Working with a head cold

I think, maybe, fingers crossed, I’ve done my last revision of the swing left promo. File that one under no good deed goes unpunished. The ad agency that was organizing the whole promotional campaign volunteered services to Swing Left — and they (the ad agency) generally do fashion stuff. Long story short, the notes — the notes. What they never came out and said was, “we want you to do our concepts, not your concepts.” Which is fine! I’d have been happy to do their concepts. But why did they let me do 20 hours of work to slowly turn my concept into their concept? I was kind of fed up with the whole thing because I have, like, actual work I need to do. Then the news about Justice Kennedy resigning and I was like, “I don’t care how annoying this NY based fashion ad agency is, I will get these promos done — anything, anything I can do to get people go fucking vote.”

I curse a lot. Sorry. Also, I am the proud owner of the cold virus. D gave it to me as a gift. A sweet present that married couples share.

I’m working this afternoon on a new TV show that I hope to sell to Netflix. That’s my goal. It’s the show no one wants to see. I mentioned it before. I’m having a great time on it. So much so that I’m working despite being sick.

I actually get why people don’t vote. I’ve had friends who gave that “it’s all rigged so what’s the point” answer — especially when I was in my 20’s. I have students who say, “politician’s don’t care about me so why should I vote?” And that is actually a true statement — even if your representative cares about you, largely politics reflects the interests of corporations and large donors. However, that’s only the case, paradoxically, because so many people don’t vote. Usually around a third of the voting age population sits out the election.

D asked me if I could work my Universal connections to score some Harry Potter tix for the family. I said I’d try though I already know the answer: I could be an employee of Universal at a fairly high level and I’d still not have access to discounted tickets or VIP entry. They’ve got that shit locked down. I’ll admit, I actually don’t get Harry Potter. Maybe I was too old when it came out? Actually, I think it’s the same reason IDGAF about superheros either: unreal people with unreal problems do not hold my interest. At least with HP he’s an orphan. But this business of someone being born with a super power or suddenly developing a super power — I sort of hate the political implications of this concept. It’s nobles oblige, isn’t it? It’s like being born into wealth. Whatever happened to developing a skill or power through hard work? You might appreciate it more than if it were the result of a radioactive spider bite.  Also, I don’t need HP to do battle with dragons or a nose-less Ralph Feinness. I need him to find a way to remove plastic particulate from sea water, reverse the increase in CO2 in the atmosphere, and stop the slide toward global authoritarianism. If any of the superhero franchises would take on those topics then I’ll fork over my $15. Until then I’m going to stick with my oddball shows on BBC or movies from A24.