Dana Christodoulopoulos: What’s your major?
Laura Aveidi: I’m a media studies major.
Christodoulopoulos: Media studies? What does that involve?
Aveidi: I study the media, which is really good for me, because I’m obsessed with celebrity gossip and the entertainment industry. I watch entirely too much TV and movies, and I listen to too much music.
Christodoulopoulos: So you read all those celebrity blogs like Perez Hilton and Pink is the New Blog?
Aveidi: Yeah, but not Perez Hilton. I don’t like him. He is kind of gross.
Christodoulopoulos: Yeah he is rude. What kind of job can you get with a media studies major?
Aveidi: Well, right now I’m interning with a band out of Austin called The Electric Touch. They just played at Austin City Limits, and I intern for them out of the Messina Group downtown. They are a promotions company.
Christodoulopoulos: That’s cool. So you just had your 21st birthday. Do anything fun for that?
Aveidi: Yeah, we went to sing karaoke. It was awesome.
Christodoulopoulos: Really? What place?
Aveidi: I actually don’t remember the place we ended up at. We were supposed to go to Spotlight Karaoke, but they were still closed because of the hurricane. Plus I was blindfolded so I couldn’t see anything.
Christodoulopoulos: What songs did you sing?
Aveidi: Well, we sang a lot of songs, but my favorite would have to be "See You Again" by Miley Cyrus.
Christodoulopoulos: Oh, so you’re a Disney fan?
Aveidi: Yes, a huge Disney fan. I have a sick obsession with Hannah Montana, Zac Efron and the whole High School Musical franchise. That’s why I was disappointed we didn’t end up at Spotlight because they have all of the High School Musical songs. I was really looking forward to singing those. Also, I wanted to sing some Jonas Brothers songs.
Christodoulopoulos: Which one is your favorite Jonas Brother?
Aveidi: Joe, the middle one.
Christodoulopoulos: He’s the one with the straight hair, right? And plays the tambourine?
Aveidi: Yeah, I love the tambourine.
Christodoulopoulos: I like how I know that.
Aveidi: Yeah, see, I’m not the only one.
Christodoulopoulos: I notice your bracelet says "Joe Jonas" on it and you have a Zac Efron watch on. So you not only like them but you buy the memorabilia too.
Aveidi: Well, actually my friend made me this bracelet, and then I definitely bought this watch.
