ENTRY #223
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11:02 PM, Monday, November 4th, 2002:
 
Wow, I felt it again. Yeah it took goddamn near a year - but I felt that buzz again. I am now represented by the commercial agency Arlene Thornton & Associates. In fact they've already sent out my headshot for a job. I'll be signing a contract with them this week. I'm going today to get my headshot stamped with their logo. Oh and Michele informed me they do theatrical representation as well, so this isn't just limited to commercials. Boooooo-Yaaaa.
 
Believe it or not, I actually had an inkling about this on Friday when I met with Michele. She had talked with them and they made it a point to thank her for getting us together. Seemed a foregone conclusion at that point that they would represent me but after Charlotte...nothing is a foregone conclusion. It took every ounce of restraint for me NOT to write an entry on Friday when Michele told me that. And actually, I'm sorry for that. That's pretty much exactly what I've strived NOT TO DO for this entire "Journey". What's the point in keeping this if I only wait until things come through to tell you? That's slimy to me. I don't want to be the guy so worried about how he'll look that he "crafts" and "molds" what is seen by the public. I want it ALL out there. I wanted to have an entry Friday night saying I thought I was in, even though it wasn't official. That puts me way out on the line, and makes this "Journey" all the more intriguing...
 
...but nonetheless - WOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOO! This does so much for me mentally and physically I can barely put it into words. Thr plde fothr a sdery clompn hpypa. See? Completely illegible. ;-)
 
On the job front however, I'm still pretty lost. I have until the end of this month to have something secured, or everything gets bumped back a few months. I absolutely don't want that to happen. Wow, acting must be the only gig in the world where when you get an agent to represent you and get you work...that still doesn't mean you actually GET WORK. LOL. It's the "normal job" equivalent of a friend getting you an interview. So you still need to actually have a JOB. Heh.
 
My other push right now is to get The Trinitrons re-submitted to the right people for Aspen. Charlotte was pretty good at completely keeping me in the dark about how that happened. I know who she talked to, but as far as the process is concerned - I'm clueless. I'm also clueless right now as to what my chances really are. If I take what Charlotte said last year to heart, I am ABSOLUTELY in the running this year. They loved it last year, but it simply didn't vibe with their "theme". This year however, they know of me, there won't be a "Free speech" theme (it'll probably be women in comedy or something) and again - they liked the show. So I pretty much just need to get it to them. I would certainly like to have someone representing me throughout it but I'm just not sure I can pull that off in time too.
 
But I must say, with pilot season coming up in January - I'm pretty goddamn stoked that I have agents. As well the project I'm working on with the other Adam in the apartment complex is going very well, "The Trinitrons & Adam" is shaping up too, and the live show of "The Journey" just might be shaping up now. As I said before - it was almost impossible to work on with how shitty things were. It's hard to leave the audience with: "...and I fell into a deep depression for 10 months. The End." It's comin' though.
 
More than anything though, there is still hope for 2002. It is still feasible to make the end of this year shine. Man, November is ALWAYS a good month for me. I mean ALWAYS. Going back so far.
 
HOLY SHIT. Do you know what today is? Do you know what I did at work EXACTLY 4 years ago today? I was making calls, in between making commercials of course, to people about the feasiblity of this show I had just thought of the night before. This show where I would be on stage with 4 televisions with me in each one singing a song. The night before at the Brian Setzer Orchestra concert I had thought of the idea. Amazing. Alright, enough daydreaming. I gotta get these headshots to my agents.
 
Heh, I don't even have to say it do I. You're all smiling at how cool that last line was aren't you.
 
WORD.
 
Adam
 
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