I should know better by now

I have a bit of a dilemma. And it's totally my fault for procrastinating. I'm screwed.

Okay, not really.

Last year I took this awesome class that was all about creating original material. The last class was taping what we created and you left with a DVD of taped material for your reel, to put online, to show industry people, whatever you wanted to do with it. Today the teacher contacted me because they're going to be doing the class again and wants prior students to give testimonials - what they used the material for, who they showed it to, if they put it online, what response they got when people viewed it, if they got an agent from it, etc. etc. etc. Cool. All great and wonderful...except for one thing....

I never did anything with my stuff.

AHHHHHHHH.

I never even showed it to friends, let alone industry people. I know that's bad, real bad. I was going to put it online, but never got around to it. Basically I was planning on using it in my (still unmade) demo reel, or if someone asked if I had any tape on myself I could give them that because it's a really well-made piece. Well, lets just say I haven't had any requests for material...

It's on my computer...all ready to go...I just never got around to it. And the thing is I knew I should've done something with it. The teacher is going to think I'm a freakin' idot for sitting on this so long.

Now I'm screwed.

Okay, not really. I know what I can say in my little blurb. I can just say that I now have a piece of tape (piece of tape? what is this, 2002? it's all DVD or online now) I'm confident about in case anyone ever asks me for some tape on myself. Ooh, I just had another idea. I'll put it on YouTube tonight and say that I put it online incase anyone asks for a link to my work. I'll even e-mail some friends to watch it.

Okay, I'm not as screwed as I thought - that's legitimate - I have the materials in place IN CASE I have to show someone my work. Whew, I feel much better.

As long as I don't have to send the teacher the link because I think YouTube shows the date you upload stuff. Crap.

This is what I get for procrastinating. I do stupid stuff like this all the time. The weird thing is, I had this feeling that I had to have my demo reel done by this weekend, and it had something to do with a class. Weird. Actually, there's a legitimate reason why I thought I had to have it done this weekend, but still...weird.

Let's see what else. Oh yeah, not yesterday, but last Friday I booked and lost a job all within an hour, grr. It was one of those 911 re-enactment type shows and they cast off pics but needed someone with lighter hair. They did say they'd keep me in mind for something else, cool.

On Wednesday I got a voice mail form the person in charge of that student gig I did (that I still haven't been paid for) saying they still needed my address to send in the paperwork and that I haven't responded to the e-mails. I haven't gotten any e-mail from them since the end of December. I gave them my address both over the phone AND in an e-mail. I called back and actually did speak to the person instead of just leaving a message so I KNOW they now have my address. They said I should get a check in 3 weeks. 5 weeks ago they told me it would take 5 weeks for me to get the check, now they're saying 3 more, great. I'm almost positive this is due to poor organization - like I said, I gave them my address twice before. Every single time they call me they make it seem like I haven't responded to their calls/e-mails when in fact I either DID respond, or I NEVER GOT the e-mail they're talking about. I'm slightly annoyed. These people are pleasant enough, but obviously unorganized.

Other than that it's been the usual. I had a GREAT class last week, signed up to audit a voice over class in two weeks, and even made it to Actors Network for an industry guest on Tuesday.

Still don't know what's going on with the internship.

Okay, I gotta go get uploading!