City of Sass http://www.cityofsass.com TV's Jake Sasseville Wed, 12 Jun 2013 23:44:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en-US Changing jobs? Thinking entertainment biz? 10 Things You Need To Know on Your First Day production assistant
PA
thankless,
but necessary,
and usually your ticket in
to being in film, TV
or anything else in hollywood.

at a day rate of $200 as a PA
you’re baller.
expect to make much less.

it’s  thankless
and a way most break in.
i got fired from many … Read this post

]]> http://www.cityofsass.com/2013/06/changing-jobs-thinking-entertainment-biz-10-things-you-need-to-do-on-day-1/ (WHY DREAM) The Fat Closeted-Gay Kid Who Grew Up in a Mobile Home in Maine… since i was very young
all i’ve wanted
was to be of service
2 others.

to be of service
to those around me
is my consistent intention,
for a fulfilled life.

yesterday at a cafe in NYC,
a 25-year-old woman
i never met,
engaged with me,
and she and i … Read this post

]]> http://www.cityofsass.com/2013/06/why-dream-the-fat-closeted-gay-kid-who-grew-up-in-a-mobile-home-in-maine/ The Best (Spiritual) Business Blog Ever Written  

i do not
take any of these thoughts
as my own.

 

i was listening to a recording

at www.Abraham-Hicks.com
and i felt inspired and shifted
and i wanted to share with you.in order to internalize what i was hearing,
i decided to replay the recording
and type it … Read this post

]]> http://www.cityofsass.com/2013/05/the-best-business-blog-ever-written/ HUSTLE: The Entrepreneurial Difference was thinking about
how the Entrepreneurial Hustle
is different than any other hustle
in the world today.

for example,
where as a corporate hustle
is about showing up,
putting in the time,
being seen,
attending meetings,
perhaps doing paperwork,
managing teams,
driving sales
and all the rest of it,
an … Read this post

]]> http://www.cityofsass.com/2013/05/hustle-the-entrepreneurial-difference/ STUCK AT 14: Reactions, puberty, hard-wiring and what the F to do about it (photo by: Rachel Julia)

was thinking recently
about reactions.

in particular, my reactions
2 what happens
in my external world.

then i heard joe rogan’s podcast
when melissa etheridge was on,
one of the best interviews i’ve heard,
and they talked about how we react
other than the age… Read this post

]]> http://www.cityofsass.com/2013/05/stuck-at-14-our-reactions/ VIDEO: RPMWEST Perfect Jeans, Delivered (by my best friend) manuel rappard
launched his kickstarter campaign
for his new jean line, RPMWEST.

in many ways,
manuel and i grew up together
young 20-year-olds
turning it in NYC.

after graduating stern NYU,
moving to SF,
crushing it at Google,
then venturing out,
manuel has gone back to something
that has been … Read this post

]]> http://www.cityofsass.com/2013/05/video-rpmwest-perfect-jeans-delivered-by-my-best-friend/ Why Is It Taking So Long For Me to Experience What I Want? the number one gripe
i get from people i coach
is this:

“if i follow all this manifestation
mumbo jumbo,
if i am clear, and then detach,
from what it is i’m wanting
(money, love, more time, a new job)
why  does it take so long
for the things i … Read this post

]]> http://www.cityofsass.com/2013/05/why-is-it-taking-so-long-for-me-to-experience-what-i-want/ Why Your Relationship Might Just be Fucked (and how that’s perfectly OK) my agent and i recently parted ways
a ka-trillion dollar deal down the drain,
it’s forced me inward
without any distractions.

this agent
i had him once before
in 2005.
he parted ways with me then
said “i didn’t know my voice.”

i began to consider
why when people part … Read this post

]]> http://www.cityofsass.com/2013/05/why-your-relationship-might-just-be-fucked-and-how-thats-perfectly-ok/ May 1, 2001: The Day I Became A Teen Magician & The Tonight Show with Jay Leno the photo above is of me
at age 14
doing a magic trick
for my friend maxx.

i was a freshman in high school
when the local newspaper
wrote about how i was being scouted
by the tonight show with jay leno
as one of the youngest teen magicians
in … Read this post

]]> http://www.cityofsass.com/2013/05/may-1-2001-the-day-i-became-a-teen-magician-the-tonight-show-with-jay-leno/ 10 Reasons Gay NBA Star Jason Collins Should Take Me On a Date i was pleased
when the news hit
that jason collins
was the first major athlete
to come out of the closet
yesterday.

i don’t care whether the guy is gay
however, being black, being gay and being an athlete
will help support kids who are hiding
(and maybe some adults … Read this post

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