once again, i've fallen into the habit of reading everyone else's blogs but not updating my own - there's no excuse but it happens. the past week or so i've had a minor excuse in that i no longer have internet at home but having dsl never seemed to aid my updating in the past so whatever.
but here's an update anyway...
1) i moved! josh and i finally found our own place and moved last saturday (jan 29) - it's a lovely 1 bedroom in sherman oaks south of ventura. quiet building with a couple of dog owners - every day i seem to meet a new dog and get lots of doggie kisses - you just can't beat them. the place is in shambles but slowly i'm ridding it of boxes - you always forget how much stuff you have until you move. soon i can stop living out of a suitcase, which has been the case for the past 9 months or so (since july - yikes!). but i have the tv set up and the fridge all to myself - even when i have enough food in there for me it still seems empty...wonderful!!!!!!
2) to explain why i'm talking about myself singly in the apartment i should add that josh went back on the road on sunday (jan 30) and won't return until feb 26. he's doing another show for authentic - this time about various vacation destinations. he's only travelling around so cal so it's not too trying - san diego and palm springs - so hopefully i'll get to see him soon. it's only day 4 of him gone and he's already relaying tales of strife between the shooter and the producer...i'm guessing jeff the shooter will win out - they love him at authentic.
3) i'm currently jobless so if anyone knows of people looking for a 2nd AC, loader, pa, etc i'm game. i worked some this january...enough to pay the bills but i'd rather work a little more. the problem with being unemployed is that i want to go out and do things but doing things mean spending money so it never quite works out. i'll just have to get my kicks restocking the apartment with cleaning supplies and the like.
4) other than housing, love and work, i'm doing well. i've decided i need to be more social - sitting at home watching fear factor reruns through the static on my antenna tv isn't a social life - it just takes motivation to get up and go. i miss you chicago people (even the ones who aren't there anymore but i still consider the "chicago friends")...there are some out here but the good ones are far away. i went to a thing at dan viney's the other night to see jim joyce who was in town. i realized that i hadn't seen any of those people in ages (about a year for some, more for the others) and it was good to go out. the problem with the occasional get together is that you have the same conversations over and over (hey! what are you up to now? what are you working on? what's your life plan?) and don't tend just to have the fun, nonsense get together. i'm not sure if the crowd there is that type of crowd but it was still good to see people.
the other thing i realized while there is that i'm so out of this weird loop that exists in LA it's not even funny. listening in on jodi and hailey's conversation (i honestly had nothing to add) i realized that there are all these films and concerts and everything that i just have no access to not being in the business side of film. i don't read the trades, my lunch conversations at work don't include what premiered at sundance, etc. production just isnt' like that. not that i want to be in a business environment - i miss being able to intelligently discuss things with my friends. i guess that goes back into the being more social aspect of life...sigh.
so that last point has been kinda depressing but i've been fairly by myself the past couple of days so i've had a lot of time to think. lesson learned - anyone in la want to hang out? i'm free. anyone elsewhere want to talk? i'm also free.
but here's an update anyway...
1) i moved! josh and i finally found our own place and moved last saturday (jan 29) - it's a lovely 1 bedroom in sherman oaks south of ventura. quiet building with a couple of dog owners - every day i seem to meet a new dog and get lots of doggie kisses - you just can't beat them. the place is in shambles but slowly i'm ridding it of boxes - you always forget how much stuff you have until you move. soon i can stop living out of a suitcase, which has been the case for the past 9 months or so (since july - yikes!). but i have the tv set up and the fridge all to myself - even when i have enough food in there for me it still seems empty...wonderful!!!!!!
2) to explain why i'm talking about myself singly in the apartment i should add that josh went back on the road on sunday (jan 30) and won't return until feb 26. he's doing another show for authentic - this time about various vacation destinations. he's only travelling around so cal so it's not too trying - san diego and palm springs - so hopefully i'll get to see him soon. it's only day 4 of him gone and he's already relaying tales of strife between the shooter and the producer...i'm guessing jeff the shooter will win out - they love him at authentic.
3) i'm currently jobless so if anyone knows of people looking for a 2nd AC, loader, pa, etc i'm game. i worked some this january...enough to pay the bills but i'd rather work a little more. the problem with being unemployed is that i want to go out and do things but doing things mean spending money so it never quite works out. i'll just have to get my kicks restocking the apartment with cleaning supplies and the like.
4) other than housing, love and work, i'm doing well. i've decided i need to be more social - sitting at home watching fear factor reruns through the static on my antenna tv isn't a social life - it just takes motivation to get up and go. i miss you chicago people (even the ones who aren't there anymore but i still consider the "chicago friends")...there are some out here but the good ones are far away. i went to a thing at dan viney's the other night to see jim joyce who was in town. i realized that i hadn't seen any of those people in ages (about a year for some, more for the others) and it was good to go out. the problem with the occasional get together is that you have the same conversations over and over (hey! what are you up to now? what are you working on? what's your life plan?) and don't tend just to have the fun, nonsense get together. i'm not sure if the crowd there is that type of crowd but it was still good to see people.
the other thing i realized while there is that i'm so out of this weird loop that exists in LA it's not even funny. listening in on jodi and hailey's conversation (i honestly had nothing to add) i realized that there are all these films and concerts and everything that i just have no access to not being in the business side of film. i don't read the trades, my lunch conversations at work don't include what premiered at sundance, etc. production just isnt' like that. not that i want to be in a business environment - i miss being able to intelligently discuss things with my friends. i guess that goes back into the being more social aspect of life...sigh.
so that last point has been kinda depressing but i've been fairly by myself the past couple of days so i've had a lot of time to think. lesson learned - anyone in la want to hang out? i'm free. anyone elsewhere want to talk? i'm also free.
posted by meghan at 1:57 PM
2 Comments:
i dread seeing people that i haven't seen in awhile because i hate the 'what's up, what's your plan' conversation. it's the conversation that you HAVE TO HAVE if you haven't seen someone in awhile, but generally it just leaves me feeling like i haven't done much of anything since the last time i had the Conversation. also, how do i say that i miss being unemployed without sounding like a total jackass? lately i've been trying to head off the Conversation at the pass. if i am forced into it i just say something like, "oh i have a new job and it's great but otherwise nothing new" and hope i'm not pressed further. the Conversation turns every social interaction into recruitment, set one.
dammit! that was me (again! why do i keep forgetting this!).
~kara
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