08.08.08
Posted in Celeb Gossip at 4:03 am by Administrator
Hey look at me blogging like a month later than my past entry! I suck. I talked to Joe (Cicero, formerly of the “Joe and Rebecca Show”) and he said that one of our listeners (Hi Barbara!) asked him when I was going to blog. Too funny. Honestly, I’ve been meaning to do it just about everyday, and update the website – but life is pulling me in a bunch of different directions so I’ve been trying to keep up!
You’ll be happy to know that THE WHOLE website has been updated – Rebecca’s Rumors, my calendar, etc – so catch up and I’ll keep up!
Anyhow, my life has been filled with weddings, weddings, weddings – and no none of them have been my own rest assured!
Both of my best friends are getting married this summer so NO JOKE – EVERY weekend has been filled with work @ B96…and then a shower, bachelorette party or planning – seriously! This has been going on since my last entry! EVERY weekend. The good thing is that Kanya (one of the brides – my best friend – who lives in D.C but is getting married in Chicago) has been home every weekend planning and going to stuff for Genie’s Wedding which is 8/23.
Aside from those 2 weddings, my weekdays have been filled with my good friend Tracy moving to Alabama yesterday (she is engaged and getting married in December – her fiance is a fighter pilot stationed out there), my friend Sarah moving 2 weeks ago (Tracy’s roommate), Kelly moving out last week, my good friend CB may be moving to Cali, and Fatty’s dad is getting married and he’s freaking out!
So much is going on I was joking around saying I had no idea how I was doing because I’ve been playing 75 supporting roles!
What else can I share? B96 is fabulous – I’m so happy and am settled in well. I’ve been hearing from some old XLC listeners a lot lately who didn’t know where I went. It feels good!
Some other tidbits, I’ve been filling in here and there at 97 ZOK in Rockford – no changes so don’t panic, just helping out some old friends in need, spending time w/my niece Katie who is still home from College (FSU), trying to see Isabella (who is 9mos and starting to walk), and trying to squeeze in some cocktails and time with family and friends.
Life is good – no complaints, just the question, “Where does the time go”!
This weekend my friend Sebastian will be in town, Fatty’s Dad is getting married tomorrow so I am going to be his date/support system, and then B96 both Saturday and Sunday! Yippee!
I put up some pics on my myspace so check them out! I’ll have to get them on my site for those who aren’t on it.
That’s about it! Hope everyone is good! I know I haven’t been overly attentive to the site but I’m just trying to adjust to all the changes!
Take care and talk to you soon – PROMISE!!!
XOXO,
Reb
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07.12.08
Posted in Random Thoughts at 1:22 am by Administrator
Holy crap is the week gone already? Who knew!
Hope you had a great week! My week was filled w/birthdays and a ton of annoying random things that needed to get done even though I was avoiding them at all costs. (Renewing license plate sticker, switching the Comcast bill etc). But it’s all done -and Mama’s ready for a cocktail!
As for birthdays….my friend Sebastian’s b-day was on Tuesday, and yesterday was my sister Sylvia’s birthday. Neither of them live here (Seb in L.A and Sylvia in Austin) so I had to send my wishes over the phone. Sebastian reminded me not to forget his gift. Riiiight!
ANYHOW, I’m all over the place this weekend. Tomorrow I’m broadcasting from the Dairy Queen in Munster, IN. Then Sunday I’m pulling a double – on from 7am-Noon and then from 7pm to Midnight so make sure to listen!
As for the title of the blog – do not be decieved! B96 is my home! But my home is visiting LAKE COUNTY! YEA! It sucks because a lot of the places they send me are so far from Lake County that I don’t get to see my old listeners from XLC 
BUT next Saturday, July 19th I will be doing my show (10am-2pm) from the Walmart in Zion! PLEASE come out and say hi! It will be so much fun! I am really excited to see some familiar faces! Plus, I want you guys to come out and see why I love my station SO much – the people are wonderful and I want you all to meet! It will be like a family reunion!
PLUS, just added to my calendar – I will be a judge for the Little Miss Lake County pageant! As most of you know I have a past in pageants and have helped with the Lake County pageant for the last 5 years. I just got off the phone with Alice Brownley, the director and I am on board! Alice and her crew are wonderful and run such a fun and well-put together pageant I am always honored to help and be a part of it.
While the Lake County Fair is going on the week of July 21st – the actual Little Miss Pageant will be on Thursday, July 24th. Obviously, I won’t be able to chit-chat while I’m judging – but I will be there so if you can’t make the Zion date – come see me then – or BOTH!
