Aloha! We've just returned from filming a show full of adventure, romance and soul rejuvenation on KAUA'I!! What a magical island and what a great time we had. We got to zipline which is one of the most exhilarating and fun things I've ever done. It's right up there with jumping out of an airplane. Oh, and please "don't be that guy" that says............"Why would I want to jump out of a perfectly good airplane?" That saying is getting old and I'll tell you why........... because it kicks ass, that's why! We also kayaked and went mountain tubing! For the first half of our trip, ResortQuest (our hotel sponsor) put us up in a 5,000 sq. ft. plantation home! We were staying on a converted sugar plantation, right on the Pacific, so cool!! Mary joined us for the trip so that was a lot of fun, to have her join us on all of our adventure, and romance :)!

It was very disappointing, however, to come home to the shitstorm related to Sam Adams. I will not condone what he did, as I feel it was inappropriate. HOWEVER, if the facts are correct, it was not illegal and let us not forget all the wonderful things he has done for our beloved City of Portland!! We elected him in a landslide, for a reason. We all know he is the best person for the job. And to all of you who say, "But he lied." ----- EVERY single one of us has lied in our lives to protect something we did or somebody we care about. Every one of us! Hypocrisy is my #1 pet peeve and it's running rampant in Portland these days. I'm very disappointed and I hope Sam stays in office. He's a good man and I'm 100% behind him (don't take that the wrong way :)!

Mike and I shot promos for the next couple shows today and it's coollllllldddddd. It even flurried a bit and tomorrow, we may get a freezing rain mix??? NO!!!!!!!! Hawaii..........I miss you! I'll be back for a week in February to work on another O'ahu show and in March, we'll be filming on the Big Island (Kona Brewers Festival), so that should be fun. Gotta dig all that ALOHA SPIRIT over there. Believe me, it's alive and well and you can actually FEEL IT when you're there.

For now........it's Portland time and I'm off to the gym, then to two fun parties, should be an eventful night. Thanks for tuning in. Have a great weekend!


Make Good Memories!

Jon

Jon Olson Hosting Demo Reel from PDXposed TV on Vimeo.

Happy Monday. The above link it to my newly updated demo which we are sending out to various professionals in the industry for all the reasons you might imagine. We completed it a couple weeks ago and several have seen it by now. So far, the feedback has been good. Thank God for Josh, what an editor! He did an amazing job, as always, and I'm thankful to have him on the team. The show looks as good as it does on KGW because of his technical expertise and of course Mike and Josh's camera work! I couldn't do any of this without them and the others that help out.

Speaking of............Josh, Mike, Sean and I will be heading to Kaua'i tomorrow morning for a week. We can only bring four, so Jules can't make it again. Sean is SO effective as our Field Producer and he also has production skills so having him there is like having two people, which is highly valuable. He and I met with KGW Friday night and had a great meeting with the Sales Manager, Cortlandt. We feel that there is much more that we can both be doing "together" in 2009 and that is the goal. The economy is challenging, true, BUT............there are still many viable opportunities for us both to create content and income.

We filmed the Blazer game on Saturday night and our angle is the local musicians being incorporated into the Blazer games. They invited local artists to come up with there own rendition of the Blazer theme song and it has been very cool and successful. We love sports and our local music scene so this is a perfect fit for PDXposed! The atmosphere in the Rose Garden was ELECTRIC and I've not seen such energy for a Blazer game in about 10 years. I highly recommend you check it out! It was cool because we got to see our buddies from Western Aerial up on the jumbo tron, playing the Blazer theme, and then we went to a local club to film them as our band segment for this episode. The segments will air in February and it should be a great show!

Just wanted to drop by the blogger and say hello and ALOHA! Yes, it's back to Hawaii for myself and the crew. And yes, it comes at a very good time after all the "lovely weather" we've been having. I'm ready for my "lei greeting"!

Make good memories!

Jon

Happy 2009! Yes, I'm still alive and kicking and actually had a pretty mellow Holiday Season. I didn't make it home to South Dakota for the holidays due to the worst snow storm in over 30 years. Man, this town shuts down when it snows but I must admit, this time it was pretty crazy. I actually had to put on my Sapporo snow boots, with the specialized rubber on the soles. Between their special rubber which is also used on their snow tires (chains and studs are illegal) and their fog free mirrors in the hotel rooms, the Japanese have some pretty cool and smart stuff. WHY don't we have that technology? Why is it not shared?

We are off to Kaua'i one week from today, which will be a welcome change for the crew. We have some very cool activities planned, like ziplining, kayaking in a beautiful gorge, hiking, and of course other fun evening activities. No jumping from lillypad to lillypad but we'll be having fun, as always. More travel shows are planned for 2009, more than actual Portland shows, but if you've read this blog in the past, you know why.

Just completed my demo, which I'll get posted on this blog shortly, and will be sending it out with high hopes for some big work in 2009. I'm ready to take some bigger steps! I wish you all a very successful, healthy and happy 2009. We'll chat soon!

Make good memories!

Jon