December 15, 2005
Here's an update on the Clubbin' Techniques video project:
I counted all the votes and girl #888 won!! Analeah was the fortunate chosen one to be in the video. After a few emails back and forth, I asked her to meet up to shoot on Sunday evening and she responded "Where's Milpitas?" Turns out this breezie is from Santa Rosa. I wished we would have established that sooner. Anyways, so with the philosophy of "Fall 7 times, Stand up 8" still in my head, I did another craigslist post. Then an exotic dancer, Girl-M, expressed interest. See pic below.
Here's an update on the Clubbin' Techniques video project:
I counted all the votes and girl #888 won!! Analeah was the fortunate chosen one to be in the video. After a few emails back and forth, I asked her to meet up to shoot on Sunday evening and she responded "Where's Milpitas?" Turns out this breezie is from Santa Rosa. I wished we would have established that sooner. Anyways, so with the philosophy of "Fall 7 times, Stand up 8" still in my head, I did another craigslist post. Then an exotic dancer, Girl-M, expressed interest. See pic below.
I thought she looked kinda manly so I emailed her….
"Do you think your other exotic dancer friends are interested too?"
"Yes, her name is Jasmin, here's a picture," responds Girl-M.
"Do you think your other exotic dancer friends are interested too?"
"Yes, her name is Jasmin, here's a picture," responds Girl-M.
AIM convo:
urban: damn YO!! HAHAHHAHA. JACKPOT!!!!!!! DING DING DING
ray: damn , look at that ass.
urban: WORD. HAHHAHAHA.
I emailed back Girl-M and said:
"My friends and I decided to use your friend for the video. I think blonds would fit the part better, just because of the type of video that it is. Do you have her contact number??"
"Her and I both work tomorrow and Sunday at the XXX from 11am-7pm. You can drop by and talk to her in person about your project, " responds girl-M.
This strip bar was right to my school (how convienent), so I cut class at 11:00am and walked on over in a very casual and undercover manner. I didn't want anyone seeing me go into that joint. The place opened at 11am and I was in there at 11:05am. Geez. They musta thought I was a real pervert. Like I needed to look at naked women real bad, so bad that I come right when the place opens. The dancers aren't even there yet so the bartender talks to me….
"Hey hun, can I get you something to drink?"
"Oh no i'm okay. I'm just here to talk to Jasmin about a video project"
Okay, now I really sound like a freak. An asian cat coming into a strip bar 5 minutes after it opens to talk about shooting a video?? Tell me this does not have "Porn Star Director" all over it. So after a few minutes of twiddling w/ my thumbs, the girls arrived. Girl-M was the first to arrive and Jasmin came about 5 minutes later. I didn't recognize Jasmin ….because…she DID NOT look like the image at all!! Holy MOLY. She was chubby, huge love handles, a belly like Homer Simpson that just hung out...and certainly not someone that would make you look twice. Damn, the hell with photography, lighting and Adobe Photoshop for doing this to me!!! Yet, I stood there with these 2 exotic dancers looking at me and I had to say something. I couldn't just say that she doesn't look like the picture so I managed to utter ….
"So... I'm basically making this video and it's strictly for fun. When my friends and I go to the clubs, we have all these dance moves, like freaking and I thought it would be fun to make an instructional video. This is only for fun, not going to be for sale and it's not....ummm...."
(I wanted to say trashy, but didn't want to hint that stripping was "trashy" too..)
"It's not a porn video." says Jasmin.
"Yeah that's it! It's not porn. Not at all. Um.. it's going to take about 30 min to 1 hr to film and I'll pay you $50."
"Ok, I'll do it. Here's my #" says Jasmin.
I went home and sent girl-M an email.
"My friends and I changed our minds. We would like you in our video. Are you free to shoot next week?"
Her reply: "Sorry, I am no longer interested. You already stated you preferred blonds for the project. Next time, you might want to consider keeping your options open before putting all your eggs in one basket.
