Wait, I have a great idea! Chjones, read! | ADHD Information
Hey Woman,I love your idea! Can I be one of the house sitters? Who else would you choose from this forum? Why only 6? Why not 12? Or 24? Or more?
Hay Man
i am in and i know i wont be kicked out for turning into a clean freak which by the way cracked me up.....and i cannot let davie boy have all the fun either....ha ha ha but no-one else replied yet! -
are you offering? would you consider being our australian distributor. sell it murdoch-type channels etc. etc.
or how about coming over to LA and being the psychiatrist off the set. you know the ones they have sitting pontificating seriously abou the behavioural patterns etc. etc. that would be great!!!
i'd make more money being the world wide distributor..
i have grandiose plans
cos if so i can edit above post and put
Brookelea --- consultant psychiatrist and (oh what is that word for people who just go on TV to talk about things --- there is a word. humph! it has gone out of my head)
oh talking head.
consultant psychiatrist and talking head.
does that suit?
ok - you got the job. will edit above post. sure chjones.. i don't require a fee, just a cut of sales well, that's lucky cos i think it will have to be a share of the 'profits'-type thing for everyone........
well we just need someone to offer the house and we can make our own pilot....! just shove ten of us in there and forget Mark Burnett.
i'll be add-ing behind the camera and the rest of you can be add-ing in front of it.
then we can sell it for millions. hooray.
me! me! me! can i be in it? :P
Love the idea!!
I'll be add-ing up the profits, then! ok so we got:
wordwoman -- producer and creative consultant
davidornado -- executive producer and financial expert
chjones -- director of photography and editor
ray ray -- assistant director
seeker -- set director/architect
slug bug -- set design
repairman -- lighting
fallen -- gaffer/senior technician/IT expert
brig and LTC -- make-up artistes
heidi-marie -- wardrobe co-ordinator
lovable little capitalistic freak -- merchandise co-ordinator/fund raiser
brookelea -- worldwide distributor (and possible off set psychiatrist and talking head)
REALITY STARS:
heidimarie
lovable little capitalistic freak
davidornado
brig (as devil's avocado)
LTC (as peasmaker)
bepatient (surprisingly not the peasmaker but obligatory 'hot dish')
ray ray (fish dish)
ryan (irish stew)
slug bug (as lettuce pray)
annidagostini (as bread ROLL)
seeker {possible star}
repairman (confirmed star - food name to be assigned. any trad american dish with pears/pairs in it??) --
we're THERE!!!! with more than six!! more welcome of course.
hooray.
NOW FOR WEEKLY TASKS (ten of):
WEEK ONE:
chjones38628.8971875
WEEK ONE:
?
PROcrastinating, again, Cj?
Heh, you put my brother in charge of money! Good luck!Initial reaction -- have the shrink on after the show -- perhaps in a public service type announcement -- but not on the show. The advisor on the show should be something less threatening, like an "ADD Coach." Too much shrink presence seems un-fun.
[QUOTE=Wordwoman]Initial reaction -- have the shrink on after the show -- perhaps in a public service type announcement -- but not on the show. The advisor on the show should be something less threatening, like an "ADD Coach." Too much shrink presence seems un-fun.
[/QUOTE] yepr i totally agreehey ww -- i am very happy to start with posting the TASKS per week if you want - as far as we have got. but it means that i will be only one able to add/delete/re-edit and it might be better if you had that control - hmmm?as you would want to go with the flow of the whole shape of the thing right. whereas if i am writing them i might not get it quite as you visualise it (not being inside your head)... but as you want. i find it fun and am not bothered either way.
i can start and you can take over?
so flow of show? aim of show? (apart from educational/advocacy/general aims etc.) more like the game-plan? the format?? with or without talking heads/shrinks outside?? with or without ADD coach inside house?? optimum amount of people?? split evenly tween sexes?? different ages important to show?? all people on meds?? some on alt therapies?? some on no meds?? some introduced to meds half-way through?? some taken off meds half-way through??
dietician?? anti-believers/sceptics in ADD to be represented??
how to format without being kicked off (is a solution that the voters could vote to have someone's meds taken away for the next week --- i mean that is pretty cruel and people love to be cruel right??????? is that ethical though?)
oh boy, i hope you haven't disappeared again. this is fun.
or those that fail the weekly tasks are nominees for the taking away of meds. and then the public get to choose out of those.
i am mean. right?? i mean that's a bit nasty.
What angle are you going for? With an ADD coach, it is more like a starting over type show, which typically has a more limited audience, right? The stay at home mom life-time watching types? If you're aiming for a reality type, eliminate a person show, thte ADD coach probably wouldn't work. A shrink session once a week would probably work well in there - maybe a group session, also. I dunno, just some thoughts.
Another interesting turn would be to get those skeptics in the same house with us -- anyone seen Amish in the City? I think it could be funny. They'd vote themselves out of the house.
but it would be a good motivating factor to get the tasks done right. and insert a competitive element into the show??
Hey Cj, my thoughts:
Flow? An ADDer flows?
No coach.
17. Need to have someone left out to create a little tension.
Ages? over 18.
No meds, no therapies. That's for survivor 2.
No pharmaco-anarchists. Taht's for survivor 3.
[QUOTE=chjones]or those that fail the weekly tasks are nominees for the taking away of meds. and then the public get to choose out of those.
i am mean. right?? i mean that's a bit nasty.
[/QUOTE]
mean maybe but very great idea, get the public involved in voting....it will be there choice as to who they want to see lose thei mind
oh we are nasty!no, no, no starting over --- far too nice! a competition between the various techniques for dealing with ADHD.
alternatives in one camp/no meds in another/and medded up in the third...
and whichever group comes last has to take a different style of therapy for that week. meds to alternative. no meds to meds/ alter to no meds and so on and so forth switching around....
oh forget it, i am just being stupidly mean now.
IMHO having drugs/medication as a plot point will not fly. Of course, medication would come up as a topic of conversation, since these are ADHDers after all, but the show shouldn't turn on that. Medication is not a happy feel-good theme. Making your life better and transcending limitations is something every viewer can relate to -- taking medicine for a "disorder" is not. I can imagine more than one drug company buying ad time, but the FDA would never allow endorsement or product placement of specific ADHD drugs on a TV show. Drug promotion is too highly regulated.hey - where did WW go again now. she disapparated again???? just when things were getting fun..... oh there you are!
cool so you think everyone should be medded up --- not a comparison type thing with putting some people on the meds and seeing how it changes them.
i think you are right? the simpler the better. too many issues just confuses --- as D'o said you can always have add-er 2 and add-er 3 to tackle and show different sides of ADD later.
Hmm, I think WW may be right. Plus, it would be too much for a viewer to have to keep up with whose on drugs, whose on homeopathy, whose on nothing, whatever. The only thing anyone has to know about our drugs is that they've been taken away from us, and we're forced to cope with life without them! Educate America about ADHD, maybe a depressed person or two will realize that we embody them and get help, and put a much better face on the disorder that people don't believe is real. Cause honestly, if we're on our drugs, we're not that different from normal people, right? I say go unmedicated. If anyone doesn't want to do it, they don't have to be on the show. i agree heidi as i am diagnosed with severe anxiety depression as well and take meds for both add and that and panic attacks.....educate is the main thing and comedy to keep em watching.....who know if it is a success we could be up for emmys and more than one seasion,.....i m so excited
But I could be wrong... I just remembered there were shrinks on The Swan. I hated them, but they did have them every week.
I did read an interesting point about reality shows -- there has to be a universal uplifting message. I think this is true. Yes, these are ADHDers, but the viewer has to be able to identify with them. If you make it too much about the disorder -- the medication, the therapy, the diagnosis -- it's going to be of limited interest. It should be about transcending limitations... finding community... having strengths that compensate for obvious weaknesses... the attractiveness of the underdog. Everything in the show should support a universal, positive theme.
