DAVE's BLOG
Basking
in the afterglow of good work released unto an appreciating world,
I thought it would be a good idea to announce I was starting a
blog. You know, add my voice to the chorus of the hive mind. One
little gnat amongst the swarm of locusts.
Bzzzzzzzzzzzz.
Of course, that was
last week. Put a loud mouthy film producer drunk on optimism (and
Maker’s Mark) on Facebook, and well, this is what you get! A
bug-eyed insomniac hunched over his laptop on Sunday night?
Evidently so.
How do I get myself into these things? Oh, yeah.
See above. Big Mouth. Why’d I want to start a blog? Oh yeah, it’s
that big mouth thing again. But it might be more than that. I was
sitting around in a hotel bar with friend of mine who’s also a
producer. The bartender asked if we wanted another round, which of
course we did. He was a clever guy, in that bartender-clever sorta
way, when he enlightened us.
“You
know, there’s a rule somewhere that says you’re only supposed to
have two of these,” he said as he shook another two Belvedere
martinis to be served straight-up.
“Did you
just start your shift?” I asked.
“Yeah”
he said.
“Well,
then I’m gonna lie to you and say this is only my fourth or fifth
one.”
“Ehhh… I
know you guys can handle it. You both
producers?”
“Yeah. What gave it
away? The blazer? The glasses?” I asked, recalling how awkward I
felt watching Deniro in What Just Happened? wear the exact same thing on-screen that I was
wearing in my seat.
“The
satellite dish stickin’ outta your head. You guys all sit the same
way. Like you may be takin’ a load off but that doesn’t mean you’re
turned off.” And he slid the martini in front of me.
“Enjoy.”
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