Rant du Jour--Sunday Night Wine Rant

**Disclaimer: Drank a few glasses of wine.

I sometimes think my life is like a sitcom, but then I remember that at some point the main character of that sitcom usually comes into some sort of good fortune. I.E. Money, Love, or an array of both. For me: none of the above...so far.

I'm thinking that I may as well say and do as I please and to act like I am a special character on a show like 'Samantha Who?' (which I would bludgeon anyone to be on just to be the 'fat friend') and I will be adorned by many fans and/or be found adorable Or, I could just run for Vice President, whichever you see fit in this day and age. It is a little known fact that my childhood dream is to be an academy award actress, although, the notion may not be farfetched to some. It’s a fact that I am a dreamer, a dramatic, and I come up with all sorts of hilarity and horrendousness in my head that is not really there. I do though, have a talent with seeing and with spouting the truth, but deep down, I consider these lacksidasical whimsy solutions and 'play outs' of certain situations that I know would never happen in real life, although would secretly wish they would happen in the form of a movie or the cliffhanger of an awesome sitcom. But hey, that’s me. I've been thinking more of going along the lines of my 'Future Husband, Jon Lajoie' and expressing this through means of hilarous song and dance, but I have no idea where to start. The thing is with me is....when I see something shiny that distracts me from idea A...I lose interest in 'A', and follow that shiny thing. God, Drat the blessed shiny things of the world! Oh ya, and that thing with making money. Time is hard to come by when you have 3 jobs to hold down.

So as we may already know (and if you don’t, let me enlighten you), I went to school (before massage therapy) for radio and TV production. However, I was never able to land a job in this arena due to working on 25+year old equipment (at that time almost 10 years ago) at 'The University' and cut my losses and moved on. Now, seemingly, many a movies are being shot here in good ol' Michigan, and they have and are talking about turning shut down factories into movie studios. This news for me is really really really depressing but exciting at the same time. If I would have had decent education in what I wanted to do, I would probably be heading up some sort of industry here in Detroit as we speak, however, now is not the time to talk about shoulda coulda woulda or demean my school. Now is the time to talk about the future of what could be the new movie capitol for a few years. Think of South Carolina in the era of Dawson's Creek. That was a non-existent area for filming until Dawson's Creek. Granted, it probably has slowed down considerably, but for a bit, it was a "heyday". This is exciting news for our state, as right now, it’s going down the tubes, could turn up if this industry grows here. In one of my last posts I told you that Sean Astin (Lord of the Rings and Goonies fame) spoke at an Obama Rally I attended. He was there because he and Michael Vartan (amongst others) are filming a movie here in Michigan. Support this new industry to our state and welcome the new found industry we may become known for...the automotive thing is old and suffering and we need a CHANGE.