Everything sucks

[hells_half_acre]

I hate my job. I'm not qualified to do anything else. Eventually I'll lose the job I have, because I keep ditching it, because I hate it so much, and then I won't be able to get another job that pays as well, because I frikkin' studied history...and then I'll have to drive all the way back to Ontario and live with my Mum again.

I also can't afford to live even with my stupid fairly-good paying job that I hate.

I hate the world.

Comments

[hells-half-acre.livejournal.com]

I think that's a good attitude to take. It sure sounds like it beats the alternative of sitting around depressed, wondering how you screwed up your life so badly...which is what I've been doing lately, I suppose. But you're right...if the economy was better, people would want to hire me left right and centre just for being intelligent.

I wonder where one goes to get work as an extra? I could mill around the background of shows that I never watch in my free time, that might be fun.

[claudiapriscus.livejournal.com]

I've always thought it'd be fun to be an extra at some point. Not because standing around is a blast or anything, but I wouldn't mind seeing how stuff is made...or rather, how everything goes together. One thing that interests me about TV and movies is that they are both creative texts but also so so so collaborative . It's not all springing from one person's mind. There's a million influences and factors and work arounds. That there is a finished product at all that can be as cohesive as even average movies and shows are fairly astounds me.

[hells-half-acre.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's pretty amazing. I remember thinking that when I was listening to the commentary on the Supernatural DVDs...because you have the guys going on about how a lot of the look of the show is due to Serge - the lighting guy. But then they also credit Kim Manners for the general directorial look (even when he wasn't directing), meanwhile you have Kripke going on about how the writing is ALWAYS at least a little collaborative, even though particular writers are in charge of particular episodes...and yeah, truly amazing how it all comes together. It's a whole different art form than painting or writing or composing.

I'd love to try being an extra just to get a first-hand feel for the pace of filming as well. I've always been fascinated by the amount of time something takes. I think Jensen said in the commentary of In My Time of Dying, that it took 4 hours to get a particular 10 second shot.