We had a very successful BookFair. We didn’t sell alot of DR books but alot of people showed up for different reasons…to visit the studios…see the live entertainment…and learn more about the project. We had about 60-70 attendees. A friend sent me an inspirational email Tyler Perry once wrote. Here it is
Today was a good day. Alot of positive things are happening and opportunities are showing face. We began setting up the Book Fair at Young! Studios for tomorrow. The fair will feature the DR book and Scuples graphic novel. The event is from 12:00p.m. – 2:00 p.m. I met with George Norfleet the Director of the State of Ct film commission. We put te final touches on a presentation we we are doing Monday for over 200 gifted high school kids throught the state at CCSU on Monday. The cool part is george is giving me alot of time to promote the DR Project. Every opportunity I get I have to promote the project.
I was approached today to see if I had any interest in help produce a major event in Hartford later this year. I’m definately interested. It will help add credibility to myself and organization as the DR project goes in to it’s difficult stages.
We had a full house todaY. The day went fast but productive. There is alot of projects on the table. The key to success in handling all these projects is delegating to others who are competent.
Mostly I tried to concentrate on Young! Studios stuff that pays the bills. But I had to pay attention to DR work as well. We are getting a few more interns to wk. on the DR Live Show. In a minute it will probably be intern driven. Vanessa and I concentrated on the book fair this Saturday. It’s alot putting the day together because we have so may other things going on. I will call janis and others to help. The bookfair is Saturday from 12pm -4pm. We have live entertainment(poets, musicians, etc.) from 1pm-2pm. One of the main goals for the Book fair is to move units of DR book.
A busy but good day. the guys began working on the next DR Live Tv show. It is coming on June 17th from 5:00p.m. – 6:00p.m. on Hartford Public Access TV/Channel 5 and live on the internet(webcast) on accesstv.org.
The guys are really enjoying working on the “Ruff Cut”, the Diamond Hater character. I will do the voice over in the studios tomorrow and then they will animate.
In July we have a lot of art teachers throughout CT coming to Young! Studios. We will really be promoting the project and book up at this event. Enchanted Destinations is handling this event.
A friend of mine Sara Diamond introduced the DR project to a friend of hers. She is a sharp businesswoman and a national best-selling author. She hit me up via email. I will try to reach her tomorrow to discuss the project and see how we can help each other. Stay tuned.
For some reason today was one of the fastest moving days I’ve had all year. Everything was coming at us. Changes had to be made to the biz plan we’ve been working on. A special project w/a client had to be cretaed and videotaped. The afterschool program and DR Show had to be taken care of, bills had to be paid and personal matters needed attention, etc. But it helps having good people around–they hold you up. As wee move along I see how important it is to have positive and like people around. Ever so often we all suffer from being toxic. But positive people can help cleanse you. They help you overcome challenges. I saw a great piece on Yahoo today. I’ll cut and paste it for you.
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Although we like to think that the people in our lives are well-adjusted, happy, healthy minded individuals, we sometimes realize that it just isn’t so. Personally, I’ve had moments where I’ll be skipping through my day, happy as can be, thinking life is grand and BAM, I’ll be blindsided by someone who manages to knock the happy wind out of my sails. Sometimes it is easy to write it off and other times, not so much.
Maybe you are a positive person, but when you are around a certain individual, you feel negative. Or, maybe you have an idealistic view of the world and when you are with certain people, you are made to feel silly, unrealistic or delusional. Or, maybe you pride yourself in being completely independent and in control of your life, but when you are around a certain family member, you regress into a state of childhood.
Some of these situations, and yes, these people, can have a tremendously negative impact on our lives. And, although we are all human and have our ‘issues,’ some ‘issues’ are quite frankly, toxic. They are toxic to our happiness. They are toxic to our mental outlook. They are toxic to our self-esteem. And they are toxic to our lives. They can suck the life out of us and even shorten our lifespan.
Here are the worst of the toxic personalities out there and how to spot them:
1. Manipulative Mary: These individuals are experts at manipulation tactics. Is a matter of fact, you may not even realize you have been manipulated until it is too late. These individuals figure out what your ‘buttons’ are, and push them to get what they want.
2. Narcissistic Nancy: These people have an extreme sense of self-importance and believe that the world revolves around them. They are often not as sly as the Manipulative Marys of the world, but instead, tend to be a bit overt about getting their needs met. You often want to say to them “It isn’t always about you.”