That’s all for now. Rebecca’s Rumors is updated so check it out! New today!
ALSO, if you missed it. I am officially on the B96 website. So check it out www.b96.com ! All that fussing and it was done in lightening time. That’s a girl for you though right?!
HA!
Have a wonderful weekend!
Talk to you soon,
R
XOXO!
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07.08.08
Posted in Celeb Gossip at 8:29 am by Administrator
DeAnna picked Jesse!
I love him!
If she blows it I’ll steal him! HA!
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Posted in Random Thoughts at 7:27 am by Administrator
What’s up!
Hope everyone had a great holiday!
It went so fast right?
I did work most of the week at ZOK and then all weekend at B96 – but I still found time to play.
There was the annual Gala in our town so me and the girls plus my friend Chris (who we joke is one of the girls) checked out some bands and booze. I put the pics up on my myspace – they are pretty funny so check them out.
On the 4th, I went to a BBQ @ my parents and then met up w/the girls again and had too good of a time…and had to go to work the next day which was special.
My best friend Kanya was in town w/her fiance Edgar doing some wedding stuff so I got to spend some quality time with them.
My friend Sebastian was in town also. Sadly, all of my out of town friends went back to their homes today. Kanya & Edgar are from D.C, Sebastian is from L.A.
They will both be back in 3 weeks (just by coincidence at the same time) so I can’t wait.
Other than that, I am back to business. I worked out. I updated the music on the site. I’m blogging like a good little Rebecca, and Rebecca’s Rumors will be back in business! I didn’t get to it today because I was panicing over my photo shoot tomorrow!
Yes, you read that right – photo shoot. Tomorrow is my first official photo shoot with B96! I’m excited, but freaking out a little bit. I want the pics to look good, and like me – but I have no clue what to wear!? I know that sounds stupid. I talked to Fattie about it for a while today and he thinks I’m insane. All he really said was “wear black” since everything I wear and own is black. Great thanks.
So that’s pretty much all I have for right now.
I’m watching the “Bachelorette” (I know, I know) and I am so in love with Jesse! If DeAnna doesn’t pick him I’ll be crushed! The other dude Jason seems a little girly to me. I think she likes him better. Wow. I gotta get out of the house. HA!
Have a wonderful night and we’ll chat later!
XOXO,
-R
PS-Don’t forget to check out www.rebeccaortiz.com!
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06.28.08
Posted in Radio Chatter at 8:49 pm by Administrator
Hope all of you had a great week!
I was with my old friends back at 97 ZOK in Rockford this past week and will be there until Wednesday next week too! I left there to go to B96, and they have always been so wonderful to me. I told them if they ever needed anything to holla, and that they did. So with the blessing of my boss at B96 I have been helping out.
It’s funny because I started working for ZOK about 2 years in to my gig at XLC. I honestly hit a rough spot, and wanted to see what else was out there so I made a demo – which was hard to do since I was with Joe at the time and how was I going to show off my work when everything was the 2 of us? Either way, I did it, and I also made a list of the stations I listened to and then sent it off to them.
Todd Cavanah, my boss now at B96 responded but said something like, it has potential, send me more stuff when you get it. Didn’t have anything else, wah-wah!
Then the only other person to respond was the PD at ZOK at the time Tom Lazar (who is now in Cali). He and I had a meeting and he said he didn’t have anything full-time but had weekend stuff. He asked what my goals were and a boss had never really asked me that! I spilled my guts to him about things I was not happy with, and for the first time really said out loud what I wanted from my career. I trust him so much. He gave me amazing advice and has always been there for me.
I was always paranoid that if I ever left, that no one would even consider me as a solo act, because I had a partner – and that it would imply I wasn’t good enough on my own. I started there a few weeks later and did a few days a month. It was a great way to become comfortable with the technical side, plus, I was playing music I liked, and it really developed my skills being on by myself. It made me better all around and really pushed me to want to be better on XLC.
I was honest about doing weekends at ZOK and even talked to my boss before the interview. Sadly, Tom left for Cali about 6 months in – I still keep in touch, but the bonus was I filled in his shift for a few months until they found his replacement. I would do the morning show at XLC and then rush to Rockford to do drive time. It was insane. But I loved it.
