Right before I left Invercargill Saturday, my mate Jillian called to ask if I'd like for her to reach out to her industry contacts on my behalf. A mutual friend of hers told her I was coming up for internship hours, something I had completely failed to do myself. So Lesson 1, which I have to relearn all the time, is that people know people and I know people and I need to tell everyone I know what I'm up to and what I'm looking for because something might come up out of the blue. I've sent Jillian my CV and website details and she'll pass them on. She knows a freelance production guy who makes stuff for industry events and a guy who works at Maori TV. Watch this space for more details.
On Sunday, I visited my favourite fabric store, Centrepoint, on their last trading day in their old premises on Morrow St., Newmarket. I was looking for ochre velvet/ terry cloth/plush something for Jellybean's head and stomach but ended up leaving with four more meters of two kinds of purple fur. They are much more textural than the kind I currently have and I can mix them around, patchwork style, to give Jellybean more visual interest. I also bought 2 meters of red vinyl for his sneakers. It's too much, and I know that, but I'd rather have too much than not enough. And at $10 a meter, it was too good to pass up. If I decide not to use the fur on Jellybean, I will make myself a coat. Ha ha! Awesome.
Today, Monday, I emailed Jeremy from The Moe Show and Alex from Mukpuddy today to follow up on offers or to request visits to their studios. I will also follow up with Nikola re her industry contacts in ad agencies. AND I will apply for the teaching job in Christchurch. If I spend a very active first week networking, I should start getting hours by the middle of next week.
In the meantime, I will also do some project work. My mate Helen and I have been going through my prototype pitch bible this afternoon. She is an excellent editor and asks tough questions. It's good to put my thoughts through the wringer now and again as they just get clearer and clearer the more I talk about it.
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