Holy hot, humid, hazy, helluva DAY! Today had to be one of the top 3 most miserable days of the summer. I worked my ass off for ZICO coconut water today in this horribly hot, humid, hazy, unhappy...heat. I put together a team of samplers for sampling today and it was rough on all of us. I'll be really disappointed if my numbers (sales) don't show some improvement in August in light of all the hard work I've put in. I realize that August is traditionally slow for any business,but still. I had another promising conversation with my boss, the co-founder of ZICO, earlier this week regarding me going out to LA to open the market out there. I'm really hoping to make that a reality.
Thursday afternoon, I met with a director who is shooting a short film that is backed by a major cellular carrier in Europe. I guess he directed a short for this company previously and they are paying him to do it again. He and I met to discuss my involvement. He wants me to play one of the lead characters. A fast-talking agent who is trying to sign a new band to his record label. It sound s like it will be a fun shoot. My friend Daryl Lathon will be there. He is the DP (Director of Photography) for this project, could be some great exposure. I'm all about exposure. I told him to count me in.
I went out and got drunk thursday night with Dave Newman. Dave is the little brother of Ken Newman, my best friend from college. Its always good to see Dave and refreshing to hang out with him. He's a very free-spirited guy who's very comfortable with himself and operates with a "Devil-may-care" attitude. He does tend to get a little obnoxious from time to time, and he's VERY good at offending people in stuffy social situations, but that's what great about Dave, nobody ever seems to hold it against him.
Ok, anyway, We hung out, had many drinks, I got drunk, and felt like absolute shit the next day. I had to load up the ZICO van with product in the blistering heat, and then go to an audition at 2:30, an audition that I totally blew. I sucked. I felt like hell, I looked like hell, and I was extremely frustrated with myself afterwards. I just had to get that off my chest. No more drinking like that the night before an audition.
I'm going to go sit in front of the fan with a cold wet towel on my head.
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