Working on the weekends was great, but I really got to know the staff being there during the week. Jammer came on eventually – and I went back to the regular. But my ZOK friends are the best. Getting to see them in person and not just talk to them or text has been awesome. They know all the changes in my life and career that have happened and are so supportive. My new home is B96, but my friends at ZOK are for life. I adore them (XOXO – Jenna, Allasia, JB, Steve and Leigh)
It was funny when I went in for the first time on Thursday morning they were like “tell me all about B96!” because they LOVE the station AND Jobo use to work there back in the day. Small world right?
So yea, that’s all I got for that.
Other stuff, I’m at B96 today but I’m working 2-6pm instead of my norm because Julian has that Dub car show thing. I’m debating if I want to do public transportation because of the taste of Chicago and the Cubs/Sox game today. I would rather drive…but I don’t really want to get stuck in mass traffic. We’ll see.
Other than that, my niece Katie is home from college for 2 months and I’m so happy she’s home.
My friend Sebastian will be in town next week and I’m so very excited.
And that’s about it. since Katie is in town she’s watching Isabella so she can spend time with her so I didn’t get to see her this week
She is crawling FAST and all over the place. Jess is freaking out because she keeps catching her standing in her pack and play and she’s afraid she’s gonna fall out. She’s growing so fast! I put a video of her on my myspace if you want to check it out.
There is also a video of some dude dancing at the B-Bash which is hysterical. Check it out!
PLUS, check out Rebecca’s Rumors! Just updated it! Madonna divorce talk and Mini-me sex tape! HA!
Alright, I’m off to eat some cheerios! Have a great weekend!
XOXO,
R
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06.18.08
Posted in Random Thoughts at 9:57 pm by Administrator
Hola!
Hope everyone is having a great week so far! It’s hard to believe it’s Wednesday already right?!
Anyhow, a little recap action.
So Saturday was my first Summerbash with B96! (I went to one like a million years ago…but this was my first as an employee)
It was a blast. To be honest I really didn’t know what to expect. I almost had a heart attack getting there though because there was this insane accident on the way and I was stuck in traffic (as in not moving for over 30 minutes)! But I got there on time for my 10a-2p shift so it was all good.
I put the pics up in the new PICTURE section of the site – so check it out. J-Niice was joking with me since I was taking a ton of pictures like “oh you’re THAT girl”. The funny thing is I was THAT girl until the actual show started and then I was so in to it I didn’t take a single pic really!
I was fortunate to see the park empty – and saw everything being set up…and knew all the planning that went in to it, so to see that (and have pics like a dork) and then to see it in full force was nothing less than amazing. The listeners were awesome. I am not officially on the B96 website yet so people who won tickets to the show from me were actually looking for me to thank me and that was by far one of the best things for me personally. I can proudly and HONESTLY say, I love my job, I love my co-workers, and my first official big event with B96 was an A+! It really was over-whelming for me – and I can’t wait to do it again!
I have 2 funny stories to share.
1)I spent all day frickin Friday looking for something to wear. Like 2 weeks ago I saw 400 things I liked…but when I actually looked – NADA! I got something that was adequate and got a lot of compliments so I felt good…until I saw the pics online! OH DEAR JESUS! The shirt was a baby doll shirt and it was windy…and I look like I’m wearing maternity clothes! I nearly died. I know it’s lame – but if people didn’t make it to the show and this is the first they are seeing of me – I don’t want to get baby gifts ya know?
2)I LOVE TKA! OMG! You have no idea. I know every song, have every CD,etc. When they were performing (they were the flashback artist) my friend Lindsay was dying laughing like “Oh my gosh how do you know this?” (She had no clue who they were and so I had to school her). So anyway, I was going backstage with this guy Gil from the station and we were both talking about how much we love TKA and then all of a sudden Kayel was standing there (from the group)! So like a bunch of dorks were took pictures with him and were all giggly. He’s always running the board Sunday morning when I get to work and that’s the first thing he said to me the day after the show, “Wasn’t that cool how we met Kayel”.
Anyways, that’s all I have about that right now.
So what makes this a big week? Well for starters…
Make sure you send Tim Vander Tuuk a MASSIVE congrats! He won a Silver Dome award for News broadcasting (it’s like the Emmys of Radio). I love my Timmy! I miss my Timmy. WOO HOO! He was nominated before I left but I totally forgot last night was the ceremony. He text, “I’m the Champion! Sara call my parents” – I was like what the heck does that mean? Then he told me! I’m so happy for him. I hope someone gives that kid a fat raise so he can make me some more Vander Tuuks soon – Jake is going to be 2 next week! Can you believe it!
