Sunday, December 19, 2004

Real Fans, Fake Cocoa Puffs

Just got home from seeing the new Jim Carrey movie. It was okay, I guess. After "Man On The Moon", I became a really big fan of his.

It’s good to have super loyal fans as I’m finding out these days. The support I’ve been getting from fans of the show since it was pulled off the air last week has been incredible. I’ve always appreciated the fans of the show and all of the people who post on the message board, but I’m thinking now that if I ever manage to get JR DIGS back on the air, it will be because of the fans, their actions and all of their support. It will be interesting to see what happens.

It’s been an interesting week that’s for sure. I was supposed to be in Hawaii shooting footage for the new show, but I had to stick around here to deal with all of this stuff, which ended up not having to be dealt with at all. It kind of got handled for me and there wasn’t a whole lot I could really do about it. I guess I should have just gone to Hawaii with Shane. I’m thinking, maybe I’ll head up north to our family cottage for a couple of days. Hawaii, it’s not, and there’s a ton of snow and it’s pretty cold up there right now, but I might stand a better chance at running into Santa up there – and we all know what JR wants for Xmas! But then I guess it’s going to depend on who you ask with regards to whether I’ve been naughty or nice this year.

One thing is for sure – it looks like I’m going to have a little more time these days to update my blog more often. Maybe I’ll even work on writing a little Christmas song and post it here for people to listen to if they want. The other thing I would like to get back to is the website. I really want to give it a new look and add more stuff to it, so it’s a more interesting site to check out. Look for some new video clips in the coming weeks.

You might have noticed that we have added an "Upcoming Appearances" page to the site recently. That will be updated in the next few days as well. I’ve already talked briefly to Rob, who runs the Staircase Theatre in Hamilton, about doing a Q&A kind of thing there. We’ll probably air a new episode on the movie screen, talk a little bit about the show and how I got on the air, as well as how I got taken off the air, and then wrap up the night with some live music and a few laughs.

On February 15th, I’m going to present my first movie of the month at the Staircase Theatre! I get to pick whatever movies I want, and I get a reserved theatre seat to sit in and watch it. The first movie I’m picking is "American Movie". It’s definitely one of my favourite flicks.

Well, I guess I should wrap up here, do some laundry and eat some fake cocoa puffs. They were on sale and I figured they would pretty much taste the same as the real cocoa puffs. I’ll let you all know in my next blog.

Thanks again everyone for all your support these last few days. I look forward to reading all of your very encouraging posts on the message board each day.

Later,

JR