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7:10 PM, Thursday,
February 19th, 2009:
1) Mom's Birthday
Random.
Spooky Journey
timing - I go to write this random about my
mom... and it's her birthday. Cool. So my mom left me
the funniest voicemail I've heard from her in years.
Totally bummed I erased it. I'll paraphrase:
"Hello it's your
mother. I was hired full-time and am making way less
than I should so I'm having a bit of an identity
crisis. Call me if you can... unless of course you're
having that same identity crisis in which case, if you
could just deal with yours before you call me that'd
be great. Thanks. Bye. Love you."
HAHAHA. It was so
dry and matter-of-fact... and totally spot-on because
I am clearly having the same issue. So I didn't call
her back for a week. LOL. My mother is more twisted
than she'll ever admit to. You knew it had to come
from somewhere.
2) Bullshit
Bale-out.
To the fanboys
defending Christian Bale, all I can say is -
there's no way you've been on a set or part of a crew.
Blowing up, yes. A bunch of FUCKS, yes. But
humiliating someone - repeatedly for 4 minutes because
he messed up a take by doing his job?
Nope.
There
is no defense for that and there's no way
that's the first time that shit happened.
That's a personality trait sort of thing.
That's thinking you're above the people
around you and the thing is, it goes even
further than that. I mean a dick move
would be going to the director and getting
the guy fired for something like that.
Humiliating the guy in front of the rest
of the crew and threatening him
physically? I mean, did he ruin your
subtle moment in the TERMINATOR? Was it
your rape scene? CHRIST. Anyway,
amazing piece of audio, a wonderful piece
of movie history to have been caught...
and fodder for a Journey
Video.
3)
Jon-less.
Oh, I guess I need
to explain who the hell I'm talking to in that video.
LOL. So I have a roomate now. Just realizing I never
mentioned that before. I think it was because it was
so temporary (only 8 weeks) but now it seems it'll go
a little longer 'cause he digs LA and may be staying
for good. Strangely, I mentioned Jon before 'cause
he's the brother of the guy I did some Real-Estate
videos for. I stayed with him in Atlanta during the
seminar (they played the Veronica trick on him) and
he's renting out the guest house (that doesn't have a
bathroom, so we share that, thus the title of this
random). I bring it up in randoms because... well
there's not a whole lot to say about it - but it does
kinda change the dynamic of things out here. I look at
The Journey as a book of sorts and well, there's a new
character - has been since January 1. Very cool guy,
spends a lot of time with his girlfriend out here down
in Torrence and we don't see each other too
often.
4) Trashpicker
Jackpot.
Ahhh NOW I can
tell this story. So I've been saving my cans and
bottles for - I don't know 3 years? I somehow have 2
big bins for recycling - both completely filled, with
roughly $50 worth in each. Just a matter of throwing
them in my trailer and going to the recycle place.
Guess who decided to put it out front for the
trash?
(sigh) 3 years
people. Saving it for 3 years. LOL. I mean, he was
trying to be the cool roomate and help take out the
trash, but in my mind I'm thinking "Clearly he had to
know that wasn't a WEEK'S WORTH of bottles/cans."
SOOOOOOO frustrated. However there is a silver
lining... it never made it to the trash. In LA, your
recyclables rarely actually get to the truck because
people rummage for cans/bottles so THEY can make the
bucks. Well can you imagine the look on the person'
face when they opened up this fucking TREASURE CHEST
of cans/bottles? Oh there was no trash to rummage
through - it was a gift from tha muthafuckin GODS. I
would give anything to have seen the smile/excitement
on the face of whomever was lucky enough to open that
bin. Like, that's gotta a story you tell your
grandkids. I bet they bought the BIG bottle of whiskey
THAT night.
LMAO. Anyway, I'm
considering setting up a camera and giving away the
second bin as well - just for the journey video.
:-)
5)
Stimusucks.
What a
cluster-fuck that stimulus bill is huh? The
Libertarian in me has been wincing like crazy the past
couple of weeks but I know we're in such dire straits
that something has to be done. Obama is completely
cornered because he didn't have the time to put it
together himself. The Republicans want it to fail, the
Democrats want to put in as many bullshit things in as
they can - and pragmatism is impossible on a conveyor
belt heading towards a depression. He had to rely on
the rest of the government too much and the end result
is a pretty flawed bill that probably won't change the
decline we're in. And seriously, some of the
Republicans were so fucking near-sighted on how to
play this. If each of them had lobbied for ONE change
to the bill, in return for their vote? They could've
cut soooooooooo much pork out of it and passed a
bi-partisan bill. That's how you COMPROMISE so the
bill is closer to what you want. Instead only 2 or 3
of them did that, and the rest just smiled and said
"no". Like freaking high school.
6) Taxing
Picks.
As was his lack of
proper vetting for his cabinet picks. No excuse. None.
I mean, it's great for him to get on TV and say
straight-up "Hey, I screwed up" but it's shit like
this that undercuts his sense of competence. The
silver-lining in all of this is that every single time
Obama is on TV, you can't help but think he IS
competent and is doing everything in his power to make
this shit work. That press conference last week was
stunning. Maybe I'm still drinking the kool-aid but
his intelligence and ability to show you his thought
process is... well it's exactly what you'd expect from
a professor. All I can hope is that he properly
bitch-slapped whomever heads his "vetting process".
And in the grand scheme of things, there are bigger
issues at hand...
7)
CB-No.
