Michele 1 #1 July 11, 2002 Got the call today - It's beyond real - I talked to the Producer today (Hi, Melissa!) and she is going to set everything up for the thing with ESPN...shooting in a few weeks (yeah, now that I have this stupid scar!). She was gonna call Jack Gramley today and get it figured out for Perris, and also talk to Vinnie P and my own personal Skygod Ed White.... ROFLMFAOPIMP....I am still looking for Candid Camera. The whole idea just cracks me up! "Stay Tuned: Airweenie Couch Potato coming up next!".....Chucklegigglelaughchortlegasp! Ok, kids, time to 'fess up: which one of you did this? Ciels and Pinks (still gasping for air!) Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snowflake 0 #2 July 11, 2002 Work it girl......I would suggest they do a before and after . They do a bunch of stuff now and then pay for you to do a couple hundred coach jumps and then come back and film you again....plus all your coach jumps would be videoed. "We'll call this peice skygoddess rising"(might as well go for the moon). Even if it never airs get lots of free jumps that is your mission should you decide to accept it. Good luck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nws01 0 #3 July 11, 2002 Congrats Michele! I can not think of another person who will represent our sport as you can. Your posts on here have been very very well thought out and educational. Good luck with the taping and remember to Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shark 0 #4 July 11, 2002 Michele, You'll do great! Shark Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybytch 273 #5 July 11, 2002 I agree with JG. They should pay for a buncha coach jumps... with ME! To borrow a phrase from my son - that just f*&%ing rocks! Michele's gonna be a TV star.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Viking 0 #6 July 11, 2002 heheehe thats cool. Your gonna owe so much beer for this. I swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver My God has a bigger dick than your god -George Carlin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #7 July 11, 2002 Ya know, coach jumps aren't anywhere near as effective without getting video.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Viking 0 #8 July 11, 2002 little bit of self promotion i detect. I swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver My God has a bigger dick than your god -George Carlin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybytch 273 #9 July 11, 2002 QuoteYa know, coach jumps aren't anywhere near as effective without getting video. Quade's right. You definitely need to have video on those coach jumps. I bet I know at least one someone who'd be more than willing to do it too... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #10 July 11, 2002 I'm just trying to help out the economy. Check it. Michele gets ESPN (a part of the magic of the Walt Disney Company) to pay skybytch to give her coaching. Lisa uses the money to send her son to school so he can get a good job and start paying taxes and Social Security. Meanwhile, Michele also hires me to shoot the coach jumps. I'm a wimp so I hire a packer, she buys some flight lessons so she can become a CFI so some other kid can become an airline pilot. I'm also hungry so I buy food at the Bombshelter. Rusty the chef gets paid this week and he pays his rent. I'm tellin' ya, the entire economy of the Nation rests on this deal.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Michele 1 #11 July 11, 2002 LOL, you guys are so sweet. And yes, Snow, I shall accept it... And yes, Quade...coach jumps are best when video'd....I am, ahem, bribable....... So, I was thinking, as only a girl can do...what to wear, what to wear... ?????? ?????? And then it hits me. A Dropzone.com Tshirt, with "Airweenie" stitched onto it (since I don't own any gear to get personalized...sigh...). Whatchoo all think about that? I still am giggling hysterically. This is unfreaking real..... Ciels and Pinks- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybytch 273 #12 July 11, 2002 QuoteA Dropzone.com Tshirt, with "Airweenie" stitched onto it Oh definitely! That blue is such a flattering color, too. And besides... ya probably wouldn't have gotten the gig without this place, right? Chalk up another one for HH! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shark 0 #13 July 11, 2002 "Airweenie" Hmmm.... Has a good ring to it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Michele 1 #14 July 11, 2002 Quote Chalk up another one for HH! You are so totally right. I hope HH sees this, and understands that he has, once again, given me something utterly unforseen and beyond belief. HH, you da man, you rawk, you are too cool, I owe you so much beer....!!!!! Ciels and Pinks- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cloudi 0 #15 July 11, 2002 Many congrats Michele!! That is great news! I can't think of anyone who can better represent our sport. Doesn't matter if you own your own gear, doesn't matter how many jumps you have, doesn't matter how many disciplines you are into or can perform...what I think is great is that you can better explain to "whuffos" why you/we do what we do and you can get "sky-gods" to remember what it was like to get "hooked." Of course, I've never met you, but if you are as well-spoken in person as you are in print...you will be doing the sport a great service. I've read many of your posts and have even e-mailed you (and received a very friendly reply, thank you) when we were both in AFF. I think that they recognize, that regardless of what circus tricks you may or may not be able to perform for them, you have a good head on your shoulders. You have the right kind of attitude to explain to those poor, land-bound souls just what it is that you and the rest of us get out of skydiving! Just don't "geek" too much for the camera and forget what you're doing! Have a blast with it! Kim Kim Watch as I attempt, with no slight of hand, to apply logic and reason. