holding my breath and crossing my fingers

I know that in my last post I mentioned that 'I was keeping my fingers crossed, but I wasn't going to hold my breath', well that was before I checked my pitch's status and noticed that I had jumped from 1,700th place to 7th place overnight. Before I didn't have much of chance in hell of finishing in the top ten - but now the race is on... and I'm actually in it. I know this kind of behavior isn't healthy for production, but "I can't help it, it's fantastic".

Okay, now it's time for me to think out-loud. Just as fair warning; this might get a little on the "ramble'ish" side. A friend of mine somehow got on the subject of project:pedal with a handful of people he works with, in so many words he mentioned it was 'a documentary about me and some people riding across the country on bicycles'. And in response the said that sounded really boring. And I admit, for half a second, I almost started to worry... but then I thought of a handful of recent documentaries that gained a lot of mainstream attention. 'Supersize Me', for example, I can just see someone explaining what the film was about to their friends, "it's about some guy who eats McDonalds for a month". And I can just see their reaction, "wow... that sounds stupid... who in their right mind would sit through that?" And then there is 'Spellbound', a documentary about a spelling-bee contest. I couldn't imaging sitting through an actual spelling-bee contest not to mention watch a movie on one. Right?

Wrong - these two films got nothing but rave-reviews from all the critics and quickly moved higher and higher up the 'a-list' for theatre-worthy films. The main reason has nothing to do with their topic, their success and 'watch-ability' is all thanks to the talented storytelling of their directors and editors. After all, the cliche' holds true: it's not what you say, it's how you say it.

Well, I had more to write about but I have to get ready for my day-job. On a closing note, I would like to update the status of proj:pedal - I have jumped from 7th, down to 29th, back up to 3rd, where I am currently holding steady. "The suspense is terrible... I hope it last".