Waiting for the Unknown
Well this week is just another in what has now become a running joke, still no news has come about the status of my job. With one week until May I am beginning to run out of time and a decision about where to live needs to be made soon. The whole situation is deteriorating quickly, with each of us getting a different story from the “recruiters” rumors are swirling with renewed gusto and the attitudes of the staff continue to get worse with each new day.
All of this comes on what was perhaps one of the best weeks I have had since I started working in NC. We got our editing machine two weeks ago now and I set it up and got it ready to use. This week I spent the majority of my days editing the talent show we shot a while back. Putting the show together, color correcting, tweaking audio, creating custom artwork and animated lower thirds was incredibly fun and quite the undertaking to get it all done by Thursday (all while covering my new area mind you). It was very fulfilling to be able to work on a project like that and to be able to showcase my talents for others. Editing, real editing not the cut and paste work I've been doing until now, is what I've wanted to get paid to do for a long time now. My boss and the client were both blown away and I am proud of how it all came together. To bad it might be the last chance I get to do that kind of work, at least here in Raleigh. Well it is something that I can throw on a demo reel at least.
Yes, I would say that right now I am in the valley and the mountains seem very high from down here. I feel like I am on the edge of the unknown, debating whether to jump in or wait and be tossed in by circumstances. I am constantly amazed that I expect things to happen according to my time schedules, but life rarely works that way. Yet with all the turmoil and negativity I can still see the silver lining and things aren't so bad. This weekend I threw down a great story and am looking forward to the writing challenges coming next week. I have lots of packing still to get done and of course an apartment to find. All in all it's still the same pattern as the last few weeks, I mean what else can I do? I am looking for work, looking for places to live and looking to keep my old job, all while trying to do what I usually do, until one of those things changes I'm kinda stuck in the same routine.
In other news Buttery Goodness is suffering from the April drought, with the blockbuster season right around the corner April, tends to be the home of junk, throw away movies like Clash of the Titans or Death at a Funeral. The reviews should begin again May 7th when the official summer season kicks off with Iron Man 2. That is if I am not in the middle of moving halfway across the country looking for new work. Until next time folks! Sayonara.