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dumpster 0 #16 July 11, 2002 Why not work ESPN for a little more and see if they won't get you some gear? At least cover the cost of a demo rig? I'm sure a smokin' deal can be worked out! And congrats, girl! This is definitely somthing special! C-Ya! Easy Does It Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 37 #17 July 11, 2002 That is so cool, Michele! I'm giggling for you! Now we're all going to have to get you to sign our log books since you're going to be famous. I think you'll definitely have to use this somehow in marketing for your real estate sales. I wonder what the skygods will say when they see the segment. I'm sure you'll ruffle a few feathers- woohoo! What did you dad say? Do you think you'll follow in his footsteps and get the acting bug once you get in front of the cameras? Don't forget to smile!She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sunshine 2 #18 July 11, 2002 That's great Michele. Since i don't have cable, i've already arranged to go watch the show at a freinds house when it's on. ___________________________________________ meow I get a Mike hug! I get a Mike hug! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fonz 0 #19 July 11, 2002 Damn! Can somebody who'll be taping it get me a copy? I really gotta see this one!And five hundred entirely naked women dropped out of the sky on parachutes. -- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bbarnhouse 0 #20 July 11, 2002 Bwahhhhhhhhhh sings welcome to my world.....won't you come on in........ Way cool Miche..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #21 July 11, 2002 Michele..Congrats first of all. Second of all....in all seriousness...it might be worth your while to talk to an "agent." You never know....you might could use this to launch a new career. Whatever happens....I wish you tha best of luck. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mouth 0 #22 July 11, 2002 Chick....you are the greatest! Make sure to keep us posted as to how things are going! You are welcome to use my gear if you don't get a deal from them. My gear would then be famous with you!!!!!! Smiles everyone! -- Hot Mama At least you know where you stand even if it is in a pile of shit. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scottbre 0 #23 July 11, 2002 Michele, You gonna get some ESPN sponsored gear out of this? Make sure you tell everyone when the show is going to be on so we can all watch our very own Airweenie. "Your mother's full of stupidjuice!" My Art Project Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Michele 1 #24 July 11, 2002 You guys are so funny.... I sincerely doubt this will make me "famous"...and I hope I don't ruffle any skygod's feathers (unless they're 100 jump wonders who could do with a feather out of place! LOL)... As to figuring out how to get gear, I haven't got a foggy notion how to "work" something like that out. But hey, it's all good...(um, Skybytch? Any ideas about this??? LOL....) Mouth, honey, you're this tiny little blond, and I am a not-so-tiny brunette....I sincerely doubt your gear would fit - far too small...I would like to try to land something, not PLF....thanks anyway! (Gawd, I miss talking to you, Mouth....It's good to see you here!) Yes, Andi, I know I won't get the acting bug - I am too self conscious for that kind of thing (nor, in fact, am I "the type" Hollywood wants...). I have done a movie or two, and Ron Howard married my babysitter when I was little...and did some student films for him and a few others. Nope, not the lifestyle I want. But if it comes, I will accept the challenge and the opportunity to publicize this sport which has done so much for me! Ohmigod, even now, the next day, I haven't begun to "get over it". I am still giggling into my coffee!!!!!!!!! Whhhhhhhhhheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! Does no-one else see the irony and humor in this? There are far more exciting cutaway stories, far prettier people - how funny that "Airweenie" gets this opportunity? And that the story which caught their attention was "Man, I Owe so much Beer", and when I tried to get it published in Parachutist and SD Mag, they both turned it down because it had been here first? Now, that's ironic.... Someone asked what my dad thought of it...his response was "Well, that's you. No idea what you're doing, and getting it done anyway!" But he does like the nickname "Airweenie", says it makes him feel a smidge better about my jumping, although he only wants to hear about it "after" I jump, and not before. OHMIGOD! What am I gonna say????????????????? The pressure, the pressure....lol.....(worried that I shal spend an inordinate amount of time yanking my foot out of my mouth....) Ciels and Pinks- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mountainman 0 #25 July 11, 2002 Congratulations, Michele! That is really great that you have this opportunity. Have a great time and be safe! For all those who can't see it: if I know when it will be on the TV, I can record it digitally and then I'll encode it and put it on my website for anyone to watch it they want. And, I'm sure HH would put it on this site as well. And, PilotDave will surely have it on his site. Anyone who wants to see it will certainly have the chance.http://www.brandonandlaura.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
