I've got a Golden Ticket

Hey guys! Today I finalized booking for my flights! I used a fantastic travel agent based in Denver. She got me a good price and she found a way to put all of my flights (6 in 5 months) onto one ticket. Which makes it much easier for me. The way she explained it was if one of my flights was canceled, the airline would get me another one, but if they were on different tickets, it would be my responsibility to find new flights (should something go wrong). I'll post my full itinerary here pretty soon.

Aside for booking all of my flights (for Asia) I also got a 95% confirmation on a room in NYC! I emailed a guy on craigslist (the fifth I tried), he called and offered me a room in Parkside, Brooklyn for all of January. Him and the other guy living in the apartment are musicians, so we should get along well on the basis of being artists.

(The neighborhood looks really nice)

He seemed really excited about me living with them, and I was excited to find cool people in a nice part of town. I would get my own room and share everything else. The place in a five minute walk (according to google earth) to four main subway lines at one of the biggest stations in the city.

(The red mark is near the apartment)

The final piece of news on an already great day comes from my potential employer in NYC. I emailed him to confirm that I will be in the city and that I would like to work with him. He responded and said he will call me when he does any shooting, which should be at least a few times in the four weeks I'm there. I also emailed a few other production contacts in the city to let them know I will be in town and ready to work. I hope to stay pretty busy.

Until I head to NYC on the 5th (still looking at options for that; bus, plane or thumbing it) I'm relaxing at home, catching up with friends, family and sleep. I can't wait for the adventure to start!

-Glenn

The Plan

Ok, here is the plan for the next eight months. I leave school in two days and fly home to Ohio. I'll spend the holidays with the usual suspects. On January 5th I will take a bus to New York City and work film production with some contacts I made last summer (on the set of "Sleepwalkers") for about a month. On about February 5th I will come home to Ohio to prepare for four months in Seoul, S. Korea studying at Korea University.

I leave for Korea on February 15th, I'll land in Seoul on the next day after a 13 hour flight! I hope to spend a day wondering the city before the program starts on the 17th. I'll meet up with my group "AsiaLearn" and we'll do some fun get-to-know-the-culture stuff for a few days, then I believe classes start on March 1st. After a semester studying and learning at KU, I will travel to Japan and spend 10 days in Tokyo experiencing that culture before I fly back to the US on July 1st.

When I get home I will recover for a few days, then go back to NYC to work again for another month before school starts again in late August.

Sound fun? I sure think so! Check back for more updates, photos and videos in the coming months!

Also, look at my other website, Triangle Pass Productions, based on my professional life. I'll post plenty of NYC updates there as well. Enjoy!

-Glenn