[QUOTE=HeidiMarie]Cause honestly, if we're on our drugs, we're not that different from normal people, right? I say go unmedicated. If anyone doesn't want to do it, they don't have to be on the show. [/QUOTE]
another good suggestion....there are so many that i think have ww and jones work together different options and have a group vote.....i trust they will do the right thing and its not like they wont consider our opinions....they already are
yup - i'm up for anything.You're right, WW. Which may not work well for the whole putting ADHD'ers through the hoop thing. There should be challenges and what not, but nothing that dehumanizes any of us for the sake of comedy. I think this could really work :) Everybody on the show should be coping with ADHD in their own, unique way -- that IS reality. That's how you get to know one character vs. another. So and so is trying herbs. So and so is crawling on the floor. So and so has been on meds for years but they don't help. This makes it interesting, and the fascinating thing is that it is real.
ww i dont think i need to repeat this but you know your sh*t girl... another good suggestion....there are so many that i think have ww and jones work together different options and have a group vote.....i trust they will do the right thing and its not like they wont consider our opinions....they already are
[QUOTE=Wordwoman]I did read an interesting point about reality shows -- there has to be a universal uplifting message.
It should be about transcending limitations... finding community... having strengths that compensate for obvious weaknesses...
Everything in the show should support a universal, positive theme.[/QUOTE]
1. Agreed
2. That's what I've been trying to say for years. I have strengths, and weaknesses. I need someone who is strong in my areas of weakness.
3. Yes
well not that i have watched too many reality shows --- but i'll be b*****ered if i can find anything uplifting about Big Brother. hey, but maybe that's just me.but i do think ADDers are uplifting, and there could be a lot of positive stuff to be shown --- we are always facing challenges and trying to overcome them. plus we're funny (funny peculiar and funny haha). and there is nothing more uplifting than something that makes you laugh.
nah, i reckon decide on the kinda format you want --- and the people will shine through no matter what. at least i hope so.
well its all good fun.
I agree, no dehumanization. Think "Survivor." The only humiliation on that show is the interpersonal stuff that people create for themselves. The challenges on that show do not detract from the cast members' dignity. At the same time, anybody who can't see the comedy in their own ADHD behaviors shouldn't be on the show, because the comedic part is undeniable. I mean, we wouldn't want to watch a show about obsessive compulsive disorder, because OCD is not funny. ADHD is! This board is a good model, because in a lot of our posts, we definitely laugh at ourselves and our foibles. At the same time, we're sincerely trying to help ourselves and each other.hooray brig - will edit post again. HERE'S THE NEW LIST - ALSO SEE PAGE 1 (the list on pg 9 is now going to be deleted)
ok so we got:
wordwoman -- producer and creative consultant
davidornado -- executive producer and financial expert
chjones -- director of photography and editor
ray ray -- assistant director
seeker -- set director/architect
slug bug -- set design
repairman -- lighting
fallen -- gaffer/senior technician/IT expert
brig and LTC -- make-up artistes
heidi-marie -- wardrobe co-ordinator
lovable little capitalistic freak -- merchandise co-ordinator/fund raiser
brookelea -- worldwide distributor (and possible off set psychiatrist and talking head)
REALITY STARS:
heidimarie
davidornado
brig (as devil's avocado)
LTC (as peasmaker)
bepatient (surprisingly not the peasmaker but obligatory 'hot dish')
ray ray (fish dish)
ryan (irish stew)
slug bug (as lettuce pray)
annidagostini (as bread ROLL)
lovable little capitalistic freak
seeker {possible star}
repairman (confirmed star - food name to be assigned. any trad american dish with pears/pairs in it??) --
we're THERE!!!! with more than six!! more welcome of course.
hooray.
NOW FOR WEEKLY TASKS (ten of):
WEEK ONE:
chjones38628.9004398148
There are a LOT of "famous" people we could get...Of course, right now I can't think of any more.....hmmm..hmmm...all I can think of is Ty....Oh...Jesse James ??????..NO, NOT HIM !!....
I love the idea of the PUBLIC seeing before/after meds,,....that is awesome !!!
Keep up the good work.!!!!!!!!!
I LOVE being the set designer !!! YAY!!!! Thank You !!! FUN, FUN, FUN
Can y'all SEE US trying to all clean house at the same time !!! HAHA That will be HILARIOUS....each of us can ask the other one ...now WHAT did I come in here for ??? mmmmm...well there's a spider web up on the light fixture...but I need a broom ...get broom, get broom, get broom....go get broom start sweeping kitchen floor......find black mark, go to get cleaner, forget about black mark as you're going to get cleaner...so on and so on...and the audience will get to see what we go through EVERY DAY !!!! ......
way to stay on top of things chjonesTake my meds away, but don't take my laptop...
[QUOTE=chjones]well not that i have watched too many reality shows --- but i'll be b*****ered if i can find anything uplifting about Big Brother. hey, but maybe that's just me.
but i do think ADDers are uplifting, and there could be a lot of positive stuff to be shown --- we are always facing challenges and trying to overcome them. plus we're funny (funny peculiar and funny haha). and there is nothing more uplifting than something that makes you laugh.
nah, i reckon decide on the kinda format you want --- and the people will shine through no matter what. at least i hope so.
well its all good fun. [/QUOTE]
If funny's what ya want, don't take my Ambien away, then...
Good, good, it all sounds great. I especially like that skeptics will be able to see first hand -- you know, the ones that say we're just lazy and want a disease as an excuse. How would they like to be in my shoes, who had elatedly found a reason for her absendmindness/restlessness/and just general feelings of stupidity, only to realize that what she had known her whole life as being her personality is actually a DISORDER. And having to completely upheal her life, taking a certain medicine, eating certain foods, avoiding all kinds of things, just to keep the dreaded spinning in her head from coming back? To make her feel normal? To finally put her on a page with her peers? And how would they feel if they were in that situation, but there was no cure and drugs eventually wear off? I live in dread of my drugs wearing off, because the feeling of my mind returning to its previous state, the constantly changing channels, scares me. . . This should help them appreciate their own 'normalcy' and have a new found respect for our struggles to just break even on a mental plane. But alas, I digress. Keep up the good work, guys :) Nice balance of seriousness and comedy. I think it could endear to people :) well finish the task then! and ya won't be nominated --- haha you might even get given a double dose of Ambien?????who knows what the format will be. hey maybe WW should just post a more fully rounded-out post of her ideas and then we can work from that --- cos this is just too random.
we need a little more structure to be constructive, i reckon. or it is all grasping at vague straws.
the FORMAT first. the idea. the way it works. the flow of the show as it were....
and oh, i don't know. but as long as we are all enjoying it. why not, eh????
chjones38628.9349537037where are the rest of the b club members??
is this b discrimination?? we'll be seeing you in court
Whatever the case, it'll surely turn out great. What better than a team of ADD'ers to put together a tv show, right? Off to bed, g'nite all! OK, guys... I will work on the structure part -- chjones, let's do this together! I'll PM you. As mentioned, though, there is a freak-out factor for me in this, as it becomes more of a real task-oriented thing. I need your support, because it feels like another thing that might turn into "Bah! I knew she wouldn't come through!" That's my own voice, but I know this sounds familiar to some of you. Wordwoman38628.9383796296ok, lovely. speak to ya later.
woo-hoo! the meds aren't working!!!
alright slug bug --- i'll add you in too why not???you can be both reality star and crew (as set design and wardrobe if you are artistic???) i think i am going to add brig as crew (make up) cos i have a feeling she might be good at that.
i'll re-edit hey and maybe copy the post here so everyone can see the new changes!
i think we need some men so i am adding repairman and seeker --- although they haven't specifically mentioned that they want to be in it - i put that down to natural modesty and ADD reticence. :-) (and fallen just shout if you want to come too --- we could probably do with a tech head on set too --- just in case we blow the power by sticking too many lights in the same socket!).
who's got the dmn HOUSE!!!??? we'll have to see if we can't find a producer here who can get one of those already set up houses that they use for reality tv shows. a lick of paint, some different furniture etc. no-one will recognise it (and if they do - so what?).
i think having a fully-fledged ADD crew will be fantastic --- it'll make the 'behind the scenes footage' hysterical! possibly more interesting than the show....???
wouldn't it be fun if we could all meet for a few hours for happy hour or something? I need some help celebrating loosing the loser. Or is it losing the looser? Or losing the loser? (my hopefully soon to be X) bepatient38629.9538888889
[QUOTE=bepatient]wouldn't it be fun if we could all meet for a few hours for happy hour or something? I need some help celebrating loosing the loser. Or is it losing the looser? Or losing the loser? (my hopefully soon to be X) [/QUOTE]
YEAH IT WOULD BE FUN...TOO BAD WE ARE ALL SPREAD ALL OVER THE WORLD
JUST TO LET U ALL NO MY HUBBY IS OK WITH GETTING RID OF ME FR THE REALITY SHOW NO MATTER HOW LONG IT TAKES.......YYYIIIPPPEE I GET A BREAK....