THEN, the other big news, my niece Katie is coming home to visit! She’ll be home Saturday, and she turns 21 on Sunday! WOO HOO! She’ll be here for about a month from Florida and then will go back to school. She is graduating early (from FSU) in December and will then start Medical School. My little braniac!
So, now I’m officially spent! I got nothing else right now!
On that note, I’m off to the gym – I figured I’d get everything online up-to-date since Kelly is gone and it’s quiet right now.
I changed all the music on the site and UPDATED “Rebecca’s Rumors” so check it out!
Enjoy the nice day!
XOXO,
R
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06.13.08
Posted in Celeb Gossip at 8:47 am by Administrator
It’s Thursday night – my night with Isabella – and she is out and here I am blogging! I’ve actually been with her a lot this week because Jess’ babysitter was out because her Mom had a stroke. I don’t mind – I have the time right now and she is such a good baby.
A little catch-up (not ketchup), I made the decision this week to stay at my house solo when Kelly moves out in August. Financially I can do it alone now, and I love my house, my neighbors, my landlord, etc. It is such a weight lifted off my chest. I am so going crazy now decorating in my head! Kelly’s room will be my office, my room will stay, I bought new stuff for the bathroom, all new kitchen stuff, got new stuff for the basement, I just have to buy my living room set and TV. I know what I want but I’m not getting it until Kelly and Sophie are gone. I also bought a grill and my Mom got me the CUTEST patio set for 2.
You have no idea how excited I am. I have to stop shopping though because I already started storing stuff at my parents house because there’s no room w/all of Kelly’s thing there. Our garage (which the Chevy will eventually go in) is filled with crap that Kelly put in there. As in her “cleaning her room” consisted on just moving it to the garage for the 5 years we’ve lived there.
If you’ve ever lived with someone (I know I’ve talked about our ‘adventures’ on-the-air), I am more than ready to live alone! I am a neat freak – she is not. I like my privacy sometimes – everyone knew where our spare key was…except her, who broke in to the house countless times. We were for sure the odd couple. I know we will get along like peanut butter and jelly when she is living with her boyfriend in their own place.
I should take pics of the place (I think there is a cribs episode somewhere?!), Kelly moved in a month before me and decorated in some country hippie style. I am very modern. It will be interesting to see the changes.
Well Jess is home so I am going to abruptly end.
Tomorrow is the Eve of my first Summerbash on “the other side” – I can’t wait!
Have a good night.
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06.06.08
Posted in Celeb Gossip at 8:21 pm by Administrator
Where the heck did the week go?
Well the good news is “Rebecca’s Rumors” is already up and it’s before 9:15am! Go me! I know I’ve been neglecting you! It’s REALLY long today though to make up for it!
I have a busy day so I hope I don’t get distracted!
I have a hair appointment this afternoon, I still have to workout, and I have to look at 2 more apartments. I THINK I found the one I LOVE yesterday…but let’s not get a head of ourselves.
Tonight me and the girls are going to a club called Privelege (yes, that’s how it’s spelled) so I’m pretty excited to get some new scenery if you know what I mean. Dougie Stlyz from B96 and Dj Flipside are going to be there so I’m gonna go show my love!
So, every Thursday I watch Isabella since Jess has a CPA class. She was a complete maniac yesterday! I took a TON of video of her which I’ll have to put up later. But here is a pic of her playing.
Of course EVERYTHING goes in her mouth because she is teething (and has her 2 front bottom teeth already)…
Then some of my favorites are of her eating. She is trying so hard to feed herself…and well it doesn’t work. On the menu last night (and on both of us) was green beans)…
She is soo funny! She normally goes to bed at 7:30pm (as in she’s out)…but I didn’t get her down until an hour after that because she just wanted to keep playing. I’d put her down and she’d be fine and then she would cry. I’m not a push over and I’d let her cry…and she’d stop. But then one of the times she didn’t and I went to check on her and she had a little tear in her eye and I was butter! We played for about an hour more. I love that kid so much.
Anyways, off to be productive!
Have a great day and I’ll talk to you soon!
XOXO,
R
Don’t forget to check out www.rebeccaortiz.com!
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06.03.08
Posted in Random Thoughts at 5:50 am by Administrator
Hey!
Hope you all are having a wonderful day and enjoying the HOT weather! Holy crap! It’s so hot in my house right now – I love it! (not the hot in the house…but just that it’s hot outside)
Anyhow, weekend was good! Hung out w/my girls Friday night. Worked Saturday…and recovered from Friday night. Then I had the early shift on Sunday and went to check out a band at an outdoor bar. I tried to be outside as much as possible!
