Headshots

Finally got professional headshots taken!

I decided to go with Robin Emtage. She was super nice and the shoot went really really well. We looked through the proofs and there are TONS of great shots to choose from. Now I am just looking forward to getting the photos back (I'll get them sometime this week) so I can get them retouched and finally start marketing myself (do an agent mailing, put a website together, business cards, post cards, etc). So now that I can do all that I am feeling pretty good, and not like I am stuck (which is what I was feeling before).

No work for Monday, but I've got an audition for a short film so it won't be a completely wasted day.

In other news I have a serious problem. I like to anything I see with a bird on it.

It's bad.

I went to the fairfax flea market today and bought this tile thing cause it had a picture of a macaw on it. I did the exact same thing last weekend as well. I also have a painting over my bed... it's more of a design circle thing, but part of that design had birds (it's subtle though... which is nice). My soap thing has a bird on it, my notebook has a bird on it, I bought this wooden bird thing for our living room, I have a bird candle holder, bird serving platter, bird cup, I have multiple pictures of my birds (framed) in my room, and their feathers in little vases. PLUS I am in the process of making this paper bird art thing for my room.

It's a serious problem.

I need to stop.

... or just give in and buy an actual bird.

Month 2

I am really good at updating!

Not a lot going on since my last update. I've had a few more auditions (mostly for student films) and been doing A LOT more background.

I'm getting very tired of doing extra work. The initial excitement of doing it when I first came out here two summers ago (and even my first few weeks out here) is pretty much gone. It's the same thing every day, a lot of really weird and annoying people, long hours, very low pay (if my parents weren't helping me out, there is no way I would be able to pay rent/ feed myself), and most days you are treated as sub-human.

I could deal with it when I knew I only had a few months of it and would be leaving soon, but the thought of doing this for more than another 2 months (if that) makes me cringe.

I need to find a real job.

I am going to get professional headshots done very soon. I think I found a photographer that seems good and her price isn't that bad. Hopefully once I get those I can start getting a few more legit auditions, and I'll be able to start doing mailings at agencies.

I'm still adjusting to being out here. It's tough when you don't really have any close friends around. I've been getting a bit homesick lately.... but I know that there really isn't anything for me at home (except for my pool. I miss my pool. And my birds). All all my friends back home are gone doing their own thing, so I'd be lonely there too.

Eck. Growing up sucks.