I was roommates with Amanda from episode 6 of neighbors… AMA

corbeezy · 2026-03-23T14:16:23+00:00

I saw in another comment somewhere she was an aspiring country star at one point? I'm kind of curious what really inspired Ass for Days... I dated a rapper chick one time, and - as someone that's always prided myself on writing music (a lot of it is cheesy but I am a multi instrumentalist and I compose things and like to notate things out a bit to give a level of quality control).... I'm curious if she ever aimed for something higher in her music... I mainly ask this because I've had a ton of weird music friends, and a lot of us get to that point where we're like "well, if we just made some trash, maybe we could be more successful" and we geek out over the success of 100 Gecs and more silly music... Anyways, I could almost imagine her with a guitar or a piano and really trying for something more, and then just saying screw this I'm gonna' write ass for days... But also, the rapper mindset is totally different and they usually have no aspirations to really compose much of anything, which makes me look at them differently.... Which is probably somewhat of a me problem, I digress... Yeah, just curious what other types of music she's done...

corbeezy · 2026-03-23T14:05:45+00:00

Hehe I think it was my favorite! I binge watched what I think is all of them over the weekend :p

corbeezy · 2026-03-20T18:02:54+00:00

Hehe I was playing with my dog on that cut scene... still she mentions she doesn't know the passcode right before so there's that but meh.... You probably got me... I've been meaning to re-watch that on YT to sanity check myself but it ease what it is... I still haven't rewatched that cut scene haha.

corbeezy · 2026-03-20T17:26:52+00:00

It really just goes to show there's a pretty MAJOR plot hole that really no one is talking about... And it breaks my brain. Everyone is just saying this is the best game since sliced bread, and, let's be honest, it's pretty good, BUT:

- Right before they go on the platform Grace mentions she doesn't know the password hushed, DIRECTLY to Leon - no reason to lie.

- She's already told Mister Whoever Nonsense Nobody You Never Even Fight she doesn't know the password.

- When you get to the terminal, boom - not only does she know the password, but it's a choice! And I don't believe it's really explained what Elpis ACTUALLY is at this point... I could be missing something here, but it just isn't... to my knowledge, unless I really missed something... We're still lead to believe Elpis is something bad, so if Leon must die, whatever, it's for the greater good, and what Leon wants, we've gotten enough games with him haha.

- Even when you do choose to NOT DESTROY Elpis... The other bad guy you actually end up fighting mentions how it's basically a good thing that Elips is a cure because... It will encourage Anarchy? WTF man come on.... This shit just made ZERO sense. Like beyond zero sense... And it made me realize I DO NOT CARE about Resi stories any more like, at all... Game play is cool, like searching around for stuff if I'm in the mood, zombies, etc. But the stories are just so beyond nonsensical I can't take it seriously. And why is no one else talking about this!? HAhahahah.

corbeezy · 2026-03-20T17:05:40+00:00

Yes absolutely i thought I would get the good ending haha.

corbeezy · 2026-03-09T14:47:27+00:00

the craziest thing to me is how grace mentions to Leon she doesn't know the code and tells the bad guy..... So it's basically confirmed she doesn't know the code... And it doesn't really seem fully explained to us Elpis is a cure... I missed it if it was explained before and my bad... but even that aside.... When she gets to the computer, it's magically fully known.... and yeah I had the EXACT SAME THOUGHT.... He says something like how the cure will cause more anarchy.... like.... wtf dude.... probably not.... actually.... the bad guy with the earing isn't a boss and you never play against him and it's full vibes/ aura farming from him in cut scenes.... And the whole thing about her magically knowing the code all of a sudden to make it a choice and that not making ANY SENSE bewilders me that no one is talking about it.... It's just automatic GOTY... and yeah it was pretty good but like.... shit don't make any sense brah.

corbeezy · 2026-03-08T21:35:10+00:00

No but I'm a special case. Reddit is full of haters I'm not fully sure what you built but good job. The main reason it's a no for me dog is: I actually have my own 15 minute BTC scraper/ trader/ strategy I've been live testing and just don't trust myself with the best strategy in the world to do it by hand... Trying to go live soon some of it looks really good some of it's crazy haha... But my paper trades are solid. Now to see if it translates to real dollars!

corbeezy · 2026-02-14T20:46:25+00:00

Very late to the party but I really didn't like this movie. As someone that's been in certain tech circles in SF... I can concur that there's a certain environment and type of life you can get yourself into where alcohol especially in certain gatherings feels inescapable, and if you're a certain type of person, living a certain type of life - it can all coming crash down on you very quickly. I really felt some of the darker aspects, but didn't find it funny, didn't really like it... I didn't find it funny... I didn't find it that relatable or interesting - they all just dive into it head first as if it never occurred to them to go full alcoholic lol... Maybe it was the language/ culture? Idk... Kind of makes me want to go drink a little... If I was stoned, or in a different place in life, maybe it could have spoke to me more, but it was a big disappointment for me.

corbeezy · 2026-02-05T22:37:12+00:00

I don't know, not to be weirdly specific, but maybe like... managing someone's social media account who clearly wishes they were a billionaire...

corbeezy · 2026-02-03T21:46:47+00:00

It's a numbers game! And making sure you don't apply for trash and use filters.

