Below is the February 2015 Edition of The Moped Jones Drunken Podcast.
Welcome to the first show of the new format. Topics are listed below...
Jason breaks up with his family.
ARTIST OF THE MONTH: "If So" by Atlas Genius (CLICK HERE to buy)
JASPER STONE'S 3 Minute Movie Minute: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
What are we drinking?
"Famous" people born on 8/3/77: Tom Brady, Jason Schaver
1 Good / 1 Bad: Bad Words / Skeleton Twins
ARTIST OF THE MONTH: "Trojans" by Atlas Genius (CLICK HERE to hear more!)
Black History Month: True or False
Jason talks about how he beat a black guy at basketball.
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See you on March 1st!
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What else? Still working on finishing our script, I Don't Recall. Hope to be done by March 1st. We are literally (okay, figuratively) limping to the finish. We have about a half dozen scenes left to write. This is by far the most difficult screenplay I've ever written, but at the same time it is by far my best work. I cannot wait to get this thing filmed.
What else? I started working out at a local gym.
I was 255 on January first. As of today I was 243.6. So I'm down a cool 11.4 pounds. My goal is to get down to about 185 (or at least under 200) by the time we start shooting I Don't Recall (which will hopefully be in August or September-ish).
This was addressed in the podcast a little bit, but I recently had some family drama. My parents clearly don't believe in my "talents" and think I should quit making films. My dad has said a few times (to my face) that it's time to grow up and quit and get a real job. However, recently it was brought to my attention that my own mother was saying things behind my back to my girlfriend that I should quit and asked me if I was forcing her to help on the movies). It really broke my heart to hear that my mom was saying these things. While neither of them have ever actually done anything to help my movies get made, my mom had never really done anything to hurt my films either. But hearing that she had said this stuff really bothered me.
I told her that I needed a break from her negativity (she's constantly talking shit about everyone, I never really noticed it until I got older). She was even criticizing my sister's parenting skills (and the next thing out of her mouth was gushing about how well behaved and intelligent my sister's kids are). Long story short, I told my mom I didn't like her talking shit about my sister, and then my mom went and told my sister some lie and now my sister isn't talking to me either.
Oh well, no big loss. It's not like these people are supportive or anything. They all think me making movies is stupid and a waste of time (even though I've won a dozen awards and have gotten better with each film). I am never going to truly blossom if my own parents (mainly my mom) don't stop with all the negativity. I know I am good at making movies. Shame on them for thinking working at the box factory is as good as I can do. When I finally do make it, they better not try to take any credit for it b/c I will have no trouble telling the world how unsupportive they really were. Looking back at my childhood, they never encouraged me to do anything. In fact, they made me afraid of my own shadow for a large chunk of my life. If they had done a better job the first time around they wouldn't feel the need to meddle in my life. (which is proof that they don't deserve to meddle now).
Jason W. Schaver
www.mopedjones.com
