An Actor's Love Story, Part 1 - Self-Submitting

I’m writing on my new blog every day for thirty days straight. This is the second one.An acting career is hard. You have to love it. I fell in love with acting six years ago, but as John Mayer so dearly taught us all, Love is a Verb. So how do I love my career?Part 1)  I submit myself for projects online. I submit my resume and headshots to projects that are posted online. Hopefully, I will get called to audition for 1 out of every 50 projects I submit to. And hopefully this project will pay something. And hopefully it will take less than 45 minutes to drive to the audition. And hopefully I will book at least a fourth of these projects. Still want to be an actor? If self-submitting doesn’t crush your soul, you’ve got a shot. I like to think it's crushing my soul into a diamond.Through self-submitting you instantly A) get an idea of how many projects are constantly produced in Los Angeles, B) see how ridiculously crazy and creative Los Angelenos are trying to be, and C) see how little everyone wants to pay an actor (hint: most often it's $0).C) is because there are so many actors in Los Angeles. C) is why I have to work as a server to pay the bills. C) is the reason why an acting career is hard. C) is why I really have to love acting to be a part of it.I’m submitting myself right now while I’m writing this article. Here are some actual pictures from actual projects online. These are each from different projects.Not quite me:Thank goodness the Greenway is bringing back my favorite musical:"Food/Copy/IMDb Credit" is industry lingo for "$0."I knew I should have listened to Dad's advice, no one gets hired with only a BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering these days: I definitely lied about my bartending experience:Everyone's favorite TV show...It's like they're describing me, but I'm too young for this one. Darn:I submitted for the coveted roles of "Sailor One" and "Policeman 2", but I don't think I'm really "Sailor Two" material:Finally, my dream role:And now I wait for an e-mail back from one of these projects. Time to listen to some jazz. Jon Batiste, anyone?