2012 in Review...

Dear Whomever Is Bored & Reads This,

It's been an interesting year.  When I think back to where I was 340+ days ago (or however many days ago 1/1/12 was), I can't help but feel a little bit blessed. 

So what did I accomplish this year? 

Am I famous yet?  No.  But I did some things this year that will get me much MUCH closer to that.

So let's see...

January 2012 - I released a sketch comedy show online called 10 Minute Abs.  It got over 12,000 views in the first few weeks.  I was surprised at how well it caught on.  I was planning on doing a show every month, but it was just such a huge pain in the ass to write all the sketches, get everything organized.  I didn't like driving out to Chicago in the middle of winter to do this, so I put the show on hiatus until the spring of 2012.  But then I got sidetracked with my upcoming feature comedy Wingmen Incorporated.   I will be starting 10 Minute Abs up again at some point in 2013, just not sure when yet.  I think it can gain quite a following if I stick with it for a half dozen episodes or so.


February 2012 - Got an email from my filmmaking partner, Ken Gayton, that changed the rest of my year (and possibly my life).  He had been talking about moving out to LA for some time, but hadn't been able to go yet.  He sent me an email and said "since the powers that be" were going to be keeping his ass in Chicago for a while longer he wanted to shoot another feature.  We decided on Wingmen Incorporated.


March 2012 - My father almost died.   He was off from work because he had a fracture in his foot.
One night he had severe chest pains and my mother had to rush him to the ER.  He had multiple blood clots in his heart and lungs.  Fortunately this happened in the middle of the night when my mother was home.  If it had happened during the day while she was at work, he may not have survived.  I visited him every day while he was in the hospital. We talked more in those 5 days than we had in the past 10 years.  He apologized for the way he treated me when I was a kid.  I accepted.  It's 8 months later and we're still getting along just fine.

April - May 2012 - We started a fundraiser for Wingmen Incorporated.  Fans of our previous two films (The Truth About Average Guys & S.O.L.) donated more than $5000 to the film.  That made us feel really good.  We had people all over the globe donate.  Donations came in from as far away as Germany, England and Australia.  We had one person give us $650, and half dozen people give us $500.  It was a very cool experience to see that all these people enjoyed our work enough to send us $$$ so that we can keep making movies.

End of June - early August 2012 - For the first time since my engagement was called off, in April of 2009, I was in an actual relationship.  I had dated a lot of girls in that time, but was never "official" with any of them.  It was nice to get that monkey off my back and have a girlfriend again.  The relationship wasn't all that great.  The girl was pretty, smart, and nice.  But she felt more like a friend. So I was looking for a way to end it halfway through it.  One night she was being a little shady on Facebook, so I saw my opportunity.  She took it very well.  Actually, too well, lol.  Which was proof that I did the right thing by ending it.  I'm not sure what was really going on behind my back, but it didn't matter.  We weren't right for each other.  But it was nice to have a girlfriend b/c I got so sick of my last girlfriend being my ex fiancé.

June - September 2012 - Filmed Wingmen Incorporated. It was a pretty fun experience.  We had a very talented cast.  The Wingmen (Matt, Josh, Heath, Andrew, Greg, Jeff) were all a pleasure to work with.  We had a lot of laughs on set.  We couldn't have asked for a better cast of Wingmen. The days were long, but they were never short on laughs.  This movie is going to surprise the hell out of people.  It's that funny!

November 2012 - In early November I met a girl named Kate. We clicked immediately and became exclusive almost right off the bat.  She lives in Chicago, but comes to see me every weekend.  I'm not used to the girl coming to see me.  I usually have to do 99% of the driving.  Luckily for me she really likes coming out here.  She is a small town girl (despite living in Chicago).  So she loves how stress free it is out here.   In fact, she loves it so much (and me) that she is planning on moving out here in May. 

December 2012 - It's only the 9th.  I may have started this "year in review" blog a little bit too early.  But so far so good in December.  Wingmen Incorporated is currently being edited.  Ken did end up moving to LA.  But he's out there editing away.  I like a lot of what I've seen so far.  The film should be ready in the Spring of 2013.  We're hoping around the 1st of April (no foolin'!)

7 things to look forward to in 2013.....

1.  Kate moving out in here in May.
2. Wingmen Incorporated being done in April.
3. Starting a new screenplay and writing it with Kate (who just so happens to be an English Major)
4. Writing and shooting more episodes of 10 Minute Abs.
5.  Buying my own film equipment (camera & sound, so I can shoot closer to home)
6.  Submitting Wingmen Incorporated to film festivals (Sundance, Toronto, SXSW, Phoenix, Trail Dance, East Lansing, Austin, Las Vegas, and a few dozen more!  I want this thing playing EVERYWHERE!!!)
7.  Just relaxing and not being so pissed off anymore.  Life is finally good again.  About fucking time.

Jason W. Schaver
Moped Jones Entertainment


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