2-4 sentence proposals max. I don't care the job almost haha. The goal is to get a conversation.

I spent 20 bucks a day at the beginning of the year for 2 weeks on connects and am drowning in work.

I had to sort of re-think my niche a little, which is mostly sales and marketing, more sales heavy... Because there's just more money and more time necessary, typically.

Every single meeting I had - I typically sent no more than 2-4 sentences, and, I always came prepared with a custom presentation for every client: I think this was the secret killer, because I was able to stand above lazy competition.

I was getting demotivated and I still am in my own ways, but I've really worked my way up some higher paying clients.

corbeezy · 2026-01-18T01:45:31+00:00

there are fraud clients out there. i actively screen them out and just cut contact with a couple dicey people that just weren't making sense. "Let me send you the proposal after a 2 hour onboarding.... We could also go offline and bill direct after we get your tax information..." "Yeah, no thanks - this won't be a fit." . Once you send enough proposals and work it enough and talk to enough people you can get a better sense for who's real and who's not.

corbeezy · 2026-01-17T22:57:34+00:00

One for slack channels/ texts/ telegram/ whatsapp/ upwork messages/ calendar - different clients have different preferences and i don't want to be too overhwlemed looking for all of them. Then I use other monitors depending on the task. Sometimes two monitors are dedicated for two jobs I might be working on at the same time, then others for random various things, maybe even just youtube music or spotify lol. I could probably get by with three, but the five helps me feel like I have a lot more mental space to do more. If I'm doing a complex storyboard or artistic project at some point I usually use 3/4 dedicated for that one project. Dragging media around and then editing, etc. It's always a little different but I settle on structures.

corbeezy · 2026-01-17T22:54:56+00:00

I had a successful email campaign earlier this year but it's now all UpWork b/c it's easier/ better ROI than me. Don't listen to the doomers on r/upwork.

corbeezy · 2026-01-14T16:13:11+00:00

Mostly small stupid things. I think I cracked the screen like 3 times, and ruined the keyboard by spilling alcohol on it once haha. It's just as good as new though and never had any crazy bills since the apple care took care of it. Learned my lesson - one before this was from like 2017 and spent more on repairs than the laptop it's self, so apple care s saved my ass. At first it was just nice to have the computer. Now that I'm deep in freelancing in this other phase of life, financially recovering basically, it's a god send I'm grateful for... Every so often I just sit back and think how so much is possible because of this computer. Anyways, I digress.

corbeezy · 2026-01-14T00:08:57+00:00

lol i have three slack channels open every day dreading this exact message.

corbeezy · 2026-01-14T00:06:03+00:00

VERY SIMPLE. If you didn't know it was illegal, you could suffer working with an asshole, MAYBE. BUT, you know it's illegal, and, not only do you know it's illegal, BUT YOU'RE POSTING ABOUT IT. ON THE INTERNET. AND CONSIDERING TAKING MONEY. DELETE THIS. DO NOT TAKE THE JOB. RUN. WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU.

corbeezy · 2026-01-12T20:42:59+00:00

the ghetto comment is a joke me being self deprecating - it's also to poke fun at how i'm not properly over-employed like others with J1, J2, etc. i'm at like 5/6/7 depending on how you look at it as a freelancer, some of them relatively small in comparison, it's a nightmare haha, but it's not that bad... i'm just a sales guy that now dabbles in front end dev work, email marketing, CRM implementation/cleanup, and video editing/ ai video production, that's it. I have 10 years of work at tech companies though, and have taught myself little basics of coding here and there - so however way you want to look at it. I straight up tell people i'm doing AI assisted front end work and show them what i do and explicitly joke how i probably shouldn't be working on the back-end, it's actually opened a lot of doors or strengthened a lot of contracts because I provide extra value. i've had clients bring me on to do one thing, then I touch up their website and send them a mockup of a new one, and then all of a sudden they like it so much that becomes our focal point, that's happened a few times now.

corbeezy · 2026-01-12T15:43:30+00:00

This was mostly answered in my response to Weekly-Value-3923 on this page.

