Cutting the Cheese?

Hey fuckmooks,

Just giving y'all a quick update before I head out to fetch da ketchup today.

I was supposed to meet with the Cheese Guy™ last night, but he pulled a no show. That's not to say he blew me off entirely. He did leave a message for me that my price wouldn't be a problem (oops - guess I shoulda gone higher), but it seems that they don't have the necessary permits to film inside of Grand Central Station. The City has recovered pretty well from 9/11 and, other than the days when we go on high alert and there are military guys standing around with machine guns, it is sometimes easy to forget that I live in a prime terrorist attack location. So - he is working today to try and secure me some permits and will call and let me know the dizzle.

J - you were right. I shoulda quoted higher. See - this is why I posted all the gory details. So that in the future I will not repeat my mistakes.

Steaz - When I was younger, I often mistakenly made the same jump in reason that you did. $2000 is a lot of money for one day of work. But this isn't actually ONE day of work. It is THREE days of worked crammed into one 24 hour period. It actually comes to less than $100/hr per time worked. Which in this business is nothing to write home about. You've heard the expression, "Nice work when you can get it", right? See, the reason it HAS to be nice work when you can get it is because you never know if you're gong to get more of it. So you MUST charge a sufficient sum of money to try and carry you through til the time when you get another job. Basically, this job has to subsidize your existence til you get that next one.

DAve - If this job comes through, I will definitely take you up on your offer to make me a "Cheese Song". I'll do a 'directors re-cut' of the vid to post to my YouTube account. Plus, the guys doing this are pretty cool (though Dutch) and they might get a kick out of it. Either way, I wouldn't show it to them until the check clears...