After earning her Mfa from CalArts in 2003, Jodi Nelson found work before and behind the camera. "In all, I worked for eight straight years," she said. "I went to Cannes. I made headway. I was networking." Then the recession hit California and work "vanished overnight."But that wasn't the worst of it. "I lost my day job, lost my apartment, then I became literally homeless," Nelson said. "I gave away or sold everything because I couldn't afford movers. I hopped from friend's couch to friend's couch and was choosing between living in my car or moving back to my parents in Oklahoma. Then my manager died—I found him in his home. Now I had to find representation all over again. My unemployment ran out. It's one thing to suffer for your art. It's another to recalibrate your engine."So when her parents sold their house, bought a trailer, and started traveling,...
- 8/11/2010
- backstage.com
Photograph by Olaf Blecker
An Information Hound: Mullen grabs a few minutes to read the newspaper in his Pentagon office. | Photo: Olaf Blecker
Admiral Mike Mullen says the sea was his business. Now, as America's top military officer, he's reshaping strategy for a world in which economics and security are intertwined.
On the evening of January 6, Admiral Mike Mullen got into his armored SUV and girded himself for the last meeting of his day. The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff had been up since well before dawn -- he'd gone to the gym at 4:30 that morning. A bad cold was making him feel as if his head were stuffed with gauze. And his aides? Slave drivers! He'd wanted to cancel his appearance on The Daily Show With Jon Stewart, but he had done that once before, and they thought it would be bad form to back out again.
An Information Hound: Mullen grabs a few minutes to read the newspaper in his Pentagon office. | Photo: Olaf Blecker
Admiral Mike Mullen says the sea was his business. Now, as America's top military officer, he's reshaping strategy for a world in which economics and security are intertwined.
On the evening of January 6, Admiral Mike Mullen got into his armored SUV and girded himself for the last meeting of his day. The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff had been up since well before dawn -- he'd gone to the gym at 4:30 that morning. A bad cold was making him feel as if his head were stuffed with gauze. And his aides? Slave drivers! He'd wanted to cancel his appearance on The Daily Show With Jon Stewart, but he had done that once before, and they thought it would be bad form to back out again.
- 4/16/2010
- by Jeff Chu
- Fast Company
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