to the drawing board

It's my [birthday] party and I'll cry if I want to. And I have damn good reason to: apparently I didn't read over the guide-lines of the "Ideas happen" contest carefully enough, therefore missing the fact that only the top 10 finalist of the "first" voting stage [which ended three hours ago] can move on to the second and final round, from there four lucky people will be picked from each of the three categories and awarded $25,000... and I won't be one of those people. I guess that's what I get for trying to not pay too much attention to the contest, worrying it would distract me. This is a surprisingly huge let-down for me, I guess I underestimated how much I was subconsciously expecting or hoping to make the top four.

I suppose it's time for me to take a deep breath, count to ten and come to terms with the fact that no one is going to single handedly finance proj:pedal. Actually, having just said that I believe the real blow to the stomach is the realization that I have several serious problems to tackle... problems that will undoubtedly stone wall the film if not taken care of.

For example: earlier in the year I was confident I had a truck [for the crew members] set aside, but I don't believe that plan is as solid as it was before. Although I am already working on an alternative to that, so I'm not overly concerned [yet] about crew member transportation.

I've been entertaining the idea of running a 'canned-food drive' for proj:pedal's crew, at the moment the budget sets aside $1,400 for food, which still is scrapping the bottom of the barrel. Getting non-perishable food donated would help cut the cost of the film a great deal. And I believe that starting tomorrow I am going to begin running a new wanted-add, every other day, on 'Craig's list' not for crew members, but for equipment such as: wireless mic kits, used steadicams, low-budget cranes, r/c helicopters, etc...

Amanda pointed out the other day that first-time readers coming to the site who might actually be interested in helping the project, possibly wouldn't be aware that it needed help. She said I hint at $8,000 budgets and ACA sponsorship and leave the door open for people to assume that I have that money to build from and I'm simply trying to fill the crew positions. I would humbly like to make clear for the record that the film is in desperate need of financial support and attention. You can find ways of which to help proj:pedal under the "get involved" drop-menu to the left.

Well, it is, like I mentioned above, my birthday and I need to get some sleep for my big day... which will begin in a few hours from now. Good-night, world.