My email: "I understand why you're not interested about the blonds thing. But well the thing is, the blond thing wasn't true at all. I don't care if it's a blond or not thats' in my video. I just..didnt' know what to say to you when I was thinking about hiring your friend over you. I didn tknow how to make it "PC." But I would very much rather have you in my video and would like to work with you."
Her reply: "Okay. I can appreciate honesty. My schedule is pretty flexible. Just let me know when you want to shoot. The only times that are bad for me are Sat&Sun from 11-7 and Monday nights. My number is xxxxx "
Okay so I almost lost out on the craigslist stripper, that would have been a critical blow to my video. But it's all gravy now and we'll be shooting when I get back from LA!! Currently working hard on the outline and soundtrack. =]
Signed,
Happy Camper.
On to the LAST POST including the CHOSEN FEMALE!
urban: damn YO!! HAHAHHAHA. JACKPOT!!!!!!! DING DING DING
ray: damn , look at that ass.
urban: WORD. HAHHAHAHA.
I emailed back Girl-M and said:
"My friends and I decided to use your friend for the video. I think blonds would fit the part better, just because of the type of video that it is. Do you have her contact number??"
"Her and I both work tomorrow and Sunday at the XXX from 11am-7pm. You can drop by and talk to her in person about your project, " responds girl-M.
This strip bar was right to my school (how convienent), so I cut class at 11:00am and walked on over in a very casual and undercover manner. I didn't want anyone seeing me go into that joint. The place opened at 11am and I was in there at 11:05am. Geez. They musta thought I was a real pervert. Like I needed to look at naked women real bad, so bad that I come right when the place opens. The dancers aren't even there yet so the bartender talks to me….
"Hey hun, can I get you something to drink?"
"Oh no i'm okay. I'm just here to talk to Jasmin about a video project"
Okay, now I really sound like a freak. An asian cat coming into a strip bar 5 minutes after it opens to talk about shooting a video?? Tell me this does not have "Porn Star Director" all over it. So after a few minutes of twiddling w/ my thumbs, the girls arrived. Girl-M was the first to arrive and Jasmin came about 5 minutes later. I didn't recognize Jasmin ….because…she DID NOT look like the image at all!! Holy MOLY. She was chubby, huge love handles, a belly like Homer Simpson that just hung out...and certainly not someone that would make you look twice. Damn, the hell with photography, lighting and Adobe Photoshop for doing this to me!!! Yet, I stood there with these 2 exotic dancers looking at me and I had to say something. I couldn't just say that she doesn't look like the picture so I managed to utter ….
"So... I'm basically making this video and it's strictly for fun. When my friends and I go to the clubs, we have all these dance moves, like freaking and I thought it would be fun to make an instructional video. This is only for fun, not going to be for sale and it's not....ummm...."
(I wanted to say trashy, but didn't want to hint that stripping was "trashy" too..)
"It's not a porn video." says Jasmin.
"Yeah that's it! It's not porn. Not at all. Um.. it's going to take about 30 min to 1 hr to film and I'll pay you $50."
"Ok, I'll do it. Here's my #" says Jasmin.
I went home and sent girl-M an email.
"My friends and I changed our minds. We would like you in our video. Are you free to shoot next week?"
Her reply: "Sorry, I am no longer interested. You already stated you preferred blonds for the project. Next time, you might want to consider keeping your options open before putting all your eggs in one basket.
My email: "I understand why you're not interested about the blonds thing. But well the thing is, the blond thing wasn't true at all. I don't care if it's a blond or not thats' in my video. I just..didnt' know what to say to you when I was thinking about hiring your friend over you. I didn tknow how to make it "PC." But I would very much rather have you in my video and would like to work with you."
Her reply: "Okay. I can appreciate honesty. My schedule is pretty flexible. Just let me know when you want to shoot. The only times that are bad for me are Sat&Sun from 11-7 and Monday nights. My number is xxxxx "
Okay so I almost lost out on the craigslist stripper, that would have been a critical blow to my video. But it's all gravy now and we'll be shooting when I get back from LA!! Currently working hard on the outline and soundtrack. =]
Signed,
Happy Camper.
On to the LAST POST including the CHOSEN FEMALE!
