Goodbye 9 to 5...It's time to ROLL OUT

Well well well…It’s been a while but these last couple weeks have been real busy for a brotha. It was time for me to take matters into my own hands after thinking real long and hard (lol) and put my skills to the test so what did I do? Oh yes I turned in my resignation and began to take advantage of my knowledge and connections and take a shot at this entrepreneur thing. BLACKMAIIN PRODUCTIONS is getting ready to mobilize. This is like being the captain of a team all over again except I’m comfortable now more than ever because the entire team was recruited by me. What struck me as being the biggest boost for this career move was how I was raised. As an only child being raised by a single mother, it leaves a very short time in your life to grow up and become a man. You can ask anyone else that has been in those shoes, it can be very hard without a male figure teaching you the right moves and decisions to make in the early stages of liiiiiife. I honor, love, and respect my mother so much because I think she has done a hell of a job raising me, and has always let me make my own decisions. Of course I’ve made mistakes along the road dating back to when I was seven years old but I have learned from each and every one of them and it has put me in the great position I am in today. Now at the age of 23 I have made the 3rd toughest decision so far in life and throwing in all the marbles and I’ve never felt better or more motivated. Of course the “DC 17 Film” and “4103” are the first two of three projects we will be working on. The 3rd is yet to be announced but I can assure you it’s one to wait for haha. I really do appreciate my co-workers, friends and family for their support when I broke the news to them last week. I always have to thank the people who are/were negative towards me but my same new favorite line goes to those people “YOU’LL NEVER STOP AT ONE, I’LL TAKE YOU ALL ON” hahaha. Well then, giddy up and turn the page because a new chapter is ready to begin. I always said there are a shit load of ideas and creativity in this bald head of mine, and it’s about time I put it on display in a timely manner…LET’S ROLL

I'm bLaCk, black in the New York grooooooove

Finally, I’m back in the regular shwing of things. I wonder how long it will take me to recover from the west coast time zone and to get back on good terms with my cat, who I feel like I haven’t seen for month’s lol. Being in California for a week then flying straight to PSU can definitely drain a person but it’s exactly how I planned events and I refuse to ever complain about my liiiiiiifestyle. Homecoming weekend got a little out of hand on my part haha. After functioning on a different schedule and then trying to get back into college lifestyle for a few days, WOW. Even though I miss those good ol’ days where the after parties was a definite spot to be I just said “it’s time for bed” so I guess I lost a little bit of that spark after being out of school for over a year.

Last week I had posted a comment on Facebook, asking if it was weird to introduce yourself to a person you were Internet friends with, but never met them personally. It was just a random question because I know a lot of people are shy and hide behind their computer screens and status updates and stuff. I am just the exact opposite and I took it upon myself to go about this personal challenge lol. While in the club Sat night I asked a friend to approach a girl whose face I recognized so I can actually meet her. NOW, before this makes it seem bad I had it very well planned…

1) I asked a friend of mine, who everyone could recognized him (& u can probably guess who I’m talking about) 2 approach the girl

2) I told my boy to point me out first and mention that I already knew her name through facebookbutt so it was a clear that was the reason for the convo

3) And last I pulled this move off in a public place so it wouldn’t come off as awkward like in an alley way or outside a public bathroom

So, I had thought I approached the situation rather well, turns out the girl was real rude and just didn’t wanna shake my hand or nothing and it wasn’t like I was even trying to hit on her or anything like that. Just a simple introduction and maybe another person I could spark up a convo with. Turns out she was more interested in the friend of mine who I asked to go up to her, but you win some & you lose some.

Anyway, I doubt my attitude will ever change so if I see someone I recognize you better bet your ass if I don’t know you and I’m in a talking mood you’ll get a visit from the Blackmaiin ;). These next two weeks require no traveling which is excellent but many meetings and cool work stuff will be taking place…HA! I was just completely lying, ill be very busy these next couple of days so look for another post around Thursday pleasth…K BYEEEEEEEEEE

Any Similarity to Persons Living or Dead Is Purely Coincidental -- Except my show is clearly about PSU Liiiiiife =)

It’s about that time now to get back on track with the basics of “4103”. Most of the time I have spent working on this project has been developing episodes for the first season. Meanwhile all of the basic development ideas have been in the back of my mind, such as a setting, name of the school we attend etc. I’ve been in touch with former roommates/teammates to help with ideas recently and all of them have contributed with some funny ass ideas. This project is definitely going to take a while before I’ll ever release it only because I want it to be as close to perfect as possible. This isn’t an assignment that has a particular due date, so I have time to screw up and go back and fix mistakes instead of pitching a show that doesn’t make sense to executives or even myself. I got a chance to do an interview with the collegian news paper and for the 1st time talk about my cartoon development outside of my group of friends and colleagues. http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/2009/10/10/mag_teaser1_story.aspx

There is such a long process for developing a show and maintaining it, so even when a show isn’t very good, there still has been a shit load of work put into each and every episode made and I respect that aspect of it. In my case for developing this show is that it’s all me and only me as of now working on this project. This stage I believe is called the “development stage” so the pin-point ideas are being modified before I continue on with writing episodes because that’s the fun part of all this. I was thinking of doing a short comic book series online for the first few episodes of the show, just to give a taste of what kind of ideas I’m working with ova heah. Well for now that’s all I have to say about that.

PS. I love it out here in California but I will be at PSU for homecoming weekend to continue filming for the documentary and getting back together with old schoolmates for fun party times.

K BYEEEEEE

Everywhere you look...

The dream continues on for the kid. After a long 4 day week I decided to take a day off to just recover mentally and not do any type of work, so I locked out the e-mails and put the phone away so no one can disturb my peace of mind. This will last for about 35-45 minutes lol. This is my last week as NJ/NY(er) before I fly out to SAN FRANCISCO next Thursday to expand my fan base and kick it west coast style. What will happen when I arrive is not known yet but of course the camera will be on hand and a few sets will be visited. Today is one of those "me time" days, so I decided to hit up the spa and get a nice Swedish massage and maybe go swimming for a little bit at the pool just to express how much I want to unwind...this is the LIIIIIIFE of a boss and I just wanted to express that =D. When will I return? no one knows, but of course I have to work and that's always a buzz kill towards the end of a trip. In my case it's all peachy though cause like Missy Elliot says "we run this" and yupp that's about it...I hope everyone has a great weekend and I want to say goodbye to all the people I won't see before my departure

Oh yea duhhh, I'll be at PSU for homecoming so someone might want to get me from the Toftrees airport on the 16th pleasth lol