What is success for me? Above everything, when I feel I'm a success I will have a sufficient amount of F U money. What is F U money? For the last twenty years or more I have had to jump through hoop after hoop to keep myself in home health care providers and medical insurance so that I could survive and pursue a career. In details I will go into on this blog eventually I will explain the depths of despair I've been in at various times in my life when I was about to end up in a nursing home. To me, living in a nursing home would be a death sentence. Which brings me back to the F U money. I will feel successful when I have a sufficient amount of money that when I'm told to jump through certain hoops that I no longer want to jump through I can tell them F U.
In addition to the F U money, I will have a van that not only runs well, looks nice. The only other van I ever had I bought when I was in high school and drove up until about five years ago. My goal includes not only getting to a certain financial level, I also want to be pursuing my love of acting and writing.
If it sounds like I'm only out for money, it is because of the 24-hour nursing coverage I require. It's not like I'm going to drop dead any moment if someone isn't constantly at my side but as you probably know, I have a very limited amount of mobility. I can't eat, drink, get out of bed, go to bed, or " take care of nature " without somebody's help. As a lot of you who are in my boat know very well, nursing care is extremely expensive. I not only have to make enough to live in the outrageously expensive city of Los Angeles where I pursue my craft, I also have to pay for nursing care, and medical coverage.
By the way, I just got some more good news a few days ago. Christopher Titus contacted me and offered me the role of a prospective detective in his series pilot "Special Unit". It will be my first acting job in nearly twelve years. Hooyah!
Again I really appreciate the responses that I'm getting from readers of this blog. I hope people get more from this than the ravings of a self absorbed actor/writer. I actually have other goals that go along with achieving success for me, but they are more altruistic goals and if I talk about them I'll sound like a braggart. (yes, even more than I already do. )
There is some other cool stuff in the works that I will talk about in the near future. Thanks for reading ...
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Great blog I hope we can work to build a better health care system as we are in a major crisis and health insurance is a major aspect to many.
ReplyDeleteI don't think you are self-absorbed, Jim. This is your blog, after all. Of course you are going to talk about your life and your wants.
ReplyDeleteOne look at any of the millions of blogs out there will tell you that there are people who really are self-absorbed and selfish, period. You, who have every right to be angry and selfish due to your situation, actually seem to have a consciousness of the world and the people in it.
Onto a more cheerful subject, I can't wait to see you on tv again. Please keep us updated as to the air-date of "Special Unit" please. And I also am interested in how your show "The Outsiders" is coming along. Being a sci-fi nut myself, it should be right up my alley, and it sounds pretty interesting.
Take care!