NOW I AM DOING THE I GET AWAY FROM HIM DANCE.........
Can you guys imagine the unbelieveable piles in a house with 6 or more ADHDers! LOL!! Noone will be able to find s*it!! LMFAO!!
[/QUOTE]
OMG!!! .... I thought you said piles!!!
(as in s**t)
[QUOTE=seeker63]LTC1- not to pick, but are you saying you are now looser, or a loser?
the former might not be so bad- the latter isn't so good!
you could move in here, i could use some loose company. 
not only that, but a few days 'round me would show you what bein' a loser really is![/QUOTE]
OMG!...what a pickup line!!!
[QUOTE=SlugBug] I've been feeling "down" today, too....I think WW is right...I hate winter...I LOVE snow, but hate being cold..getting dark way too early now. It's like the desert here in Mid TN..Hot as H**L during the day and cold at night.....I always get sentimental (melancholy) this time of year...don't know why..... Yea! Tomorrow will be better!!! I won't sleep the day away...I feel better when I get up and DO something........I love the concept of our "show" !! You guys are awesome !!!I'm so proud to be in touch with such a *wonderful* group of people!! I don't post very often, but check this forum almost every day......somebody almost always makes me smile
I'm gonna *try* to sleep tonight...I'm gonna go take a benadryl...
kimberly (SlugBug)[/QUOTE]
Hey, want some ambien? It'll fit in with the heat. It makes my monitor melt at night. Either that, or it's that Australian chick that posts so late...
[QUOTE=HeidiMarie] Yep, scientists believe that the shortening of daylight hours are the major reason for those seasonal blues. Something about sunlight releasing some kind of endorphins in our brains that make us feel light and happy and make us feel like everything is all right. Which is also why depressive thoughts come up more at night, too. Ever got to thinking some pretty depressive stuff late at night and you had to go to sleep or else you were sure you wouldn't make it through the night, but in the morning things were all right and you end up wondering how you let yourself get so down, and the things you thought can't possibly be real in the light of day! Same concept. Of course, I'm explaining this all wrong, I'm sure, but we'll all make it through just fine. We just need to spend extra time here on the boards making eachother laugh :P [/QUOTE]
Hei Hei,
I was just reading that in re: to the Melatonin thread.
BTW, time to burn your bras. Melatonin production is decreased by those who wear bras. Guess my chestnuts will sag, now...
Dei Dei
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melatonin
[QUOTE=bepatient]wouldn't it be fun if we could all meet for a few hours for happy hour or something? I need some help celebrating loosing the loser. Or is it losing the looser? Or losing the loser? (my hopefully soon to be X) [/QUOTE]
OMG! Listen to us!!! We could all be twins separated at birth! I mean 12uplets. We even PMS on the same day, and I'm testosterated! Even my vatar turned grouchy. And now we're all losers, and some are loosening up, too. We got men hatgers, women haters, and bennie poppers, and bienie poppers, and geez, here comes the melting monitor;=.. anyone in there? don't bogart that joint, my friend.
[QUOTE=seeker63]<FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-
serif" color=#0033cc size=2>LTC1- not to pick, but are you saying you
are now looser, or a loser?
the former might not be so bad- the
latter isn't so good!
you could move in here, i could use some
loose company.
not only that, but a few days 'round me
would show you what bein' a loser really is!
[/QUOTE]
LTC138630.328900463bridget > > > How many times have I told you ! There
is no dancing aloud here ! ! !
Well maybe this once [cause it's a special ocasion}.
I don't think she's dancin'...
Looks like more of a B in her Buttt
Oh, she is the butt.
I mean,
B
Her
Tink
I think.
Not Briggy.
If ya stopped
Tink'in with her Belle,
She might stop dancing...
[QUOTE=pilgrim]bridget > > > How many times have I told you ! There
is no dancing aloud here ! ! !
[/QUOTE]
and how many times have i listened to you? roflmao
[QUOTE=pilgrim]Well maybe this once [cause it's a special ocasion}. [/QUOTE] how very thoughtful of you.....[QUOTE=Davidornado] Looks like more of a B in her Buttt
Oh, she is the butt.
I mean,
B
Her
Tink
I think.
Not Briggy.
If ya stopped
Tink'in with her Belle,
She might stop dancing...
[/QUOTE]
roflmao
well you got me sold bepatient... i'm updating the post and you're IN.of course, final decision and veto power is in WordWoman's hands.... aha the megalomania starts - first the cigar and then who knows where it will end. world domination and a fluffy white cat with diamond collar on one's knees in obligatory secret underground nuclear-powered bunker???
'and now Mr bond, let me tell you my ingenious plan before i kill you so you have a chance to escape and foil it. ahahahahahahaahahaa ahahaaaahaaahaaaha'
i gotta say wordwoman i'm not sure this looks a good way to go.
[QUOTE=chjones]well he'd be handy at least. [/QUOTE]
Hellloooo, The Oldest Star of All... You have forgotten... Have'nt.... Yes!!! Good one... Who else fits the profile so well.. The old man with ADHD.... Moi
the ben hur of all stars.. the irish stallion..it will be a great sell
[QUOTE=SlugBug]
Can y'all SEE US trying to all clean house at the same time !!! HAHA That will be HILARIOUS....each of us can ask the other one ...now WHAT did I come in here for ??? mmmmm...well there's a spider web up on the light fixture...but I need a broom ...get broom, get broom, get broom....go get broom start sweeping kitchen floor......find black mark, go to get cleaner, forget about black mark as you're going to get cleaner...so on and so on...and the audience will get to see what we go through EVERY DAY !!!! ......
LOL, I can see us trying to take stuff to other rooms and all the crap we're trying to organize just gets shifted around the house bcuz nobody can throw anything away! Then everybody gets pissed cause as soon as they clear out a space someone comes in the room with another pile!
[/QUOTE] bepatient38629.0107175926
Can you guys imagine the unbelieveable piles in a house with 6 or more ADHDers! LOL!! Noone will be able to find s*it!! LMFAO!!
Okay, okay, I want a chance. I am a "skinny minnie" and totally hot. Men just drule at the sight of me. And besides that, I am SEVERELY ADHD and blonde. What a combo. hun?! I'll be the one walking around always looking for something that I've lost. My lost glasses will be on the top of my head and my computer mouse will be on top of the microwave oven, and my load of laundry will be rinced, forgotten, rinced, forgotten, rinced, forgotten......Hey, thats no act, thats my reality
Sadly, my first task is to say that casting must be at least partially based on who looks great in skimpy clothing. No, sillies, that's not because of my own personal preferences -- I love you all and I don't care what you look like. But the public demands that everyone on reality shows be gorgeous. Are all of you prospective cast members hot, hot, hot? Hmmm?
I was thinking that the first task would be that when they move in, all of the stuff for the house (clothing, kitchen stuff, everything!) gets dumped into the middle of the living room. The ADHDers have to work together to organize it and put it all away. I am cracking up, picturing this!
Wordwoman38626.9304398148
I was thinking that the first task would be that when they move in, all of the stuff for the house (clothing, kitchen stuff, everything!) gets dumped into the middle of the living room. The ADHDers have to work together to organize it and put it all away. I am cracking up, picturing this!
wordwoman do you realize that might take a month to get through the mess? but i agree it cracks me up thinking about it too.
i am not gorgeous, but i am pretty if i do myself up. i am no skinny minnie but i still want a part....pppllleeeaassee!!!!!
