(Re)Marx & (Los)Engels
Relaxing a bit on a Saturday night, I watched The Office Season 4, Episode 11. After a night out at a swanky NY bar, Rainn Wilson's character leaves the basketball player with whom he has been sucking face and shouts, "Good luck against Conn College!" Alumni Lee Eisenberg is undoubtedly responsible for this. He came back for a film event when I was a freshmen, and when I lived in LA for a summer, we met up to talk about the transition from New London to New Media.
More and more I am understanding how words of wisdom from others are helpful, but certainly in the entertainment industry, do not supply an answer. It's not so cut and dry, and especially in the present climate, those in my flippers are left treading at the deep end.
Although things are not as bright as I would like (or would have been if I graduated a year or two ago), I am not quite ready to start living in the closest tent village. While looking for some stable source of income, I have been involved with some great projects, people, and developments: I recently re-cut my feature and am in the professional sound mix stage before its West Coast premiere, which has created enough buzz to warrant some attention from distributors; a production company has selected me to direct one of twenty-four segments helmed by up-and-coming filmmakers from around the world, which divide the Apology of Socrates; Great Northern's label has been sending me some video to edit for promos (http://eeniemeenie.com/gnsplash.html); an indie feature recently hired me as their Music Supervisor, so if you want some exposure for your musical talents, feel free to contact me.
Since I joined a gym out here, I try to find new ways to fill my ears for an hour or so each day. If you are crunched for time, I suggest The Economist's weekly podcasts and I just got hip to Librivox.com, where you can download whole books in the public domain. There's nothing quite like looking at LA high-rises while listening to The Communist Manifesto.