What if?
Yup, I’m back into The Shins again and I have probably listened to the CD 800 times over the last couple of days. I only took a couple of CDs with me to the cottage this past weekend and The Shins are what I kept listening to, over and over again, while I memorize my lines for the scene I’m shooting later this week. There’s a rehearsal tonight and the final day of shooting is on Friday. It’s just a short film, but it’s still cool to have been asked to do it.
“You want to jump and dance but you sat on your hands and lost your only chance, go back to your hotel and get your feet on the ground and stop floating around”
(lyrics from a Shins song that keeps playing in my head)
I’ve done my share of floating around over the past ten years, and I think about it way too much. Just lately, I’ve been thinking I better start making damn sure I get my feet good and planted in the next few months, because I’m going to need all the traction I can get to pull out of where I’m at these days. Where’s that you may be wondering? No where in particular, that’s where. That’s the problem.
On my way up to the cottage Saturday, I stopped to get gas and grab a coffee. The kid pouring the coffee looked up at me and said, “You’re JR DIGS!”, as he raised his hand up, assuming I was still cool enough to know I’m supposed to high-five him. “That’s awesome!” he kind of yelled out, as I laughed and thought to myself, “This is awesome! It’s awesome that this kid seems so pleased to have met me. Wow!”
A few days earlier, I was at The Keg with a good friend of mine and a bartender came over to our table with a couple of beers and asked for an autograph. Brian thought it was pretty cool that some dude wanted my autograph and I thought it was great that we got a couple free beers. It was very generous of the guy and very much appreciated!
I hope I’m able to continue on this little journey that I started a few years ago, I really do. Somewhere along the line it looks like I’ve picked up more than a few fans and there are definitely still some corporate sponsors out there, interested in reaching that 18-34 demographic that we always tapped into so well with the show. It’s just that I haven't seem to have figured out how to properly pitch anything to any network executives or film studios. Maybe it really is all about luck and timing and all these moments floating around, wanting to jump and dance while you sat on your hands.
Check out this little bit of video I shot like a million years ago (click here to watch it). I always used to tell people I was shooting stuff for a cable access show, but I didn’t actually have a cable access show. I guess I always figured I was going to put some sort of show together, but never got around to doing it…who knows anymore. That was a million years ago now!
High five, everyone!
JR
“You want to jump and dance but you sat on your hands and lost your only chance, go back to your hotel and get your feet on the ground and stop floating around”
(lyrics from a Shins song that keeps playing in my head)
I’ve done my share of floating around over the past ten years, and I think about it way too much. Just lately, I’ve been thinking I better start making damn sure I get my feet good and planted in the next few months, because I’m going to need all the traction I can get to pull out of where I’m at these days. Where’s that you may be wondering? No where in particular, that’s where. That’s the problem.
On my way up to the cottage Saturday, I stopped to get gas and grab a coffee. The kid pouring the coffee looked up at me and said, “You’re JR DIGS!”, as he raised his hand up, assuming I was still cool enough to know I’m supposed to high-five him. “That’s awesome!” he kind of yelled out, as I laughed and thought to myself, “This is awesome! It’s awesome that this kid seems so pleased to have met me. Wow!”
A few days earlier, I was at The Keg with a good friend of mine and a bartender came over to our table with a couple of beers and asked for an autograph. Brian thought it was pretty cool that some dude wanted my autograph and I thought it was great that we got a couple free beers. It was very generous of the guy and very much appreciated!
I hope I’m able to continue on this little journey that I started a few years ago, I really do. Somewhere along the line it looks like I’ve picked up more than a few fans and there are definitely still some corporate sponsors out there, interested in reaching that 18-34 demographic that we always tapped into so well with the show. It’s just that I haven't seem to have figured out how to properly pitch anything to any network executives or film studios. Maybe it really is all about luck and timing and all these moments floating around, wanting to jump and dance while you sat on your hands.
Check out this little bit of video I shot like a million years ago (click here to watch it). I always used to tell people I was shooting stuff for a cable access show, but I didn’t actually have a cable access show. I guess I always figured I was going to put some sort of show together, but never got around to doing it…who knows anymore. That was a million years ago now!
High five, everyone!
JR
posted by JR DIGS
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