Part of me hoped
this day would never come, although in pushing my
career I sealed the fate...
After 625 entries,
"The Journey" is literally going to cease to exist for
the forseeable future. Oh you'll still see entries go
up, enticing pictures and titles, even cryptic movies
that if I were in your shoes would make me rip my hair
out, but it could literally be months before
they're ever unlocked. And if everything goes the way
it seems to be going...the moment they're unlocked
would mark the abrupt end of the journal completely.
It is just a surreal moment for this project and my
feelings are quite schizophrenic. I am deeply sorry to
those who followed so closely for so long, but my
hands are more than tied here.
The explanation
I can give is that a monumental (historically
unprecedented even) career opportunity was presented
to me on Saturday and it is going to occupy every
thought, action, and unfortunately every entry that I
write from this point on. I'll be able to do the
Living Room Live entries, but literally every single
entry other than that will be locked. So basically, in
a couple weeks - the whole site will be locked. I've
been able to tell close friends and family and am now
focusing completely on my next meeting which will be
in NY in a couple of weeks...and of course, it'll all
be locked. (sigh)
What I can
tell you is that the specifics are somewhat
inconsequential to anyone following this. Just imagine
the biggest opportunity that I never saw coming. If
you heard it you would literally say "You are fucking
joking." Let that sink in for a bit...
...and think about
"The Journey" as a whole. About the 6 1/2 years
of absolute turmoil and anonymity, and then the
extraordinary rise in the last 6 months culminating in
the opportunity of a lifetime. It is a wonderful
story, and one I can barely comprehend.
Christ, I'm
realizing that this may be the last substantial entry
(no offense to the episode entries, but there's not a
lot of meat there) ever read. I'm of course gonna
continue writing just out of respect for the story -
but for you guys... ugh. This is really hard. And man
when there's been so much to read!
I CAN'T IMAGINE! How shitty to follow
bullshit for so long and then the second it gets good
you can't read anything. DAHHH. I guess now's a good
time to catch-up on your backstory reading? LOL. Who
am I kidding. Heh.
Well I don't know
what else I can say, I'm gonna open the boards to
comments because I really want to hear your thoughts
on all this. Of course to anyone who I've told, please
be generic. Call it the "incredible break" or "great
opportunity" - and those who don't know, please don't
guess. Just send me a cyberspace high-five and rest
assured that in a couple months you'll be blown away.
Thank you so much for your continued interest for over
7 years. This project has gotten me through the
toughest moments of my life and knowing someone was
following along helped so much. I hope
I inspired you guys to dream big because I'm
living proof that it's possible. Hell you've even got
an emotional roadmap preparing you for how crazy
you'll feel along the way...
...but
it won't prepare you for what it feels
like if you actually get somewhere.
