE BRITNEY SPEARS. And if you all didn't already know (which I'm dissapointed in you if you didn't) her new video with Will.I.Am Scream and Shout premiered tonight! It was premiered on The X Factor, which she judges with Simon Cowell, Demi Lovato <3, and L.A. Reid. The song dropped last week I believe (it leaked a little early) and they did a pretty good job at keeping the video from leaking before the premier. I actually don't watch the X Factor, which is terrible of me since I love Britney and Demi, but I promise I'm going to try and catch up from the beginning or something, whenever I get the free time. I actually missed the premier of the video too because I was in class. School comes first! But fortunately it was posted on the XFactor website, Vevo, and Youtube right after the premier so I raced back to my dorm and watched it.

The song: At first, I wasn't a fan. I thought it was a little boring but maybe because Britney's name was on it, I was just expecting more girly pop. But since Will.I.Am is the main and it just features Britney (which is a term I use loosely since she owns everything she's in) it was more toward his style. After a few listens, it grew on me, then I became obsessed with it as I usually do. There's no real significance in the lyrics. Its just a fun song you'd probably rock out to at the club. The lyrics pretty much just say how when they go to the club, everyone's looking at them and that they don't want the party to stop because it's just so much fun. I think what really did it for me though was the infamous Britney line. I'm SO GLAD they put "Britney Bitch" in the song. 

"It's Britney Bitch"

Brief history lesson: 

Her now legendary catch phrase came about with Gimme More, which is one of my top fave Britney songs. Since she had been out of the scene for awhile, she needed some kind of a catch phrase to get back into the biz. Story pretty much goes that while she was recording (mind you, pregnant with her second child) she came in at the wrong time and Jim Beanz said something to the music engineer, Lago, along the lines of "I don't have to come in when I want, It's Britney Bitch". Originally her producer didn't think she would like the phrase but she loved it! And then they kicked off Gimme More with the phrase and BOOM. Here we are today.

The Video: 

I thought it was really well constructed. Very contrasty, very glam, very edgy too. I thought it was fun and hot too. But obviously, being in the fashion industry, I'll be critiquing outfits. Mostly Britney's though because I was obsessed with how fabulous she looked!!

I just didn't like the obvious product placement and such... That was kind of lame but I guess you gotta fund these fabulous outfits somehow, right? But I liked the simple gold decorations and the disco globes. 

Okay so this is what opened up. Well the bottom-left picture. Her hair is huge! Hahah.

Black, shiny, leather, the makeup. Love it all. I think the high waisted shirt looked fabulous on her,

and I love the leather top that has the sleeves. 

The gold accessories are totally hot too! All about it. 

Kind of wish the shoes were a little flashy and glittery during her poses.

I think it would have added a little more glam to her.

YES. YES. YES. YES.

This feathery onsie is SO cute. Literally dying.

Especially when she was holding the flaming disco balls.

WERK GIRL.

Belted shoes definitely add some edginess that I enjoyed.

I included the shoes in the upper-right corner just because I thought they were cute.

 And a little about everyone else. I thought the dancer's were all dressed very street,

which is obviously typical of dancers

I liked how everything was cohesive too and the colors all flowed nicely.

Top-left jacket- someone buy me this for christmas PAH-LEASE

And the hat on the bottom left is also pretty raw.

I'm not a hat person, but I like when other people wear hats.

I just don't like them on myself.

Here's the Video. 

Enjoy

I THINK I FOUND MY CAREER

So if you know me personally, you know I've been struggling with a career choice for quite some time now. Not a big deal seeing as I'm in my third semester now at the Fashion Institute of Technology and still have 2 1/2 years ahead of me. But since I get my BAS degree in Fashion Merchandising Management next spring, I've been freaking out a little since I've been so lost on career opportunities.

Last semester I actually signed up for an internship course and started going through the necessary steps of finding an internship through the career center at my school. I even began sending out a couple applications early on. However, when I began to realize that I didn't really know what I wanted to apply for because I didn't know what I wanted to do, and was just sending out applications regarding the typical career paths a student in my major would choose, I had a mental breakdown.

Long story short, I emailed my career counselor, told her I was sorry but I was done looking for an internship and was dropping the course. I mean, why intern for a position I know nothing about and might wind up absolutely hating right? I'm not one to blindly go into things. I like to have some sort of game plan or some sort of knowing before I begin.

While I was trying to find a class that compensated for the internship credit requirement, I noticed that my career counselor offered a Career Development class. She's a fantastic lady and one of my favorite faculty members at the school so I of course decided to look up the description of the class. Pretty much, the description told me that this class was all about finding yourself and finding out what career opportunities are available to you, and what would work well with your personality. BINGO. That's what I needed! So I enrolled (plus, it didn't hurt that it fit in really nicely with my schedule).

**Side note- I keep misspelling opportunities and have to correct it and I don't know why... I also misspelled "misspelling" while typing this.... **

So throughout the course our professor had us go through a couple assessments of our personality which then gave us a holland code and an MBTI code (which I won't get in to). From there we found out about who we are, what kind of things interest us, what stimulates us, and what environments help us thrive to the best of our potential. She also made us really analyze our skill sets and figure out what they are. I realized I had way more skills than I even though. A program we used even helped match us up to potential careers that might interest us.

From this course I noticed that I'm very creative (duh) and very math inclined (another duh). But I found that even though numbers and logistics stimulate me, I need to balance it out a lot with creative work and using my skills to bring my imagination to life. I also found that I can't be at a desk all day working a typical 9-5. I'd hate that. I also found that I'm probably going to be working long hours, but I do that already and I like to be busy. It helps me work better.

So after all this learning, self assessment, self realization, guidance, and research, I've finally discovered that I still don't entirely know what I want to be. But that's okay. I have found some career choices that interest me such as Merchandise Coordinator. I'd work for a certain company (Polo, Guess, Armani, etc.) and oversee their areas in major department stores like Macys. I'd help plan the merchandise to be brought in that would sell to the target customers in the area, set up displays that reflect the company and display merchandise in a creative way, and help lead and educate the sales team who specializes in that brand. I'd be doing this for a few department stores so my environment would always be changing, and with change of season comes new merchandise and new set-ups. I'd also get to use my math skills with creating the merchandising plans and sales goals. Best of both worlds.

From there maybe I want to get into being a creative director or a fashion director. Those are definitely positions for the more experienced, but in the future, I think I could handle it. So that's one of my goals in this industry. I want to do well and make a name for myself. But most of all, I want to find what I love and be passionate about my job. How can I fail if I'm passionate about what I do and put all my heart into it? I can't. As long as I'm happy and keep pushing myself, I know I'll be successful.

So there's my little spiel about my career life and what's been going through my mind so far here in New York City. Its a tough world, but I think I'm learning to ropes and I think I'm going to make it here. Its sink or swim, and I'm prepared to swim, no matter what tough waters come my way. Mama didn't raise a quitter, that's for sure. Again, I owe it all to her. Without her teachings from birth, I wouldn't be as well rooted and strong as I am today. And I can't thank her enough or be more grateful that I was able to have a mother as fantastic and wise as her. She taught me all she needed to in just nineteen short years. And the only reason fate allowed her to be taken away from me, is because fate knew I could handle this, and I could make it. All because of you Mama, all for you. I know I'm making you proud, and you just wait to see what's to come. So much more. I got this. Finally.