For the first time in a long long time I have been turning down work. Yes you read right - turning down!! What is it about buses and low-medium paid jobs, you wait around for one and then about 50 turn up. I have signed on to so many different kinds of agencies you wouldn't believe but it has paid off and I'm finally making money. Unfortunately a lot of the time of the time the work clashes (hense the turning it down) and then at other times I am sat once again playing computer games and watching E4 (don't get me wrong, I spend a hell of a lot of time 'honing my craft' but you can't do that every second of the day can you).
Speaking of my craft I got a whole load of backing tracks off www.ameritz.co.uk and all of them are good yet all have dodgy backing vocal on them - does anyone else hate this?? It sounds naff as anything. And then I remember that there are worse things happening in the world...but come on!!
M x
Tuesday 30 June 2009
Thursday 25 June 2009
Superstar's Search for Love
OK so what with all the frantic attempts to make money and get work it is very hard for even superstar such as myself to meet any nice (straight and single) guys. A friend recently put me on this site called 'My Single Friend' which is a brilliant idea for the world of Internet dating. Rather than going through the embarrassing ordeal of writing a profile about why you are really cool and crap like that, your friend puts you on there with a lovely profile (if you have a nice friend) about why they don't understand you are single.
I needed some initial coaxing of course but then I figured nothing ventured nothing gained. So what you do once you have your profile is you search age, area etc and from those guys you read their profile and either 'favourite' them or message them. 'Favourite-ing' is free but messaging costs so I figured lets just 'favourite' and see if they 'favourite' back (after being told by a friend that is how he is having success - once someone favourites back you know to message). So I figured right I will 'favourite' as many as I like and at least then I'll get a few. 56 'favourites' later I feel excited at the prospect of attractive men expressing equal interest. 2 weeks went by...nothing...
Could it be that I am over-reaching? Or are THEY over-reaching? Or do they even bother with this 'favourite' business.
Well, after biting the bullet and paying up for a month of messaging I found that yes indeed they don't bother with 'favourite-ing' or at least straight guys don't (the friend that had all the success with it was gay). A few messaged back - a lot didn't even read them which means they don't pay anyway. I had one semi-disastrous date out of it and her I sit now watching Neighbours, no further forward but I suppose I'm not really bothered anymore - the novelty wore off quickly!
Ah well...
M x
I needed some initial coaxing of course but then I figured nothing ventured nothing gained. So what you do once you have your profile is you search age, area etc and from those guys you read their profile and either 'favourite' them or message them. 'Favourite-ing' is free but messaging costs so I figured lets just 'favourite' and see if they 'favourite' back (after being told by a friend that is how he is having success - once someone favourites back you know to message). So I figured right I will 'favourite' as many as I like and at least then I'll get a few. 56 'favourites' later I feel excited at the prospect of attractive men expressing equal interest. 2 weeks went by...nothing...
Could it be that I am over-reaching? Or are THEY over-reaching? Or do they even bother with this 'favourite' business.
Well, after biting the bullet and paying up for a month of messaging I found that yes indeed they don't bother with 'favourite-ing' or at least straight guys don't (the friend that had all the success with it was gay). A few messaged back - a lot didn't even read them which means they don't pay anyway. I had one semi-disastrous date out of it and her I sit now watching Neighbours, no further forward but I suppose I'm not really bothered anymore - the novelty wore off quickly!
Ah well...
M x
Temping Tuesdays
Temping Tuesdays on a Thursday, nevermind.
Ok so this week I have handed out flyers accompanied by a giant panda, then had the giant panda attacked by, I'm sorry there is no other word for it but, 'Youths' and then carried down the highstreet.
I have babysat three nights so far and two more to go and worked at a creche where I had two crying twins (I know they tend to come in twos) on my lap simultatiously that decided every now and then if they lost balance to grip tightly and painfully onto my chest. This is the best form of family panning I can think of as I am now NEVER having children.
So yes horrah for money coming my way and double horrah for being saved from the constant rotatation of E4 daytime Tv programs (I finally actually understand One Tree Hill without wikipedia having to fill me in on who is who! In a small way this mad me happy and relieved which was sadder than anything).
