So that's me. Now, on to the blog...
The purpose behind this whole thing is strictly for your entertainment. A sort of voyeuristic peek into my life and what lies ahead for me in the near future. See, I'm at a turning point in my life right now. I just turned 25 in October of '09 and on that day something took a hold of me. Some cosmic force latched itself on to me driving me ultimately to what this blog is all about - change. I need to change my life.
I got my first job when I was 17 years old as a maintenance mechanic for a Volkswagen dealership and it was cool at first. I was getting school credit for it and getting paid! Sure, it was nice having lots of money compared to my fellow Juniors but since I never had the means to attend college they all eventually went on to surpass me in the financial department. From 17 until the present I have done nothing but constantly work shitty jobs. Jobs with no growth potential beyond a $.50 raise after six months. I've had some great jobs though, don't get me wrong, but as time went on I realized that these places aren't going to get me anywhere in the future. I had no plan, no path, no goals in my life and on that day in October, the day of my birth, that cosmic force screamed into my ear "HEY! BUDDY! Get your shit together or you're going to hate life!". So I am. Well, attempting to anyway.
So here it is. My genius plan... I am going to get rid of anything that I don't absolutely need; dwindle my belongings down to only what I can fit into the back of my truck; quit my TWO jobs (Yes, I had two jobs. In this economy... you probably want to slap me, right?); save roughly $2000 and move to sunny Los Angeles! Why Los Angeles? Because that is the epicenter of my life goals.
Since about 4th grade I have been obsessed with movies/TV, but not just the characters on the screen. I wanted to know how these things were made. As the years went on and I became more passionate about it I started to try and figure out a way to become the next Scorsese. I tried to learn everything I could about being a director. That passion is still there but now that I'm a little older but my ambitions have become a little more focused. So here is what I want to do...
I want to work with this:
I want to be a camera operator, or camera assistant. I figure, get in to that field and see where it goes from there. But enough about specifics. My real goal, the MAIN reason for this change in my life and the root cause of this blog is simple... success. I want to be successful. Not rich and famous, red carpet, cover of US Weekly successfull, but living happy and comfortable successful. Understandable, right? My ENTIRE life has been one long rat race of mediocracy. I have never received a pay check for more than $700 and most of the ones that were that high were for two or more weeks worth of work. The closest I came was $730 tax return a couple of years ago and that trumps my paychecks I'm getting today. But, basically I'm tired of working these fruitless jobs with nowhere to go. I'm tired of busting my ass for 70 hours a week to pay bills. I want to get into a professional field with room to grow and I want to be fucking happy about it.
The idea behind this blog:
So the idea behind this is like I said earlier, for your entertainment. Currently I am still in Seattle and as time goes on and my journey begins I will be trying to document it as much as possible with the "happy ending" being me eventually getting a four figure check. That's the goal. I am going to document my journey from packing up the truck to the drive down to job interviews, parties, girls, random shit etc. etc. So please, check back occasionally and see how I'm doing. Will I make it or will I fail? Will I live it up in Hollywood or end up back at my parents house in Olympia? Stick around and find out. Thanks.
Rob
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