WHAT ARE THE ODDS?
November 09, 2008 12:56 PM Filed in: Personal
Last night, I was standing in a place I would
normally never be at an hour I would normally never
be awake. I couldn't sleep because of very loud music
coming from somewhere near, so I went to try to find
out where it was coming from. Yesterday was some kind
of holiday or festival and I guess they decided to
put a disco in a shack right next to my building. I
figured if I can't sleep, then I may as well go and
enjoy the disco, so I went to try to find out exactly
where it was.
As I was asking for the location to this place, four Koreans who I had met four days earlier, and had been swimming with almost everyday since, came downstairs and saw me. They said they were going to The Pump, a very popular club frequented by Koreans. They invited me to go with them. They even said the magic words, "We treat you." So off I went!
I had a ton of fun dancing and drinking and meeting new people without having to spend one centavo. I even met and danced with 3 awesome girls. As happens on such party nights, eventually one has to go to the restroom. There was quite a queue to get into the small restroom in the club and so I was waiting in line. Behind me there was another American. We got to chatting and it turns out he is a senior producer for the largest film studio in Cebu City. I started telling him about the work I had done in Hollywood doing visual FX on films like Lake Placid 2, House on Haunted Hill 2 and others. He then explained that they have a big action movie in the works that has a lot of CGI in it and they need a VFX supervisor! I mean, really, what are the odds?
Now, Im not saying I'm going to take this gig. While this may seem like a good way to get quick cash to help with "what appears to be" my current financial situation, I see it as a going backwards in every other way. This is the type of work I was doing a year and a half ago. I started my travel adventures in order to build my own vision and escape the 9-5 grind. Things really started to shift for me, a few days ago, when I purposed with faith to follow, as Joseph Campbell writes, my bliss, and build a vision, and it is a huge vision. Taking a gig like this would seem to be derailing that progress completely, seeing as supervising FX on a feature film is often more than double a full time job.
When I started creating this new vision, things started falling into place. A payment I was told was delayed for 7 days, appeared the next day. I got another totally unexpected payment, from an unexpected source the day after that. All things seem to be conspiring to help me grow my vision and see it become reality. The reality is that the money is the only reason I would even consider the film gig. Going back to the "safety" of a 9-5 would seem to be an expression of belief in myself and my vision, and I would be giving up this "uncertainty" and adventure that I am starting to love about life.
Still, it can't hurt to call the guy. Maybe he has the connections that will help me further my vision. Or who knows? Maybe he will leave his 9-5 and join me!
As I was asking for the location to this place, four Koreans who I had met four days earlier, and had been swimming with almost everyday since, came downstairs and saw me. They said they were going to The Pump, a very popular club frequented by Koreans. They invited me to go with them. They even said the magic words, "We treat you." So off I went!
I had a ton of fun dancing and drinking and meeting new people without having to spend one centavo. I even met and danced with 3 awesome girls. As happens on such party nights, eventually one has to go to the restroom. There was quite a queue to get into the small restroom in the club and so I was waiting in line. Behind me there was another American. We got to chatting and it turns out he is a senior producer for the largest film studio in Cebu City. I started telling him about the work I had done in Hollywood doing visual FX on films like Lake Placid 2, House on Haunted Hill 2 and others. He then explained that they have a big action movie in the works that has a lot of CGI in it and they need a VFX supervisor! I mean, really, what are the odds?
Now, Im not saying I'm going to take this gig. While this may seem like a good way to get quick cash to help with "what appears to be" my current financial situation, I see it as a going backwards in every other way. This is the type of work I was doing a year and a half ago. I started my travel adventures in order to build my own vision and escape the 9-5 grind. Things really started to shift for me, a few days ago, when I purposed with faith to follow, as Joseph Campbell writes, my bliss, and build a vision, and it is a huge vision. Taking a gig like this would seem to be derailing that progress completely, seeing as supervising FX on a feature film is often more than double a full time job.
When I started creating this new vision, things started falling into place. A payment I was told was delayed for 7 days, appeared the next day. I got another totally unexpected payment, from an unexpected source the day after that. All things seem to be conspiring to help me grow my vision and see it become reality. The reality is that the money is the only reason I would even consider the film gig. Going back to the "safety" of a 9-5 would seem to be an expression of belief in myself and my vision, and I would be giving up this "uncertainty" and adventure that I am starting to love about life.
Still, it can't hurt to call the guy. Maybe he has the connections that will help me further my vision. Or who knows? Maybe he will leave his 9-5 and join me!
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