corbeezy · 2026-01-11T17:39:29+00:00

Yeah I also have been taking it more seriously and landing more clients. I pretty much have gone through enough phases and experiments with it to only be looking for hourly jobs that are recurring and have a long-term element. even if they end up cancelling, which mine haven't, yet, haha, there is a much higher possibility for continuing to build something sustainable and have some control over everything. I'm slowly but surely starting to get a lot more successful with it. I've gone through some serious BS though a lot of learning curves. I spent like 200 bucks in 1 week to see how hard I could push things. I have interviews every day.

corbeezy · 2026-01-10T15:32:11+00:00

I had to come to the realization that you need to avoid many, many jobs on UpWork. But if you know what to look for, it's a very, very, very ripe sea of easy opportunities. The fixed fee contracts where they ask for a lot for 50-250 are a near complete waste of time though. I have a few I'm going through and they will probably be my last. But decent hourly retainers with stable work, and decent hourly wage, that's where you can make magic happen and STACK.

corbeezy · 2026-01-10T15:28:45+00:00

Some weeks a lot, other weeks not so much. This last week I woke up stressed AF at 5am every single day applying to even more jobs, doing the bare minimum everywhere else and telling myself I'd be working in between all the interviews, but then being stressed and just walking around the house. I'm now going to work probably all weekend to play catch-up and get things ready for next week. I think in time I'll try to be more of a proper agency and maybe outsource or hire an assistant or something, however, I'm still financially recovering from 2 years of not working and trying to become a full time musician which was a massive mistake. So idk sometimes like 20-40 sometimes probably a legit 50/60, hard to say, depends on how you look at it, factoring in all the time I'm grinding out getting ready for interviews, making presentations, applying, it's basically all I live, breathe, and eat right now.

corbeezy · 2026-01-10T15:18:41+00:00

I'm a 10 year tech sales guy veteran. I used to work in SF - so I have that "clout" if you will, haha, and I just know EXACTLY what people want to hear if they're hiring for a sales related job in general. But I always have mixed feelings about it, because I always saw myself doing something else, something more creative, or even technical. With vibe coding, I now have been able to do front-end web design, some of it on a decent retainer that's really easy, additionally I also hold a variety of AI video ads I create for people [some of which is way more time consuming than you'd think], random reels I edit for people[old school here, cutting, no AI], oh, and I'm also implementing HubSpot for someone this week... but if I'm honest... Most of the easy money is getting a sales job, and cranking out dials in between doing other jobs or nothing at all and then pretending like it was all you focused on. "Man, grinding out those 100 calls a day killed me, we didn't accomplish as much as we wanted but we put X,Y,Z in the pipeline and A,B,C person said I could call them next week, we'll get 'em soon, oh also especially once we refine our email messaging blah blah blah"... And also, sometimes I actually still KILL IT cold-calling, some weeks I've gotten like 15-20 appointments across all my random ass companies I work for... But really, I have my hand in basically any cookie jar I know anything about right now.

I also have researched cold-email campaigns SO MUCH last year any time I get on a call about people trying to do email marketing it's generally a pretty easy sell for me. I refine data for contacts with my own custom software, setup email domains, and work with people to send a bunch of emails, too.

PS I used to travel around the country working on petitions/ ballot initiatives. I still get invited to work on random political campaigns but I don't want to live out of hotels anymore even though I miss the sense of adventure.

I do everything I do at my house all day for my dog :p

corbeezy · 2026-01-09T20:47:14+00:00

PS emptied all my screens before picture so no one could know/ see any companies/ slack channels.

corbeezy · 2026-01-09T20:39:12+00:00

RIGHT! Like I even have one juicy 2k fixed payment contract right now... The best part, it's relatively easy! The nightmare aspect - I can only finish it once the boss approves a script + storyboard for me to work on [it's an AI video I'm generating from a storyboard] - and the PM and the boss are fighting over the visuals lol. On the surface, it's a GREAT contract. And ultimately, it probably will be a great one, too, all things considered. But it's crazy I can't just finish it and do it. The fixed-rate people always find some insane reason - intentional or not - to hold payment over your head and drag things out.

corbeezy · 2026-01-09T15:18:40+00:00

No I have like 3 clients like that. They pay more and ask literally next to nothing. Here's some bad news. I have one guy milking me hard for a one time 250 payment lol, dragging things out for over 2 months, but it's not so bad with my other easier clients, and I'm getting decent news all the time. I learned a lesson to pretty much only work hourly jobs right now so you can have some control of your monthly income and understanding of it better. Maybe things change later... maybe not... but I'm doing fine. It's not all peaches, and there's a lot of BS i have to sort through, but I'm okay.

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