OK, you're in! (flicking my cigar) THANK YOU !!!![QUOTE=chjones] i think we need another man brookelea --- what about seeker? can you persuade him?
oh but of course, he wanted to get hooked-up he said so in another post we'll just pretend it is a dating reality show with brig, LTC and heidimarie as potential girlfriends!!!
a desperate contest between him and davidornado as to who gets the girl....
that should work - bring out the competitive streak in 'em as well.
[/QUOTE]
that is too funny and i am more than willing to play along i enjoy a challenge and games.......maybe if they are what i am looking for in a man then it will be even better
>listened to you.......heY you LISTEN' to me<
the Wonky & Cronky is back......OK, I'll tell you...but don't tell anyone AND I MEAN
ANYONE and I"M NOT kIDDINg.
It's just somethinG that chjones said.....I don't know
what it really means........?
Hey i'm just like Sponge bOB.....I absorb what i'm in.
[QUOTE=pilgrim]wELL you listened to me @ as many x as I've
>listened to you.......heY you LISTEN' to me<
the Wonky & Cronky is back......[/QUOTE]
what is wonky and cronky.....you keep escaping that ?...dear friend of mine....
by the way you crack me up.....
here take the pie in the face....but u better tell me if it tastes good....roflmao
hmm i'm the wonky and cronky. yeah i like it. i think it sounds good.
and it means just what it sounds like. wonky and cronky.
hooray.
[QUOTE=chjones]awww thanks pilgrim...
hmm i'm the wonky and cronky. yeah i like it. i think it sounds good.
and it means just what it sounds like. wonky and cronky.
hooray. [/QUOTE]
chjones u never cease to amaze me.....i love it how u crack me up.....keep up the good work....we all need u here to do that
hello brig rabbit - i am feeling quite peculiar today.it must be the fish oil supplement i reckon. man have you seen the size
of those things? you might as well just swallow as small fish and have
done with it!
[QUOTE=chjones]hello brig rabbit - i am feeling quite peculiar today.
it must be the fish oil supplement i reckon. man have you seen the size
of those things? you might as well just swallow as small fish and have
done with it![/QUOTE]
nope never took it....what do u use it for....peculiar is always good...but swallowing a whole fish makes me want to vomit thinking of it....so i would stay with the huge pill...lol
i don't know exactly what it is --- it is an omega3 thing that has beeneffective for some children with ADHD.
i have no idea whether it works in ADD adults or whether it is more for
the "H" which i don't have but as it is just fish oil --- i thought i'd give it a
go.
i bought that and magnesium. i keep meaning to make an appt with the
therapist i met. but keep forgetting (oh ho - no surprise there).
i feel like virginia woolf today..........
she must've been bi-polar add-er i guess or summat like that.
i think i am going to crash. g'nite - don't let the bedbugs bite.
nite i wont
Well I'm ready....no relationship holding me back...
BF told me I'm selfish and he doesn't see any change in me...We are both unhappy.
I'm such a looser, 46 years old and I'm going to have to move in with my parents.
Hey LT,
So sorry. Bad day for ADDers, I think.
Chin up, cheer up, the grass will be greener as you move on.
D
I will survive I didn't get to this age by giving up.LTC1- not to pick, but are you saying you are now looser, or a loser?
the former might not be so bad- the latter isn't so good!
you could move in here, i could use some loose company.
not only that, but a few days 'round me would show you what bein' a loser really is!
Wow, everybody seems so depressed, or am I just honing in on that because I am feeling down, too? Perhaps it's because it's getting dark earlier... because it is raining (here, at least)... because winter is coming (for some of us). Anyway, tomorrow will be a better day -- and if not, at least it will be a different day.
I've been feeling "down" today, too....I think WW is right...I hate winter...I LOVE snow, but hate being cold..getting dark way too early now. It's like the desert here in Mid TN..Hot as H**L during the day and cold at night.....I always get sentimental (melancholy) this time of year...don't know why..... Yea! Tomorrow will be better!!! I won't sleep the day away...I feel better when I get up and DO something........I love the concept of our "show" !! You guys are awesome !!!
I'm so proud to be in touch with such a *wonderful* group of people!! I don't post very often, but check this forum almost every day......somebody almost always makes me smile
I'm gonna *try* to sleep tonight...I'm gonna go take a benadryl...
kimberly (SlugBug)
So, chjones, we have learned that you are in the film industry. I have agreat idea for a new reality show! Not kidding, this would be great, I
think! I'm serious, you all! Listen up! This could happen! Chjones, do
you happen to know Mark Burnett? Surely he lives in Los Angeles? Be
resourceful -- we need him and he needs us for his next new show: The
ADHD Expess!
Concept: 6 ADHDers all live in one house with an ADHD coach. The coach
puts them through challenges (like cleaning out closets, being diplomatic,
remembering where one's cell phone is)!!
It's kind of like Nanny911 for ADHD Adults. Oooh! This is a such a good
idea and the fact that I am an ADHDer in a grandiose mood at the
moment does not invalidate it at all-- it just becomes part of the show's
mythology!
Of course, there would be a mix of personalities and with the typical
ADHD bluntness, there would be plenty of hurt, bewildered, and
embarrassed feelings on display for the public's enjoyment!
And plus, the funny moments. Like when the microwave dings and 6
people look up hopefully, because maybe they did cook their dinner after
all but then forgot they'd put it in the microwave!! And there would have
to be some complex planning project for everyone to work on together.
Omigod!! In Survivor, he challenges are things like eating bugs. For
ADHDers, the challenge could be to do math problems for two hours
without getting up to walk around, sharpen a pencil, make a phone call,
NOTHING. Just the math problems! Way, way, harder than swallowing a
bug, if you ask me. But boring... anyway, we'll work the details out later!
Someone gets voted out every week. They could be voted out for
becoming an annoyingly cured clean freak. Or they could be voted out
for just not succeeding with the program and continuing to forget to
flush the toilet.
There should be some true hyperfocusers among the six -- artists who
get lost in creating their brilliant art for hours, barely getting up for air.
Hey, if we can't find artists, we could use videogamers! They hyperfocus
too! :-)
Is it me, or would this be a fantastic show and not just on some freak
channel -- it would be great on Discovery, being quasi medical and all!
Wordwoman....I'm already cracking up...esp. about 6 people looking up hopefully when the microwave dings. That is great! You just may have something there. That one little kid on Brat Camp kind of paved the way for those with ADHD... sort of introduced the public. I'm now going to bed with a big grin on my face.
If done properly (and the selection of the "house guests," for starters, would have to very careful) could be both entertaining AND educational in the same way the nannys shows are.
Great idea!
sachetm38625.0220023148hahaha - another fantastic add-er idea wordwoman --- now aboutmaking it happen (hey - any nonadders/normals on this board -
hmm??????) or is this gonna end up another half-executed (both meanings
of the word, eh?) project yet AGAIN. beaten to ADDiseased, slow and
painful death.
haha - well, i'll look out for Mark Burnett it is amazing who you do meet
in this town. it is VERY small in it's own funny way.
hollywood huh,Don't forget me I need a job!
[QUOTE=chjones]hooray brig - will edit post again. [/QUOTE]
thanks chjones.....i know i can give daviebacon a run for his money......pure comedy this would be....besides i could use a break from the family and be able to be my adderself
I had thought that a reality show with ADHDers would be hilarious.
So I most definitely think it is a great Idea!
what role have you chosen ltc1??maybe you could be the devil's advocate that stirs things up in the house!!
Sorry I'm most definitely the peace keeper!so can we sign you up, then. i mean look at this way LTC --- you might get some free meds and counseling out of it! (just joking)
ok - peacekeeper role taken. let me go re-edit.
