And another wonderful year of wedded bliss (Yayy, us!)...
And now it's time to prepare for the summer...
A month ago, I put into motion something wonderful. A awesome labor of love known as Velma.
Velma has been in the works for little over a year, and everytime I think about how awesome everyone is that helped me get to his point, I just get so elated and filled with joy. I would not have gotten here without the awesome people behind me.
A little background: Around the beginning of last year, there was word about the re-launch of In Living Color. Actors from all over, were uploading audition videos onto the interweb. I saw an interesting video that someone posted on facebook, and I was like, "Sheeet, I can do that!"
I came up with the character of Velma, who is the mixture of some interesting folk I've encountered here in Zoo York, wrote a sketch, and my awesome buddy, Bill Johnson, co-starred in it, and helped me shoot it.
As the Universe would have it, there were some hiccups in trying to get the sketch burned onto a DVD, then sent to the proper channels to be considered. Instead of freaking out, I meditated on what really was my motivation for putting this character out into the world. Did I want to just do this one audition, and be done with it, or did I want to explore, and really see where this character and her world could take me?
After doing more research on the progress of the reboot, I learned that the project had been cancelled. I was glad that I didn't put all my hopes and dreams into one basket, and knew that the hiccups from before, was just the Universe's way of showing me that better things were coming.
I made sure to remain on the radar of the casting director, Amber Bickham, 'cause well, you never know...And I began work on what to do, and where to take Velma next.
One rainy afternoon, I met my friend, Guy Shahar, for coffee, who told me he wanted to do a project that was funny, crazy and inappropriate. I showed him the video of the sketch, and the rest is history -- or history in the making, I should say... :-)
The pilot for the webseries is shot, we're now in pre-production, and I'm looking forward to the launch... :-)
About a week ago, I was (half) joking with a friend about how cool it would be if there was a VelmaCon in the near future, with folks dressed up as Velma and other characters from the show: A revelry of geekdom as far as the eye can see...
Ahh, my inner geeky child (I'm still a geeky adult lol) is smiling :-)
