As many of you know I have a copious amount of respect for haunters'. They create many various characters for entertainment purposes and spend countless hours slaving for their audiences not to mention their life savings. Let me hint you in on what I do. I am simply a Klown who owns a SPFX studio who dreams of one day providing the highest quality haunt in Texas. No big deal right, WRONG. I have earned my professional wings, yes, with over 400 hours in classes and 4 years in developing, managing, designing, engineering and fabricating haunts. Yes it is very true but when it comes to opening night at put your haunt here ______ people look at me and laugh. Why is this? Well we all live in this world were people always seem to underestimate others. Ah the truth, but when we prove ourselves right we still are considered WRONG. Please explain that to me
Haha, yes, what I am saying is everyone wants to be in control at the same damn time, especially in politics. No not presidential politics, I am talking about haunted house politics. It is a very tough industry the haunt industry but I have this drive that seems to never give up and never surrender. So why am I telling you this? I don't really know. Maybe I wanted to see if anyone else has gotten pushed around by these older haunts so much they feel like ground beef. What ever happened to teamwork? What ever happened to hey lets go out there and enjoy what we have built? Instead of being commanded to do this or do that. People do not like being pushed around manipulated and controlled like cattle. You must work with them –TEAMWORK.
I guess what it comes down to is this – treat your actors, workers, and security with the highest respect. This is not boot camp, go to the military for that. You are not a dictator from a 3rd world country – you are no different than anyone else.
Easy equation for success: TEAMWORK + ORGANIZATION = SUCCESS
CONTROLLING + MANIPULATING STAFF = HAUNTED HOUSE DEMISE
You wanna work for someone who hits you with a battle axe all the time or do you wanna work with a company who respects you by working right along side of you.
Think about it really hard. I know what my choice is. What is yours?
Hello all, thought I would take the time to write what has been going down. This last weekend I took a trip to Columbus, Ohio to display some new and exciting products to haunters around the nation. Traveling went well, setup at the convention was a total bitch but all in all it was exciting. We finally opened up shop to show the public what we were capable of and the reactions were outstanding. DVDs went on sale, some weapons were sold, but to my surprise almost every wig I bought sold. Wigs, which I thought would never sell, sold almost in the first day, go figure. Being the Klown that I am I decided to watch my sweetie, Smackles, sing at the pageant. The performance was done so professionally I thought we were at a musical but I do not think the crowd understood the meaning behind it. It was wonderful yet the DJ used the wrong track off the CD that really pissed me off, various slang terms were used but after mingling with a few friends like OzO the Klown and Fallout Boy the Radioactive Zombie everything kind of disappeared.
With that said I look forward to the future in hopes that one day we could bring a haunt to the public that they enjoy. So now after pouring all the time and energy into Edge City FX, I realize that it is worth the hassle and have decided to push it full force. As for the news here is the new store – www.storeofdoom.com it will be opening in August for all of you who have waited patiently. I appreciate all comments from the show and hope we can pour a little more fun into everyone's' lives. With that said I will retire from where I came and hope to hear from each and every one of you.
Ladies and Gentlemen I would like to announce our Grand Opening of the Store of Doom on July 13th or Friday the 13th. We are currently developing new and exciting products for Midwest Haunters Convention in Columbus, Ohio. The store opens next month, here is a little description until then:
Edge City Entertainment Presents The Store of Doom:
Through extensive research and development resulting in explosions and near death, Edge City FX is proud to present their new line of Klown Products. Custom hand made products include foam latex prosthetics, klown weapons, fancy wigs and How-To DVDs.
Ladies and Gentlemen, I would like to take this opportunity to thank all my adoring fans for supporting ME GLiTCH the Klown. My brother KraNK has screaming at me to write something for the masses, so here I go. What to write? And Start!!!
