Hey there everyone!
So sorry I've been aloof lately. I just started my two new jobs: real job that is Walgreen's competitor (boo) and the place where kids rule (yay!) and have basically been jumping from work to work to bed to work to work to work...you get the picture. Anyway, I've just been swamped with it, trying to make it all still work with the sketch comedy group AND this new musical I was just cast in. And by new I mean, as in new, never done before, we are work-shopping it with future plans of a tour. I always enjoying getting in on new pieces because it has no obligations to what's been done before. You can do anything with it, create new characters that are in new situations, and evolve this whole world no one has seen before.
With that said...
Trying to get the schedule to work with technically four jobs (yes, getting paid for all of it, which is also amazing) is I'm pretty sure comparable to how air traffic controllers feel when landing planes....in a snow storm....and their computers are out. OK, I realize it's not that complicated, but it does require finessing.
"I can't be there for the whole two hours, but I have this afternoon available."
"No I'm not going to be able to make that day, however these two nights I have an hour before my overnight shift."
"I know it's not perfect, but I have 15 minutes right before I pass out every third Thursday of the month."
I'm joking, but kinda not.
HOWEVER, I am extremely grateful for the chance to work. As someone who didn't have much going on for about a month and was worried how he was going to pay rent and eat, it is a wonderful thing to have to delicately piece a schedule together.
So as we can see, it's about month four and life ain't bad. Working for "kids" is sooo awesome. We get to go around and slime and pie people and act like, well kids all day. Plus, I've met my work wife who is just absolutely adorably and tall like me! (oh and cute and funny and just wonderfully talented (as she would say (often.)))
Anyway, that's what I got for now, thanks for reading and I'm up to 12 followers, so thanks all for reading!! Have a good night all!
TypeCast wants to know: Have you ever had the chance to work on a new piece/gig/performance in any capacity and what was it?
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Saturday, March 6, 2010
It's a Small World After All...
So I write this entry the day after one of the most busiest and dreadfully sick 24 hours I have probably spent in a long time.
The day started at 6 p.m. Thursday and ended around the same time on Friday. Within it I had a sketch comedy rehearsal, 9 hour work shift at CVS, and orientation for my new job at the Nick Hotel. I would have ended the day with an improv show after that orientation, but my body finally gave up and told me that was just not going to happen. I'm fine now, on some wonderful pills, but still a bit tired. Just to remind people, I have started my job at CVS as a overnight supervisor, and survived my first week (barely). It's a little more responsibility/work than I was looking for, but it's a job that pays me on a regular basis so I'm going to stick it out (thanks to the advice of M.K.).
I'm really excited about my job at Nick Hotel! Orientation was fun (even though I was a bit ill), and it definitely sounds like a job that has the possibility of becoming more than it is right now, which is always great in entertainment. One of the points in class was disclosure, which I have dealt with in other jobs, and I think is an important point to cover in today's blog.
In the entertainment world, as the rest of the world, it's important to not burn bridges and to not reveal too much information on projects you're working on. The first point regarding bridges is I think pretty obvious: the entertainment world is a small world (cue music with dancing children dolls). Every time I go out to an audition or callback I meet someone who is friends with someone I know or with another director I'm working with. So if you make an enemy in one place, they most likely know 5 people in other places who will think twice before hiring you if they hear something unsavory about you. So this means try to refrain from behavior such as blowing up at cast and crew, quitting a project for no stated reason, talking negatively about projects/people behind their backs, etc. You just never know what info might get where, and in this biz where work is hard enough to get, you don't want to add another obstacle to the track. On the latter point of revealing: first of all, if the project you are working for says don't talk about this, blog about it, take pictures and post it on Facebook this, DON'T. If they find out, you're out, and that's it. Also, if you spill, someone else might hear it, bring it somewhere else, do it there, and then no one is coming to see you and you are out of a job again. SO, be careful of who you talk to and about what, at all times.
