Buying into weird myths and holistic mumbo jumbo really isn’t my thing. I do think they’re entertaining and it’s fun to let your mind want to believe in them. However, buying a bunch of crystals and making all decisions based on tarot card readings and […]
Tag Archives: Career
330/365 – Ellen
When I was in Chicago, good things were happening all the time. It wasn’t as if I was some down on my luck bum, scooping up the shitty remains of success as I trudged my way to mediocrity. But it did feel as if my […]
214/365 – Umemployed
Today was my last day of employment for . . . 4 months? Oh god. When I write it down it hits a lot harder than just thinking it. What am I going to do with myself. That’s an easy question. I have too much […]
170/365 – CONSIDER
Last Monday, I was read these words written across the bottom of my TV Pilot Treatment: Mild Pass. Mile Pass. Meaning that the reader who evaluated my treatment thought it wasn’t quite good enough for production. Mild Pass . . . I just kept thinking […]
146/365 – The Graduate Path
One of the things I keep hearing — one of the constants that seems to permiate the bitterness of Hollwood is that I should not start a family. I’ve heard it three times in as many days and it may be the most disheartening advice […]
143/365 – A Lesson in Opposites
Yesterday I finally started my semester in LA program through Columbia and today, I’m being given a stiff dose reality – a skewed, twisted version of Hollywood reality. The kind where, honesty, there is no reality because anything goes. Opposites exist within inches of each […]
142/365 – Hollywood Shuffle
This is the first day of the rest of my life . . . I killed a man. In cold blood. With my mind . . . I’m on the run from a dozen of government agencies, including the FBI, CIA, LAPD, IRS, The Department […]
128/365 – Grill Job
We live in an era where finding your dream job – a job that helps you live while simultaneously gives you sense of purpose and fulfillment – is not just a possibility but a right. Where our grandparents took jobs because it was a matter […]
111/365 – FEAR
Fear is and extremely palatable of emotions if not the most. It has a way, unlike any other emotion, to take hold of you mentally, physically, spiritually . . . Not to say other emotions can’t grip you firmly like a handmade glove, but there’s […]
22/365 – Farewell/Hello
Farewell / Hello I took ANOTHER shift at the Skybox so that I can afford my glamorous life. Weeeeee. But tonight, when I got off work, I went to the Second City Main Stage to see my friend Tim Mason off. He’s been performing at […]
21/365 – Thank Yous
Thank Yous Marriage was supposed to be a step towards a more stable adulthood, right? I mean, I didn’t think it would solve all my problems like some teenage girls think a baby will make their abusive football player boyfriend love them. I just thought […]
359/365 – You’re Hired!
As a point of reference for this blog post, let me give you a list of jobs* I’ve held over the years. (*Jobs as in I actually got paid) TIMMY JOBS: THE SHORT LIST Paperboy Lifeguard Greeter at The Warner Brothers Studio Store College Box […]