I’m so restless lately. Things are good, but most days all I can think of is how badly I want to be on the road and filming. There’s been a lot of changes recently.
I am working on a film that I’ll be traveling a lot for. So far, it’ll take me to Florida, Alabama, New Mexico, Texas, Oregon and New York but there’s a lot more to do. It’s a movie about acting, quite literally. It’s meant to be two hours of watching lots of different performances of the same piece. It’s still a narrative film but it’s hard to describe. I hope it’ll turn out well. My role as director is pretty much to sit back and watch things happen while not really directing at all. It’s fun. A portion of it is being filmed in my old highschool, which is pretty neat.
I quit my job. I’m doing okay financially and my job started scheduling me three hours a week, so I left. I left my job to work on a movie, so that felt pretty good. A friend told me that a former manager tried to talk shit about me to her this weekend. Instead of being offended I was overwhelmed by relief to be out of there. I worked four years at the same job and someone there couldn’t even manage decency when I had to leave so that I could follow my dreams and pay my bills.
I’m either moving to New York in December or August. In December I’d be moving up without Becky and living with friends. If I wait until August, Becky and I can get a place to ourselves in either Greenpoint, Prospect Heights or Fort Green. I’m really excited, either way. I am so grateful for the people in my life here in Athens but I feel so bored being stationary and I need a change of scenery. Thankfully, most of my friends from here have moved to New York or will be doing so in the near future. All of my friends who have moved there recently have found really amazing work doing things that they love and are good at. I hope the same happens for me.
Becky and I have a really beautiful home out in the country right now. We’ll be here almost a year unless I move to New York in the next few months. It’s a pretty great place for the two of us. There’s a screened porch with a swinging bed.
Becky got a kitty. She’s very sweet and has taken a liking to Maggie.
I’m feeling incredibly rushed these days, as if I don’t have a lot of time to solidify a career before I’m too old to be starting out. I feel like there’s been a good amount of momentum in my life. I’m really lucky. I need to make sure I work hard enough to keep things moving.
