Holding on...

I'm here, I'm now, I'm ready... Holding on tightly, don't give away the ending
The darkest hours only hightlight the shadows
It's all easy days and fun and games until someone loses their heart
It's hardest to see the fight, through the dark of the night, in the heart of what's right, through someone else's eyes
I can't tell you how hard I've been trying, how much I've let go of

-J

Sunday's best

Good morning blog. A happy Sunday to you.
I haven't written anything anyone can understand in kind of a while so I thought since I have a few minutes this morning, I'd give it a shot.
Right now I'm working on another show for ABC. I don't know what it's going to be called but right now it's being referred to in our office as the "dream project." Basically it's a wish fulfillment show with a dash of interesting people, fun hosts and good stories. Think three wishes with less crying. I just went to a town called Temecula last night and held an open call. We had a great turnout and I even got a spicy Italianan sausage before I left. That's what I call a good time.
In personal news I just saw the movie version of Silent Hill. Jesus, that movie is pretty disturbing. Christophe Gans, the director, was obviously in love with the video games because you probably couldn't have gotten a more faithful version of this series. Every detail was spot on, and even ramped up a little. The art direction was wonderfully layered and properly decomposed. The architecture of Silent Hill remains just as unsettling and disorienting in the interior shots, and just as desolate and dirty in the exterior shots. The atmospheric sound design is still intact for the most part with a few other sounds and pop songs thrown in. I really enjoyed this film, despite the fact that something absolutely horrific, graphic and disturbing is happening onscreen about once every 15 minutes. You have been warned (one woman gets her skin torn off like yanking off a sweater, just as an example).
Ok, enough of the dark imagery. In case you haven't figured out from the last 8 months of cryptic poetry and non-tech related posts, I've been dating a lovely young reporter from Ohio. We actually met at an open casting call for another show I was working on (and no, she wasn't trying out for the show, she was writing about it for the newspaper). So she now lives in Minnesota and works for two different newspapers and I'm still working in TV casting. The distance has been tough and it takes a lot of effort to make it work, but like they always say, when you know, you just know. It's exciting, I can't even tell you. Keep checking back here and hopefully before too long (a handful of months) I'll be telling you all to look out for her here in California. Nothing would make me happier.

Josh

Hearts/hates

hearts
* reggie
* new music
* my Dad
* travelling
* summer air
* movies in the theater, sitting in the dark
* literature
* listening for the first time in a long time
* making Mn radio happen
* feeling clear-headed again

* you (I know you read this)

hates
* waiting to talk
* myspace
* stupid people
* short lunches
* stress-induced twitching
* distance

Stay golden,

J

Yahoo hooks up with BlackBerry

BlackBerry users will be able to get e-mail and instant messaging services from Yahoo under a deal expected to be announced tomorrow at the CTIA show in Las Vegas.

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