FRIDAY
29 August 2008
I felt like today was very productive. When it comes to the job search, making contacts, earning money… Darrell is kicking my ass. I feel like I’ve been busy, but he’s helping me see I can accomplish more. He’s still being incredibly generous with his car, food, etc. and I’ve asked multiple times for him to put me to work: cleaning the house, doing the laundry, helping with yard work, pouring a new concrete driveway, adjusting the rear differential on his Range Rover… whatever I can do. He keeps going back to: “Nope, just find your job. Figure it out.”
So after three hours of sleep (was up until 5:00am getting my Facebook page running and other emails sent), I sat behind my computer today from about 8:30am until 12:30am researching the options and doing what I can. There is an endless amount of research to do, jobs to apply for, inquiries to send and phone calls to make. Every studio has their own job site. There are small, independent jobs on Craigslist. I have referrals to contact and/or follow-up on. My sister told me about a job site called juju.com which has provided some interesting opportunities different from more typical/popular/known job sites like CareerBuilder and Monster. Alas, there is still a social component of my search that is missing. Getting myself up and running on Facebook opened a pretty big door of networking opportunities, and LinkedIn is next, but you still need to be out there pressing the flesh. You also need to be clear on exactly how much flesh you’re willing to press, especially in this town…..
With no riveting misadventures to pontificate about today, I thought it would be a perfect day to share my Vision Board with you. It’s incredibly personal and I’m a little skittish about doing so, but I guess I need to get over that and change my thinking around it. How else will people know what kind of life I want to create (and be able to help me accomplish that) if I don’t tell them, right? So this is another way of putting those vibrations and energy out there.
The board is pretty large… I had to stand on the bed to get it all into the viewfinder. If you click on the picture below, it’ll open a new window. The picture is big because I wanted you to be able to zoom in and see the details. Sorry for the glare on parts of it. Wherever there was empty space, I put another beautiful man. Why the hell not? Maybe I should draw some more dollar signs on there, too. Hmm. Muscled men in their swimsuits surrounded by dollar signs everywhere. What kind of jobs will THAT vibration attract?! Will I soon be fielding calls from Falcon? HotHouse? SeanCody? If you’re reading this and you’re under 18… those are not references you should research further. Same goes for you, Mom & Dad.
Look at that sweet yellow lab right under the peace sign in the middle! That poor puppy. The only way they could’ve taken that picture was to keep dipping him in water and snapping photos while he shook it off. Dip and shake. Dip and shake. Over and over. Poor li’l guy.
Greg Berlanti (see that “Being Berlanti” headline?) is the writer/producer of shows like Brothers & Sisters and Eli Stone, and the producer on Dirty Sexy Money as well. He wrote and directed a movie called The Broken Hearts Club in 2000. There was this great article about him in OUT magazine a few months ago, and I found a lot of what he said intriguing. I’m working to arrange an informational interview with him. What better way to learn about the industry than from those who are doing exactly what you want to be doing?
And yeah, there are 8 pictures of yummy men on there… sue me. It’s not ALL about carnal wish-fulfillment, just so you know. There’s definitely a mindset and focus required to get into and stay in that kind of shape, and that’s something I’d like to emulate, so I find the pictures inspiring as well as beautiful to behold.
I’m sure over time the board will evolve and change, and I’ll make new ones. For now… these are the things I’m thinking about.
