PITCHSLAP

"Live every week, like it's shark week" - Tracey Jordan, 30Rock

FEBRUARY '10
TRAINING DIARY
So this week i pitched my documentary...about half a dozen times!
I can't describe how terrifying it is to pitch something, especially something you care so much about. What i'm proposing is something that will fundamentally change my life for better or for worse.
I spent 13 hours on Monday talking passionately about this awesome challenge, this madcap experiment in terror to people who looked either bemused, incredulous or (joy of joys) genuinely fascinated.

When it comes to talking about Lynn and Cold Steel i can go all day.
I have been researching Lynn's company and Lynn's "Warrior Lifestyle" for over 5 years. I've visited the facilities, read the magazine articles, been to the conferences, watched the demos and bought the DVDs...i've sat on forums and hunting blogs and knife discussion boards for hours over the last few years.
Talking about Cold Steel is a walk in the park.

Talking about myself is proving a challenge...
I've learned to face the camera and to write this diary by turning all of this into a confessional.
I'm pouring my feelings out and sometimes it's weird. It's like i'm talking about someone else....
When i look back at the raw footage we captured from my training so far i can't see myself..it's not like looking in the mirror...Sometimes i don't recognise the fat nerd on screen...

Anyway, fingers crossed...three days till i find out...