Meanwhile, I got an internship with HGTV as a set intern (or free PA) on Dear Genevieve, but I ended up doing office work the first two weeks because they weren't in production yet. I don't mind office work, but I just didn't really like it there. Several times they sent me out on errands without giving me enough petty cash to cover the costs, so that irritated me. The "last straw" came after a long day and they sent me to the post office... at 5:15pm... to mail 20 certified letters... and I was suppose to get off at 6pm. Well, as we all know, most post offices aren't open after 5p so I had to go to one of the few in Manhattan that was, which was 20 blocks away. When I get there there is a little bit of a line so I had to wait about 15 minutes because there were only 3 people working. So I get up there, only to be told that I have to fill out 20 little slips of paper to send certified mail. So I get OUT of line and go fill out 20 slips of paper for these envelopes. I turn around to get back in line and the line is half away across the building, and this is a HUGE building! I didn't get up to the counter until 6:45p, and then the clerk had computer problems before having to scan and weigh each letter individually. Turns out certified mail costs $3.24 a letter... I was given $26 for 20 letters... If you do the math, you can see that I wasn't given NEARLY enough money to cover the costs, so I had to put it on my credit card. (The total was around $64) I didn't get out of the post office until 7:15p and they wanted me to come BACK to the office afterwards to drop off the slips. So I called the office and no one picked up, so I assumed that they left and caught dinner with a friend. They called me at 7:30p asking if I was coming back still... Needless to say, I got reimbursed for my money the next day, then quit the following.
But I had another internship lined up with Paladino Casting. It's a small casting agency and since I'm interested in casting, and they hire interns as freelance once they're internship is done, I took that position in hopes of getting a job out of it.
Meanwhile, Zealot called me back and asked me to begin working next week.
PROBLEM: 1. These internships are non-paid, so I need a paying job. So I applied at Red Lobster in Secausus, NJ and since the assistant manager is from Iowa, I got an immediate interview! YAY I go back for an interview with the manager next week. =) But I need to work about 20-30 hours a week there, which means I need to give them 4 days of availability, but I am working 4 days a week on the internships... 2. I have received a few calls about interning at a talent agency, WHICH I REALLY WANT TO DO! And there is one that has the possibility of turning into an assistant position, so I of course want to work there... which means I would have to say goodbye to the movie trailer internship since there is no possibility of growth within the company. It would be purely for experience, or as my ex put it: "fluff". I also got offered an internship with a talent management company that I had to turn down because I accepted the movie trailer internship.
So... I have been offered many internships (YAY! GOOD!), all unpaid (BOO), and I don't have enough time in the week to do them (BOO?) so I think I'm going to tell the movie trailer internship that I can't do it anymore (since they took 2 weeks to get back to me) and have found another position. I have been praying about getting an internship with a talent agency and I have an interview with one so... I'm thinking my prayers are being answered, which means I need to say goodbye to the "fluff" internship, even though I'm really interested in movie trailers. =(
Dang, woman! You are all over the place! I know you'll do well and find what you're looking for. Keep it up and don't get mugged. And try to avoid post offices altogether from here on out. It's just better that way for everyone.
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