If I woke up tomorrow in Andy's situation, I'd find an air-bnb while looking for a sublet and lick my wounds for a few days. I'd thank Chris very genuinely, but privately (not in a public call-out post) ask him to stop. Then I'd look for temp work, part time jobs, things that aren't relevant to his degree but make rent. He might even make some friends there, and meet people who want to buy costumes. He's come to LA for the summer, might as well actually stay for the summer.
That would probably leave a lot of free time, which would be good for researching job prospects for costumers in other cities and in other (not fandom-centric) industries and doing some early preparation for whatever classes he's taking in the fall (assuming he signed up for classes, and hadn't counted on networking his way to a job with Geeks and Sundry or whatever). If he doesn't feel like being productive, there's a lot of good books in the world.
That's what I'd do, anyway. Probably not what he'll do.
Re: Where’s Andy Now?
If I woke up tomorrow in Andy's situation, I'd find an air-bnb while looking for a sublet and lick my wounds for a few days. I'd thank Chris very genuinely, but privately (not in a public call-out post) ask him to stop. Then I'd look for temp work, part time jobs, things that aren't relevant to his degree but make rent. He might even make some friends there, and meet people who want to buy costumes. He's come to LA for the summer, might as well actually stay for the summer.
That would probably leave a lot of free time, which would be good for researching job prospects for costumers in other cities and in other (not fandom-centric) industries and doing some early preparation for whatever classes he's taking in the fall (assuming he signed up for classes, and hadn't counted on networking his way to a job with Geeks and Sundry or whatever). If he doesn't feel like being productive, there's a lot of good books in the world.
That's what I'd do, anyway. Probably not what he'll do.