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3:45 PM, Friday, May 23rd, 2025:   HOW DO I WRITE THIS ENTRY PUBLICLY?!?!? In vague generalizations...   So when I last wrote publicly we were off to Vegas to meet with billionaire #2. Man, I hate that term - these are indeed actual people and even though we're all supposed to "eat the rich" these days, I don't think of them like that. These are intelligent influential people...   ...but to explain that in one term? Billionaire does it for me. I know half the room thinks that makes them bad, but I've never been one of those people. To me it means they know how to make money. That's really it. All the other stuff is judged on a billionaire by billionaire basis - LOL. Funny thing to write.   Long story short? #2 didn't think this would work. (btw watching 2 billionaires go back and forth about my company is a pretty wild moment) He said the content was brilliant, but Meta couldn't make VR video work, Apple Vision pro was a misstep... and all I could say was "They're not doing it like this."   Ballsy, sure, but I believe it. However, #2 is absolutely correct. The idea of moving this GARGANTUAN BOULDER of FAILURE and basically saying that 2 of the biggest companies on the planet are doing it wrong? Fuckouttahere. Prove it. So the discussion moved to focus groups and dipping our foot in the water and the deal that was basically locked in dissipated. Everyone respected his opinion and the enthusiasm dipped.   That was Entry #2538. Entry #2539 was what I did about it which was basically write the most detailed action plan of how we could indeed prove it before we even launched as long as we had at least a full season commitment. It took every ounce of that day and constant phone calls but when everyone received it? They were all stunned. They all agreed with me... and even #2 said "this works, let's do it."   <blink>   This morning Yoda called me and told me the good news.     And for the first time I took an afternoon off and will deal with the term sheet tomorrow. I just can't talk on the phone anymore. This has been the craziest 3 weeks of my life and this ain't my first rodeo. But finally, we exhale. I know, we need Mark's signature, and we need a check and we need it to clear... but I understand the hurdles and we did indeed clear them. Even got approval from legal about going forward... now the focus is which of the few remaining minicamp days do we shoot the trailer (where Pete is going to literally walk you through the facility telling you about how this season of Raiders Virtual Presence is gonna blow you away).   Ya know, I'm rarely proud of my talents. They feel kind of effortless and it's almost an embarrassment of riches for me because I do indeed seem to pick things up easily. But the ability to solve this problem? I'm proud of that. This shit was OVER... and I really did put it all together. They don't just think of me as "the artist" anymore.   And I'm certainly not just the fucking cameraman.   Adam