More Fluff

If you’re keeping track, I’ve finished that heinous chore transcribing minutes. Only took me a month and a half. Nonetheless, I’m back with another fluff piece.

First off, the big news. Well, not really, just something I thought I’d never do. I’m not going to go into details as of yet but suffice it to say that it covers two things I’ve always wanted to do in my life. Yup, one action could change the course of my life in a huge way. Nope, not exaggerating. Of course I will admit, it’s the long shot of all long shots but what the hey. As I’ve said before, it’s something I’ve always wanted to do and when I completed the potential catalyst that could start this new direction it left me feeling… I actually can’t describe the feeling, it was weird. There was no distinct emotion that I could lay a finger on. My youngest son used to go to the soda fountain at fast food restaurants and put a little bit of each soda into his cup to make his own concoction. It didn’t really taste bad but, it didn’t really taste good either. That’s kind of how I felt. I think. My wife told me that I was living in my comfortable, albeit somewhat boring life, dreaming about what ifs when I disrupted that bit of homeostasis by actually taking a step towards fulfilling a couple of what ifs. Of course, if it doesn’t work out, I’ll plunge into the deepest, darkest pit of despair. Ok, maybe I’m exaggerating for effect, but I will be bummed out. Then what? I’ll keep you posted.

I’ve had a project listed on a project listing web site called the TV Writer’s Vault, you can see it if you visit Story Time on this site. I’ve had a couple of hits on the project from NEON TV and a talent agency from New York and that’s it. I’ve decided I need to get off my ass and jazz it up a bit and see if it’s a viable idea once and for all. I’m a member of the industry website Stage 32, think Facebook meets script services et al. One of the things they offer are pitches to the entertainment industry and they offer a free guideline to pitching your project. I’ve read it and found that my Pitch/Treatment isn’t really up to par so I’ll be working on that and putting it out there as soon as a Pitch Session comes along that I think will work for the project. Wish me luck!

Since I can’t seem to be content with one thing, I’m also dabbling with the idea of Graphic Design. I’m an alumni of our high school’s Graphic Arts program (more running a printing press, than design) and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I’m taking an introductory Graphic Design class on Udemy right now. I figured that would be an inexpensive way to find out if it’s something I want to pursue, i.e. a more formal instructional class and software investment.

But wait, there’s more. Goddamn it John, just stop! Way back when, even before writing was a twinkle in my eye, I was seriously elbows deep into researching Voice Acting. As with the writing thing, it never amounted to much, just dreaming about what ifs, afraid to punch forward because I didn’t want to hurt my hand on a brick wall. I realized after I had completed the above mentioned catalyst that my life has been a bunch of what ifs that I’ve never moved forward on because I was afraid of what people might think. I placed myself in a box (an unfortunately large number of people do) where I thought I belonged and where people expected me to live. Jumping out of the box is not only frightening for the person in the box, it’s uncomfortable for people nestled in boxes beside you. So, I’m going to start poking more holes in my box to see what’s actually out there and I’ll probably find out that the scary monsters I hear lurking about are only in my head.

Good talking to you again.