I think I might have alienated and/or scared a few people with that blog last night. Tough nookies. I’m tired of being ashamed of my rants, so I’m not apologizing for them. That’s me, that’s what I wanted to say, and I’m leaving it.
Despite this nagging defeatist attitude, my Dreamer side came out to play a little this afternoon. It hit me yesterday that an email simply wasn’t enough to try and convince those production companies that they should produce my travel show. I’ve been working on it like mad, trying to get it ready to go. About blog-time yesterday the project came to a screeching halt. Then, I was talking with Erick and I thought to myself that if I’m going to get rejected, I’m going to get rejected in style. They’re going to have to put up with multiple packets arriving at their door, and if they keep refusing to respond, then so be it. At least then I can really complain about that project not working, right?
I stayed up until 5:30am last night cause the flu got to me again, just talking to Erick and working on the bottom half of the Walkabout logo. I finally finished it around 2 this afternoon – click here. That bottom triangle was a major pain, you wouldn’t believe the monuments I tried to draw and they just would *not* cooperate. I tried the Empire State Building, that looked like a pencil. I tried the NYC Guggenheim, and that just looked silly. This morning I attempted to draw the Sydney Opera House. I have no clue how to describe how that turned out, but it looked nothing like what I intended. So I settled for a backdrop of the Dolomite Alps, Big Ben, the Eiffel Tower, the Taj Mahal, and the pyramids at Giza. I think that’s a pretty good assortment considering how limited I was on space.
Once the logo was completed I edited the original letter I sent to the N and added that to cool stationary I made. I also printed out a picture I took in Venice, and another from London, and made a little mock-up of what the logo would look like with the city label next to it. It’s all cute and stuff. Finally, a quick picture of me, and then I stuck it all in an envelope. I also created packets to send to Screaming Flea Production, inc. in Seattle, and Banyan Productions in Philadelphia. I’m familiar with their work, so it’s a handy way to try to ease my way into a company.
What now… hmm… not sure. My stomach kind of hurts – pizza was a bad idea for dinner, but it was so easy. I should probably answer emails, but that’s never a good idea when I’m not in the happiest of moods. I think for now I’ll just sit here in my room and watch something on my laptop. I really love having my huge collection of Daria episodes on VCDs. I couldn’t sleep last night even after that marathon conversation with Erick that kept us both up waaaay too late, so I laid in bed and watched two episodes. It was fantastic, exactly what I needed. Maybe I’ll try that again.