Back to the work thing though – the listeners are getting crazy trying to win Summerbash tickets! It’s hysterical. I had so many text messages and phone calls from guys telling me they would buy me Victoria’s Secrets if I hooked them up, that they would take me with them – and even how beautiful I am…even though they can’t see me, and I have no pics on the website yet! HA! I was cracking up! I was like I could be 500lbs w/a horn sticking out of my head?! Shameless!
The best was this one guy Jose kept calling and he spoke very broken English…but he was doing his best and kept calling me food names like “sugar”, “Honey”, “cupcake” – but in a thick Hispanic accent: “eshoo-ghar” (sugar), “uh-kneee” (honey), and “coop-cay” (cupcake). “Can I please ave some teek-ats eshooghar?” (translation – Can I please have some tickets sugar).
I love working there so much. I can’t wait until the summerbash on June 14th @ Toyota Park!
Well, I just wanted to blog quickly and share that with you! I’m off to have dinner w/my friend Fatty. I love him so. Plus, I have a stack of apartment listings that I’ve been swamped in! Ugh!
Anyhow, check out “Rebecca’s Rumors” – the Red hot for the day has one of the stars of “Sex and the City” returning with her own series on HBO! It’s too hot!
Plus, if you get a chance check out the movie “Strangers” – I had my face covered half the time! Freaked the heck out of me! I was afraid to be home alone that night! Good stuff!
Have a good night!
XOXO,
Bec
Don’t forget to check out: www.rebeccaortiz.com!
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05.28.08
Posted in Random Thoughts at 2:54 am by Administrator
Oh my goodness! What an insane day! I swear I’ve talked to everyone in the free world today! The good news is I got all my “business” done today except for 2 small things…I have to drop something off at the post office and go renew my gym membership and then I can chill! Woo hoo!
If you haven’t noticed Rebecca’s Rumors is updated and has one of the new songs from “Sex and the City” the movie – as well as my RED HOT about what David Archuleta plans on doing with his life – good stuff!
Anyhow, been bonding with the ladies a lot. Lindsay and Sarah are newly single (just by coincidence at the same time), so now I feel like I have my crew back and we are out on the loose!
They were over this past Friday night for blueberry martini’s and then we hit the bars with my neighbor Tommy and we met my friends Chris, Val, and Val’s boyfriend (who’s name I can’t remember to save my life?! AH!) It was too good of a time and then I got called in to work at 7:30am on Saturday morning! I looked like I got run over by a truck! I still had a stamp on my hand too from the night before. I didn’t go on until 10am so it was more than enough time to get it together but still…it was rough!
Saturday after work I had dinner with Fattie and then he had to work so he dropped me off and I just chilled at home. I really didn’t feel good – at this point though it was a sore throat and stuffy head – no more hangover.
I did however check out my friend Sebastian on T.V! Yea! Joe and I actually met him over a year ago (we had him on our show – he was in town doing some stuff at Zanies in Vernon Hills). He’s from the area and he’s a stand-up comic. He was part of Vince Vaughn’s Wild West Comedy tour. He had a Comedy Central Special on Friday night that I taped – so that entertained me as I laid low Saturday. Check out his website www.sebastianlive.com . He’s so funny!
I must admit I do have a small crush on him. Now, I’m not looking to date him or anything so don’t get all crazy. We are texters here and there and that’s it.
Let’s be real though, it would never work! He’s in L.A. and well, I’m me! HA! I have dated the worlds biggest jackass’ the last few years so I just don’t date! In the rare occassion that I do, I find something wrong with him (or there really is something wrong with him) so I just write him off. Work is my boyfriend. I know he relates to that. He’s has worked really hard to get where he is so when I hit my “bump in the road” he was really encouraging. Either way, he’s a good guy with a lot of talent so check hiim out!
Anyways, back on track…Sunday I worked and then met up with my girls for cocktails. Then I was off yesterday and went to a BBQ at my parents house. What a gorgeous day it turned out to be huh?
Well I hope you all had a great weekend! Here are some pics I’ve been meaning to post of my great niece Isabella! Can you believe she is going to be 7 months on the 30th! She is getting so big and is developing such a personality. She is the most awesome baby. Enjoy the pics and the rest of your day!
Talk to you later!
Smoochiz,
Bec
Don’t forget to check out www.rebeccaortiz.com!
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