Have to go keep peace with BF...Talk to you later....I always wanted to be an actress...but being myself would be just as much fun...Come to think of it... I have done a lot of acting in my life, just most of it not on stage. BYE!ciao peacekeeper..
i think we need another man brookelea --- what about seeker? can you persuade him? oh but of course, he wanted to get hooked-up he said so in another post we'll just pretend it is a dating reality show with brig, LTC and heidimarie as potential girlfriends!!!
a desperate contest between him and davidornado as to who gets the girl....
that should work - bring out the competitive streak in 'em as well.
chjones38626.8182175926your wish is my command, oh devil advocate
Sounds like fun to me....Just this last Monday...I thought I might need a new place to live.
[QUOTE=Brookelea]what role have you chosen ltc1??
maybe you could be the devil's advocate that stirs things up in the house!!
[/QUOTE]
if ltc1 doesnt want to be the devils advocate i will.....pretty please....i no i can handle it and it will not be acting it will be real....i promise
ohh yeah, and don't forget repairman!!! well he'd be handy at least. gotta go. see ya. of course you are counted in davidornado --- twice, i think. on the firstpage there is a list of reality stars and crew and you are in both (as above
the line crew too - as opposed to scummy d/p etc. which is me....)
no we are just waiting for people to throw in a few creative ideas as to
good/funny tasks for housemates to do, for you (as financial expert to
come up with some cash) for WW (as producer to come up with house)
and i can do the rest! hahaha --- then we'd be ready to roll.
This is really funny to just talk about, but just wait to see how hilarious the real thing will be! It could totally happen and I'm so in!
Worldwoman,
Are you the one that's going to contact the drug companies. Is it Eli-Lilly that distributes Adderal and Straterra and all the other one's? I can't think of any others.
As for ideas, we have got to be the most creative people on the planet! We just need a place to designate where to send the ideas. I guess here would be good but we don't want anyone coming along stealing ideas. (This could very well be a huge money maker), any ideas on that?
One of the first ideas that came to my mind for an episode was to have those of us who take the stims. not take them for a day. Would the drug companied love that or what!
bepatient38628.5320717593repairman
why make It impossible, just make out the list , and see who actually gets home with everything on it.
shopping can be so very difficult, especially when looking for something in unfamiliar store, and unfamiliar Items...when I have to read in store environ, something that I don't want to be reading, it sometimes looks like a foreign language...Read ...re-read...re-re-read....
you can go back in as many times as neccisary, its the waiting in line thing thatll really rattle the roofs, people tend to squirm at the thought( I know I do).
It may even be considered developing coping skills
[QUOTE=chjones]of course you are counted in davidornado --- twice, i think. on the first
page there is a list of reality stars and crew and you are in both (as above
the line crew too - as opposed to scummy d/p etc. which is me....)
no we are just waiting for people to throw in a few creative ideas as to
good/funny tasks for housemates to do, for you (as financial expert to
come up with some cash) for WW (as producer to come up with house)
and i can do the rest! hahaha --- then we'd be ready to roll. [/QUOTE]
ooh! Good! I was so out of it for so long, and couldn't bring my elf to read 17 pages of postings, that I anyway, you know the rest. Thanks!
So, I can spend money, but, how do you make it?
Oh, as for my ideas to throw in, I'm procrastinating on them now. I'll let you know at the last minute....
P.S. My monitor is not melting today. That's only a night thing. I do hope you got a picture of it, though...
Scavenger hunt at the grocery store for dinner! shopping list only has the first letter of each ingredient, send the guys w/o meds. make it at least 7 to 10 items. First one back with all items wins,but no meds for the next day? just to give others a chance
repairman38628.5622800926
I'm an artist !!! I want in !!!!! mmm...please??
This is SOOOOO COOL !!!!
Kimberly
oops just realised that bepatient is only star without 'crewing' job. well, take your pick bepatient you can eithera. do nothing, just look pretty and be real star
b. do behind the scenes fun footage with small handy DV Cam
c. be PA to executive producer and creative consultant WordWoman
d. be Assistant Director (having a loud voice and being very bossy is ESSENTIAL and shouting at people to get them where they need to be and doing what they need to be doing)
e. Assistant Producer (possibly world's worst job --- it is your responsibility to get everything done that nobody else wants/can figure out how to do)
f. be coffee person/runner (second worst job)
g. be Kraft services person
h. (vague) script supervisor --- i know not really much of script in reality but can be bits ya know
i. none of the above - it will take up all energy to focus on doing shows tasks anyway.
you can take your pick. i would go for a or i. or none at all - and remain a woman of mystery - but up to you!
Yep, scientists believe that the shortening of daylight hours are the major reason for those seasonal blues. Something about sunlight releasing some kind of endorphins in our brains that make us feel light and happy and make us feel like everything is all right. Which is also why depressive thoughts come up more at night, too. Ever got to thinking some pretty depressive stuff late at night and you had to go to sleep or else you were sure you wouldn't make it through the night, but in the morning things were all right and you end up wondering how you let yourself get so down, and the things you thought can't possibly be real in the light of day! Same concept. Of course, I'm explaining this all wrong, I'm sure, but we'll all make it through just fine. We just need to spend extra time here on the boards making eachother laugh :P HeidiMarie38629.8853009259deletedchjones38628.8993055556 hay davidornado
we're getting the cash from the makers of adderall and ritalin cos is fantastic airtime for them.
but that's your job as executive producer and financial expert. (sorry about that - but you kinda voted y'self into the job by saying you'd be add-ing up the money!)
and then we are making a fortune by reinvesting half of that cash got above in pre-buying stocks/shares in Adderall company and when whole of America sees how fantastic the drugs are and shares go through the roof - we resell and make huge profit. hooray.
that's your job too.
then we are also selling to networks and making loads of cash that way.
that's your job too. but I can share doing that part with you - and with other above the line crew of wordwoman.
then brookelea is doing worldwide rights but we are all getting share of profits of that too.
good. good. so it's all coming along nicely. chop chop with getting funding then, don't let me hold you back, eh????
chjones38628.7543055556
[QUOTE=chjones]well myself i am all for people being natural and looking natural. "as is" as "as does" why not.
hooray for all shapes and sizes --- we could be the reality tv version of those Dove adverts you know what i mean??? celebrate all different types of female/male shape --- (i know, i know nobody'll want to watch but maybe they will! maybe everyone is finally sick to death of the tv norm and wants to see the 'real' norm)
if we're gonna be groundbreaking with the ADHD thing let's do it with everything. shove society's expectations of what is acceptable. we are ADHD and we're great. in mind and body - just as we are. hahahahaha VIVE LA ADHD REVOLUTION.
so here goes ryan - the irish stew in the name of the law - too. that makes SIX already!!! hooray.
do we need more. who has the house???? and what else.
hey producer! it's not all long lunches ya know? produce us a house!?!?!
[/QUOTE]
HEy, I can't coundt when my monitor metls. I'm a among the finalists? If not, lets cnhange the rules, and do the Kobyashu Maru like Kirk did it.
Aye, ! Que Che! Un REvoluccion! Viva La Revo!!! Am I counted in, no? I bring the firecrackers and cheese. I bring a fat man masquerading as DAvidorndio~g. We can be ADHD weight slingers. We're alwasy loosing somghing, right? so lets lose our weight, and find who find it. That's the one that doesn't get kciked out. A==
Hey, and no one gets kickked out of the house. I've been fired and kicked out ehough houses in mh time/ Darn ambien. Mh nomitor is melting. cool. he, look at the fish and diamonds in there. hey cj, are you in there? get a camera, ti's a gas tonight. like a Frappaccino...
[QUOTE=chjones]a 'confusion chip' to be inserted into the head of any no-nadder. great, it must be a little like when someone with perfect sight tries wearing glasses of short-sighted people ---- it's blurry and a bit similar but ya know it's never quite the SAME as what you see without your glasses.
Brig, ya know if the show was run by US and produced by US of course it would be perfect advocacy and not merely a laugh at add-ers expense but educational, fair and balanced. don't worry. we have CONTROL. specially if i'm editing.
[/QUOTE]
and i trust your editing will be just perfect...we can all count on ya u da best damn editor i no
[QUOTE=Wordwoman]chjones, I'm totally with you on a drug company being a sponsor. In fact, one of those "how to develop a reality show" sites says that having sponsors lined up is important to the pitch.
