Against the Grain

Interesting times lately – I got the chance to journey away from it all for a couple of days, and just soak in the clean air, with no laptop (I took it but never took it out of the bag), no equipment, and just my MP3 player and 2 phones, in which i forwarded off all calls. Hey, you have to do it all in order to understand and appreciate “the getaway,” right?

One of the first things I’m going to have to get used to with not having a publicist for the time being is now I have to pretty much speak for myself, which is…. taboo. After having a speakerbox for myself since.. well ever, LOL, I’ve rarely had the need to speak for myself but apparently that is at least for the time being changed. I think the main challenge of this is not that I can’t do it, but that I’m such a truthfully speaking/reacting person that I have no problem walking out of talks, etc. All of the fluff that generally goes on in convo is stuff I don’t do, and because I’m not really a liar in any sense of the word, the reaction will show right away in the face. I think one of my first experiences with this was back in 2003 when I first came across Cliff Strobe, and quickly renamed him Glass Strobe for the usual industry mumbo yassa boss talk that I can’t even stomach to deal with today. I was also on the phone with a number of publicists, who all suggested I need to basically do more industry functions, although I’m not sold on that idea – I like the fact that most if not all of my clients don’t give me money issues, and expanding myself will potentially bring that in as well, especially if I don’t have an assistant.

Over those past 2-3 days “away from the world” I got to mingle and chat with ALOT of corporate people who, despite having thousands (and one of them, millions) of bucks sitting around, were some of the most humble and giving people I’ve probably ever met. It says alot when you’ve “rode space mountain” (if you dont know what that means, google Ric Flair, LOL), and can still help others trying to achieve that level of success, although maybe not to the same degree, with the same blueprint and aspirations. I don’t care how much networking you do in this world, some of the best stern advice is soaked in from these mainstays who look like just any other person walking down the block, but rather than show you that they are popping in the streets by bragging for 4-5 hours at a nightclub, they …. just live the lifestyle when they wake up in the morning. That’s stuff i’ve applied to my life (I’m sure everybody knows that already), and hopefully it can continue.

I helped celebrate the birthday of one of my favorite people in my life the other week in Queens. As usual, the fam came out, and enjoyed the fun times.

I’m sure Marc the Snob, Kit, and gang could sure take notes – nobody wants to carry their bad habit attending to asses out of clubs all of the time, because its not good for friendship. Moving on…

I’m finally getting to learn how to really edit these Glamours Edge episodes after splitting with Val, and although it appears to be easy, requires an awful lot of concentration, for which I’ve been only editing video at night to ensure the phone doesnt ring (although it still does, LOL). The cool thing about video editing? You don’t have to photoshop it, because it is what it is. And that’s part of the brand called…. the truth.