I'm Ready To Babble The F**k ON!
Donation protected
Calling all Hollywood Helpers and fans of BabbleOn!
I live a normal, non-remarkable life in Adelaide, South Australia, a place famously left off most touring artists itineraries. I work, I wife and mother a family and in my "spare" time, I rescuse and care for injured & sick koalas. So I'm nothing special except for a phone full of selfies with koalas....
Anyway, one thing I am is a massive Kevin Smith fan. When I met Jay Mewes at Supernova 2016 and told him how many times I've seen Dogma, his jaw hit the floor. (Clue: its more than 69....). Then, to pass the 8 hours I wait to go home from work, I discovered, 5 years after it started, the Babble On podcasts. Not one to back down from a challenge, I proceeded to listen to them in reverse order and am currently digesting them at the rate of 2-3 a day.
It struck me that a portion of the podcast is visual, so I went to YouTube, and have now watched every f**king podcast there is online, yet I'm still not fully satisfied!! Like a greedy Oliver, I want more...
Being a working mother, time is precious and money is tight. Theres now way in the "View askewniverse" that I can afford a whirlwind LA trip.
My wacky idea is, with the help of you awesome people, to fly to LA, arriving on a Friday (when the podcast is recorded), be in the audience and see for myself the David Bowie birthday dance, see Ralphs many impressions in person and meet fellow HBO fans, then fly out of LA the next day. I already checked flights - I can't leave Friday night. I'll spring for the podcast ticket and a cheap hotel room to rest my weary head and laughter-induced sore jaw,and any other spending money required. (Note: if someone can hook me up with a metric shit load of Swedish Fish I'd really appreciate it!!!), I just need the plane ticket covered. I won't even play the diva card and insist on first class! An Economy seat will do me just fine.
So if you think the idea of a 40 year old woman travelling a total of 32+ hours to be in the audience for a 2 hour show appeals to your sense of "you go girl" adventure, then please throw some love my way. I have no set date yet. That will depend on how long it takes to raise the money.
Oh, and any money that is raised that is over and beyond the cost of the plane ticket, I will hand over to another GoFundMe to pay it forward. I'll even take suggestions on Twitter...lets get to the target first, then I can book flights and allocate any leftovers.
This is a bucket list item, and one that I'd really, really, REALLY like to tick off... I'd also like to present Kevin & Ralph with gifts, including a customised "Koala Smith" which will sport a hockey jersey and Jorts a la Mr Smith himself.
P.S - if you actually use the term "you go girl", please donate double. I mean really, thats so 2014....
I live a normal, non-remarkable life in Adelaide, South Australia, a place famously left off most touring artists itineraries. I work, I wife and mother a family and in my "spare" time, I rescuse and care for injured & sick koalas. So I'm nothing special except for a phone full of selfies with koalas....
Anyway, one thing I am is a massive Kevin Smith fan. When I met Jay Mewes at Supernova 2016 and told him how many times I've seen Dogma, his jaw hit the floor. (Clue: its more than 69....). Then, to pass the 8 hours I wait to go home from work, I discovered, 5 years after it started, the Babble On podcasts. Not one to back down from a challenge, I proceeded to listen to them in reverse order and am currently digesting them at the rate of 2-3 a day.
It struck me that a portion of the podcast is visual, so I went to YouTube, and have now watched every f**king podcast there is online, yet I'm still not fully satisfied!! Like a greedy Oliver, I want more...
Being a working mother, time is precious and money is tight. Theres now way in the "View askewniverse" that I can afford a whirlwind LA trip.
My wacky idea is, with the help of you awesome people, to fly to LA, arriving on a Friday (when the podcast is recorded), be in the audience and see for myself the David Bowie birthday dance, see Ralphs many impressions in person and meet fellow HBO fans, then fly out of LA the next day. I already checked flights - I can't leave Friday night. I'll spring for the podcast ticket and a cheap hotel room to rest my weary head and laughter-induced sore jaw,and any other spending money required. (Note: if someone can hook me up with a metric shit load of Swedish Fish I'd really appreciate it!!!), I just need the plane ticket covered. I won't even play the diva card and insist on first class! An Economy seat will do me just fine.
So if you think the idea of a 40 year old woman travelling a total of 32+ hours to be in the audience for a 2 hour show appeals to your sense of "you go girl" adventure, then please throw some love my way. I have no set date yet. That will depend on how long it takes to raise the money.
Oh, and any money that is raised that is over and beyond the cost of the plane ticket, I will hand over to another GoFundMe to pay it forward. I'll even take suggestions on Twitter...lets get to the target first, then I can book flights and allocate any leftovers.
This is a bucket list item, and one that I'd really, really, REALLY like to tick off... I'd also like to present Kevin & Ralph with gifts, including a customised "Koala Smith" which will sport a hockey jersey and Jorts a la Mr Smith himself.
P.S - if you actually use the term "you go girl", please donate double. I mean really, thats so 2014....
Organizer
Kim Gaetjens
Organizer
Hallett Cove SA
