Review of '08

Well this is my first shot at this. You know I have written and done so many things that would fill up three lifetimes and yet I am not even 40. In my life, I have been able to meet and work with the greatest in the music and entertainment industry. How I got in it...don't ask me, I've just been trying to keep a job. hehe I wanted to take a moment and contemplate my last year. It has been a year full of hope, disappointment, sadness, loss, excitement, prosperity and all of this in 12 months. Well I started the year living the dream. I was working at Channel 3 and also running my agency. It made for long days but wow what a great time. In April, I helped a friend from another television station out when he asked me to meet this girl that wanted to get in the television industry. Of course, we met for lunch and she had asked alot of questions on who was the person in charge at the station and that she wanted to start as a talent. I told her that there was a process and that no one started just at the top. I gave her may card and the number to the executive producer at the station and wished her well. Well needless to say after our meeting, this sad excuse of a woman called the station. Threatened to sue and said she would not sue if they would put her on the air...I know in many places and circles that would be called extortion. Not at the station. They ran my A$$ through the ringer and took my business cards and press pass. After weeks of them checking out my background as I said, they found exactly NOTHING. Did they apologize. Nope. They wrote a very scathing chastizement and said they were very sad at the situation.
Well about two months later, the station ran out of money, so they had to get rid of a third of the workforce. Everything from talent, production and everywhere else they could think. People were pissed. Oddly enough, I already know I was gone. God had already let me know that and I was not only prepared, but I was trying to find a nice way to get out of the station anyway. So they paid me to do what I needed to do anyways. So, on my birthday I got fired.:) Good times. Honestly, I miss it. I miss the comradery and the creativity we had in subcontrol. That and also the fact that they had taught me a new craft in Television Directing. Que Sera Sera...
New Chapter...Politics. Right after I left the station, people came out of the wood work for my company to not only run their political campaigns but also consult their branding. Craziness!!! I had to run a person running for State Senate as well as someone running for Maricopa County Health Board. I batted 500 with one winning and one losing. The one that lost though was such a hard race. Fun but hard. I value those days and look forward to more. The whole time I have been working with a friend out of California. We have had a deal that would launch my company in the works for almost six months. With no fault of my friends, the deal has not closed yet. And therefore my world has somewhat become a little more stressful than I prefer. Well deals have come and gone. I believe I now have carpal tunnel and will write more after I have surgery...hehe Well hoping '09 is just as eventful if not more.:)