- 4:08 PM, Saturday,
February 22nd, 2025:
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- I swear the
biggest news is often hidden in the strangest entries
because I have to always match up a video with the entry.
Do you name the entry after the news or the video? In
this case, the video is so different (first vertical
video EVER on The Journey) it had to take precedence. I
explain it all within the video...
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- So I showed a
bit of Pete watching the video which was honestly
completely up-in-the-air if that was even a possibility.
Dave did me a solid and helped convince him to check it
out and he loved it. Lookin' all over - trying to catch
the ball - DUG it. The shoot went well, he was
ribbin' me about shots and stuff - laughing (but maybe a
little surprised) about how I was always behind him when
we were on the field - just a great day all around. Have
plenty of good footage to make an inspirational video of
the class and I'll present it to him either this Thursday
or the one after. That's honestly the best part, the fact
that I get a second meeting to show him what was shot the
first time... however before THAT? The zoom with the
NY FanDuel Network peep.
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- Holy, holy, shit.
It's crazy how one meeting can literally REFRAME an
ENTIRE calendar year. So since Bally is now out of
bankruptcy and renamed FanDuel they're a bit more flush
with a budget and get this: are looking to shore up more
direct-to-consumer content to get more digital
subscribers.
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- Ahem.
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- This is what I've
been talking about in every, single, meeting, I had, for
the ENTIRETY of last year. This is clearly premium
content that people will EASILY pay a couple bucks a
month for. With a weekly shoot you could produce 5-10
pieces of content you could distribute almost daily and
your subscribers would be able to depend on that content
to constantly be coming.
However? All those meetings were in 2024 and because of
said bankruptcy and name change? Nothing was happening.
However - the connections I made and of course the
content already produced? Now sets the foundation for
THIS YEAR and he's super excited. He's gonna be in
LA next month and wants to see it. The fact that
I've already worked with the company (and he appreciated
and respected the person who set up the initial meeting)
I am SET. Like, ducks in a row... this was always about
timing and I simply had to SURVIVE 2024. I couldn't
have done anything more. Those meetings were the seeds.
Oh, and I'm not done...
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- The Dodgers shoot is
official, they got approval, and I'll be flying out on
Monday the 3rd to shoot on the 4th. And wouldn't you know
it? I'm waking up in Palm Springs and towing back the
Delorean that morning for my only Delorean gig in 8
months. Because of fucking course I have to add in all
that drama. I mean what the serious fuck Journey Gods.
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- So, yeah. That brings
us to today, and of course the entry with the Meta
Ray-Bans which I have to say? Are so unbelievably useful
I can't stand it. The Meta AI thing is fucking bonkers.
You can literally tell it to look at what you're looking
at and it'll describe it and help you research it, etc.
For legally blind peeps? Holy fuck. Guys, this is finally
a use for AI that doesn't feel like it's sucking your
soul. I mean, it probably is, but whatever. Or for
shit's and giggles I googled a dick and asked Meta what
it was. "I see a person's thumb and finger, with the
middle finger raised." LOL. That's hilarious. That is
most decidedly NOT what it was.
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- Anyway, what a cool
piece of tech and now finally a way that I can film stuff
for social media since a social media account for Virtual
Presence seemed absolutely inane. Now it will just be
cool shots of me shooting VR180.
Badass.
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- Man, 2024 is
absolutely the anti-2025.
I AM BEAMING.
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- Adam
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