The last six months
Shit, its been a while, huh? I guess I should mention the tour was good but I still have not recovered from it. Financially mostly. Ok so heres the last six months from my selective memory.
Got back from tour in May and in June I was laid off. Spent a couple days slacking off and getting fucked up. During this time Erin and I made plans to move out and the next week after being laid off, we found an apt in Uptown Whittier. Luckily I was able to get on unemployment and I had almost two thousand saved up so we got the place and are still there. Since I was about to half what I was making before, it was really hard to keep shit together. Of course there was some arguments, but there was also some really nasty fights. But my days were usually spent looking for work and getting no responses. An interview here and there but nothing I really felt motivated to do after meeting with people. I finally got a contracting job cleaning up photos for some european furniture photographer but I wasnt there long. He was a real prick sometimes and his attention to detail that no one but him would ever notice really tried my patience. I left and didnt come back. I got some phone calls and threatning emails from him asking where the work was but it was rejected and he told me to redo the shit I had done. He only paid me by the hour so I felt all the work I was gonna do for him was already done, ya know? I didnt sign anything and we never once discussed how anything was actually going to be handled. He just gave me images, I fixed em up, he rejected them, and he gave me checks. So that was in early September and I quit about two weeks later. So earlier this month I interviewed with two new companies. Both of them were great interviews and I nailed one right away. The other one, we met up, had a great interview and wanted me to do some consulting work for them. I didnt really feel comfortable doing it because if I was gonna give up the goods, I want those paychecks to keep coming in. So I declined to do that but still wanted to work for the company, and then give up the goods. So after the interview he said to call him the next Monday to see whats up. So I call on Monday and they offered the job to someone else but was told to call every week cause the company was expanding. I was fucking devastated. It was something I had tons of experience doing and I thought it was in the bag. All these months of no luck and being flat fucking broke have really been taking a toll on me. Even typing this at work right now is kinda getting me misty eyed. So, I get one job interning to do sound, video, and other shit with no pay. I get two calls this past weekend from that company asking me if I could come in to work. Went in yesterday and am happy to say that I am no longer unemployed. Still broke though, today I snagged a Coke from the fridge and with my last two bucks bought two bags of sabritones and finally had breakfast at 2:30 PM. Dinner will be the other bag on the way home. I hate to complain and try to keep shit to myself, but if you have been wondering why I havent been around this is the reason. Dont get me wrong though, there have been some good times in there somewhere. Ask me about em when you see me. Cheers.
PS: Here are the companies im working for now. www.etchstar.com // www.conciseclick.com
Got back from tour in May and in June I was laid off. Spent a couple days slacking off and getting fucked up. During this time Erin and I made plans to move out and the next week after being laid off, we found an apt in Uptown Whittier. Luckily I was able to get on unemployment and I had almost two thousand saved up so we got the place and are still there. Since I was about to half what I was making before, it was really hard to keep shit together. Of course there was some arguments, but there was also some really nasty fights. But my days were usually spent looking for work and getting no responses. An interview here and there but nothing I really felt motivated to do after meeting with people. I finally got a contracting job cleaning up photos for some european furniture photographer but I wasnt there long. He was a real prick sometimes and his attention to detail that no one but him would ever notice really tried my patience. I left and didnt come back. I got some phone calls and threatning emails from him asking where the work was but it was rejected and he told me to redo the shit I had done. He only paid me by the hour so I felt all the work I was gonna do for him was already done, ya know? I didnt sign anything and we never once discussed how anything was actually going to be handled. He just gave me images, I fixed em up, he rejected them, and he gave me checks. So that was in early September and I quit about two weeks later. So earlier this month I interviewed with two new companies. Both of them were great interviews and I nailed one right away. The other one, we met up, had a great interview and wanted me to do some consulting work for them. I didnt really feel comfortable doing it because if I was gonna give up the goods, I want those paychecks to keep coming in. So I declined to do that but still wanted to work for the company, and then give up the goods. So after the interview he said to call him the next Monday to see whats up. So I call on Monday and they offered the job to someone else but was told to call every week cause the company was expanding. I was fucking devastated. It was something I had tons of experience doing and I thought it was in the bag. All these months of no luck and being flat fucking broke have really been taking a toll on me. Even typing this at work right now is kinda getting me misty eyed. So, I get one job interning to do sound, video, and other shit with no pay. I get two calls this past weekend from that company asking me if I could come in to work. Went in yesterday and am happy to say that I am no longer unemployed. Still broke though, today I snagged a Coke from the fridge and with my last two bucks bought two bags of sabritones and finally had breakfast at 2:30 PM. Dinner will be the other bag on the way home. I hate to complain and try to keep shit to myself, but if you have been wondering why I havent been around this is the reason. Dont get me wrong though, there have been some good times in there somewhere. Ask me about em when you see me. Cheers.
PS: Here are the companies im working for now. www.etchstar.com // www.conciseclick.com