Sending the best vibes your way!!

Best wishes Ketch!!! I hope you get it!

That would be super cool! Fingers crossed, Ketch.

Hi Ketch - sending you good vibes via the Andre 3000 "Hey Ya" fingers.

Great News!!!!! I am on my way to Fairbanks!!! It's because of all your well wishes and that Andre pic... thanks Hess!

Now I kind of wish I hadn't moved from that cozy pad in Ketchikan, but it is what it is. Here's the deal, like I told you, the folks at Potlatch Bar miss and adore Ripley so what I am going to do is ferry down south to KTN Dec. 29th--- drop Ripley off and ferry back on New Years Day. Then I hop on a plane bound for television production sometime in the first week of January!!!!!!!

As far as drinking goes, somehow I have snapped out of the recent slumber. All this surprising excitement seems to have done the trick! After that last 8 day debacle where I ingested a whopping 90 units, I enjoyed a much needed AF day Monday and then I've been keeping the units low, Tues.-7, Wed.-9 and last night-2. Tonight I am hitting the town with my girlfriend. She is numbing her sorrows over a recent break-up. I'll go along for the ride.

But I am here to tell you: Production assistants are first on set and the last to leave. It will be tiring at best and if I think for a moment that I can work under that kind of pressure hungover-- I've got another thing coming! Time to utilize that dormant willpower slumbering within. This job could change the course of my life!!

It's what I've always wanted and I have hounded, pitched, and pleaded my producer friend (think "Deadliest Catch" and "American Chopper" and "Storage Wars") to hire me and it seems that now it is time. He emailed me and wrote, "Kick some serious ass Ms. North."

I know this for sure, I could not have taken this position pre-TSM or even in the first 6 months in TSM. Gosh, working as a waitress was more than enough to handle. But now... well. I must seize it. Carpe Diem.

I promise to catch up with all of you tomorrow!
Love you guys,

Ketchikan1

P.S. Electra, thank you very much for my Christmas present! I love my spikes that I can attach to any of my boots!!! Now you buy yourself a sun lamp and I'll take the credit for that!! Okay?

This is awesome news! Congrats!!! WOOOHOOO!

Far out, Ketch! You have a great time on the set/road and bring us along for the adventure if you have a spare moment (yeah, right!).

Very exciting!!

congrats ketch- fun! as a former production manager of many PAs (and a PA myself) - you are right about the first in and last out. however, there is normally lots of time to hang out, meet new friends, learn new things, and eat WAY too much craft service. have fun and you never know what this could lead to...

Congrats!! that is so exciting. I hope everything goes well on set. Glad you're enjoying those snow tires hehe

Hey Ketch

I am sooo happy for you!!!! Sorry I missed out on sending good wishes your way b/c I don't get on here often enough and pre-Xmas I am even more busy than usual. You deserve to have a rewarding job and I'm glad it's what you've been wanting to do. Like you say, you couldn't have done it pre/early TSM. You will be working hard, at something challenging, so I really hope that that limits the alcohol intake.

I'm looking forward to reading about your progress, although I won't have PC access for half of Jan as we will be away sailing.

Take care and give this new role your all!

Cheers
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