3. Debbie Downers: These people can’t appreciate the positive in life. If you tell them that it is a beautiful day, they will tell you about the impending dreary forecast. If you tell them you aced a mid-term, they’ll tell you about how difficult the final is going to be.
4. Judgmental Jims: When you see things as cute and quirky, they see things as strange and unattractive. If you find people’s unique perspectives refreshing, they find them ‘wrong’. If you like someone’s eclectic taste, they find it ‘disturbing’ or ‘bad’.
5. Dream Killing Keiths: Every time you have an idea, these people tell you why you can’t do it. As you achieve, they try to pull you down. As you dream, they are the first to tell you it is impossible.
6. Insincere Illissas: You never quite feel that these people are being sincere. You tell a funny story, they give you a polite laugh. You feel depressed and sad and they give you a ‘there, there’ type response. You tell them you are excited about something and you get a very ho-hum response.
7. Disrespectful Dannys: These people will say or do things at the most inappropriate times and in the most inappropriate ways. In essence, they are more subtle, grown up bullies. Maybe this person is a friend who you confided in and uses your secret against you. Maybe it is a family member who puts their busy-body nose into your affairs when it is none of their business. Or maybe, it is a colleague who says demeaning things to you.
8. Never Enough Nellies: You can never give enough to these people to make them happy. They take you for granted and have unrealistic expectations of you. They find ways to continually fault you and never take responsibility for anything themselves.
All of these personalities have several things in common. 1) the more these people get away with their behavior, the more they will continue. 2) Unfortunately, most of these people don’t see that what they do is wrong and as a result, talking to them about it will fall on deaf ears, leaving you wondering if you are the crazy one. 3) Most of these people get worse with age, making their impact on you stronger with time.
Spent half the day with family in MA & CT. The later part of the day worked on Young! Studios work and prepared assignments for the week for the DR team. This week the newsletter and TV program has to be sent out to stations in CT, MA, DC, ATL , BOSTON, and NYC.
Worked on Ruff Cut script for DR Live for animators to begin on Tuesday. I continued to put summer program together. The focus will be kids working on the DR Project. I have to start having all the dots connect w/all my activities or it will be too much all over the place.
I began working on a new script for Scruples. I will do 3 rough pgs. a day no matter what. It’s crazy to put more stuff on my plate… But opportunity is upon us. I just have to manage my time better and get up earlier and go to bed later. I hate this grind. But you do what you have to do to survive. Having kids is also a great motivator. As parents we want to have our children struggle less than we did and we do this by creating opportunity for them. My mom who passed was a great believer in this…not only was she a believer she mplemented things today where me and my brothers benefit. Not necessarily monetary but providing the best education her and my father could afford, but also teaching us life lessons and the power of integrity and hardwork.
Worked on changes made to Young! Studios biz plan. Spoke to Kyle about this week’s DR You Tube. We will show clips from DR Live TV Show that came on Wednesday.
I began working on a new movie script for the Scruples characters. I will give myself a month to get a first draft done.
I also am putting together the plan for my youth summer program. The theme of the camp will be DR Live. the kids will come up w/video skits, animation, and sound recording for the show. It will be an educational and fun summer for the kids.
Myself, Tierney and Vanessa have been working all week and all of today on a biz plan for Young! Studios. It will be a little while to see if we get it funded. If funded it will open up all doors for the DR Ruff Project.
I’m feeling really good about everything. We have a strong team now and when implement more systems it will be even stronger. The people are I am surrounded by are not just idea people they are producers and get results. We’re still in the struggle but I am seeing a light at the end of the tunnel. This DR Project will happen. But I think it’s going to happen in a way I don’t see.
A busy day. My main focus was wrapping up this major biz plan for Young! Sudios. Tomorrow it has to be finished. It has nothing to do w/DR but if awarded it may open doors for the project. Actually everything is connected. Support letters came from true supporters in the 11th hour (Capital Comm. College, Girl Scouts, Westfield State U, Enchanted Destinations and others). This reminded how important it is to maintain certain relationships. You never know when you’re going to need them.
Denise and I recapped the DRL show and went over what we thought was good ansd what could be improved. Also how to bring the show to the next level for exposure.
Two more interns entered the project. When people join like this you know you’re on the right track. The key is being able to utilize their help correctly so they don’t lose enthusiasm.
Kyle and I also went over plans for making the You Tube better. We have a cpl. cool visual surprises.
The Joe, Picture This Show, Inc.
Hartford Animation & Film Institute
Capital Community College
"Mr. Ruff Cutt"
Cartoon on YouTube
Kyle Young's
"Snowball Therapy"
