Well here's a
first. I'm actually writing the entry before
I tell anyone. Don't feel too priviliged,
I tried desperately to call anyone I could,
but no one answered the phone. Very, very quick dog
story first:
So I come
home last night and lo and behold they've started and
finished cementing the whole driveway and back patio.
?!?! They weren't even supposed to start this phase
until Monday. The puppies had been locked in the
kitchen all day 'cause of this and I knew there'd
be shit everywhere. Amazingly none. So I leash em up
and take em out front. They're so frantic about all
the newness of the front yard they won't shit. At all.
I try 4 or 5 times during the LeBron game (was he
unreal or what? I swear he's actually 24.
I wanna see a birth certificate. I honestly think
there's a scandal here somehwere. Dude is way too big,
and way too good for 18) Anyway - nothing all night.
Wouldn't shit. SO I lock em up, get up this
morning and take em out. Still nothing. I say
"Fuck it, I'm out here until they go". From 6:45 to
7:30 AM I sat there as these dogs do everything but
take a crap. I mean, they've now been holding it
in for 24 hours straight. What gives. I finally
couldn't take it and brought em in.
Instantly shit on
the carpet.
Both of them. Yes,
it was even mildly funny at the moment. All MORNING I
sat out there. Basically they were just too stresssed.
Not used to the leash, not used to the front yard,
they were comfortable inside and POW. Heh. Now, on
with the news...well first a publicist
update:
I got a form
letter response from the big publicist agency - Garis
Agency. $175 consultation fee. I honestly didn't
even blink at that - I assume thousands to do this
right. The consultation is simply reviewing materials
and a teleconference. You don't even meet the mofo.
But this is the top of the top. Which honestly, is all
I really want to deal with. I don't want to half
ass this. I'm an unknown right now - that's perfect.
Once I taint the "field" so to speak with a
half-assed effort, it's not like I can then go to
the big guys and be alright. I need to get it right
straight off the bat. Make the buzz huge, centered by
a long standing, extremely well-connected firm. I will
talk with the other "free" people first
obviously, but I am already kissing the $175 goodbye.
Of course...they
have to pick you. They are really, really high profile
(Garis
Agency),
and select their clients cautiously. Their name
carries weight with the media, so they obviously don't
represent just anyone. The supreme advantage
I have is that my show in and of itself is
newsworthy. Garis did an interview
chat session
with AOL that gives you a good idea of what
I mean. Media doesn't want to just give you free
publicity - you have to be newsworthy in some other
way. Or part of a deal the media agrees with to get a
celebrity. "I'll give you Tonya Harding if you put 3
of my authors on" is something mentioned in the
interview. LOL - how funny is that. Politics baby. In
the chat session it mentions many examples with
literary publicity, but the same thing applies.
Luckily, and it's the one real advantage I have,
the concept of 4tvs is incredibly unique without even
seeing one second of the show. The show could
absolutely BLOW, and you could get written up. No
doubt. Then there are layers. The fact that it's one
guy behind everything, and so on down the list. So I'm
fairly confident they will see this and see the
potential. As well if you notice in the interview chat
session he brings up quite often how important it is
for the client to interview well. You do all this work
to get an interview on a show for a client and they
can't hold a conversation. Heh. Thank you talk radio.
That's
where the hair on the back of my neck starts to stand
up a bit. I'm seeing everything I've done the past 10
years actually be a positive, and a reason I will
make it - as opposed to before (like 48 hours ago)
seeing it as "Wasting my time" for 10 years.
So
I'll most likely be sending a check to the agency in
the next week or so and we'll go from there. What
I really need to do though, is revamp 4tvs.com.
It's just not focused correctly. I spend all my
time on "The Journey" and nowhere else. (Hmm wonder
why, wouldn't be because these entries/videos/pics are
so INSANELY TIME CONSUMING would it?) It
needs to be a friggin' "Look at how great Adam Kontras
is" with the journal to be accessed if you want to
read it. Already working on the design of that.
I have a feeling the hits are gonna start comin'
and I need to be prepared.
And
that's the other thing. This will be a campaign. A
calculated strike. So I really need to get my ducks in
a row. I need to have everything ready and then
POW - you launch....me. For a sustained 2 months
or something. But the site has to be changed, so
that's a comin'.
Amazingly
that's not what I'm writing about - just had to give
you that background. So Michele Greene calls me and
actually pitches an idea to me. She was contacted a
while back by a guy involved in the reality TV biz.
Pitched her a show idea involving her life, that is
somewhat reminiscent (from how she describes it) to
"Curb your Enthusiasm". Part fact, part fiction...but
the lines are blurred. Michele was his choice because
her personal life is so completely different than what
people came to know her as on LA Law. Especially
with her music career. So anyway, they're ready to
shoot the pilot that's gonna be pitched to Bravo, and
Michele asked me if I'd play a part.
So
anyway, they're ready to shoot the pilot that's gonna
be pitched to Bravo, and Michele wants me to play a
part. So anyway, they're ready to shoot the pilot
that's gonna be pitched to Bravo, and Michele asked me
if I'd play a part. So anyway, they're ready to shoot
the pilot that's gonna be pitched to Bravo, and
Michele asked me if I'd play a part.
Yeah,
see that's the key sentence right ther. Just in case
you like to SKIM.
I'll
be shooting my scenes with her on Thursday, November
6th. I'm happy on so many levels, I'm having a
difficult time really putting it into words. The first
thing that hit me was just the timing of everything.
I mean I had to resist the urge to turn
around and look for the hidden camera. I know
the publicist thing is the correct route. So I'm
already letting that sink into my body and watching it
change my outlook on everything...and then
this.
As
well, there's still that goofy part of me that I
explained with Doogie Howser that makes me all giddy
that I get to act on-screen with 80's Abby Perkins
from LA Law. That really is a small part of this
though. As I said in the last entry I've known her for
3 years now, I never look at her and think Abby. Heh.
How annoying would that be.
The
biggest level is just a feeling of immense
thankfulness. For her to have thought enough of me and
my talents just feels incredible. I wish it
weren't so overwhelming. I wish I was always so
self-assured that I wouldn't need someone else to
make me feel it - but that's just not me. And it feels
very, very good. :-)
Still
no word on the Net Games DVD. Taking a forever for the
fuggin' mail. It was shipped last Friday so damnit
what gives!! Once it's here - it'll be up that day.
Feature debut man...
For
now, here's the dogs
playing
on the finished cement that apparently was
walkable on in 24 hours. Who knew? Ismael
the contractor dude just came over and
started hosin' it down - I was like
daaaaaamn. So out those puppies went. To
shit even MOOOOOOOOOORE if you can believe
it.