(I'm scaring myself! I really think I'm taking this seriously. I am not going to tell my significant other, who would merely sigh and say, "sure, another scheme.")
[/QUOTE]
do take it seriously we want to do it....i want to have fun....and most of all as devils advocate, all will understand me and i get a break from the family....yeah
oh yeah and it has to last at least a month
[QUOTE=pilgrim]brig > > I loved your line @ this site being like Vegas, almost blew my milk out my nose !
[/QUOTE]
hey at least it wasnt coffee?lol
i am totally in and i think it is a great idea, but i also think that part of it needs to educate people on add/adhd. i think a lot of people who dont have it dont understand it and really need to know what it is like.
pilgrim i think you are on the right track, but it needs tweeked alittle..i am no help right now but i no where u are going and i think it is coolMaybe we could do brain tranplants on them so they could experience it . . . no to messy and time consuming . . . have them take a pill to GEt ADhD . . . no years of research/FDA bla bla bla . . .to show teenagers what its like to be drunk and drive, they have special cars desinged to REact like it was being driven like a drunk person---we could design somekind of auditory device so they would only hear about a third of what someone said to them and then something else so they couldn/t pay attention and so on and so on and so {?}
chjones -- a lot of times when I have great ideas I talk about them instead of doing them for real. And I expend my creative energy that way -- because the talking part is fun and creative, but when all is said and done, there's no end-product. So I guess I want to see if anybody is really interested in digging in and at least exploring the practical part of whether we can do something (or if everybody wants to just have fun brainstorming -- and that is fine too. Like I said, maybe I just need a reality check.).
The tasks part -- frankly, I think that is going to be the easy part, though fun to talk about. The harder part is lining up the network contacts, figuring out logistics (like exactly where do we get the house, etc.) -- from what I am reading, if you really do want to pitch something you need to be able to speak to these details, especially with regards to costs and financing and boring stuff (apparently you should even have a proposal as to who the host should be -- and I'll bet that between us all, we know a few b-level celebrities -- 6 degrees of separation and all that).
More how to:
How to Develop a Reality Show Concept I am SOOO the sulky depressed chick who cant deal with her ADHD and always "overdosing" on her meds that everyone wants to slap! HeidiMarie38627.7724421296wordwoman --- i am not even gonna look at that 'how to develop a reality tv etc.'
i mean sheesh we're add-ers aren't we? we do things in our own special, out-of-the-box way. the whole point is to be different. not just another carbon copy. boooring.
just kidding, sweetie. i'm sure it's great!
Aww hell, I'd divorce my husband to play someone's love interest on the show! (How ADHD is that?)
As for the looking good in skimpy clothes thing -- we'll just get everyone on the Adderall diet about 2 months before the show :) It'll be the new diet craze sweeping America!
brilliant idea heidimarie --- we'll take a couple of previously non-medicated ADDers and shove them in there for the first week with no meds. and then MED THEM UP - woohoo look at the difference the next week, they have become funny, smart, together and what's best - SKINNIER!
man, the company's shares'd go through the roof!
then we can make a killing on the stock market by buying up quantities of add stock and re-selling after the show... what a way to finance! woo hoo champagne and large profits all round!
and yeah, where's our dmn financial expert eh? still living it up in Truckee --- man, this ADD crew. i tell ya, it's killing me...
say wordwoman --- you could always pitch it to the pharmaceutical company that makes adderall if all else fails, right??? i mean they ought pitch in a bit of upfront cash seeing as it will likely be a cracking advert for their product? normally they'd have to pay billions to get so much airtime....
chjones38627.789837963
brig > > I loved your line @ this site being like Vegas, almost blew my milk out my nose !
don't worry about the practicals wordwoman - cross those bridges when you come to them. practicals schmaticals - its a piece of piss! you wanna choose house and host - forget it, if you're gonna sell it they are gonna through at least twenty different locations and 5000 different hosts before they finally decide and you can sure as sh*te be sure it won't be the one you suggested.
did you ever see that quote from douglas adams re. making the movie hitchhikers guide??? he said it's like trying to cook a steak by having fifty people breathe constant hot air over it (or words roughly to that effect - i can't remember the quote exactly. i think it was a little more pithy than that, obviously)
no step by step - the ideas, the pitch right, get the contacts --- then start worrying about the practicals but sheesh! don't let hurdles in the future phase the whole fun of it ----- that'd be way too ADD!!! no?
i can't say i am worried by practicals at all. way too unpractical for that! and anyway practicals are easily dealt with (that's what you hire normals for...)
Brought to you by Cool Ideas Production. & nbsp; dont forget the ADD loathing concerta popping coffee drinking
hypocrate to spice things up
Yikes . . . how did we forget that one ?
a 'confusion chip' to be inserted into the head of any no-nadder. great, it must be a little like when someone with perfect sight tries wearing glasses of short-sighted people ---- it's blurry and a bit similar but ya know it's never quite the SAME as what you see without your glasses.
Brig, ya know if the show was run by US and produced by US of course it would be perfect advocacy and not merely a laugh at add-ers expense but educational, fair and balanced. don't worry. we have CONTROL. specially if i'm editing.
and don't forget we have Brookelea as our 'talking head' pschrink on the couch.... so no worries, mate? she's just the sheila for the job, right?
chjones, I'm totally with you on a drug company being a sponsor.
In fact, one of those "how to develop a reality show" sites says that
having sponsors lined up is important to the pitch.(I'm scaring myself! I really think I'm taking this seriously. I am not going to tell my significant other, who would merely sigh and say, "sure, another scheme.")
I would be the 46 year old woman that doesn't know what she wants to be when she grows up
...who would rather sit in the corner and quietly read a novel.
[QUOTE=seeker63]
boob job? i gotta tell ya- i'm tired of seein' the fake ones.
for the most part, the only thing an overinflated chest is good for, is determining your gender from a distance! and i can do that w/out that visual cue.
[/QUOTE]
hey i dont need a boob job.....i would like a reduction though, but not going through the pain...i was gifted with an extra large chest...all real seeker.
i got it....sorry a little slow this am....gonna go get some more sleep....3 hours isnt cutting itwell myself i am all for people being natural and looking natural. "as is" as "as does" why not.hooray for all shapes and sizes --- we could be the reality tv version of those Dove adverts you know what i mean??? celebrate all different types of female/male shape --- (i know, i know nobody'll want to watch but maybe they will! maybe everyone is finally sick to death of the tv norm and wants to see the 'real' norm)
if we're gonna be groundbreaking with the ADHD thing let's do it with everything. shove society's expectations of what is acceptable. we are ADHD and we're great. in mind and body - just as we are. hahahahaha VIVE LA ADHD REVOLUTION.
so here goes ryan - the irish stew in the name of the law - too. that makes SIX already!!! hooray.
do we need more. who has the house???? and what else.
hey producer! it's not all long lunches ya know? produce us a house!?!?!
boob job? i gotta tell ya- i'm tired of seein' the fake ones.
for the most part, the only thing an overinflated chest is good for, is determining your gender from a distance! and i can do that w/out that visual cue.
yeah and what's the financial expert/executive producer doing --- it's not all hanging out in truckee ya know? produce us some $$$$!?!?oh, the trials of having an ADD crew....! i guess i'll just have to go and find Mark Burnett instead. hey seeker --- don't you BUILD houses for a living??? hmmm - i mean you must have a few spare ones hanging around right. the markets a bit slow and all....
that's sorted. and then you can get to live in it with brig, LTC, bepatient, heidimarie etc. etc. and get to be on TV too. hahaha i can't imagine you wanting to be on TV somehow. but just think of all the positive advocacy we will be creating for ADD-ers. it is a noble cause.
brig- what's up with your tinkerbell avatar?
is she aying "get me out of here" or "come and get it" ?
[QUOTE=seeker63]brig- what's up with your tinkerbell avatar?
is she aying "get me out of here" or "come and get it" ?
[/QUOTE]
depends seeker on what you want it to mean.....totally up to you....like the saying goes what goes on in the forum stays in the forum.....this place is like vegas to me....
