Right here. Right now.

I feel like everything is all happening at once. And it's really amazing. I know I said that I didn't want to say anything because I didn't want to jinx it and because I didn't know what's going to come through and what isn't going it. Well, I still don't know... but I want to let everyone know anyway. Whatever happens happens. And if something doesn't happen, well it's pretty much all just maybes right now anyway. If I keep looking at it as what might happen, then I'm not really setting myself up for disappointment, right? Because I'm looking at it all like it might happen... but it also might not happen.

1 - I might get to intern at AAO music (a record label!) sometime soon. Long story short, I know someone who works there. I met him last November, and I must've made a really good first impression. I was (and still am) trying to promote one of their newer artists, and he sent me a message on facebook saying that he's going to call me when an intern spot opens up.

2 - Some of my photography is very likely going to be used in a newspaper. I got a message from a woman who works for a newspaper yesterday on facebook. She had seen my pictures from Pride a couple of weeks ago and was asking my permission to use at least one of them with an article she is writing. I had to send her bigger (higher quality) copies of the pictures and she promised to give me credit if the paper does end up using any of them.

3 - One of my youtube videos may soon be featured on the State Farm website. For those of you who don't know, State Farm is an insurance company. Right after I got my permit, I posted a video up on youtube about it. The people from State Farm saw it and LOVED it. They said in the message though that everything is still "in the works" and that the "details will change," but it's pretty likely that my video will end up on their site. I'm pretty excited about that! :)

So that's about it for now... Maybe more soon, I don't know. I don't know what I can say and what I can't... so that has to be it for now.

I really just feel like there is so much happening for me. It doesn't look like that much written down, but it feels like a lot because it's all happening at once. I keep telling people that I'm going to make it in this world, and this all makes it feel like maybe I really am going to. My name is so out there at the moment, and people know who I am. Especially if I do end up interning at AAO and/or my video ends up on the State Farm website because then my name will REALLY be known. The more out there I can get, the more I'll be noticed. And that's what I'm aiming for right now.

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