I was about to sign off and go to bed when a thought hit me. Straight out of nowhere I thought to myself, check out the N’s website to see if there’s any contact information up there. Pitch your travel show idea, go for it.
(In case you don’t know, The N is a cable kids’ network, an off-shoot of Nickelodeon, which is an off-shoot of MTV. I only watch two shows on there, since the rest is pretty much aimed at junior high kids. But, they air ‘The Adventures of Pete & Pete’ – something I used to watch when I was a little kid, so it’s kinda nice to look back. Plus it’s just plain odd, in a funny way. They also show ‘Daria’, which I just recently got back into watching for some reason.)
Okay, so it’s The N. They show TV programs for junior high kids. So what? If you think about it, it just might work. They’re always looking for new shows, and I thought it might be an easy way to get my idea out to someone. What’s the point of just blogging about it when it’d be worth a shot just to send one silly email and see if it works.
Right?
I’ve been thinking about my joke about the travel show a lot lately. It started out as something funny; a ploy to satisfy my gypsy tendancies while still making money for school and not completely blowing my time. But the more I’ve thought about it the more fun it seems. The more I’m really getting into it and the more I’m getting funny yet strange ideas about how it just might work.
So why not send out an email, right? One little email. That is, if I could find their email address.
I toddled on down to the-n.com, got slightly distracted for a moment because of a “Which Daria Character Are You?” quiz (I’m Jane, supposedly, if anyone was wondering), but found my way to their contact section. Down in the bottom left-hand corner was a ‘business’ link. I clicked it, and sure enough, there it was. “If you are interested in developing TV or online programs write to…” Sudden thought, sudden results. Usually when I think of these things good things happen, i.e. PotterWar. That started as a late-night mission when I couldn’t sleep. Maybe this will be the same.
I figure, hey, it’s certainly worth a shot. Even if it’s horribly unpopular and my ratings suck, I’d still get at least a few trips out of it. I’d still get the experience and it’s one more thing to add to my application for school. Thanks to PotterWar I know I’m at least not horrible in front of a camera, and today (okay, technically yesterday) 155 people visiting my blog as of 11am. 155 people by the middle of the day. I wish I would have checked the counter before the clock struck midnight. I wonder just how high it got. That’s a *ton* of hits for some random teenager’s blog. I think I might have beaten my brother, even. Take that number and imagine what could potentially happen when Megness is released on the unexpecting telelvision-viewing public. Mass mayhem, good or bad?
I don’t know. Just more random late-night ramblings. Thoughts, anyone? I’ll take anything, good or bad opinions, I don’t want just a bunch of people playing to my ego. Tell me the truth – would you watch me wandering around the globe, meeting internet friends, and doing things I’ve always wanted to do? Like flying to the Netherlands to meet a Nun I’ve known over the Internet for two years, or flirting with a piano player at the Ritz in London, or singing classic Antonio Carlos Jobim songs with a jazz band in LA. Ooo, or making an amazing chocolate torte at that famous hotel in Austria. Would anyone seriously get into that, or am I just too egotistical this late at night, or too caught up in wanting to travel? I’m not sure what to think of this idea, whether it’d be a good thing or a bad thing. Maybe I’ll let the people at the network decide. I think I’ll sleep on the idea and prepare an email for them in the morning. I’ve got the email address, so why not? Some great things came from past “why not”s, let’s see what happens here.
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