Welcome to my official Myspace site and I am Sir GLiTCH the Klown. Ok now what? Geez so difficult to write about myself, ok whatever, things have been kinda krazy here lately with all this publicity on my sweetheart and love of my life Smackles, see orange hair woman of my dreams. As the story progresses my brother *hint- the green one* and I are originally from an Asylum were we were incarcerated for fishing with squirrels at a local fountain on main street during lunch. Come on, so what everyone looked happy, so the little boy got to fish for a little bit, ok no biggie, until he fell in with the angry squirrel, I warned him not to feed the squirrels while under water. Why they took us I have no idea but that is were we all met. No not fishing, the police did not know what to do with us because we would not stop throwing sugar packets at them, no biggie, picky people no sense of humor. So continuing the story I would like to thank each and everyone of you who have been supportive and helpful at this juncture in time and space. ThanX
Macaroni is fun to play with or throw at peoplewhile watching TV. Anyway gotta go do something productive like take Krinkles for his daily walk or climb, hopefully we will not end up in a tree like last time because it took me forever to get that big burly spider back down, throwing rocks, hammers, trees and macaroni just does not seem to do the job correctly, plus the neighbor kinda got upset after I realized their car was parked on the other side of the tree. YOU TRY GETTING A SPIDER LIKE THAT OUT OF A TREE. He likes to play hide and go seek with me also which i find humorous because he fails to realize that he is bigger than most objects he hides behind. But I play stupid - Krinkles where are you? *looking under the mat* as he grins, so whatever gotta make the little guy happy.
Haha should of seen his facial expressions, priceless. Better feed him, forgot about that.
Ok Leaving now and I hope everyone is doing well. *Honk honk* And End?
-GLiTCH
PS All the ladies need to comment on KRaNK's pictures, he needs a little ego boost.
my thoughts are simple and complex at the same time on this one. i could say that it's as simple as this.....
"there is no great business without a little larceny. everyone who gets ahead without a conscience will do so much easier by getting there off of the efforts of others. credit for work they never did. a negative result of right place/right time."
but, i strongly believe that what is done in dark will eventually meet light. that's why you see so many businesses fail. it's the selfishness of it all. people take gratitude in succeeding on other's efforts wayyyy too much. then, when the reality steps in, they never rise to the occasion. hence forth, a facade always crumble faster than a foundation.
what we do, as people of conscience who HAVE been dealt that hand, should always use that as fuel to succeed. the BEST revenge is ALWAYS success. take advantage of those opportunities. allow them to fail. buy the out at a cheaper price and DO IT RIGHT! that's a business mind. ..
but, above and beyond all....REMEMBER THE ROOTS!
everyone needs help to rise above. no one has gotten anywhere without another opening the door or pointing the way. somewhere along the way;however, people forget the help they have received. once the elevator gets to the desired floor, they place the "out of order" sign up abruptly. maybe it's because of fear. maybe, lack of focus. maybe, because competition can be fierce. whatever the reason, it is irrelevant.
the point is simple. everyone needs someone. YOU be the bigger man. when people step on you, remember to NOT do the same when you get in position to make a difference. at one time, you were them. helping them will benefit you both. seek out others in your position NOW to put yourselves into position COLLECTIVELY to benefit others in the future. you know what to do an what NOT to do. the question is.......will you? nothing can grow or nourish without roots. it can make or break the strongest tree or the weakest sapling.
stay focused. perceiver. when it is meant to be, it will be. until then, consider everything a continuing education. learning what went WRONG is just as important as learning what went right. when you succeed, leave room at the top. remember where you are from and how you got there. if you fall, there will always be support. trim the tree too much, you have no branches to catch you. success is a long ,steep climb. but, falling down hurts a lot more when it's all the way to the bottom, my friend.....
those are my thoughts. the wisdom of a man who has been told he will never amount to anything. numerous times by numerous people. i'd say i'm proving them wrong daily.....
if you believe, you will achieve.
best of luck in your endeavors....
p.s.-
and if anyone starts hating, let them hate. it's fuel for the fire.
if EVERYONE loves you.....you are doing something wrong.
Ahh, GLiTCH. People get treated like cattle by douchebags that are no-less than swine to begin with, yes? You make a good point, but all you can do is be less full of douchebaggery than the other guy and you are doing alright.