Rainbow’s Point

So, I did the 46 minute version of the home walk-through. Blah. Sue watched part of it and decided it was too long and made me reshoot it. So I did. We cut the entire thing down to 27 minutes. The tape goes to FedEx this morning.

I also included a letter with it. I won’t reprint the letter because I’m having trouble doing a copy-and-paste in Gnome.

Anyway, it’s done, and now we wait. My mom’s best friend said that they’re apparently doing six episodes in the Dallas area, that each shoot is actually a week long despite it being cut to look like only a single day (-three-days-shopping-!), and that they’ll be shooting in Dallas in August and September.

The casting guys called today and asked me to shoot my tape this weekend and get it to them Monday or Tuesday, not knowing that I’d already planned to shoot tonight and get the tape to them Monday A.M.

So I spent about 47 minutes wandering through my house with a camera narrating as I go. I talked about what each piece of my house is, blah blah blah. Not a lot of fun but I dug through every piece of it. I still have the personal interview bit to do.

Camera acquired.

A friend of Sue’s is letting us borrow a video camera for a couple days and we’ll be spending some time figuring out what to shoot and how to do it as soon as she gets it here. Yippee.

Finding a cam. Impossible. Nobody I know seems to have one and that strikes me as strange. I suppose I can go buy one and return it, or something. I’ll brainstorm through the night. (Like anybody is reading anyway.)

So Sue and I talked a little bit about all this. She’s game. Who knows where it’ll go. We think my suit on the floor of our closet, covered in cat fur, will be a big selling point. (Send it to Tragicistan.)

I’m sort of ambivolent about my answers to some of their questions, and I’m not real certain how I’d want to handle “the big reveal.” Something nice and romantic with Sue. A weekend away from the rugrats would be fun, because we don’t get many of those.

I’m guessing I’ll want to shoot some of the video away from Sue, who’s agreed to “hold the camera.” I may want to include some written material, or some stuff about myself on the tape after Sue isn’t around. I dunno.

I talked to Her Dogliness about all this too and I got a 20 minute lecture about how I need to seriously want to improve my life to make any of this work. Her typical spiel.

So I got the email. Here are the relevant portions:

1. A short interview telling us basic facts about you. Have a friend or
relative hold the camera, and let?s hear you answer the following questions:
Give as much detail as possible, and try to have fun. Don’t be too stiff!

* What is your name?
* How old are you?
* What do you do for work? What does that entail? Tell me a little more about a typical day there for you. Do you enjoy your work?
* Are you married? (If so, what does your wife do? How long have you been together? Do you have children? How old?)
* Who sent us your application? How do you feel about a (or why do you want to) change? Why do need a makeover?
* What would your reveal event be like?

* With spouse /significant other (if applicable) (approx. 2 minutes)
* What is your name?
* How do you feel about a change for your husband/boyfriend?

Of the 5 aspects of Queer Eye, (grooming, culture, fashion, food and wine, and interior design) which do you think your husband/boyfriend could use the most help with? Why?

1. Take an on-camera tour of your living space and narrate as you go.
Walk through the house/apartment briefly introducing each room and what objects or pieces of furniture are important to you and why.

What would you like to see changed and what does you want to remain the same? Show us your bathroom, your grooming products, your clothes in your closet, whats in your fridge and cabinets, etc. We want to see how you really live.

Show us the single material object you own that is most important to you and tell you a little bit about it.

2. Finally, go the the five areas of improvement: FASHION,GROOMING, INTERIOR DESIGN, CULTURE, AND FOOD AND WINE, and tell us how you feel in each area, and what you feel you need most from the FAB FIVE.

So I stupidly filed an application to be on QE and oddly enough they called me back. They seem to want a video tape. Must call them now to find out what they want on it. Oh well.