The big news though, the proper BIG news is that I have an actual paid performing job coming up at Christmas thank goodness!! And it's paid VERY WELL! what do I do until then...?
M x
Ok so this week I have handed out flyers accompanied by a giant panda, then had the giant panda attacked by, I'm sorry there is no other word for it but, 'Youths' and then carried down the highstreet.
I have babysat three nights so far and two more to go and worked at a creche where I had two crying twins (I know they tend to come in twos) on my lap simultatiously that decided every now and then if they lost balance to grip tightly and painfully onto my chest. This is the best form of family panning I can think of as I am now NEVER having children.
So yes horrah for money coming my way and double horrah for being saved from the constant rotatation of E4 daytime Tv programs (I finally actually understand One Tree Hill without wikipedia having to fill me in on who is who! In a small way this mad me happy and relieved which was sadder than anything).
The big news though, the proper BIG news is that I have an actual paid performing job coming up at Christmas thank goodness!! And it's paid VERY WELL! what do I do until then...?
M x
Sunday 14 June 2009
The Quest for Stardom
So this week amongst my various jobs (babysitting, teaching drama, childrens entertaining, working at a creche, promotional work...) I tried to work out what various courses to do to improve my skills.
Yes leaving drama school does not mean you are a finished product, oh no!
I have taken up various instruments this year (EVERY job wants actor musicians at present!) I have taken various classes at the Actors Centre and tried my best to get to Pineapple (you have to pay in cash for that though and it is so much more painfull letting go of actual real money isn't it?!) I have even gone back and joined in with some dance classes at my old dance school surrounded my young mums and the elderly (surprisingly good fun!)
I have tried to work out whether at present it is worth doing a showcase course at either the Actors Centre or maybe a shoewreel course Pinewood or maybe just a course on acting for TV/film to try and learn/brush up said skills before being introduced to important people. (I did decided on the latter option). The big thing with lots of the courses is they get big names in for you to network with but I am not sure if it is wise to be seen whilst you are still learning the techniques they would expect of you.
The big thing though is that this all costs MONEY
ARGH!!!
One must invest in one's career (although how many actually make back all they spent out in the first place...?)
M x
Yes leaving drama school does not mean you are a finished product, oh no!
I have taken up various instruments this year (EVERY job wants actor musicians at present!) I have taken various classes at the Actors Centre and tried my best to get to Pineapple (you have to pay in cash for that though and it is so much more painfull letting go of actual real money isn't it?!) I have even gone back and joined in with some dance classes at my old dance school surrounded my young mums and the elderly (surprisingly good fun!)
I have tried to work out whether at present it is worth doing a showcase course at either the Actors Centre or maybe a shoewreel course Pinewood or maybe just a course on acting for TV/film to try and learn/brush up said skills before being introduced to important people. (I did decided on the latter option). The big thing with lots of the courses is they get big names in for you to network with but I am not sure if it is wise to be seen whilst you are still learning the techniques they would expect of you.
The big thing though is that this all costs MONEY
ARGH!!!
One must invest in one's career (although how many actually make back all they spent out in the first place...?)
M x
Tuesday 9 June 2009
Temping Tuesdays
On the road to the top one must still make some money.
My Top Five Worst Temp Jobs:
1) Christmas Elf in the worlds worst organised Grotto.
2) Temping in a kids adventure play area where every single employee was a temp and no one had a clue what was going on.
3) Working at a holiday club for children where the over-weight and under qualified lady I had to work with would start EVERY sentence with "I'm not being funny but..." She was indeed right as she was never funny.
4) Flyering for a rubbish offer to do with banking during a credit crunch and being spat at.
5) Working in a sweet factory bagging up sweets and actually learning what white mice and dazzles are made from.
The only way is up...
My Top Five Worst Temp Jobs:
1) Christmas Elf in the worlds worst organised Grotto.
2) Temping in a kids adventure play area where every single employee was a temp and no one had a clue what was going on.
3) Working at a holiday club for children where the over-weight and under qualified lady I had to work with would start EVERY sentence with "I'm not being funny but..." She was indeed right as she was never funny.
4) Flyering for a rubbish offer to do with banking during a credit crunch and being spat at.
5) Working in a sweet factory bagging up sweets and actually learning what white mice and dazzles are made from.
The only way is up...
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