Jesus "The
Journey" likes to pile on. I knew doing that
"float" video was gonna be a race. I got it done
super-quick, but I had actually envisioned doing a few
verses in the car, or at the store, etc. And wondered
what would happen if I got a call in the middle
of the line. As it was, it happened while the video
was uploading and I was finishing the entry. And now
of course you all want to kill me because you want to
know what THE FUCK HAPPENED.
You know I taped
this.
Man, this is so
reminscent of the call from Charlotte about Aspen in
2001 becaue I have a similar haircut. However I
actually had a shirt on in that video. Oh and to
everyone giving me shit about the shirtless thing -
it's fucking HOT in LA and I have pants on,
I just don't wear a shirt to bed and I honestly
fucking did the video in the morning as I was getting
up. Trying to keep it real bitches. So, the
news...
...which
I guess I'm gonna have to paraphrase because
THAT video is gonna be private for a LOOOOOOOONG
time. So much inside stuff that I'm not honestly sure
would ever be good to have public? So tough to tell -
but that's why you lock it now and make the decision
later. So basically:
-Josh was
extremely sorry, he had been "off the radar" and he
didn't have anything concrete to tell.
-Josh had been
in contact with Jim, though not about specifically
nixing Weller/Grossman, but they've been in contact
and then Jim went on vacation. Josh needs to more
define in his head what to do next - whether he
wants to set up another meeting with Comedy
Central.. but he is still very much in
it.
-Jim was
wondering what had happened as he never heard a
word from Weller/Grossman (actually pretty
surprising to me, I'm now certain Weller/Grossman
has redefined incompetent) and Josh let him know
that there were contract issues and that now 3 Arts
was kind of in the picture. They didn't really
complete this conversation before Jim went on
vacation. (That's such a strange thing to write -
they didn't "complete" the conversation. Were
vocabulary words missing from their scripts at the
time? How does this happen?!?! LOL)
-Laura
mentioned my concern over losing Comedy Central
because of Weller/Grossman being nixed and Josh
repeated that it was a complete non-issue. Jim
knows what 3 Arts can bring to the table and what
Weller/Grossman can bring to the table... Jim is a
businessman first.
-Laura said
budget shouldn't be an issue and Josh said "I know
that, but I want this to be good!" He specifcally
mentioned that he doesn't want to go to the stage
and just "throw something together" that he wants
it to be good. (which as I'm typing this actually
means even more than when I initially heard it.
Josh cares about this project no matter what the 3
weeks of silence was).
-Josh is gonna
call me today.
So yay...
I think? I mean god this is fucking INFURIATING.
Nothing is set! I have nothing in writing or even
verbally. No commitment from Paradigm, 3 Arts OR
Comedy Central. No date, no time frame... I mean
I can't just get really happy that a
PHONE CALL was returned and lose sight of
the fact that there's nothing to really hang my hat
on. I mean, well... that's not totally true. Comedy
Central gave me the studio space in May and everything
is still positive... AND 3 Arts has contacted them as
a player here. So... that much is done. And
I can't reiterate enough what a huge player 3
Arts is in comparison to Weller/Grossman. And can I
just say...
...fuck
Weller/Grossman for dropping the ball SO HARD. I
am flabbergasted. Speechless. So angry. They had
NO BUSINESS trying to act on my behlaf because
they're completely CLUELESS as to what should happen
here. Their ineptness could've cost me this entire gig
and had it not been for Paradigm? It would have. That
is NO longer in doubt. What the fuck are they
DOING over there? Forget their lack of
business-sense, does it ever occur to them that
people's lives are involved here? I know that seems
kinda romantic and flowery to bring up, but they sure
fuckin had MY loyalty. My bleeding heart was thinking
about how I was gonna help THEIR company move into the
next level since they hadn't done comedy before, and
how I knew they were on the downside - and this could
really make things happen. Were they EVER thinking
about my side of things? About trying to work with me?
They didn't even try and negotiate this. They said, no
budget, if Adam wants to do more than what he's
already done - he has to pay for it - CLICK. Never
keeping in contact with Comedy Central after
THREEEEEEEEEEEE MONTHS. Jim is wondering what the
fuck is going on... it's just amazing to me. It is
absolutely no wonder their business is faltering when
this is how they manage their projects. This is the
last time I bring my feelings towards them up. It
serves no purpose, but I gotta say - it's been on my
mind this ENTIRE waiting period because NONE of
this would be happening if they just did, their,
fucking, job.
"I'm the
guy that did my JOB, you must be the OTHER
guy."
Thank you Mark
Wahlberg.
So now I wait
to hear back from Josh, which is also keeping me from
running at the moment because I want to get this on
tape, but the last time I waited for a call from
Josh - weeks passed. LOL. And also a big fuck you to
the month of August and
EVERYONE GOING ON VACATION. I mean what
I said in the last entry - I really need to surround
myself with people who have been in my shoes
specifically because I feel
SOOOO isolated.
