Will I survive? That’s the question right now. Survive what? I’m talking about my night job. The one on The Strip…The Sunset Strip. Yeah, the one where I work the graveyard shift. Yeah, that one. The one that I am so fortunate to have. The one that I really appreciate…yup, that’s the one.
Truth be told; it’s really testing me. That, in itself, is nothing new. I’ve just used many different tactics to get through it. It usually works quite well, but about once a month I go on what I call “My Cycle”. Yeah, a guy with a cycle…it happens about every 30 days. During that time I’m a little unlike the me I like so much. I’m a little darker; a little less patient and I have to work harder at being my normal self…sometimes a lot harder.
I have to say that I’m proud of how I’ve handled this ride thus far. It’s a real headtrip working where I used to work so long ago…even with some of the same people. That said; I know I can do better. I can do more; I have so much more to offer than what I’m doing there and the duality of living it while trying not to get depressed about it is a constant thing I have to manage. I am doing quite well.
I really appreciate my employment there…I really do. There are so many people these days that wished they had any kind of steady income and I have two streams. Things are great for me.
More great stuff…February 2010 is on its way out I believe it goes down as the busiest audition month I’ve had in my almost 12 years in Los Angeles. Well, that may not count when I was working on “Good Morning, Miami”…plus, then I was getting paid…I don’t get paid for most of my auditions.
There was 19 business days in the month of February…I had 20 auditions. Mostly commercials, several callbacks and avails and at least one booking. There is still a chance I could be callback, placed on avail or book from auditions I had this past week. It was a dizzyingly busy week because I was of my …other job. I say bring more of it on because I am ready to work! 2010 will continue to be a year of change for me.
Truth be told; it’s really testing me. That, in itself, is nothing new. I’ve just used many different tactics to get through it. It usually works quite well, but about once a month I go on what I call “My Cycle”. Yeah, a guy with a cycle…it happens about every 30 days. During that time I’m a little unlike the me I like so much. I’m a little darker; a little less patient and I have to work harder at being my normal self…sometimes a lot harder.
I have to say that I’m proud of how I’ve handled this ride thus far. It’s a real headtrip working where I used to work so long ago…even with some of the same people. That said; I know I can do better. I can do more; I have so much more to offer than what I’m doing there and the duality of living it while trying not to get depressed about it is a constant thing I have to manage. I am doing quite well.
I really appreciate my employment there…I really do. There are so many people these days that wished they had any kind of steady income and I have two streams. Things are great for me.
More great stuff…February 2010 is on its way out I believe it goes down as the busiest audition month I’ve had in my almost 12 years in Los Angeles. Well, that may not count when I was working on “Good Morning, Miami”…plus, then I was getting paid…I don’t get paid for most of my auditions.
There was 19 business days in the month of February…I had 20 auditions. Mostly commercials, several callbacks and avails and at least one booking. There is still a chance I could be callback, placed on avail or book from auditions I had this past week. It was a dizzyingly busy week because I was of my …other job. I say bring more of it on because I am ready to work! 2010 will continue to be a year of change for me.
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2 comments:
stephon--your persistence & work ethic & blog are an inspiration to me! keep up the FANTASTIC work! best wishes! puja mohindra
Hey Puja! Thanks for the kind words; it really means a lot on this tough journey. You keep up the fantastic work as well and hopefully we'll cross paths one of these days.
Stephon
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