[QUOTE=chjones]perhaps both??? seems quite apt for brig's situation in some ways :-)
(i mean that in the nicest possible way brig --- i hope i don't cause
offence by it. you know we love you)[/QUOTE]
no offense taken.....actually never thought of it that way and now i am actually glad i picked it as you are right, it is quite apt for my situation.
i originally picked it as my sister and i both like tinker bell, her moreso than i do and she is one that if someone has somehting she will not get the same thing so i did it to get her goat. she has been looking for a cute tinker bell picture for a long time on the net and she fell in love with this one.
i am mean arent i/
oh well, what are sisters for? lol
perhaps both??? seems quite apt for brig's situation in some ways :-)(i mean that in the nicest possible way brig --- i hope i don't cause
offence by it. you know we love you)OK guys, I hate to get all serious but I have a question... am I crazy for thinking this reality show could really happen? Or are we just playing? It is really fun to talk about it but there is a part of me (a big part, maybe the grandiose dreamer part) that thinks this really, really is a good enough idea to pursue. It is hilarious because it really is hilarious and I think people would watch it. And we probably really do have the collective talents and expertise to make it happen. I really think so. Especially with chjones on our side -- now don't freak, ch! Individually we all screw up sometimes, but working together... breaking it into steps... I think we could at least put together a proposal. I've done freelance writing and pitched articles to editors before -- I know it's different -- but surely related. And when I dig deep and think about who I know, I have connections that could be helpful and I know you guys do too. I can't help but think we would have all that we need, maybe not to win an Emmy or whatever... but to evolve this idea and get it started.
I found an article on pitching reality shows: here it is... am I nuts for thinking this is doable (or at least try-able) or are you all rolling your eyes?
http://www.writing-world.com/columns/screen/screen11.shtml
How about this... anybody who is serious, PM me. Maybe we could start talking about a real, actual project. And if nobody PMs that's OK too... that would serve as a reality check for me, and maybe I need that!!
yes, crazy. but we knew that already didn't we - or why are you hanging around this board, huh???
but why not pitch here first and then we can all pitch in too. why not post your ten ideas for 'the tasks' for each of the ten weeks that it would run for example. and we can throw them around on the board and rip them apart.... (just joking we're far too nice here to start tearing into people's self-esteem for crying out loud we are ADDers after all)
what i meant to say was and then we can all enjoy the fun - why not?
chop chop, wordwoman. haven't got all day ya know? sheesh - what i did in my past life to deserve such a producer/creative consultant as you? whatever it was i'm sorry, already!
{sigh}
i mean it's been what - three minutes!
chjones38627.7487731481
AS IS : Like a used car; Im in pretty good shape for my year, make, and model.
Tall 5'7", blond, blue eyes, slim, ( all I need is a boob job) but I could go "asis" and do all right! [QUOTE=LTC1] Tall 5'7", blond, blue eyes, slim, ( all I need is a boob job) but I could go "asis" and do all right![/QUOTE]
too cute....what is asis?
[QUOTE=chjones]alright slug bug --- i'll add you in too why not???
you can be both reality star and crew (as set design and wardrobe if you are artistic???) i think i am going to add brig as crew (make up) cos i have a feeling she might be good at that.
i'll re-edit hey and maybe copy the post here so everyone can see the new changes!
i think we need some men so i am adding repairman and seeker --- although they haven't specifically mentioned that they want to be in it - i put that down to natural modesty and ADD reticence. :-) (and fallen just shout if you want to come too --- we could probably do with a tech head on set too --- just in case we blow the power by sticking too many lights in the same socket!).
who's got the dmn HOUSE!!!??? we'll have to see if we can't find a producer here who can get one of those already set up houses that they use for reality tv shows. a lick of paint, some different furniture etc. no-one will recognise it (and if they do - so what?).
i think having a fully-fledged ADD crew will be fantastic --- it'll make the 'behind the scenes footage' hysterical! possibly more interesting than the show....???
[/QUOTE]
OK CHJONES U R REALLY STARTING T SCARE ME....I SLD MARY KAY COSMETICS FOR 7 YEARS AND TAUGHT TONS OF PEOPLE HOW TO APPLY MAKEUP AND I WOULD LOVE THAT PART, BUT CAN I STILL BE THE DEVILS ADVOCATE, I AM A REALLY GOOD INSTIGATOR YA NO....BUT IBET U ALREADY NEW THAT TOO.....LOL
oooh yes rayray - why not?? we were kinda short on the non-distaff side. so that's cool.i might put you in as Assistant Director too - (do you have a loud voice - at all??).
you have to ask wordwoman about the voting off. as an add-er and someone who is fairly oversensitive to rejection (surprising as i face it remarkably regularly in my life - you might have thought i would be used to it by now...) but i feel i wouldn't want to subject my delicate flowers of add-er reality stars to such humiliation and pressure. but then again, cash is king and if that is the only way to get the punters to watch --- hmmm, maybe we will have to go down that route.
we'll leave that decision to wordwoman as producer and creative consultant - she gets final veto and decision on those matters in conjunction with davidornado as executive producer and financial whizz.
i'll re-edit.
let me know - if you would prefer to be lighting/gaffer/tech expert or similar instead of asst. dir.
WHAT ABOUT PILGRIM....HE ISNT ON THEIR EITHER OR HASNT HE SAID HE WANTED TO BE? I WILL ASK HIIM AND LET YOU KNOWof course, brig. you are both! no, we still need the stars ya know!!!!! and you are one of them.
Don't forget we'll also have Non-profits like NIMH and American Lung Association to help with ratings, websites like the one for INXS, and a talent show episode.
how does that work? how do they help with ratings. hey, repairman --- can i take away the possible unconfirmed star brackets, eh????
I'm guessing that,,,,I'm going for the firstPsyrink visit tomorrow for proper evaluation. Ya wouldn't want the show to be faked on credentials. But ,,, If you ask me, it's just a formality
.
P.S. I gotta go to work now.
[QUOTE=HeidiMarie]Attention Deficit House Dis-Order! [/QUOTE]
i like that one the best so far.....good job heidimarie
That's as creative as I get. :PAlso, ADD/ADHD is known to run in families, so how about a brother-sister ADHD duo? More specifically, me and my little brother! The kid is prototype ADHD -- he talks a mile a minute and always has some hair brained scheme up his sleeve. Currently, he's working on I think 4 different get rich quick schemes. The show could be number 5! I'm sure he'd hand out t-shirts advertising his Night Life web site to the whole cast and crew on the first day. He's a capitalistic little b@stard like that. The great thing is, despite all of it, the guy is like the most lovable person ever-- everyone likes him, and he's freaking hilarious. I guarantee he would make even the most prudish, non-ADHD believing viewer wet their cotton granny panties!
HeidiMarie38628.8800694444
Ty is already booked, but he could be a special guest star. It could be a reward to spend an evening with Ty -- or how about, the winning team gets his help fixing up their side of the house!
Have I mentioned I am a huge Survivor fan... that's what I picture as the model. But after all, it is the model for every reality show out there.
By the way, I don't see a way around eliminating someone every week... I think that's what the viewers come back for. That's the "what's going to happen?" part -- otherwise I'm not sure there's enough drama. But how about a twist... build a "second chance" in for everybody, somehow.
By the by, Ty Pennington does have ADHD :P
[QUOTE=Wordwoman]See Ty on the Adderall Site[/QUOTE]
wow i went there and played his story....i really was joking by his hyperness....he would be great, but we need to find out what everyone is taking and have all those companies sponsor...i am not a fan of adderall and will not take it.....didnt work for my son...gave him seizures...
but the more actors/actresses with the same diagnoses as guests would be beneficial and might do it for free to get tthe message out there
i don't think we need a particularly high profile celeb to do the interviewing --- just someone funny.actually i could think of someone right now - who would be PERRRFECT for the job because she is incredibly beautiful and flipping funny. but she's not famous -- but she could be...??? oh, she'd be great. but hey, i'm running ahead we don't need to worry about any of that now ---
although what about the talking heads/shrinks etc. -- do you want those WW? would they fit into your ideas???
those who will solemnly explain about ADD. i have to admit that my English shrink is phenomenally good-looking (yeah, yeah, i know everyone falls in love with their shrink - why is that??? because it is the first man who ever actually listens to them - or what??). not that i'm pushing him - but ya know, he has the cutest eyes hahahahahahaha
Wow, fantastic ideas. The whole thing, by the way, is scaring the sh*t out of me! I know we are all having fun with it, but because it really could be real, there's something in me that wants to never log onto this site again. Weird, I know. At least I can admit that here.
