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Swimming with the Sharks

Do you remember your first year of high school? Did you have many friends or were you involved in any organizations?

For the past week I have been living on the floor of my friend Cameron and Michelle’s house. I’d prefer to be on their couch but I’m a very tall dude and it’s just too short for me. Other than the couch things are great and my hosts have been very gracious and accommodating. Thanks guys!

I moved out to Los Angeles from Tucson, Arizona with buddy of mine who I went to film school with. He’s crashing at his boss’s house while the company he is interning for is out of town attending the North by North East film festival in Toronto. They have a film screening there called High and Dry.

I’m currently searching for a job—something you can expect a post on very soon. I want to work in development either at a production company or at an agency. I have a few leads and I’m working my network but so far nothing concrete. Soon I’ll start interning (unpaid) at two different companies; however, I’ll have to start making money eventually. I’m dreading blowing through all my savings and don’t know what I’d do if I ran out of money completely.

I could PA but being a PA really leads more to a career as an Assistant Director or Production Manager. Plus film sets are no fun unless you’re directing. I hate the monotony and grunt work of being on set but its a good place to meet people at your level and also invaluabe experience for any filmmaker. Besides, if I can score a free lunch and $100 bucks I’ll take it. Last year I PA’ed on a rap video and it was fun hanging out on set with a bunch of drunk and stoned rappers.

In the midst of this I’m also searching for an apartment because eventually I’m going to wear out my welcome at Cameron’s house. I found a lot of good advice for that in this life hacker post that explains how to set up an RSS feed to automatically alert you when a new craigslist post matches your search string. In my case my search string is a temporary (sublet or month-to-month) 2 bedroom (or even 1 bedroom) apartment that is under $1400 a month. Jonny is uncertain how long he’s going to be in LA and I’d like a few months in something temporary to give me time to find something more permanent. It’s been hard to find a lot of places that match our criteria but I know that if I can hold out long enough something is going to materialize. If you know of a place drop me line.

My first two years of high school were awfully depressing and very lonely. Same thing goes for the first year and half of college. However, once I met some people and got involved in some organizations things got a lot better. Film school was even more amazing. The people I met in film school are the best friends I’ve ever had. Now that I’ve graduated I feel like I’m back to being a little fish a big fucking shark tank. Los Angeles can be tough place. Traffic is demoralizing, the air is bad, and I already have two parking tickets. I’m just glad that I prepared, and that I saved, and that I have friends out here.

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One Response to “Swimming with the Sharks”

Jen Says:
June 6th, 2006 at 2:16 am
Are these great white sharks or whale sharks or maybe even megalodon sharks? Anyway, be safe no matter what kind they are. P.S. I kinda started a blog.

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