Thoughts On Chicago

Hey all! Let's see...what to blog about...

Well, I got a job making coffee for Starbucks. It's alright, I s'pose. I've been doing all the training stuff they have you do. It's a pretty laid-back location, the manager seems cool, all the other people who work there are pretty alright. Overall I'm liking it so far. Today I was doing all this training stuff that involved me making a bunch of drinks. Then, once they were made, I felt like I needed to drink them so they wouldn't go to waste. I drank way too much espresso today.

I've interviewed for a couple theatre jobs, mostly teaching stuff. I'm going to another one tomorrow. Nothing yet, but I'm fairly confident one of them will hit before too long.

The thing is, though, the more time goes by the more strongly I feel that all I really want to do is make movies. I've got a cool idea, a nice-looking apartment, and a fair number of willing actors at my disposal, and my ever-faithful Darla by my side. It won't be too long (hopefully) before I manage to actually shoot something and put it on-line for all of you to see and marvel at.

In related news, I discovered a few Final Cut tricks that will help me deal with all the lighting problems the Trash Beast footage from the end of Garbage Day has. So, you know, still workin' on that.

I definitely feel like the road trip has ended. I miss it. I miss being totally rootless and just driving all over the place. Whenever I think of my AK-CA drive or my CA-IL drive, I get a little sad and wish I could just stay on the road forever, driving all over the place and stopping and checking stuff out whenever I felt like it.

But, I gotta be somewhere, and I suppose Chicago's nice. There's a ton of parks, interesting architecture, lots of museums and other culture-y stuff, lots of theatre, all that good stuff. Lots of amazing food too.

I miss Los Angeles. Even though it's currently on fire, so smoggy they're advising people not to exercise outdoors, and in a state that's so poor it's holding a garage sale. Maybe I'm crazy. Chicago's just not as exciting. It does make a bunch more sense, though.

I'm A Spoiled Brat

Hey everyone! A lot of people have been bugging me for not updating this thing more frequently. I originally planned to update it every Sunday...FAIL!!!

Anyway, now I'm in Chicago. I've been staying with my friends Yosh and Mira, looking for work, etc. I've begun to realize that working for Pier One for so long has completely spoiled me. I've gotten used to being my own boss, setting my own hours, and basically being in charge of everything. Also, I've had complete creative freedom; if I wanted to do a show, I would just announce that I was doing it and it was that simple.

I never thought I was going to get that much freedom elsewhere, but I also never realized how spoiled I was. Now that I've started looking for jobs and stuff, I find that anytime I find a job ad where I'll have to have a boss or get approval for things, my reaction is "ew, I'm better than that." Ridiculous, I know. I've been trying to get it under control.

Anyway, things are pretty good here in Chicago. It's way cheaper than LA, and I think I'm getting pretty close to having a job. I even have a few theatre-related interviews coming up soon. So I'll keep you guys posted.

Well, this one's kind of short and crappy, but at least I updated the blog!!!