Well, so I'll lie my
way to the top. Yet to be seen if I'll cheat and
steal.
So with my handful of
nails and my trusty hammer I was off to Hollywood
again for the sign part 2. Had it all planned out -
I would park in the 10 minute parking, run up and
nail this sign OVER the "Internet Cafe" sign and then
drive around looking for street parking.
Once I got up
there however I realized that I couldn't reach
the top. Even standing on a table I couldn't get it
high enough. LOL. Even as I type this I don't believe
that's a problem I can solve as I'm sure to get some
heat if I bring a LADDER. So with my heart racing
I start pounding these nails into the wood hoping
the surrounding stores don't hear. Of course I have
to go THROUGH the sign, and my mind is racing with
all the "Destroying private property" laws but I had
come to far to not at least try.
Again the jewelry
lady came out and was asking me all sorts of questions.
Lady with a heavy russian accent who was there the last
time I went to "scope it out". Well she asked me if
I was the new owner of the store since they left.
"Why yes, I am..." And so started a string of lies that
even I can't remember at this point. I just
wanted her to leave. But in case you were wondering, I'm
in business with this tall black fellow who came to her
store last week. His name is Adam. My name is John. Our
business is 4tvs.com - and I'm putting up this sign
temporarily just to test how it looks from the street.
Adam and I are making this our headquarters for our
website. (sigh). It went on and on as she just wouldn't
leave.
After
I got it up and proceedd to find a
parking space about a block away I went
to watch the huge jumbotron outside the
theaters to see if my sign
made it
on.
Unfortunately they never used the "money"
shot as they had the studio set-up for both
Kelley Clarkson and Clay Akins. When he's
just interviewing one dude - they always cut
to the shot. Doh.
You could
BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARELY see 4TVS in one shot for about a
second or two.
For some reason in
the still it's completely unreadable. Yet on TV you
could clearly read it. Strange. For reference, here's
what the shot usually looks like:
That's perfect.
You'll be seein' my sign all DAAAY. Now it has occured to
me that the producers noticed it and specifically shot
around it. At this point that's a little too "Conspiracy
Theory" for me to buy. But when Ryan was interviewing
Kelly by herself it was completely off to the right of
that column with the blue neon lights over Stephen
Baldwin's right shoulder. But again, I think that was
because they had the studio set up for both of them.
Tomorrow he's interviewing Rob Schneider so we'll see if
my theory is right. I sure hope not. It's taken too
much damn work to have them specifically ALTER their
shots to avoid me. Jeez.
The good news
is...the sign is perfect. As you can see from the entry
picture, it's big enough, it doesn't get bled out by the
sun - the only thing I may change is making the DOT
for .com bigger so people immediately recognize that it's
a website. The problem of course is, that if the audience
can recognize it, so can the producers and I'm fairly
certain they will try to avoid it. And honestly unless
they go to the site, they could think 4tvs is about
transvestites or something. Heaven forbid they have to
pull a CBS and apologize profusely for advertising chicks
with dicks. Heh. Either way, I should be able to
pull it off tomorrow assuming we don't get an extra
patient at work.
More than anything
though, there's something that always feels good about
aggressive, thought out, goal oriented actions in this
"Journey" that I can update you on. This is truly
the first thing that people back in Columbus don't just
have to read about. You can watch it at home. Granted
it's desperate. Granted it's pathetic...but you know
what? Who gives a shtit? I'm to that point. I've been out
her over 4 years and I'm ready to hold a sign up on the
corner of Hollywood and Highland and scream
LOOK AT ME!! DAMNIT. LOOK! I just choose
to try to pull it off for a nationwide audience. Heh.
As well if they avoid
"the shot" tomorrow with Schneider, this may be a
hopeless cause. The only other static shots are so far
away, even the Ryan Seacrest billboards aren't legible.
I'll keep on tryin' though. Hey, at least it's an
exciting thing to read about during the Trinitrons 3
writing process right?
