I'm gooooood... :-)

Salut,

sitting at the Café l'Extasse, close to my kids school. I come here for good coffee and breakfast from time to time... I also sometimes bring dates here for the "day after" breakfast ;-)... This morning, I'm alone... Today is not the same kind of "day after", this morning is the day after Kino... And I feel gooood... I'm gooood....

I won the challenge of the month last night. with this movie:
The challenge of the month was to make a movie for blind people. A movie that we could listen to without any images, which we did at first, and then we played again the three movies that were presented for the challenge, but with the images this time.

You can find more details about Kino on our web site, but I can tell you briefly about the "Défi du mois" which is to make a short film that is not longer than 2 minutes and that has an imposed theme or technical constraint. We present all the "Défis" at the end of the night and we choose a winner from an applaudOmeeter (aka the very beautiful yet a little bitchy, in a very friendly way, Anaïs Favron ;-).

Last night, it was a close call... I think my film was better than the others, but the others had more friends there... :-) I know, it might sound pretentious and defensive but Anaïs said it herself, she decided that I was going to win because the applauds I had were more generalized and global, even if not quite as loud as some other much more localized applauds... Anyway, I won, that's what count...

I have been beaten before by a guy who had many more friends there even though his film was really not as good as this one which I presented on that night:


This actually shows that being good is often... not enough... There are so many things that are needed to achieve success... It takes some raw talent (I like to think I have that) and energy (which I know I have) as well as the guts to convince people that what you do is worth millions (I totally suck at this). I'm probably the worst salesman you will ever meet (if you ever meet me ;-). People like me need to collaborate with others who have that talent and are willing to invest it in combination with someone else talent and make it shine... I have not met mine yet... Ho well... But it's OK, because... I know... I'm gooood.... :-)

You don't believe me? Just take a quick peek at MultiMAD.com (in English or French). It is far from being complete but it should give you an idea of how good I am... :-) Some of you are already thinking: "How pretentious of him again. How dare HE tells us he's good, we should be the one telling him he's good, if he actually IS good." And you are probably right, I keep telling my eldest to stop saying how good she is and let others tell her... But at the same time, we must never ever forget how good we are...

I'm convinced YOU are good... Maybe not in the same fields that I'm good at... Most probably in some fields that I totally suck at... But YOU are good... I know you are... Do you?... So don't be shy... Be Good... And don't forget... HAVE FUN!!! :-)

BYE
MAD... the Gooood one :-)