Oh, btw - CBS is
done. Maybe I didn't mention that? What a bad little
story-teller I am. They ended up doing the family-band
thing with no internet counter-part and really... a
very strange bit where they fly the 5 finalists out
FIRST, then eliminate them over the following weeks
(flying them all out weekly). Far less bang for your
buck than the 27 people we were able to spotlight, and
only flying one person/group out. But whateva. I'm
still in touch with the people I know there as well as
Friedman and you just can't be too frustrated with CBS
after they ignored Crooked X. LOL. I mean, the band
played Kimmel, had their reality show on MTV and even
mention The Early Show for discovering them in their
OWN press release - and the powers-that-be never do
the follow-up story. <shakes head>. It just
doesn't get more common-sense than that people. Ya
just gotta move on.
8) Generate
Hell-Yay.
Have two big
meetings tomorrow and the next day with
management/production companies that I'm very very
excited about. As I mentioned before - the response to
my reel is so incredibly overwhelming - I know I'm
very close to the right fit. The nice part about these
meetings is that they were the product of
brainstorming from another manager and Laura after we
met. There's a lot of good heads coming together on
this - and I know I'm going to find a home soon.
There's just far too much content to be
ignored...
9) No tube for
YOU.
...unless you're
YouTube. OMG you guys are gonna love this. I filled
out the application to be a partner with YouTube (not
really knowing what it means other than it's good).
Here's what they said in the rejection
letter:
"Unfortunately we
are unable to accept your application at this time.
Your account does not contain sufficient original new
content that represents the uniqueness of our
community."
HAHAHAHAHA. I
realize this is just a form letter but
jeeeeeeeeeeeezus. I told Paddy it's like him being
rejected from an Irish club because his name (Padraic)
isn't Irish sounding enough. I mean 800 videos? 150+
original songs? 25+ original egos episodes? 100+ show
clips from easily the most unique one-man show ever? I
mean even if you think 4tvs is fuck-awful you can't
really say it isn't UNIQUE. LMAO. I don't really care
at the moment (more concerned with getting everything
up on YouTube and ready for a bigger audience - that
entry is next), but if you're gonna send out a form
letter - at least have something better than that.
Heh, sufficient original new content. I love
that.
10) Avoiding the
Stryker.
I never ended up
having to testify in the Peyton/Kulak case. Kinda
relieved actually as they did a piece in the LA Weekly
about it and there's no other way to read this: it's
like the beginning of a Dateline NBC murder story. It
just doesn't look like it can ever be resolved
peacefully and I'm glad to not be a part of it now. I
guess they settled out of court? There's very little
information - Paul keeps saying the details are still
being worked out. Christ I hope they really are. This
has been going on for nearly a decade now and at some
point a moderator has to be able to come in and find a
common path. I'll let ya know...
11) Poison
Ivy.
Thank you for your
lovely comments/emails about the last "How to Hurt Me"
entry. I do feel the need to reiterate to a few of you
that I'm not angry that she couldn't be friends. I
don't expect that of everyone I'm ever with (just
because it seems to end up like that) I simply
expected one or two sentences of courtesy "Hey, I
can't remain in contact, too hard." It's the lack of
that that baffles me. Especially considering the
amount of things I did after we were "friends" (which
was clearly understood and communicated by me - even
on the site in October). I knew she wanted to be more,
that was the entire point of that entry/song. I was
sad I couldn't jump. Hell, I still I can't. But at no
time did I ever say I could. Regardless, just had to
reiterate that it was NOT her inability to stay in
contact that I was upset about at all. I understand
that I am VERY strange when it comes to my ability to
compartmentalize after my heart is shattered and I
absolutely do not expect other people to process the
same way. However not letting me know you're OK after
a plane crash is insane. And I will chastise the fuck
out of you for that. :-) Enjoy the karma
camera.
12) The
Terynator.
So a friend of one
of my bosses has become a pretty good friend. We
actually met when I did a voice-over for the company,
as she was doing one too... and she has since become
such a rabid supporter she bares mention. Teryn saw my
demo and almost slapped me in the face for not having
made it yet. HAHAHAHA. As crazy as it sounds? That's
exactly what we all need from time to time. It's not
so much the attention or praise as it is the awareness
that it's special. It can be hard to look at your
stuff unbiasedly and every once and awhile you need
someone else, especially those who have been in the
industry awhile, to go
"JESUS FUCKING CHRIST MAN". It's the
line Billy Joel wrote so poignantly (you know, back in
the days when he wrote fucking music?): "...and put
bread in my jar and say 'man, what are you doing
here?'". He put that in there for a reason. Those are
the moments that stick out. Those are the moments that
keep you going. So Teryn has been on a tear to help me
out and believes her nephew's connection with a really
big actor could help. She's determined to have us meet
so I can show him the demo... and I couldn't be more
thankful. Time will tell...
13) FM
TALK-Why?
However, time has
already told for the only FM Talk station I had ever
listened to. And what it told was: "We don't care if
you're all #1, the recession says spin records."
(...or I guess program files now). Yes, as a sign of
just how bad the economy has gotten - the #1 station
in LA (seriously, all 3 major shows were #1 in the key
demographics) had to switch formats to compete because
advertising revenue has been slashed so much that they
can't afford the talent. I've been around radio,
nearly my whole life, and this is crazy. Even
crazier? Everyone got last shows! Another thing I've
just never heard of (or seen in this case because the
whole day today was webcast). Watching the last shows
today was just spooky. I spent so many years in those
studios and felt such a connection to the hosts as
they emotionally went through the end of their careers
there. It was one of the more gripping things I've
watched in a long time. But goddamn, what a sign of
the times. Save your pennies people. When #1
shows/formats are fading because advertising can't
even afford discounted time... we, are,
hurting.
Adam
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