Well, dear readers, we had us quite a good start to the second week of our Indiegogo campaign, jumping from 39% all the way to 46% and going over nine thousand dollars. I was dancing a jig, I tell you, I was dancing a jig. I love when I go to gmail and find new contributions and it happened all day yesterday. Several 10-CD perks (I think we’ve had close to thirty of those), the Sondheim hand-corrected sheet music went, Alexis Smith’s Follies opening night ticket went, the secret perk of Follies photos went, and several other fun things. So, on we go and I’m now really hopeful that we will get to 50% by Friday. For the Perk of the Day, I think we’ll do the Thank You in the Booklets perk, in which you get to see your very own actual name in our CD booklets on 10 count them 10 CD releases. That’s a fun thing – only two people have opted in and I’d like to see a few more folks go for that one. As always, here is the handy-dandy link.
The only thing I’m a little concerned about has to do with Facebook. A very young person joined two others who were propagating allegations as fact and since it involved a friend of mine, I joined in on those castigating them who were propagating. This person was very annoying and began making ageist comments and offensive comments to everyone who took them on (we later were castigated for not using the proper non-binary pronouns this person preferred, as if we were supposed to divine that magically). I knew I should have blocked her immediately after a few volleys, but I forgot. They then blocked everyone who was taking them to task for their nonsense. Then they unblocked so they could see all the posts again, and they let everyone know they’re reported everyone for harassment – and then blocked everyone again. This is what we’re dealing with with these infantile, over-emotional kiddies who can dish it out but hate to be called on it. So, I’m a little nervous about Facebook jail, because they tend to just throw people in there without actually reading or looking at the thread – because no one was harassing this person – no one. So, send some excellent vibes and xylophones that it doesn’t happen. I’ve taken emergency precautions and measures, but it would make things difficult during this very important part of the campaign. That was the only irritant yesterday.
I did manage to watch a motion picture, a critic’s darling of a film entitled I Was Never Really There, starring my least favorite actor, Joaquin Phoenix. They call it a psychological action thriller, but despite a lot of disgusting violence, it has neither action nor thrills. What they should call it is a pretentious, arty movie. Then we’d know to stay away. And I should have. Thankfully, it was mercifully short, around eighty-six minutes sans end credits.
Yesterday, save for the irritant on Facebook, was a lovely day. I got seven hours of sleep, answered e-mails, and then just kept cheerleading all the livelong day and evening. That was a lovely way to spend a day, over the moon in June, singing a happy tune like a loon, all thanks to a lot of Indiegogo action.
At three-thirty, I did a Zoom with David Wechter and we finished making our cuts and we’ve lost thirty pages on this go-round. I think optimally, we’d like to lose another ten and I think that will be doable. So, now I’m going to do a dialogue polish on two characters – that shouldn’t take very long and then we’ll read it and see what else we can trim here and there as well as there and here.
For food, I ordered an Eyetalian chopped salad from Maria’s Kitchen. The photo looked great – turkey, salami, garbanzo beans, mozzarella cheese, tomatoes and lettuce. It arrived without any turkey or salami. I went back and looked at it and it seems you have to actually choose the protein – salami wasn’t even on the list, but it wasn’t clear you had to tick off that box – one assumes you get what’s in the photograph. But what was there was fresh and good – just VERY low calorie.
Then I watched the movie, and that was about it for the lovelier than lovely Wednesday.
Today, I’ll be up early, as the helper is coming by to get the books and to ship them (hoo and ray), as well as all the out-of-print CDs from the campaign, just so she has it all. I’m hoping we can have some good Indiegogo action and get closer to 50% or just get there and go over it. I’ll eat something light, I’ll cheerlead, I’ll begin a dialogue polish on two characters (they’re not large roles), and I’ll also continue writing this test script for the potential web series. I’ll hopefully pick up some packages, I’ll cheerlead, and then at some point, I’ll watch, listen, and relax.
The rest of the week is more of the same, plus I think I have a lunch on Friday.
Well, dear readers, I must take the day, I must do the things I do, I must, for example, be up early, hope we have some good Indiegogo action, eat, cheerlead, do a dialogue polish and do some writing on the test script, I’ll cheerlead, and then I’ll watch, listen, and relax. Today’s topic of discussion: What are the most insufferably arty and pretentious films you’ve seen? Let’s have loads of lovely postings, shall we, whilst I hit the road to dreamland, thrilled to have gotten to 46% on a great Indiegogo day.