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And now, for your long awaited Moment of Zen:
"All the boys who the dance floor didn't love/And all the girls whose lips couldn't move fast enough/Sing, until your lungs give out..."
So I should just say that this year is definitely not better than last in many ways, and then again, it is certainly better than last. The ball dropped, yep, we know that. But then I dropped...fifteen feet...good times. I was working at Amherst College when it happened, and somehow I only ended up with two broken ribs, a collapsed lung, and a liver laceration. It basically destroyed all my plans for February and March, but now that both months are behind me, I can pick up the pieces. But I'm basically starting from scratch. I've decided to quit the "low ball" job at Theatrix for something that actually pays. I had expected that I would have to pay my dues in order to get ahead at that place, but for 10 an hour doing what I'm doing, designing and drafting, it is clear that my boss is taking advantage of me. Plus, as things were happening with my injury, my boss offered, but didn't in full faith follow through with giving me more responsibility. Maybe because I believe in silly things, like more responsibility means more money. So I'm looking for something out of the 20k a year slot and trying to move into the 30-40k slot. However, by the time that I really start making a profit, it will be next year, and right now at least, I feel that this year has been wasted. But financial problems always seem to resolve themselves, so I'm not going to freak out about my crisis just yet. I've applied to a couple of jobs, some of the cooler ones I haven't heard from, and some I've gotten thanks but no thanks. Others have been hits, and I have interviews with them next week. I'll keep my fingers crossed
Now that I know what I need to do, and I have a better direction, I can really start to focus on a career. Luckily, through all the work that I've done last season, I've become known in the 5 college area. I've already been approached for small gigs with them, April and May will be busy with "experiences," but unfortunately not all of them will pay (e.g. UMTG's Urinetown (May 3-5), Hampshire's Shooting the Moon (April 5-6), and Smith's Cinders (May 17-19)) but they will be added to the resume, and bringing a total of 25 shows this year. This will be an interesting time for me, since this will be the first time that I'll have 4 shows going up in one month, and on May 17th, Alie and I fly to Hawaii for some R&R. So it's going to be crazy busy for me, and then a lull during our "vacation" and then I'll return to the Valley to better connect myself so I can get away from my dad's financial umbilical cord.
But really, that's all that's going on with me. Finances and work...yep, I'm in the real world. I applied to B.U.'s grad program for Lighting Design, no word yet. I'm keeping my fingers crossed, but I think that next fall will be spent taking design classes at Smith and Umass to bring me academically up to speed with lighting design. I have the theory, the practical experience, but the lack in structured lighting design is my Achilles' heel. If I don't get into B.U., then next year I'm going to apply to more, and hopefully between the classes and the applications, I'll kick ass with next year's applications. I could be getting ahead of my self, but I'm going to kick ass because I believe that lighting design is my calling.
Well, in case you were wondering about the title, it's based off of something that Sarah Mary said to me yesterday, and I thought it was a good pun on my screen names. Yesterday Sarah, Marie, and I spent about 3 hours shoveling out our driveway. As we were coming to the end of our shoveling endeavor, and killing the Matterhorn while we were at it (see the pile of snow in my myspace video for more details), a channel 3 news truck stopped in our neighbor's drive way and asked if we would be willing to say a few things about the weather. Dumbfounded, and no stranger to getting interviewed by the news networks. Yeah, I was that kid back home. Somehow I end up on the damn tv, volunteering for fluff stories. I forgive myself, why don't you? Hehe. So yeah, I have 15 seconds of fame, but my house mates also made it on the screen, so it was just a great bonding experience for everyone.
Well, I've written enough for today, I'll probably be on again tomorrow to write about any fleeting thoughts I've had during this lj session.
Signing Off,
~B.
"All the boys who the dance floor didn't love/And all the girls whose lips couldn't move fast enough/Sing, until your lungs give out..."
So I should just say that this year is definitely not better than last in many ways, and then again, it is certainly better than last. The ball dropped, yep, we know that. But then I dropped...fifteen feet...good times. I was working at Amherst College when it happened, and somehow I only ended up with two broken ribs, a collapsed lung, and a liver laceration. It basically destroyed all my plans for February and March, but now that both months are behind me, I can pick up the pieces. But I'm basically starting from scratch. I've decided to quit the "low ball" job at Theatrix for something that actually pays. I had expected that I would have to pay my dues in order to get ahead at that place, but for 10 an hour doing what I'm doing, designing and drafting, it is clear that my boss is taking advantage of me. Plus, as things were happening with my injury, my boss offered, but didn't in full faith follow through with giving me more responsibility. Maybe because I believe in silly things, like more responsibility means more money. So I'm looking for something out of the 20k a year slot and trying to move into the 30-40k slot. However, by the time that I really start making a profit, it will be next year, and right now at least, I feel that this year has been wasted. But financial problems always seem to resolve themselves, so I'm not going to freak out about my crisis just yet. I've applied to a couple of jobs, some of the cooler ones I haven't heard from, and some I've gotten thanks but no thanks. Others have been hits, and I have interviews with them next week. I'll keep my fingers crossed
Now that I know what I need to do, and I have a better direction, I can really start to focus on a career. Luckily, through all the work that I've done last season, I've become known in the 5 college area. I've already been approached for small gigs with them, April and May will be busy with "experiences," but unfortunately not all of them will pay (e.g. UMTG's Urinetown (May 3-5), Hampshire's Shooting the Moon (April 5-6), and Smith's Cinders (May 17-19)) but they will be added to the resume, and bringing a total of 25 shows this year. This will be an interesting time for me, since this will be the first time that I'll have 4 shows going up in one month, and on May 17th, Alie and I fly to Hawaii for some R&R. So it's going to be crazy busy for me, and then a lull during our "vacation" and then I'll return to the Valley to better connect myself so I can get away from my dad's financial umbilical cord.
But really, that's all that's going on with me. Finances and work...yep, I'm in the real world. I applied to B.U.'s grad program for Lighting Design, no word yet. I'm keeping my fingers crossed, but I think that next fall will be spent taking design classes at Smith and Umass to bring me academically up to speed with lighting design. I have the theory, the practical experience, but the lack in structured lighting design is my Achilles' heel. If I don't get into B.U., then next year I'm going to apply to more, and hopefully between the classes and the applications, I'll kick ass with next year's applications. I could be getting ahead of my self, but I'm going to kick ass because I believe that lighting design is my calling.
Well, in case you were wondering about the title, it's based off of something that Sarah Mary said to me yesterday, and I thought it was a good pun on my screen names. Yesterday Sarah, Marie, and I spent about 3 hours shoveling out our driveway. As we were coming to the end of our shoveling endeavor, and killing the Matterhorn while we were at it (see the pile of snow in my myspace video for more details), a channel 3 news truck stopped in our neighbor's drive way and asked if we would be willing to say a few things about the weather. Dumbfounded, and no stranger to getting interviewed by the news networks. Yeah, I was that kid back home. Somehow I end up on the damn tv, volunteering for fluff stories. I forgive myself, why don't you? Hehe. So yeah, I have 15 seconds of fame, but my house mates also made it on the screen, so it was just a great bonding experience for everyone.
Well, I've written enough for today, I'll probably be on again tomorrow to write about any fleeting thoughts I've had during this lj session.
Signing Off,
~B.