My Body’s a Zombie for you!
So the highlight of my day/week/month/season and maybe even year was that I got to meet Ryan Gosling and Zach Shields of Dead Man’s Bones. I wanted to see their show, but didn’t buy tickets in time. The show was sold out and by what I can only call a miracle, the venue asked to move the show to where I work! So not only did I get a chance to go to the show, but I sold merch for them and talked to them after the show. I wish it could’ve been longer, but I had to catch the subway home and my sister was worried we wouldn’t make it. ::sigh:: I would’ve slept at Bimbo’s if that meant I could hang out longer! Oh well, can’t do anything about it now. They might come back and do another show next year. I hope I’m there for it!
And should I feel bad for never seeing The Notebook?
Just throw me in the pool!
Looking for motivation. I need to set some goals! And that means I really need to reassess my life, figure out what I want, how to get that and do it!. I’ve been hesitating in figuring out what I want because I figure once I make a decision, I’ll miss out something else. Something better for me. Something more interesting. But I can’t keep living in limbo. I will make a decision!
Tomorrow.
MGMT
I was talking to my friend the other day, and he was asking me why I’m still at my job. I like my job, there’s nothing wrong with it, but this isn’t want I want to do forever. Or even the next 5 years. I was listening to him talk about what he’s up to and all these ideas were coming up on how to help him and then I remembered the career I wanted, but shelved long ago: management. I figured managing someone is taking too big of a risk financially (how am I going to pay my bills if they’re not making any money?), but it’s like why not at least try it? I find the idea of managing a band or artist thrilling and I know I’d do a good job. I think that should be enough for me to do it and at least see how it goes for a while.
I’ll start writing a cover letter this week so I can send it out to a companies. It’s gotta be pretty dynamic, because I bet I’ll be emailing places that aren’t hiring…
What the hell?
I planned on volunteering with the Treasure Island Music Festival, and now I wish I hadn’t. I know I have to “pay my dues” in order to get a good job, but do I have to do that every time I work with a new company? No. They should take what I’ve done before actually use my experience. I’m not a high schooler, I’m far from “green” and I’m not an idiot. Ugh. I’ve told these people time and time again and I really think this one lady isn’t even listening. She keeps giving me generic emails about volunteering. Only the one I actually spoke with face to face understands what I want. And now the volunteer woman wants credit card information so I’ll get charged in case I don’t show up for my volunteer shift. What the hell? Trust me, if I wasn’t volunteering, I wouldn’t be going to that festival anyway. The lineup ain’t that great! Haha. I’m going to tell her I can only work one day now and reiterate my qualifications. ::sigh:: Why did I put myself in this situation? I know one of these days, I’ll be doing what I want to do.
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Totally different subject, but I think I have a crush… He’s so cute! But he lives so far away… I highly doubt he likes me, so I’m just going to think about him and figure out whether our signs go together. (Hmm… I guess I am a high schooler!)
job?
I’m officially looking for a second (paying) job. I applied for The Gap, but… I really don’t want to work there. It would be going backwards. I didn’t really like working there before. I’m going to look for something more interesting. I’m feeling really optimistic, because I found another weekend job doing what I do now. I emailed them today, so I just have to do some more waiting…
Will work for film
I pray to God that I’ll get this publicist job. I just gave my propecctive client a biography and I’m just waiting to hear back from him. I feel really good about what I wrote. It took dozens of revisions and hours of listening to his music. Since he’s nowhere near done with his album, he probably doesn’t think he needs to call me back with response. Don’t leave me hanging! I don’t know why I’m worried though. He already “paid” me, and I wrote him a biography, but that’s not all he wanted. Ugh.
Where’s my motivation?
I am way to complacent right now. There’s so much that I need to do. I promise myself I’ll get it all done this weekend.
For reals.
Lolla recap
Lollapalooza was about a week ago. It was such much fun! I’m glad I was able to attend Lollapalooza (for free!) one more time. Yes, I was working, but it was fun work and didn’t keep me from seeing the bands I wanted to see. I twittered a lot during the festival. I wish I could have been at the Perry Ferrell tent more often. The music was really good and everyone over there was dancing nonstop. But photographers weren’t really there and so I didn’t have to be there. What gets on my nerves often is that people think I’m security instead of press, so I have to deal with all these random problems that are happening in the crowd or with people trying to get backstage. Security is asking me what people can go backstage and even though I know, I don’t have time to teach them, you know? I’m trying to do my own job. A funny instance was when one of the younger security guards asked if it was legal to smoke weed at the concert. He seemed really confused because people were smoking so freely.
I’m really glad I got to see Cold War Kids and Bat for Lashes. I love CWK so much. Lyrically, they are an amazing band. Musically, they are as well, but the lyrics stand out so much to me. I saw Bat for Lashes, well, Natasha Khan, backstage, but didn’t say anything to her. I should have asked for a picture with her, but oh well. Next time? Even though I like CWK, I wouldn’t know ‘em if I saw them, so I didn’t get a picture with them either. Wait a second, all I have is a dumb bberry camera, so that would not have worked anyway. I’m going to bring my polaroid camera with me to Austin City Limits.
I’m incredibly sad I met no cute guys at Lolla. I really wasn’t looking, but I didn’t think it would be that hard. I can tell you right now, there weren’t any cute photographers. Maybe I should have stayed in the media area. That’s where all the bands were getting interviewed. I was chillin’ in the air conditioned trailer.
Oh, and next time, I’m definitely bringing some better shoes for walking around and some larger headphones for the plane. I didn’t think I was out of shape, but I pulled something from walking around too much. What a fat ass…
Expanding Your Horizons
I’m worried about getting a job at Outside Lands. I haven’t heard back from Another Planet, so I contacted some other people that work with the festival. I’ll follow up with everyone today. Even if I do get a job, I’m not even sure I’ll be able to get that Friday off. At first, I thought we were not going to have any shows because (duh) everyone’s performing at Outside Lands, but now we might have a non musical show… I hope we don’t, haha. I really want to go to work the festival and just do more musical stuff besides my 9-5 yob in general. I need to make some good contacts so I can eventually salgo este trabajo.
I’ll just pray that everything works out.
on my way
Like I said before, I told one of my friend’s I’d do PR for his next album. Easier said than done! So far, I created my website, and started working on some press releases. The bio is going to be the hardest part. I’m going by memory, but eventually, I’m going to have to do an interview to fill in the holes. My main job has got me pretty busy, so I’m gonna give myself a month to write the bio. Hopefully, I can finish it sooner.
In like two months, I’m going to start contacting writers. I’m so glad my other friend made a business card for me. It’s nice to have friends who care enough to help. I haven’t hung out with him in forever [and I miss him?] Another friend is editing all my work for me.
