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I just found out that Netflix released El Internado with subtitles. Ahead of the pop culture curve again... Well, it is my job to project people's interest in things and getting the audience to buy what we're selling... One of my co-workers got drunk and said that I've made it through the mess that is now our workplace because I'm smart. I suppose so. What is "smart" really? Is "smart" always taking the safe road?
Not for the first time in the last few months, I've wondered what my life would be if I had gone to Tisch, instead of Arts & Sciences. It had come down to a choice one evening when I was seventeen years old and scared about what it would mean for my future to attend an arts program. I wanted to be a screenwriter back then. I chose NYU to become a screenwriter... not a financial analyst. If I wanted to be in business, I would have gone to Stern. Heck, that wasn't even an option when I was deciding what to do when I didn't want to go to law school anymore. Working in film and television was off the table once the recession hit and reality TV was the poison of choice by many networks. Now with the rise of web based TV, scripted shows are making a comeback. It makes me wonder if I should have been brave and gone through with the pipe dream from so long ago. Would it have really been any worse than the jobs I've bounced between over the years? It would have been a dream come true to be on the writing staff of a show. Someday to have my own series.
Don't get me wrong, I like what I do. I'm actually quite good at it, shockingly enough. It's too late to leave everything behind and start anew in this sort of wild endeavor. It's the other side of the country and I would need the time and energy to write at least 3 spec scripts. I don't see that happening anytime soon. Yesterday, I was discussing with a friend who majored in finance about how he regretted not doing liberal arts, then winging it from there. I pointed out to him that I did what he was talking about, and it came down to ending up in pretty much the same position, except having to fight harder to get there. Maybe it's the same thing I'm imagining...
Not for the first time in the last few months, I've wondered what my life would be if I had gone to Tisch, instead of Arts & Sciences. It had come down to a choice one evening when I was seventeen years old and scared about what it would mean for my future to attend an arts program. I wanted to be a screenwriter back then. I chose NYU to become a screenwriter... not a financial analyst. If I wanted to be in business, I would have gone to Stern. Heck, that wasn't even an option when I was deciding what to do when I didn't want to go to law school anymore. Working in film and television was off the table once the recession hit and reality TV was the poison of choice by many networks. Now with the rise of web based TV, scripted shows are making a comeback. It makes me wonder if I should have been brave and gone through with the pipe dream from so long ago. Would it have really been any worse than the jobs I've bounced between over the years? It would have been a dream come true to be on the writing staff of a show. Someday to have my own series.
Don't get me wrong, I like what I do. I'm actually quite good at it, shockingly enough. It's too late to leave everything behind and start anew in this sort of wild endeavor. It's the other side of the country and I would need the time and energy to write at least 3 spec scripts. I don't see that happening anytime soon. Yesterday, I was discussing with a friend who majored in finance about how he regretted not doing liberal arts, then winging it from there. I pointed out to him that I did what he was talking about, and it came down to ending up in pretty much the same position, except having to fight harder to get there. Maybe it's the same thing I'm imagining...