{"id":1704,"date":"2015-02-23T10:51:40","date_gmt":"2015-02-23T15:51:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/?p=1704"},"modified":"2015-02-23T10:51:40","modified_gmt":"2015-02-23T15:51:40","slug":"kreag-getting-involved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/2015\/02\/23\/kreag-getting-involved\/","title":{"rendered":"Kreag: Getting Involved"},"content":{"rendered":"

Before coming to college I had so many visions of what it would be like; how I would do in classes, who I would meet, and what different activities I would participate in.\u00a0 I was beyond excited to get to BU and throw myself into so many different things, from theater to working with BUTV10.\u00a0 And yet when I got here, I found that these plans changed quite a bit.\u00a0 I unfortunately didn\u2019t make it into the theater troupe, and my schedule didn\u2019t allow for participation at the television station in the way I had hoped it would.\u00a0 But in a way, I am thankful for this, because it caused me to search for new ways to get involved, and to look for activities that I never thought I would try.\u00a0 After the other activities didn\u2019t work out, I decided instead to pursue two different groups on campus: radio interning and improv comedy with Liquid Fun.<\/span><\/p>\n

In high school I was largely involved with theater, but theater always provided me with words to say and an outline of what I was supposed to act out.\u00a0 With improv, its so different, it is all up to you to come up with a scenario and explanation for your actions.\u00a0 While theater in high school did give me some practice with this, attending the Liquid Fun practice sessions has really helped me grow my skills, and has made me realize that improv is something I\u2019m actually quite good at.\u00a0 My first practice was extremely nerve wracking, but it ended up being such a rewarding experience.\u00a0 My main piece of advice here is that you make sure that you don\u2019t sell yourself short!\u00a0 Sometimes you can succeed at something that you never expected to, and have a great time while doing it.<\/span><\/p>\n

In a way, I was almost more nervous about pursuing radio than participating in improv practices.\u00a0 I have always been very self-conscious when it comes to the sound of my voice, and any form of radio just didn\u2019t seem to be in my future.\u00a0 However, when my friends asked me if I wanted to intern for their show, Please Take My Mixtape, I decided I\u2019d give it a chance.\u00a0 While its awkward at first, you eventually get used to listening to yourself talk and interact with others on air.\u00a0 As a whole, being able to spend two hours in the radio station chatting with friends and listening to good music is actually quite enjoyable, and I\u2019ve definitely grown past my issues of people listening to me speak on air. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I guess what I\u2019m trying to say here is just know that it is totally okay to push your boundaries when entering college!\u00a0 I was so nervous coming in to school, and was worried about not finding the right space for me.\u00a0 But I decided to try new things and go beyond my comfort zones and it has filled my time here with a lot of fun and helped me meet so many great people, including some of my closest friends here at Boston University.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Before coming to college I had so many visions of what it would be like; how I would do in classes, who I would meet, and what different activities I would participate in.\u00a0 I was beyond excited to get to BU and throw myself into so many different things, from theater to working with BUTV10.\u00a0 … Continue reading Kreag: Getting Involved<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2018,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1704"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2018"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1704"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1704\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1705,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1704\/revisions\/1705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}