Been here now over a week and am already doing well with learning the area. We've found a lot of the shopping centers, plus a lot of nice hang out spots! I'm doing well with driving around without the use of my GPS, though I still do use it when going to new addresses, but I'm learning the lay of the land and find it easier to navigate without computerized help!
Sarah and I are both still on the job hunt, but I caught a bit of a break the other day when I applied for an internship one morning and that afternoon they called me back! (This was all yesterday actually) They called to talk to me more and asked me to come in that afternoon to meet with them and possibly do some work. So I went in and they put me to work right away working in their editing bays. I'm officially an Editing Intern at Hu-Man Element Productions. It's a small, but busy, production company located in downtown Los Angeles. Their offices are in a building called Studio Center, and as I walked in my first day I found myself walking through numerous production companies and some areas were actual sets! (For movies or tv, I'm unsure... everyone was on break, but the sets were there!) Plus I walked past so many rooms where actors (no one famous...at least not famous yet!) were waiting for auditions.
It was really great, they have me helping with logging and organizing all their footage for a pilot episode of a series. I'm not at liberty to speak further as I'm not sure yet what I can or cannot publicly speak about.
The guys I met were a lot of fun and really good people, and I look forward to working there more! I'll be going in at least twice a week, but hopefully more if I can swing it. The only downside to all of this is that it's an UNPAID internship... which means I still need to find something else that pays so I can pay rent and bills... and buy food to survive. So I'll be applying to something for a part time job and when I'm not working there I'll be at the internship!
I don't know how long I'll be at Hu-Man Element, but hopefully I'll make a lot of good connections and it turn into paying work someday or at least lead to me meeting someone or finding something that is paying!
In the meantime I'll be doing whatever they ask and doing my best to prove my skill and commitment!
Not much else to talk about... Sarah and I have a few parties we are attending this weekend, which means opportunities to meet some people and make more friends! One party is just a social gathering the other is a Superbowl Party tomorrow for the big game! GO STEELERS!
I may be a Redskins fan, but of the two teams in the bowl I want the Black and Yellow to prevail! (Going to school in Pittsburgh really made me enjoy the city's teams!)
I'm not a Penguins fan though, nor a Pirates.... even though the Pirates games were cheap and pretty fun at times. I'm not really a big Steelers fan either, but I'll cheer for them whenever possible! And in this case (the Superbowl) I'll cheer my heart out!
Will keep you all up to date as new things happen!
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