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[sketchyj]

wait wait wait
the person writing that email was trying to cover her back in this whole situation
i do not have a drug problem and the fact that she makes the assumption that i do i suppose speaks to the fact that people are quick to assume the worst (reminds me...gotta start a video for never win......)
maybe because the DVD i was handing out that night is for the remix to You're my Disco (she doesn't get enough cocaine, she doesn't get enough party, .........)
hmmmmm
she's a damn pot smoker anyway!!!!! her and my brother are always hitting the ganja
oy vey

[sketchyj]

and OMG holly!!!! i don't live off of my family in any way whatsoever.....OK, i used my brothers connections at LaRumba to get a foot in the door but he's moved away to Hawaii for the last 6 months (he only caught my first gig before he left) ...and i never would have been asked back except that the Lipgloss crowd really loved my shows (part of the problem here)...all my income comes from school and my job as a writer for seniorsresourceguide.com

hmmmph

[sketchyj]

ehem,
ok here it is.....
The day started out crazy anyway, i had a midterm exam in my Cinema 4D class so i called Marisa and left a message that I could not be at the club by noon, and that as soon as i got done at school i would be there, hopefully by 1:30pm to begin setting up (they have nothing there at the club, it takes me about 4 hours to set up all my own projectors, screens, vj rig etc etc)....so i finally got her to answer her phone about 1:40 that day and she was her usual crabby self and told me that she had a meeting at the club at 2:00 and she would be there then to let me in. I explained that I was on my way to the other side of town to pick up a 3rd video projector for the show and could she wait there for me until 2:15pm...she said if her meeting was over by then she was not going to wait. So I sped across town like a madman to get the projector and make it back before she left. I arrived at 2:05pm and she didn't even show up until 2:15. So, it was all fine and i went in and began pulling out giant ladders and setting up. For the next half hour she showed a group of people from a local business the club because they wanted to throw a private party there and she was trying to sell it. As soon as the group left, she approached me and asked if it would be OK if they BORROWED?!! my video projectors for their party....I said "sure, if you want to hire me", to which she replied "oh, so no then." GRRRRR....it's not enough that i have been doing this gig for 6 months for $75 per gig, for which i have to set up and tear down the whole rig each time,....now she wants to BORROW?!! my gear when i'm not there??? I once saw a post on VJ forums that said "if you let them pay you less than the janitor, they will treat you worse than the janitor".....wish i would have taken that one to heart a long time ago.....so anyway, i bit my tongue and acted like it didnt bother me and continued sweating my balls off for the next 4 hours to get everything ready in time for the night......
finally, when i get up on stage, Arkaos crashes (for the 10th time that day).....i realize then that im up there rebooting my computer and looking stupid, but thats OK...it was when the DJ got up there and told me to forget my show for the night that i lost it and told him to F off.......then there was a tense standoff after which i smashed a $15 skull candy tray (that I had paid for with my own money before the show)...it was then that i was locked in a back room, after which I broke a window to escape......

[complexvisuals]

Question I want to ask;

Why are you airing this in public?

[sketchyj]

there's a Glenn Frye song....something about how everyone loves dirty laundry

[holly]

Originally posted by sketchyj
...it was then that i was locked in a back room, after which I broke a window to escape......

It's like an episode of ALIAS.:P

Why didn't you say that in the first place?

[disassembler]

[sketchyj]

my friend told me recently that I often go into seemingly random stories and thoughts which eventually reveal something relevant to the current conversation....however, this reverse order of storytelling often provokes frustration and impatience in those listening, i've found, because people want immediacy. Whenever I watch a movie i've already seen with others who are watching it for the first time, I notice that I must fend off queries as to the storyline/plot twists/ending etc.....when I refuse to divulge any facts the usual response is usually "you suck!", or something to that effect. Actually, it delights me to reveal the story in such a reverse order so that I can sit back and watch an experiment in human nature such as this. Before any facts had been confirmed or denied I was considered a drug addict, mentally unstable menace who shows up at gigs acting like a spoiled rock star. I love the fact that it quickly degenerated into power ranger insults, confirming for me once again that the world is full of mean people and people that would love to see me fail. Holly, you (as always) stick to your guns and your beliefs and you kiss no one's ass and for that you are #1 in my book. Thanks for your concern and advice, I look up to you more than you know.

[asterix]

well can we avoid whatever that means in future so we can keep the peace in forums.

[sketchyj]

i can't promise anything about peace in the forums, but yeah OK asterix i will chill on the bait and switch