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July 03 I'm moving to Jamaica!I'm starting this page in preparation for my upcoming move to Kingston, Jamaica, where I will be living with my boyfriend Dan - and hopefully our two dogs! - for the next two years. Dan was offered an amazing job with lots of perks, so we decided to make the big move. Getting the dogs down there is going to be an interesting endeavor - and not one that I'm going to talk about freely, just yet
 Dan is moving tomorrow and I'll be joining him in mid-August, after I tie up some loose ends with my production company and try to make as much money as I can over the next 4 to 6 weeks. I will be in a bit of an interesting situation in Kingston, as I don't have a job and we've been told that it will be very difficult for me to find an employer to sponsor me for a work permit.
The first thing I'm going to do is to reopen my production company down there and try to get some small contracts with Dan's employer. I'm also going to volunteer - ideally a couple of days a week. I've been doing a lot of research, which has been difficult because Jamaica doesn't have as much of an online presence as we do in Canada. I'm hoping that volunteering with a production company will lead to some paid work but I'm going to have to play it by ear.
Other than what I've mentioned above, I'm going to consciously make more time to work on screenwriting and try my best to figure out a way to shoot a low-budget short film or two. There's a fair sized film festival in Montego Bay - the Jamerican Film Festival - in November, which will hopefully be a great learning and networking opportunity for me.
Although I'm feeling a bit nervous about getting going once I get there, I have a good start on things and I'm confident that I will be able to make this work. A lot of things are really up in the air, which is both intimidating and exciting but it's an amazing opportunity for Dan and I and it will no doubt be a life changing experience for us both.
I'm going to be fairly busy working and sorting everything out for the big move, so I probably won't write much until I actually get down to Jamaica. I can't imagine I'll have that much of interest to say until then  TrackbacksWeblogs that reference this entry
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