Highlights of 2008

Chronolgical order from beginning of 2008 to end

January
- Shot Captain Coulier from Jan. 5-10 2008.

- Pitched Greenwillow, tv series idea, to an entertainment lawyer, who loves it and immediately gets us a meeting with CBC. Lawyer becomes, and still is, my lawyer.

- Finally get a job @ a prestigious tennis club in Toronto. Argueably the best tennis job I could get in Canada, with great boss and fellow staff.

- Move to the city into a great area and a beautiful townhouse.

February
- Nail a pitch meeting with CBC securing a development deal on 'Greenwillow' sitcom. Meet with head producer and creator of 'Billable Hours' to help us write Greenwillow. He agrees.

- Meet a girl (won't name names) and had a very romantic encounter. The most serious relationship of the year. Was on and off for 5 months, but wasn't meant to be.

-Visited Las Vegas first time.

March
-nothing but writing and partying

April
-writing, editing, partying...

May
-BravoFact submission for short concept film 'Shirtgun Guy' script is approved for a maximum grant.

-Screen 'Captain Coulier' to a very welcoming audience at Ryerson. Film chosen for the student spotlight.

-Visit London England and have an amazing time with Slyblogger and the likes.

-Greenwillow picks up Kevin Tierney(Bon Cop Bad Cop) as producer. The wisdom from him was huge for me. CBC fires our writing partner who basically helped us get the deal. (fishy)

June
-Meeting with head of programming at CTV/Space regarding Captain Coulier the TV show. They commit to it in the meeting. Development deal inked.

July
-Become friends with Temple Street Productions, who want to produce Coulier if it goes through. Biggest producers in the country.

-Shoot Greenwillow presentation pilot after CBC fires our head writer, claiming they 'don't like his style'.

August
-Get an agent.

- Greenwillow presentation pilot is rejected by CBC and our contract is bought out.

September
-Shoot Shirtgun Guy. Have the best time of my life on set.

October and November
-Go 6 weeks completely sober. Start a blog.

-Finish pilot script on Captain Coulier, and CTV likes it!

-Graduate from Second City conservatory with a great year end show. Make friendships with some amazing people. And great wisdom again from a solid director.

December
-Captain Coulier gets into Sundance. (highlight of the year)

-Shirtgun Guy completed and accepted by Bravo network. Screening goes great. Submit to major festivals, and awaiting acceptance...

-Off to Mexico for New Year 2008.

Honourable mentionables of the year
mullet hairstyle- have a period with a full on mullet.
French girls. Seemed to meet an absurd amount of girls 'just visiting' Toronto for the night from Montreal.
Kareoke- first time in 2008
yoga - huge phase.
car (spent 4 gs to fix it up)
Tony Pontes. my skit writing friend and great guy to have developed a friendship with. Stealing all his jokes.
Geoff Callaghan. Another great friend, and fellow tourmented artist.


2008 what I learned about myself

I batted 1000 with pitching ideas for movies and television shows to network people. Therefore, if you have an idea, I'll pitch it for you and it will get picked up. Even if it's stupid. I need to hone this skill somehow in 2009.

goals for 2009
-make Coulier the television show and get it on tv.

-make 'passive doc' the newest project. Make it as a Bravo short documentary to be eventually used as a presentation pilot to make it into a featured documentary.

-find an actual girlfriend. I think it is time.

-move to USA by September 2009. New York or LA, or anywhere in California.

-collaborate more with other actors and writers.

Overall letter grades for the year 2008
Work related stuff: A+
Love related stuff: C-
Treating others: B