I bet the insane amount of people that read this have been really anxious to hear about my new J-O-B. We finalized details on Monday, and I went to work full-time on Tuesday! So it's been a solid week of working like a real grown-up! This is huge because it's not just my first legitimate full-time job, but it's also my first out of college job. This job as of now is contract so I'll work until October, and will hopefully find something else afterward. So I'm the Sponsorship and Promotions Coordinator of the Planet in Focus: International Environmental Film Festival.
I am finding sponsors for the festival, some that need to renew their contracts and some new. It's all about generating funding for the festival since it's a non-profit and pretty small for it's large title. There are only 4 permanent people that work for the organization, all the rest are contract or interns. It's a niche in festivals or film that I haven't done before, so it's exciting to learn new things. My boss is the exec director, and we're going to a meeting with Discovery Channel in 2 weeks!! To me that's like meeting celebrities...getting to meet people that work for Discovery. Granted it's Discovery Canada, but still.
The title of this post refers to what my great friend Helena said when I told her I got the job. Also, on Thursday I got a call from TIFF, the Toronto International Film Festival, arguably the biggest film festival in Canada and one of the biggest in the world! I have applied to many jobs there, and this job I applied to more than a month ago. The guy wanted to do a phone interview, which was during work, and then they were hoping to get people in on Monday. It was so sudden I was thinking about this job versus that one, pros and cons. The TIFF job would start immediately, which wouldn't allow for any kind of notice to my job now. I will see on Monday if I get a call, and then I'll have to decide.
BUT...bigger news is that I'm getting some great visitors in 4 days!! My Dad and brother are coming to visit me up in the big north!! I couldn't be more excited, and nothing could brighten up my spirits more than finally getting to see some family after 3 months!! It's gonna be great to spend time with family and show people around my new city of residence. Lastly, the past 3 days were so intense with the heat! We went through a brutal heat wave..I could barely sleep, we were sweating just sitting around! It was really rough..I was complaining a lot. Yep, I'm kind of a sissy.
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