I have decided to get back on the documenting my life on the Internet other than on twitter and Facebook bandwagon. Because that’s not enough, right?
I figured that this is a pretty pivotal part of my life that would be pretty cool to have written down. I thought that while keeping my livejournal in high school. It wasn’t as much of a pivotal moment of my life as much as it’s just hysterical to go back and read.
I graduated from college just over 2 months ago and I have successfully completed one full week of work at a job my dads got me. Good thing I have a job in the field I went to school in to make my $45,000 of school loans worth it. :fartnoise:
I know I shouldn’t complain about my really great paying union job that I have but I’m going to list u grievances about the whole situation now:
1) the hours are insane. For example: waking up at 4 to get on a 5:30 LIRR train to get to the LES by 7:00 AM. Only to work until 5:00 PM. (which would be fine if I worked at the same location everyday so I could meet my fellow recent graduates for happy hour and to get home by 9 to pass out and do it all over again.
2) the hours are insane. It gets much worse than those hours listed in number 1. I could also wind up working from 3PM to 7 AM straight through. But as of last summer, I refuse to ever be put in that situation again.
3) Age difference. I realize that I am extremely lucky to even have a union card at 21. But that doesn’t mean I dont want to have a fellow 20-something year old to goof around with. Every person on set is 40 plus with the exception of film school students that are PA’s and hate you for having the position I do without having to do anything for it.
4) sexism. I am generally the only girl on set until the art director comes around 20 minutes before they start filming and she changes everything around and the 3 days of work that led of to that 20 minutes is completely changed. Art director aside, as I said before everyone is old. But they are also all men. Which could be great. But like I have said they are OLD. in addition to not being sexually appealing, they also expect me to not be able to do just about anything. Especially when it comes to unloading a truck. I’m not a dainty girl that’s afraid to get dirty, but if you’d rather me sit out on moving the 500 pound rug, that is fine by me. there is a peice inside me that wants to scream that I can do it too.
5) the is the exact opposite of what I want to do with my life. As lane as it sounds, I want to make a ~difference~ in one persons life and change the world for the better. Which is why I went to school for teaching. Yes the pay is amazing in the union. Yes I make what I will make in a week in 3 days but I just think it’s absurd that these people get paid so much for purely entertainment. It’s just insane to me.
I think I will end the list there. I have been trying to keep a position attitude about it all as best as I can until I can find a better teaching job.
Speaking of teachig jobs, I live in New York. Ideally would love to teach in New York City. Yes I realize it is 2011 and there is actually no teaching jobs. That’s why I’ve got the hook up with a substitute temp agency that has gotten me a permanent substitute job in Brooklyn, Williamsburg to be exact. I can’t really imagine what kind of high school ages kids live in that neighborhood now but I guess only time will tell.
It is now 9:14pm and it is time for me to go to sleep because i have to wake up in approximately 7 hours. (like I said: INSANE)
