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10:10 PM, Monday,
June 9th, 2008:
THERE you
are...
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ZAPPOW!
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RANDOM!!!
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ZAPPOW!
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ZAPPOW!
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HAPPY!!!
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ZAPPOW!
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A 2 JOURNEY GOD STRIKE!!!
I thought you guys
were dead. But wow, you sure know how to
strike...
New
executive producer at The Early Show hired
a new senior producer that called Tammy in
this morning to do another round of Living
Room Live. They won't call it that and
there will be subtle differences but the
format will be the same. Tammy immediately
said I should do it and the woman
definitely understood the internet
portion. Apparently that is, and has been
since, the only thing that has ever worked
on their site to bring people to TV and
vice-versa. Everyone their shares that
sentiment and the new lady is definitely
on-board with that. It's now a question of
what type of performers we want
(kids/bands/random) and they want this for
the summer so things will move
quick. When I hung up the phone, I hit
capture on my laptop and to your right is
the result. Giddy-up.
Now here's the
cool part. Tammy emailed me that Anthony Gargulia (the
"let it snow" kid from season 2) was singing "New
York, New York" at Belmont before Big Brown got the
beat down. And it set off a series of bitching emails
where we just could NOT believe we weren't doing
another round. Like what more has to happen? Crooked
X, in a videogame, their own reality how - Midnight
Clear, record contract, song on a commercial - Anthony
Gargulia - on Ellen and now this.... like -
OBVIOUSLY it worked. We really discovered some
great talent and here we are twidling our thumbs. So
frustrating...
...then lo and
behold this morning Tammy has the meeting and emails
me to call her when I got up. To once again tell
me something that made me go apeshit. It's so funny -
I wrote back to her:
"You know, I
think the next time somone has good news to tell
me, I'm gonna make them call you first, relay the
message, then have you call me back and tell me.
Something about your voice calmly telling me
something that makes the hairs on the back of my
neck stand up and my stomach quesy. that's a good
thing btw. "
She's just always
so nonchalant about things in this wicked New York
accent like: "no big whoop, just coffee talk".
Meanwhile she's melting my cerebral cortex. She's also
been the bearer of the biggest news I've ever had
which is just awesome. A couple more and she may
have her own Journey God. Ha.
So I called Jim,
who was on vacation, but ecstatic as well and he's
gonna give everyone a call tomorrow to put in his 2
cents. What's so nice here is, our end? Was
smooooooooooth as butter. We had it down, and nailed
it every week - no hitches. We only need Tyson the
makeup guy and a cameraman and I pull off the rest in
48 hours from writing all the way to uploading. Our
schedule is already set, we know the exact
time/budget/sets everything. It's just ready to go at
a moment's notice. Literally if they wanted one this
week, I could pull it off. That has to be a huge
plus. We're also in good standing with the Price is
Right producers and the Young & the Restless... we
just have so many pluses to add. Throw-in that anyone
they may ask will tell them how successful the online
portion of Living Room Live was, it really seems like
the ducks are in a row...
...but this is
The Journey. LOL. And I am well aware of that.
But honestly right now? Stop with the worryin'. Enjoy
the egg. Of course it might be splattered all over my
face in the coming week for some unforseen reason but
it's just so nice to have a FREAKING EGG! HA! And
how out of the blue is THIS? Like - Monday morning,
9 AM at the new job. Of course. Of course,
Murphy. Oh and the job... well since nothing is
official it's not really an issue yet but I did
explain to them about the possibility of something
happening and they understood. A lot of my job is
free-lance web-stuff I could even do from home or on
my free-time. They're incredibly flexible and will
totally understand. They happen to be out for the
week, so hopefully I have more to tell 'em when they
get back - but the job is pretty project oriented and
as long as I get that job done... they're happy. How
lucky.
So now we play a
bit of a waiting game. Considering we need entries I
can't fathom anything starting until at least mid-July
and that's with everything going perfect. As I said,
we really don't have anything concrete, there's a
bunch of steps to go, but nothing beats the first step
man. Goddamnit I forgot how good that felt.
I haven't felt that rush since February
10th, 2007.
Granted, that was sliiiiiiiiiiiiiiightly bigger - but
it's all relative. For a guy who's had the year I've
had? This is winning the lottery.
Man I cannot
wait to see the boys again. Keep your fingers
crossed.
