Paint’s Blog

it’s over

I dropped off th keys with the person who runs the 5th floor she saw I was agitated and I told Candy I was quitting
since she is incharge of renting the studios technically their her keys anyway
so I told her what happened she said give her the keys and don’t deal with it ..

I got a voice mail from him  begging to be friends . like 4 times
he can mail me my last check .
I’m not going back in their.

and part #2

while Matt was having the interview with apple . i was sitting their  and some neat little thing came up about iTunes and mac addressees and i commented to myself that it make sense that iTunes would use a MAC id …

and Matt questioned  what i though it did with it  so i explained  it

….to log customers  so they don’t load iTunes on multiple machines .. that why you have to de authorize iTunes and re-authorize it when you move your account to a new computer.

( a MAC ID is like a serial number that all network able machine have that identifies then uniquely on a network it’s not an Apple thing ..it’s more like a finger print…)

and the guy on the phone was impressed and pulled my app for the Mac store  I put in about 2 months ago. and sent it immediately to the one at the Grove( the awsome Farmers market.)by CBS
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and I got an email inviting me to a special MAC well lookie :

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Your resume was sent to me by Apple recruiter Tim Esse.  I’ve reviewed your resume and application for the Mac Specialist position at the Apple Store, and based on your impressive qualifications, would like to invite you to take the next step in the process.

What:
Attend an invitation-only Mac Specialist seminar to:
* Meet members of the team from the Apple Store Beverly Center and the Apple Store The Grove
* Learn about the stores, hiring processes, and open positions.
* Ask questions?and get answers.

(bigclap)

and part 3 i have been asked to call and set up an interview and another company that need graphic artists .

I know what I want in a job..

I want a job where I get where I am treated with dignity and respect.

I want a job where I do not have to worry about getting hit , or have lewd gestures or things done in my personal space.

I want a job where the company has integrity enough to buy their own software licenses and not ask me to Pirate or steal things simply for their benefit. ( I refused in case your curious)

I want to work in visual effects I do not mind having to work my way up
but I want to do it somewhere that I feel safe an nurtured .

I want to have a contract and a actual outline of my responsibilities , not a verbal agreement that gets changed every other day.

I want to make enough money to cover my rent; to have a boss that understands that might need to be working 2 jobs to do so and accommodate me .

I want to get at LEAST minimum wage as an intern

I don’t care if it’s an agreed upon amount of hours … even if they cap pay at 26 hours
and I can CHOOSE to volunteer more hours to a project but that I’m not required to.

not forced to work 40-60 hr a week for 100$ .
and forced to stay on even when my work is done just so my boss can feel powerful, and know he has his fingers controlling me ..

I want to be treated like a human …

after being forced to endure all this things listed I have also been threated that I will be blackballed I will get my name in it’s infancy out here be-smeared ,by being labeled lazy , and flaky and that I have bailed out in mid project

although I have come in early nearly every day, and gone above an beyond to do every thing and more that was asked of me for these past few weeks even when i felt uncomfortable being there..

.. although I have talked to many that are already here, and my mentors , and I have contacted a lawyer
( I hate lawsuits they take a long time , and are exhausting)

I’m frightened that i will get my name smeared even though I am leaving because the situation I am in is Abusive ..

that is the real reason I am leaving I do not feel comfortable their I am tiered of getting his “meat” rubbed against me . I’m tried of getting punched , I’m tried of the physical and emotional abuse I’m tired of no written understanding of of what my job is and the verbal understanding begin changed daily .

I understand I may not be your equal but I want to at least feel that I am respected .

I can say this much i greatly miss my friends back in GA and I wish their was more work there I have though recently a LOT about starting my own company back home I know their is projects and a nice base to pull commercials from and I have already started picking in my mind who I would ask to come out .. but I really want to make it here I want to work at a studio a big studio and learn from the pros
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I really would love to work at Side Effects or Digital Domain or R&H .
I want to work somewhere where I can feel safe
and know I will be treated fairly
and I can learn from people who have integrity and that I can look up too
.
I want to do my art I want to make it
I want to do this

oh and who wants PART @ of why i hate this
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then their is the telling me i should leave Matt because he’s not pulling his weight..

so i can keep working as slave labor..

he doesn’t want me to get a second job to help cover my bills
he wants me to work their everyday for 6-8 hours
and belives if i get a second job, it’s either another job or him, he refuse to switch my hours.

he has rubbed one out in front of me after a few  protests,  he rubs against me,  he punches me
he think it’s in good fun but DUDE! it hurts

i’m am NOT a sack of potates

AND to top it all off all his software is pirated.

and ya know what I’m fucked because in LA you can’t burn bridges and this ass is connected
if i get a bad  word put out I’m black listed
if I’m black listed i won’t work any where

we nearly got evicted last month because were not making rent
if he says Matts a loser one more time i swear to god i’m beating his head in
it’s disgusting

i need to talk to a lawyer

i have no idea wher to even start

what i’m afraid of is he has connections

I  am scared to death all any one is going to hear is ::”oh Mary? yeah she flaked out in the middle of a project. yeah left me hanging , . don’t hire her,  she can’t be trusted”

he’s acts like this is normal
i called my production  friend, who was a producer .

and although it IS normal to use interns as slaves, normally its for college credit

BUT intern DO NOT edit cut, and do all the tasks I’m doing
(  THEY ONLY OBSERVE

my production  friend , says what i’m doing is call an assistant inline editor and it’s normally BIG money