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Let's keep this train rolling. The following are ideas that I started but didn't have any traction with.
Online Bitcom - Phil and I were planning on making our own short sitcom that we would upload to You-tube. If you read this blog consistently, then you know Phil and I are both into comedy. We both thought it would be awesome to write for TV or movies, as I'm sure a lot of people do. With that being said, we didn't want to quit our day-jobs, move to LA, and join the millions of souls filled with delusions of grandeur. So we decided to write, direct, and act in our own sitcom. We wrote several episodes, met a couple of times with our friends to coordinate our efforts, I bought a video camera, and we even filmed some stuff (this footage may or may not ever be released).
Our episodes would've been about 5 minutes in length and taken place in our apartment. Here are a couple of episode plot summaries:
- One character buys a butchers block thinking that it would make a good bar (based on real events). Realizing that it was a terrible purchase, they try to make up for it buy hosting a underground arm wrestling tournament.
- The two roommates buy hand guns and eager to use them try to convince themselves that being shot in the foot wouldn't be that bad.
- A friend from college comes to visit in order to come out of the closet, and are surprised to find out that the roommates were overly supportive (not gay themselves, just really enthusiastic).
There are a ton of reasons why this didn't work out. The top 3 being: some people thought it was funnier than others; we were a bit noided out about putting our faces on the internet; and we were lazy. Its a shame, I thought we were onto something.
Limbo, Il - Remember when I drew cartoons for this blog? No? I gave up when I realized no one was interested. Another reason, some people thought they were funnier than others.
Limbo, Il was my attempt a comic strip. It basically centered around two roommates (in my mind they were brothers) and how they got along. Ideally, I would take the scripts we wrote for the bitcom and convert them into illustrations. Unfortunately, the only way I can see this happening is if I break both my legs, was stuck in bed for a month, and had to quit my current commitments. This is not an invitation to go Tonya Harding on me (or is it Nancy Kerrigan on me?)
This has been a pretty pessimistic series of blog posts. It's douchey to talk this much about yourself, so I tried to make fun of myself instead. However, I'd like to give myself some credit. If you would have told me two years ago that I'd be in grad school in San Diego in 2010 I wouldn't have believed it. Not that I didn't want to check out Southern California, I just thought I wouldn't follow through with it. Now that I am out here, I still can't believe it.
-Matt
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