On a less aggressive and serious note, I had a call back today for a new musical that will be work-shopped and hopefully will become a tour. I went to the final callback for Hoop Dee Doo Revue on Monday, and am anxiously awaiting to see if I may be joining the team there. I also auditioned for Star Wars Weekends, which was also positive (somehow I had to do a dance and was of course in the first group in the front, oiy) but was a lot of fun.
Not that much entertainment news I know, but I've decided to take a little break auditioning right now for any long term project since I have the job with CVS and Nick right now. I kinda need to build up my bank account again, so I have to focus on what projects will really be beneficial to me.
Alright everyone, have a wonderful rest of your weekend and don't forget that the Oscars are on tomorrow! My love to the Mercer Oscar Party and all those in attendance!
TypeCast wants to know: What's the worst job you ever had?
P.S. Here is the link to the video from the Sonnet-a-Thon I did about a month ago. Gosh, how time flies.
http://www.livestream.com/orlandoshakes/video?clipId=flv_31761d8d-cccd-451c-966d-d46d16720ffb
The day started at 6 p.m. Thursday and ended around the same time on Friday. Within it I had a sketch comedy rehearsal, 9 hour work shift at CVS, and orientation for my new job at the Nick Hotel. I would have ended the day with an improv show after that orientation, but my body finally gave up and told me that was just not going to happen. I'm fine now, on some wonderful pills, but still a bit tired. Just to remind people, I have started my job at CVS as a overnight supervisor, and survived my first week (barely). It's a little more responsibility/work than I was looking for, but it's a job that pays me on a regular basis so I'm going to stick it out (thanks to the advice of M.K.).
I'm really excited about my job at Nick Hotel! Orientation was fun (even though I was a bit ill), and it definitely sounds like a job that has the possibility of becoming more than it is right now, which is always great in entertainment. One of the points in class was disclosure, which I have dealt with in other jobs, and I think is an important point to cover in today's blog.
In the entertainment world, as the rest of the world, it's important to not burn bridges and to not reveal too much information on projects you're working on. The first point regarding bridges is I think pretty obvious: the entertainment world is a small world (cue music with dancing children dolls). Every time I go out to an audition or callback I meet someone who is friends with someone I know or with another director I'm working with. So if you make an enemy in one place, they most likely know 5 people in other places who will think twice before hiring you if they hear something unsavory about you. So this means try to refrain from behavior such as blowing up at cast and crew, quitting a project for no stated reason, talking negatively about projects/people behind their backs, etc. You just never know what info might get where, and in this biz where work is hard enough to get, you don't want to add another obstacle to the track. On the latter point of revealing: first of all, if the project you are working for says don't talk about this, blog about it, take pictures and post it on Facebook this, DON'T. If they find out, you're out, and that's it. Also, if you spill, someone else might hear it, bring it somewhere else, do it there, and then no one is coming to see you and you are out of a job again. SO, be careful of who you talk to and about what, at all times.
On a less aggressive and serious note, I had a call back today for a new musical that will be work-shopped and hopefully will become a tour. I went to the final callback for Hoop Dee Doo Revue on Monday, and am anxiously awaiting to see if I may be joining the team there. I also auditioned for Star Wars Weekends, which was also positive (somehow I had to do a dance and was of course in the first group in the front, oiy) but was a lot of fun.
Not that much entertainment news I know, but I've decided to take a little break auditioning right now for any long term project since I have the job with CVS and Nick right now. I kinda need to build up my bank account again, so I have to focus on what projects will really be beneficial to me.
Alright everyone, have a wonderful rest of your weekend and don't forget that the Oscars are on tomorrow! My love to the Mercer Oscar Party and all those in attendance!
TypeCast wants to know: What's the worst job you ever had?
P.S. Here is the link to the video from the Sonnet-a-Thon I did about a month ago. Gosh, how time flies.
http://www.livestream.com/orlandoshakes/video?clipId=flv_31761d8d-cccd-451c-966d-d46d16720ffb
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