- 9:23 PM, Tuesday,
November 20th, 2018:
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- Man did this video
just rock me. This will go back nearly 15 years.
Whew.
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- When I first
watched "Lost in Translation" in 2004, I was in a
bad place. Things with me and Jess were "ok" but
something was "off". We watched this movie and it just
smacked me in the heart. One of the most emotional
moments watching a movie I've ever had. Every frame
resonated for me. I ALREADY felt the dichotamy of
being known for something that wasn't you (at the time
I thought it would be one of the Egos characters
being more famous than me) and the isolation of your
family being a phone call or a fax while you were
playing a "character" just... I just felt it. The
movie ended, I'm in literal tears and Jess says "Well
there's 2 hours of my life I'll never get back" and
got up and went to the kitchen.
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- I sat in shock. It
was like a 2x4. Now, Jess and I did not break up
because of a movie, but I knew at the time
I was in some serious shit. There were enough
differences in how we saw the world and what would
eventually make us happy seemed not to coexist. In the
end we made the right choice and saved each other a
ton of heartache. It's why we remain such good friends
to this day: we were honest, we loved each other and
knew we'd be happier as friends. But gotttttdamn will
I never forget the moment that happened. In my
mind it was a crossroads and gave me this sense of
urgency to make things right with us... which meant
separately.
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- So now
I introduce this video. A video that is
incredibly from September... of 2017. I have no idea
why this took so long for them to put together but
I've checked in with them for awhile and this is
really the first time they had it "finished".
I put that in quotes because the original file
has no opening credits - it's very strange for a
TV production... who knows. My piece was over 12
minutes and I cut it down a bit, but I think
you'll understand my feelings very
quickly...
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- I've said it so
often, but it does bear repeating that this whole
"Delorean" thing was supposed to be a fun little
"chapter". It's quite clear however for the majority
of the people it's going to define me and that is an
unbelievably isolating feeling. Depressing really. On
the other hand since I work from home my family
sees me constantly and that whole angle of "Lost in
Translation" doesn't apply - but I have
absolutely found myself in hotel rooms for Delorean
gigs after just FaceTiming the family and being
unbearably depressed. Make of that what you will, but
seeing this video just felt eerie considering
everything that is housed within this
journey.
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- Oh what a journey
it has been... Happy Thanksgiving!
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- THE BEST WEEKEND EVER
IS UPON US! GOBUCKS!
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- WE'RE GOING TO GET FUCKING KILLED
- BUT GO BUCKS!
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- Adam
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