Monday, July 20, 2009
Sunday, July 19, 2009
Quote of the week
"I was drinking whiskey and wine in the same cup! So what?! That's not
drunk! That's awesome!!"
drunk! That's awesome!!"
T=$$
Ah second thoughts...and thirds...and fourths....and....
So I'm beginning to think that my course of action for my life over the past several months has been slightly misjudged....let me try and explain as briefly as possible...
I spent last summer working for the Maine Media Workshops as an intern in their film tech department. No doubt a dead end position since it was an internship but also equally an incredible opportunity to not only gain experience but to network and be able to buff up my resume that much more. Long story short, my contract ended, they couldn't offer me any other position so I came back to New York broke and unemployed.
During my time there, I had attempted to get a job working with a Documentary film group out of South Portland which I found out through a family friend who is friends with the man who owns/operates that group. After finally getting a response I was told that the work was going to be very demanding and that I would have to prove myself to them (clearly something I understood by choosing to go to school for film anyway). Long story short, I decided to stay around WNY and make some money before making any serious career moves.
Now I'm unemployed and broke again and I'm seriously thinking that I should have pursued the work in South Portland. I've been trying to get this teachers aide job here and since I just signed on for another year lease any move out of the area is completely out of the question, however, my plan to attend grad school next fall for guidance counseling is also starting to seem out of the question if I still have ambition to work in film, which seems to have been rekindled in my absence from any type of film work over the past 10 months.
Longer story short, I'm rather confused about what I want right now but I know that I miss being a part of a film crew.
I spent last summer working for the Maine Media Workshops as an intern in their film tech department. No doubt a dead end position since it was an internship but also equally an incredible opportunity to not only gain experience but to network and be able to buff up my resume that much more. Long story short, my contract ended, they couldn't offer me any other position so I came back to New York broke and unemployed.
During my time there, I had attempted to get a job working with a Documentary film group out of South Portland which I found out through a family friend who is friends with the man who owns/operates that group. After finally getting a response I was told that the work was going to be very demanding and that I would have to prove myself to them (clearly something I understood by choosing to go to school for film anyway). Long story short, I decided to stay around WNY and make some money before making any serious career moves.
Now I'm unemployed and broke again and I'm seriously thinking that I should have pursued the work in South Portland. I've been trying to get this teachers aide job here and since I just signed on for another year lease any move out of the area is completely out of the question, however, my plan to attend grad school next fall for guidance counseling is also starting to seem out of the question if I still have ambition to work in film, which seems to have been rekindled in my absence from any type of film work over the past 10 months.
Longer story short, I'm rather confused about what I want right now but I know that I miss being a part of a film crew.
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Is this real life?
Is this going to last forever??
aaaaaAAAHHHHHH!!!!!
Ok so I took that from that video of the kid who's all doped up after going to the dentist but it pretty much holds true for the way I've been feeling lately.
For starters, I lost my job two weeks ago under some pretty ridiculous circumstances and I still have yet to find another one so I can blame most of my depression on that. It's a pretty awesome feeling not having to get up to go to work for that long but once you reach that two week mark and you realize that your savings is only gonna pay your bills for so long, you start looking at the bums on the corner as entrepreneurs rather than irritations. Now I'm not going to start begging for change around town but it certainly is eye-opening to know that these individuals don't even have a home and they're still making more money than me.
On another front, I've recently signed the papers to move into a new apartment (coincidentally enough two days before I was fired) and therefore agreed to the headache that goes along with packing up my life into my Malibu yet again only to drive it 2 miles away just to unpack it all again. Not only that, we were casually informed by our future landlord that he's selling the house that we're moving into............"Shouldn't effect you guys though"..............needless to say my ulcer decided to do it's best impression of Mount St. Helens when we received that kosher little tidbit of information. I may just be joining Buffalo's finest sidewalk surfers before long after all.
As for the rest of things, I can't complain much...well...I could, I just don't want to. Hopefully by the next time I post I'll have some good news to report, whether it be of a new job or that "Sylvester and the Hobos" really don't smell that bad, once you get used to them.
Oye dios mio.
Is this going to last forever??
aaaaaAAAHHHHHH!!!!!
Ok so I took that from that video of the kid who's all doped up after going to the dentist but it pretty much holds true for the way I've been feeling lately.
For starters, I lost my job two weeks ago under some pretty ridiculous circumstances and I still have yet to find another one so I can blame most of my depression on that. It's a pretty awesome feeling not having to get up to go to work for that long but once you reach that two week mark and you realize that your savings is only gonna pay your bills for so long, you start looking at the bums on the corner as entrepreneurs rather than irritations. Now I'm not going to start begging for change around town but it certainly is eye-opening to know that these individuals don't even have a home and they're still making more money than me.
On another front, I've recently signed the papers to move into a new apartment (coincidentally enough two days before I was fired) and therefore agreed to the headache that goes along with packing up my life into my Malibu yet again only to drive it 2 miles away just to unpack it all again. Not only that, we were casually informed by our future landlord that he's selling the house that we're moving into............"Shouldn't effect you guys though"..............needless to say my ulcer decided to do it's best impression of Mount St. Helens when we received that kosher little tidbit of information. I may just be joining Buffalo's finest sidewalk surfers before long after all.
As for the rest of things, I can't complain much...well...I could, I just don't want to. Hopefully by the next time I post I'll have some good news to report, whether it be of a new job or that "Sylvester and the Hobos" really don't smell that bad, once you get used to them.
Oye dios mio.
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