Are people really still complaining about this Miley Cyrus thing? First Jamie Lynn Spears and now this....don't these protestors have anything better to do than harrass teenage girls? These people need to start a new hobby. Start a paint by number, go see a show, build a soapbox race car, get a playstation 3. Do something else besides insult little girls.
Now that I'm off my rant. How's everyone? So things have been busy since I last left things off...where I drove off into the midnight darkness after Sunday's sharp Jersey show on Broadway.
Since then, I ended up doing a little more press...and then eventually ended up in Philly about a film meeting, and also had the chance to read with a great actress from Columbia named Catalina, but during this meeting I made a joke about how the characters seem to be able to date pretty easily....and one of the gentlemen in the room randomly and awkwardly stared at me and seriously said "because of the coffee".
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I laughed, because it was quiet and awkward and I wanted to break the tension. but really had no idea what that meant....there was nothing in the course of that meeting that had anything to do with coffee. I thought maybe the coffee joke was because I was working with an actress from Columbia....but even still, it just made no sense. It was one of those odd comments that just made things uncomfortable.
After being weirded out in that screening room, I then had a meeting about doing a commercial, ran into a top notch actor from the movie named Frank Panunto, and grabbed a slice of buffalo chicken pizza at Margheritas on 2nd and Chestnut, one of the most underrated pizza joints in all of Philadelphia.
Also among all of this ruckus, I got quite possibly the greatest business card ever....the name, phone number, taht was all in normal print...but then, in huge lettering "Makin' Sh!t Happen Since 1966!" I wish I thought of that first.
Really, throughout all of this though, as busy as everything was, I honestly couldn't shake what that guy's "because of the coffee" comment meant. As I write this, I still don't get it. It's one of those things that's bizarre enough to just stick in your head.
After tomorrow, I head right into working hard for the limited release dates of "DOWN WITH THE BOOGEY".
I've spoken with Jack and Jen, they're the Posh and Becks of "Cowbell Films" and it looks like there's some fun stuff going on for the Jersey show on May16th. Even the Pitman Theater is excited about the ticket PRE SALE which has been going big....so clear your schedules....trust me, you'll want to see this movie, just so you can tell people that you've seen it first. The buzz around the theatrical trailer has been GREAT. It's been screening before "Leaf" on the east coast. So there's a big reason for the excitement.
It's a Saturday night....so all of the out of town folks? Come on out, grab a hotel room, hang out around town, live that Garden State life.The two Nimrods who are in office right now are writing everyone a 600$ check so we forget about how badly they're screwing things up. So use that 600$ check. Travel a bit.
So with that, enjoy the weekend...NYC folks, enjoy the Tribeca Film Festival...Philly Folks enjoy the star wars exhibit at the Franklin Institute (and the Phils/Giants)... Baltimore, enjoy the Maryland Film Fest, all the good folks in Louisville Kentucky? Enjoy the Kentucky Derby.
Speaking of the Kentucky Derby and festivities...this is how to make a "Mint Julep"...I have a good recipe I use a bit more sugar....but this one is according to the great Bob Dylan:
"First up you take four mint sprigs, 2 and a half ounces of bourbon, I'd put 3. A table spoon of powder sugar and a table spoon of water. You put in the mint leaves, powder sugar and water into a collins glass. You fill the glass with shaved or crushed ice and then add the bourbon. Top that off with more ice. And...I like to garnish with a mint sprig. Serve it with a straw. After two or three of those, and anything sounds good."
Take care
Be Good
Happy Cinco De Mayo
and "...Because of the Coffee",
TIM