24 Crazy Ideas

Yesterday I outlined the key areas of my life that I need to get turned around. Today I'm going to lay out the basis of how I plan to do one of those things - getting Grinder Productions back on track. What follows below is a chart of all the Grinder Productions events that I would like to produce in 2008. I've outlined when I would like to do them, what they will be, the venue they will ideally take place in, how much I should be spending on them, and, most importantly, how many tickets I will have to sell in order to make $1000 of profit on each of them (at a nominal average of $12 a ticket).

Since I would like to generate $2000 a month of income I have 24 projects, but ideally I would like to be able to do more. I know this probably sounds crazy. After all, half the whole reason we're in this mess is because things got too busy for me to handle. The other half of the mess, in case you're wondering, is the fact that nobody was coming to the shows when they were on. However, both of these things can be solved, both of them need to be solved, in order for the turn-around to be completely effective. In my next posting I will lay-out the production-related "how-to's" in order to effectively get these shows off the ground. The posting after that will deal with the other major challenge, getting people to come out and see it.

I'm also adding in another component today. I've been keeping a food journal off and on for the last few months on weightlossforum.com, but I'd like to transfer it here, as I would like to keep all life-changing events in the same blog. I have found some success with the weightloss over the past few months, in spite of everything that's been going on, but it's still in a position where it could easily get out of hand, and I'm no where near where I would like to be.

So yesterday, I had the following to eat:
Breakfast: nothing.
Lunch: Burger and fries, Pepsi.
Supper: 2 grilled cheese sandwiches.
Snacks: Chocolates.

Not much to be proud of, I know. But I aslo know that if I don't write it down, in a public forum, then I will rationalize it out of importance in my mind, and it must remain important, if I am going to have the health to carry off the rest of my life turnaround.

I will have more to add to both of these areas tommorrow, and I will also try and add in another component if possible as well.

Til then,

Grinder

Grinder Productions 2008 Line-up:

Date	Show	Venue	Budget	# of tickets @ $12 for $1000 profit
January	The Blue Room	ECA	$1000 Rent: $424.00 Script: $105.63 Rights: $238.50 Prod: $231.87	167
February	Un-Valentine’s Day Festival	ECA	$100	92
March	Hangin’ in the Balance	ECA	$500 Rent: $424 Prod: $76	125
April	A Bench in the Sun	Senior’s Centre?	$500	125
April	The Constant Lover & Moliere 1-act	EL	$250 Rent: $200 Prod: $50	105
May	School Shooting	ECA	$500 Rent: $424 Prod: $76	125
May	Charity Show	TBA	$500	125
June	The Belle of Amherst	EL	$1500 Rent: $550 Royalties: $730 Prod: $220	209
June	Grinder’s Gala	TBA	$500	125
July	Same Time, Next Year	EL	$1500 Rent: $550 Royalties: $730 Prod: $220	209
July	Relatively Speaking	BH	$1500 Rent: $707 Royalties: $400 Prod: $393	209
August	First Kisses	EL	$1500 Rent: $550 Royalties: $730 Prod: $220	209
August	The Middle Ages	BH	$1500 Rent: $707 Royalties: $400 Prod: $393	209
August	Sally and Marsha	EL	$1500 Rent: $550 Royalties: $730 Prod: $220	209
August	Brighton Beach Memoirs	BH	$1500 Rent: $707 Royalties: $400 Prod: $393	209
September	Proof	FGT	$2000 Rent: $1300 Royalties: $400 Prod: $300	250
September	Who’s Line is it, Centre Wellington?	FGT	$500 Rent: $300 Prod: $200	125
October	Art	ECA	$750 Rent: $450 Royalties: $200 Prod: $50	146
October	Girl Talk	ECA	$750 Rent: $450 Royalties: $200 Prod: $50	146
October	Jekyll and Hyde	FGT	$2000 Rent: $1300 Royalties: $400 Prod: $300
November	The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Grindlings)	FGT	$2000 Rent: $1300 Royalties: $400 Prod: $300	250
December	Hooters (not the restaurant!)	ECA	$750 Rent: $450 Royalties: $200 Prod: $50	146
December	Hans Brinker	FGT	$2000 Rent: $1300 Royalties: $400 Prod: $300	250
December	Grindlings Scene Study Presentations	FGT	$500 Rent: $300 Prod: $200	125