Passion Projects

I saw John's video on the website, Chow.com under a section named Obsessives. The videos profile different people who have become experts in a particular food-related field. There is an expert on pickles, and all things pickled. There is an expert on marmalade. And there's the soda expert, John. He owns and operates a store called Galco's which specializes in unique sodas. The cool thing about these "obsessives" is that they all seem really happy to be doing what they're doing. They are all making a living working on their passion projects and that's just about the best kind of job you can ever have. Although I'd love to go interview John in person, Chow.com did a really good job profiling him. They never directly ask him for advice on life but it's clear when he says, "I don't work. I just play all day long," that he's found the secret to his happiness.

A friend and I sold a TV show to Starz, which we've started to write. They are actually paying us to write a show that we'd star in. That's something I've been trying to do since I've moved to LA - and it's happening. I don't know if Starz is going to put the show on the air but I know I'm going to work my ass off to write the best - and funniest - show I can. I also know that when I go into work tomorrow - my first day working out of the Starz offices - I'll do so knowing that something I worked towards for 13 years in LA, is starting to pay off. And that feels pretty damn good.