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for me!)
10:18 PM,
Saturday, May 17th, 2008:
I just can't help
it. I know I've been out of work forever, my career is
completely in the shitter - and I'm about to tell you
news from someone still at CBS that is exactly
the type of thing I shouldn't care about, but as
I said before: I just can't help it. Living
Room Live 4 will have to wait (yes, I'm still
desperately trying to knock on the symbolic doors of
rooms I friggin' owned last year) because I am
going to the Paramount Lot tomorrow in Hollywood to
see an advance screening of Indiana Jones 4. My
response to Jim's email is as follows:
HOLY
SHIT.
HOLY
SHIT.
THIS
AND PRICE IS RIGHT. I AM FOREVER IN
YOUR DEBT.
HOLY
SHIT.
I can't
help it man. There's certain portions of
your childhood that you simply cannot
escape. In the Gifted & Talented
program in 4th Grade I made a book
called "Adamana Jones" complete with a
hardbound cover and everything. Jesus
Gifted & Talented, how fucked is that
for the other kids? It was like 10 of us.
Just occured to me how un-PC that was.
LOL.
So while buggin'
Jim about getting the new Crooked X package off the
ground I threw out the fact that Sunday was the
big Indy 4 screening in LA as it premieres in France
at Cannes tomorrow (comes out the 22nd) and I just had
to ask. I mean, Indiana Jones was actually cooler to
me than Star Wars. Amazingly the guest he was taking
couldn't go, and voila 16 hours after my email he
responds with the good news. Holy. Shit. And honestly,
I don't care how shitty the movie is. If they play the
music and he wears the hat? I'm good...
...well that's not
completely true - when I first heard of the film
my instinct was utter fear. Like, the man is older
than Connery was in the last one, and with the
CG effects of today... goddamn - this is a
horrible idea. I've lightened up my
expectations enough now that I'm cool either way. I
actually fall into the "like Shia" club (some people
can't stand Mr. LaBeouf) so he probably won't annoy me
- and I just pray Spielberg has enough influence
over Lucas to not make it a green-screen fest... but
either way, I'm going to enjoy it - and on the
Paramount lot! As one of the first to see it!
Yeee-Ha.
So to celebrate
I of course dress up and go run around on the
roof of my garage. I am in my 30s right? I swear if
I don't have a kid soon so he can do this shit
and not me I'm gonna break my back. It was good fun
though, my neighbor did indeed come out of his house
at the end of the video and I ducked to hide
because I felt like a complete idiot. But man -
you see that title, a tree.... it's the real thing
man. I'm goddamn Adamana Jones. Being a nerd about
this shit is so fun I can't even tell you. What's
great is without the need to have a video with this
entry that never would've happened. The Journey
literally keeps you 9 years old if you let it.
;-)
Alright,
I know, I know - I left you all with a
helluva cliff-hanger, it's been a week and I've said
nothing. It's on purpose. I've been trying desperately
to just shut the fuck up, and let things be. Time has
a way of unraveling everything and I just don't have
the heart to post another "high" only to have the rug
pulled out from under me. And not because it's
embarrassing, but because all you have to do is go
back and reread that shit. LOL. I have no problem
having egg on my face - but repeating shit? Drives me
crazy. So I'm just gonna give it a little more time.
By month's end it'll probably be time to spill the
beans, but for now just know Donna's doin' fine and we
are taking things one day at a time. My heart is as
assumed way past my head, but even that seems to be
proven wrong as each day passes. So I'm just letting
go for a bit and acting like a 9 year old
again.
I may or may not
throw up a review tomorrow. I've seen movies on the
actual movie studio's lot before so it's not as jizzy
as The Sopranos or some shit, but it'll still be cool.
Strangely I saw "Titan A.E." back in the summer
of 2000 on the Fox set with Eric Moro, the Movie
Minded producer... wrote about it here.
Great early entry actually with a YouTube link and
everything. Anyway - strange because he's gonna be at
the screening tomorrow. 8 years almost to the day.
Surreal.
