The way all Work doesn't make Jack a very dull boy

The sun had risen and set more than once before Jack Dean managed to update his new blogging venture. It had been a stressful and semi-eventful week so far and it didn't look like it would calm down just yet.

The International Film Company, The Film and Michael Jackson had all been a stress for Jack Dean Monday to Thursday. The stress had actually made Jacks oval head transform into the shape of the stress ball he doesn't have. "Fidledidum this week's been annoying" thought Jack to himself as Thursday started and he automatically began to look to the weekend approaching. Not that he didn't have a hundred things to do at the weekend - just that they were all things that he could control the stress levels of.

The International Film Company was a stressful place to be this week, and his friends there had told Jack that he was wasted in it. Jack considered this: it is true that he could be used more efficiently, that his skills were not put to best use. However, The Film was starting to move quickly into a position ready for pre-production and The Producer was putting into action some financing for Jack to go fulltime onto it (in a capacity close to Associate Producer) so Jacks employment at The International Film Company was becoming less important by the day. Their interest in The Film on distribution level however had been moved to a new level and Jacks employment was no longer so much of an advantage - the relationships with the heads of departments had been built (so contact out of employment within the company will be maintained) and the interest indicated. A stressful few days in his position within The International Film Company had pointed out all this to Jack, and he started to have no interest in extending his contract - and all focus was moving on to the role of Associate Producer on his script. "I'm basically doing this job on The Film anyway so I might as well go official on it and get some extra money in the bank" thought Jack. He certainly liked the idea of being a fulltime filmmaker (this was always the end game) and the freedom that comes with that is extremely attractive to him - finally this looks like a reality. A reality only a month away if things go to plan.

With these thoughticals flowing at the speed of light round and round his stressball shaped head, a distraction such as purchasing concert tickets would have been welcome. And it was, when Jack received a presale code for Michael Jackson's comeback concerts at the O2 he made it his mission to get tickets. Comeback? Jack questioned the notion of a 'comeback' when no new material is presented and the concerts in question were announced to be the last ever performances in London. But comeback or not, they were a great opportunity to see a living legend. Jack understood how people could be questioning the man after the child abuse allegations and his clearly damaged psyche, but he had been acquitted of all charges and his music has unquestionably changed the face of pop. This was enough, coupled with the fact that Jackson was probably the first music artist to have an impact on him as a child, to get Jack excited at the prospect of seeing him live. The music and the dance and the music videos were what made him a legend and, in an age of disposable pop artists, he could be the last legend of this kind. And this is likely to be the last chance to ever see him. So, on Wednesday morning, after 3 hours, a crashed website and a priority ticket line that broke down due to the demand Jack purchased himself two tickets for the 28th July. "Excellent, I'd thought I'd missed the last chance to see the King Of Pop when I failed to see the HIStory tour" mused Jack when his ticket confirmation came through. Jack was also glad his was for the 10th show of 27 announced so far, he isn't convinced Jackson will be on top form for the last 5...

Jack then set about the rest of his duties for the week.

The music video had progressed very little so he planned for this weekend to be solely on Final Cut Pro, apart from Sunday afternoon he had made plans to re-write the opening pages of The Film based on some of The Producers notes. This and watching films on his really-shouldn't-have-had-to-buy 2nd blu-ray player that arrived today. He was looking forward to a peaceful weekend, a weekend that will be kicked off with a Producer meeting Friday night and consist of mostly working on different projects.

"All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy, except when the only thing he really cares about is work and 'play' is watching films which falls under a work-related type of play" thought Jack "That's not as catchy as the original phrase but the original isn't entirely accurate."

*Pic: Mel Brooks The Producers - Source: Google Images