Friday, May 7, 2010

Quote Coincidence...

So today I wake up and get online to check my emails and social networks. After sending out a good 8 emails over the last week, to current and future employers, I found that only one of them has responded. "You Know What Really GRINDS MY GEARS" not responding to emails.
ex. You write a masterpiece cover letter, resume is all new and shiny, your references practically compare you to a combination of Bill Gates, Oprah, and Jesus. BUT the next day... nothing. no reply saying we received your email, and not just the next day, the whole week. It can be discouraging to say the least.
HOWEVER
My message today is not a message of grief, but of greatness. I say a post from a friend today saying don't take anything personal. At first I accepted it as sound advice, but when challenged it doesn't always serve you well. Now the way I see it, if we never let anything get to us, never under our skin, then its never really as important as we say it is. If someones actions spark a personal response and its not addressed, you have no one to blame but yourself when that action happens again. We have trained ourselves not to take it personal for fear of being I dunno human. I know somethings we just misinterpret, but the solution comes in clarification not dismissal.


My position was supported not seconds after I read the Tweet, because Kevin Hart's quote of the day was the classic "your attitude determines your altitude".

I thought to myself if your attitude is complacent, your position in the situation will match it. I thought about how I never really do 100%, above and beyond unless I did take what I was doing personal. What I do and accept are reflections of who I am and where I am in life.
If I don't show you what I want, can I really say I want it? So I am going to do everything in my power to be acknowledged by these employers, and let it get to me until something happens, so I remember just how bad I want these jobs.
If I don't act, it won't change... and sometimes things being personal are the way we guarantee that we act...I think anyways...

So I guess what I am saying is take the important stuff VERY personal, cause no one else will if you don't.

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

OVER 9000

I feel like I just broke Vegeta's scanner and am about to go Super Sayian for the first time. I finally feel like I can see the door slightly cracked leading to my future and it feels...AWESOME.
Today we met a new associate Walt Cart who invited us onboard his small gaming project! I am obviously, somewhat giddy at the thought of finally working on a dream I have had since High School. If anyone needed a little boost of inspiration today, let my good fortune be your 5 hr energy shot!
Today I will start training myself, and I do mean training. The dedication it is going to take to be successful in this field is enormous and so I am changing my schedule up and 'putting in work'.
so BOOM here comes the ::BOOM:: ready or not...

Monday, May 3, 2010

Making Our Dreams come true

SO today is the first day of the rest of my life!
I know its as cliche as they come but seriously today begins a new chapter for me. Join me on this roller coaster of adventure as your Main Character and Leading Lady work to become the essence of Awesomeness.

THE DREAM

My ultimate goal: to open my own entertainment company.

Her Dream: Become a Senior Character Artist for Disney.

HOW
Well after taking 4 part-time jobs to make ends meat we stumbled across a Gaming studio that has the personality we think is necessary for our randomness!

I have also found an employer willing to give me that promotion that will allow me to spend more time on my craft.

Ideally these guys will interview my Lady and she will instantly be hired as a Character Artist for their upcoming game, then I can do voice acting for them, yadda, yadda, yadda insert fame and fortune the end.?.

But for now we are going to work our @$$e$ off Rocky-IV-montage-style, until the dream is a reality!!!!!!


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