As the driver
called me to tell me he was waiting to pick-me up,
I was putting this quote on Donna's little wall
of inspiration. I figured she'd come home from
work and smile at how true it was. How neither of us
ever intended this to happen - but the joy of
life truly is what happens to you while you're busy
making other plans. Then, it happened
again...
I'm checking my
messages on my way to JFK and get this:
"Hey Adam,
it's Todd calling from Sopranos, I know James
Gandolfini called in sick the other day so we're
gonna re-shoot - I dont know if you're still
in town but we're gonna shoot on Tuesday if you're
interested call me at 212-***-****"
My first thought?
Damn, I'm gonna miss it. Oh well, at least I got
to be on-set right? I then called back Jess who I'd
been playing phone tag with for a bit and she just
laid into me, LOL.
"Adam, ADAM.
Are you KIDDING me. Are you that out of touch
with what you just said. You turn around and go
spend the day with Tony Soprano and be part of a
Sopranos episode. You go NOW."
So I had the
driver take the next exit in Queens, go all the way
back to the island. The island that simply won't let
me leave. I was gonna have to pay a FORTUNE to
change my flight now, as I have to change it
immediately and CBS can't do it since no one's in
the office on Sundays, but who cares. In the scheme of
things - $200 is nothing. What the hell was I even
thinking consideringfor a second not
doing this?!?
Of course I have
no keys to get back into the apartment and Donna is
working until 2 AM so I'm kinda stuck on the streets
with all my shit. I pop open my laptop on a grabage
can and amazingly am able to steal wifi. I swear NYC
is the easiest place to get online I've ever been to.
Anywhere in or around central park has it.
A milion cafe's (which I ended up spending 5
hours at tonight) and just about any apartment
building you go in has some foolio who doesn't know
how to properly set up his router. I love it. I
get my info and contact JetBlue and brace myself for
the exorbatant fee when the lovely Annette tells
me:
"I'm sorry
sir, you're not booked on any flight. I have
your original flight on the 10th, I see it was
cancelled, you have a credit here to use towards
the flight back, but no one ever booked your flight
for today. Would you like to book one
now?"
I am fuggin'
BLESSED. I have a guardian angel looking over me
right now that is so good at their job that I'm
DOUBLE COVERED. My guardian angel has a backup
angel doin' holding a 2nd safety net. Not only was
I able to get that message from Todd on my way
TO THE AIRPORT and decide to turn
around...even had I gotten to the airport
and went to board the plane - I WASNT BOOKED.
I would've had to come home anyway. They
just couldn't let me have something this month that
was even close to a disappointment.
!!!?!?
I believe it
went a little something like this in the
meeting:
God
Alright, and on the
Kontras project - I see that we
were able to balance the scales pretty
well on 7 years of shit, but
what is this about Gandolfini calling
off sick? Are you kidding? That's
pretty lame guys, you give him The
Sopranos without Tony? We need to
correct that.
Angel
1
We got them to
reshoot on Tuesday, but Adam hasn't
checked his messages yet and he leaves
in 2 hours. You know, free will - what
can we do?
God
Medamnit Angel 1,
what did I ever see in you? Grow
some wings already - work the angles.
Angel 2 erase him from the airline
computers. He won't even be able to get
on. We can't half-ass a 7 year
re-balancing. He's completing The
Sopranos chapter.
Seriously, that's
about as probable as anything at this point. Just sit
back and laugh folks, this is one of the greatest
cases of month-long kismet-ness anyone has ever heard
of. I've never smiled so much. I can't lose.
I mean even when a shoe-LACE drops, 8 more
shoes get thrown in the air. I mean, Gandolfini
being a no-show was so GODDAMN MINOR, and even
that turns out good.
Never
wake me. Never.
Please
keep the music down, turn off the ringer
(wow that's a dated statement now), and
let me keep dreaming.
These
are the most unforgettable
moments of my life.
