Compass Points

Since losing my job, I've been doing the expected. Scouring the internet for openings, e-mailing and calling contacts and generally doing everything I can think of to continue in television. It has been a relatively fruitless endeavor. Sure, there are the freelance opportunities, but they won't pay the bills. So after weeks of frustration I had a dawning- actually it was more of a, "I am such a dumb fuck" moments. I DON'T HAVE TO KEEP WORKING IN TELEVISION! I know, it seems strange, but there are other jobs. Good jobs. Better paying jobs. Jobs that don't involve greedy snake-like salespeople. Jobs that are ruled by dying media companies. Jobs that don't force you to act nice to spoiled sudo-celebrities with IQ's smaller than my shoe size. Jobs that allow you to have some semblance of a life outside of the company. Just because I've been walking in one direction for almost 9-years, doesn't mean that I can't turn right and see what lies down that path. The road may not be less traveled, but I'm fairly certain the view will be different.