Meanwhile... idea for the shopping trip episode -- the host dictates a shopping list (everybody gets a pen and paper and they're told to write it down). They're shown going in a van to the store (and the store, by the way, is a sponsor -- Kroger, or whoever, pays to have their store mentioned over and over). Anyway... on the way, the host takes away their shopping lists and solemnly tells them that their real challenge is that they have to buy what was on the list, but from memory! And it's a long list!
By the way, who is the host? Somebody endearing and sympathetic but also authoritative... what about Katie Couric? (Sure! The most expensive woman in television... why not?) OK, can anybody think of an inexpensive Katie Couric?
Wordwoman38628.8746064815ty pennington....he might get us a deal t home depot and he is hot and people will for sure watch the first episode if they no he is gonna be on.....bsides he is good at construction and could also come up with some challenges for us....he might know of some sponsers as well....like on extreme makeovers....he gets those people that get the new homes sponsers and gifts and suchoh oh and he acts silly crazy maybe he is also adhd and will relate.....someone contact him.....Attention Deficit House Dis-Order! i love it heidi-marieattention deficit house dis-order....
hahahahaha -- fantastic gets my vote. we'll have to get a list and get d'o to put em all up there in one of his infamous polls. then we all get to choose. naturally democratic (despite moments of megalomania creeping in from time to time).
[QUOTE=HeidiMarie]By the by, Ty Pennington does have ADHD :P [/QUOTE]
does he really are you sure?
Yes, he's a spokesman for Adderall. See Ty on the Adderall SiteI think the idea of eliminating someone every week is going to keep half the people here, just because they have ADHD, from being on the show! C'mon, we've had enough rejection in our lives!At the same time, I don't know if there is a way around it. What would be the ultimate goal that we are striving for? Who copes the best with their ADHD?
Also I think it would be funny to assign each guest a chore. I'd rather not be put in charge of cleaning a floor, as I tend to start from one corner and then decide I should be sweeping another one and then stretching my arms to just sweep both corners at once so as not to actually have to make a decision. Actually, that could be quality TV . . .
well then dont ya think we could work around his schedule if we get it done in time for him to be there at least more than once....who knows maybe adderall will help pay for him....we all know this is gonna take a while to get things done. just a suggestion....you are the boss wordwoman....but i think he would be greatboy, you make me laugh heidi-marie!
a brother/sister combo. why not? am i re-editing again? what do i call him on the list? capitalistic little b@stard freak????
man all we need is the house and we sorted. we could have such fun doin' a pilot --- can you imagine!?! just getting people to the house would be hysterical in and of itself....
oh ho ho ho
That's way too harsh, remember, he's a lovable capitalistic little b@stard freak! too bad 'LOST' has already been taken. that woulda been my first choice - as it sums up pretty accurately how i feel most of the time.
or something more positive? ADDelicious. ADDorable.
negative? ADDled. ADDnauseam.
sexy? ADDers gone Wild (in supermarket frenzy).
confusing? Fogged up and F***ed Up.
oh boy --- these just get worse and worse. gonna wait for D'os input.
yeah lost wouldve been great....i am waiting on do's input to..
lost and found
mind boggled
insead of big brother hw about losing our mind house
or instead of starting over ........how to restart life
caos in the house
i am not good at this but i think you get the jist of what i mean....where is ornado? someone help the poor man outta the basement
i think everyone should come up with a catchy name for the show and we all should get a vote to what it will be called....somthing that will intrigue everyone to tune in and then up goes the ratings> OH BOY! even funnier a clinical trial in progress and televised --- a battle between the alternative route and the meds. a race to the finish - winner to be judged and adjudicated by Brookelea and other Pschrinks on the Pscouch.oh ho di ho. this makes me laugh more and more.
roll away annidagositini - i'm throwing you up on the list.
chjones38628.8386921296hey anni - any particular crew position you feel inclined toward????
i wish wordwoman was here - i'm finding this hysterical but it would be great to start to have fun with all the crazy task ideas and the direction the show would take.
oh ho!
well surely Davidornado --- with his crazy way with words is the natural choice for that job, no????? "ADD-icted" (or is that too controversial?)
[QUOTE=chjones]well surely Davidornado --- with his crazy way with words is the natural choice for that job, no????? "ADD-icted" (or is that too controversial?)
[/QUOTE]
i like it but yeah i think people might think it was about drug addicts and we dont want that.......
oh fantastic repairman --- i always thought it would be great if we could get some 'stars' who hadn't taken the medication yet and see their phenomenal progress.hahahahaha YOU'RE IN. i love this megalomania
what fun!
i am re-editing AGAIN!
i feel pilgrim and glen are too sorted to do it somehow, brigs. Glen is doing so well with his work and pilgrim is working so well on his marriage it would seem to be disastrous to interrupt either of them with such a chaotic thing as this
that was why i didn't think to include them. not that i was deliberately excluding just felt it wouldn't fit their circumstances right now.
but please do ask --- perhaps they could be our advisors from afar (via internet) helping with the creative process and ideas for tasks etc. etc. that would be great fun.
:-)
chjones38628.7714930556
[QUOTE=chjones] i feel pilgrim and glen are too sorted to do it somehow, brigs. Glen is doing so well with his work and pilgrim is working so well on his marriage it would seem to be disastrous to interrupt either of them with such a chaotic thing as this
that was why i didn't think to include them. not that i was deliberately excluding just felt it wouldn't fit their circumstances right now.
but please do ask --- perhaps they could be our advisors from afar (via internet) helping with the creative process and ideas for tasks etc. etc. that would be great fun.
:-)
[/QUOTE]
i just pmd him but i will let you know as soon as pilgrim replys....k?
oh heidi-marie --- you are so funny! well, that is just gonna make it all the more hysterical.i don't reckon add-ers are really known for their sense of fashion anyways!!! it's enough that the clothes just cover the vital parts of the anatomy i guess... don't want to make it X-rated.
oh ho ho ho --- funny, funny, funny.
Wha, I'm costume designier or whatever? Get ready for the wardrobe malfunction of . . well some time recent since Janet . . yeah . . . Just warning you, that could be a dangerous position for an ADD'er like me, who typically has to give her clothes more than one sniff to determine if they were laying on the floor of the laundry room because they are dirty or because she just pulled them out of the dryer and forgot to hang them up! Could be an interesting way to start each episode . . Everyone sniffing their clothes . . ;) HeidiMarie38628.7830671296hey bepatient --- great idea but definitely not on the first show i would say...
i think the best idea would be for maybe three of the dxed stars to have not started meds. then three weeks in or so - when people have begun to get a handle on the characters quirks and what they are like - then do a swap.
those not on the meds get put on them --- and those on them get taken off.
otherwise, it doesn't really make sense for the viewer --- because they are just watching a bunch of random people lose it - without knowing what they were like originally.
this isn't really my 'job description' as written out --- it's more up to wordwoman to have final say on creative decisions cos it is her idea. but i think we can all have a little bit of input just know that WW has final veto on the whole thing, right?
but i do think it is good fun to talk about it. and i shouldn't worry about anyone stealing ideas myself. and i think it is more fun and enjoyable to talk about it openly on the forum --- it's not as though we don't have the dates on the posts if it ever were to come to someone nicking the idea but as someone once said here in Hollywood (i forget who exactly) "people are always worrying about their ideas being stolen, but that's just wishful thinking. the truth is - if you have a good idea it is about as much as you can do to force it down their throats let alone have them steal it off you!"
I'll bring my book about crawling exercises and totally annoy everyone with my determination to stop the world of ADHD through crawling!!!!!
I'll make everyone crawl and then I'll get kicked off for sure!!