Past Reflections...Building Into The Future

It's Saturday night.  I'm currently watching the USC game...the Trojans are totally destroying Washington State (I went to neither school).

Justin and I on the BLT Grassroots Tour in 2002.  We both look like children.

I'm in a bit of a reflective mood right now.  It's been 9 months since Sundance and we've technically been "on the road" and doing our grassroots promotions for FTG that entire time.  But in less than 48 hours, Justin, Sung, Julie, & I are flying out to NYC to begin our OFFICIAL Grassroots tour for FTG and our OCT theatrical release.  A tour that is going to take us all over the USA...from big cities to small towns.  McCaleb, Candi, Tom, Dustin and many of the rest of the crew will be joining us in different cities along the way.  Whew!  It's been quite busy on our end to get T-shirts printed, posters made, stuff shipped, accommodations booked, coordinating with the many colleges and organizations that have invited us to spend time with them and speak to their communities.

John, Sung, me, and Parry at the BLT Theatrical Premier in LA (2002).

The last time time we did the Grassroots Tour was in 2002 prior to the release of BETTER LUCK TOMORROW.  It was such an innocent time.  We really didn't know what we were doing.  We were just going from college to college, town to town, speaking to anyone and everyone who invited us to hang out.  Reflecting back now, 5 years later, I'm just amazed anyone even showed up to these gatherings.  It was, to say the least, an unexpected surprise.

Parry, me, Karin, Sung & Jason at Premier Magazine photo shoot in Toronto in 2001.  Check out Jason...he looks like he's 13.

So here we are again, about to embark our our Grassroots Tour for FINISHING THE GAME.  This time we're a bit older and perhaps a bit wiser (not me...Justin definitely).  I'm not really sure what will happen.  I'm a bit nervous but definitely looking forward to the journey.  For some reason I decided to dig up some photos from 2001/2002 during the whole BETTER LUCK TOMORROW days.  Figure I'd just share some with you.  : )  Hope to see you on Tour!  - Roger

The coolest thing about the world premier of your Own Movie...you get to hang out on the red carpet and just chat.  This is Justin, Sung, and myself at the BLT world premier in LA in 2002.