THIS IS 48!! First and foremost thank you to EVERYONE who called, messaged, posted or reached out in any fashion to say hi today… it really means a lot!
I’m trying something different this year. Instead of quietly sitting in the corner not drawing attention to myself (on my birthday), I’m showcasing it loud and proud as I’m genuinely very happy to be alive right now, despite the total shitstorm Simpson-esk tire fire the world is ablaze with at the moment. I’m also quite curious to see how far my social media reach goes. So instead of going on my usual long winded post, shaking my angry old man fist at the neighbours kids on my digital lawn, I’m asking you to please like/ comment/ heart or share this photo! If you’re still reading and made it this far, PLEASE let me know you’re out there. I think about so many of you SO OFTEN, yet I find myself not always engaging as often as I want to (and I’m not entirely sure why). I wanna see who sees this or better yet how much of a difference I can make in the world by engaging online for a better cause than simply picking up my phone because I’m bored.
If I haven’t told you this story yet (I promise I’ll keep it short here) I almost died last year… my appendix burst, had emergency surgery and all looked well for a minute, but some complications swept in really fast right after and a blood clot, covid and blood infection almost did me in overnight. I was in and out of the hospital for about a month, followed by 3-4 months of recovery where I wasn’t allowed to work. Fast forward two years later and I’m healthiest I’ve ever been, go to the gym 2-3 times a week and strive daily to improve the lives of anyone within my reach. ANYWAY, I said I’d make this quick… bottom line is I’m super happy to still be here and wildly grateful to have so many amazing people in my life, so please let me know you’re out there and surviving the best you can too. I love you all! Thank you from the bottom of my ferociously beating heart ❤️🖤❤️
PS- if this post gets 1000 likes (something I’ve never come close to) I will donate 1000 quarters (come on, that’s still $250) to a charity of the majority’s choosing. FOR REALS!#haunted#scotland#ireland
ALMOST forgot to post where I’ve been lately.. question is, if I did, was I even there?? #qtake #qtakehd #videocoordinator #IATSE667 #movies #TV #commercials #pickyourpoison💀
FUN FACT #31 : At TULLOCH CASTLE, we did not know until AFTER we checked out that our room was in fact historically haunted by the little girl who was *murdered* by her father in the 1800’s after she caught him with one of the house maidens. She was 13 and (I think) we slept in her bedroom. Room # 15… right at the top of the stairs, from where she *tripped and fell* down multiple flights and died.
They call her The Green Lady.
I’ve taken a million and one photos of Jen over the last 20 years, but never once has she ever stared straight down the barrel of the lens and locked her eyes, not moving for at least 10-15 seconds while I took a bunch of photos. This chair was in one of three (somewhat) hidden rooms we discovered the day we were leaving. This was a room designed for drink and smoke, leisurely hangs after having dinner in the Grand Hall dining room next door. The wood furniture and wall decor, around 250 years old, is all original. Displayed dead center in the room, still hanging, is a painting of Elizabeth and her family… except the dad has been painted out.
#thegreenlady #tullochcastle #dingwallscotland #haunted #scotland #ireland #england #UK #ghost #murder #JBHDMostlyHauntedEuropeanVacation
#MentalHealthCheck
Despite winter (starting) to feel like a fading memory, it‘s shadow still remains. I’m exhausted at the moment. Tired of sheltering from the cold, staring at my phone - the rectangle of doom - and thinking soooo damn much! Yes, there have been some very dark times in history but this is a wildly unique & challenging time to be alive. If you’re not some heartless billionaire anyway. I walk this earth with a heart full of informed options and overwhelming potential, yet strangely enough (some days) it’s still somehow easy to feel invisible or broken DESPITE being surrounded by amazing family and friends cheering me on. No matter how strong we think we are, we all struggle at times. I genuinely want you to know I see you! Even when you’re not in front of me, your place in this world is as solid as ever. If we’ve ever worked in the trenches together, laughed at life’s ridiculous yet wildly specific bullshit moments or simply just danced under the moon, please know that connection has not faded. If you ever meant something to me, you still do. It’s a certainty that can be difficult to remember when looking in the mirror at ourselves though. So remember to forgive yourself, even if you fucked something up 13 times in a row. You’re allowed to not know or forget the answers. You’re allowed to ask yourself why. You’re allowed to say WTF! (WHY ME???) over and over again , especially if you were certain that this time “it was all gonna be different!!” I remind my 10 year old daughter every single day she is amazing, smart and is here to change the world! And believe it every single time I say it, because it is the truth.
She is not defined by her mistakes.
Neither am I.
Neither are you…
Stay safe friends! It’s gonna be a wild & crazy summer
✌️❤️
#jason #script #writitng #fuckwinter🖕
I want to build a better world. It’s time. Long over due actually. This adorable little girl grows faster by the minute, and is feeling every single second of every single day.. it overwhelms her sometimes, but most days she still smiles bigger & brighter than the sun! Ready to mold her future into something only her generation understands. Maybe that’s why the one we’ve been living in has crumbled? There is no question, it no longer exists. I get stuck in a “I wish things were how they used to be” mindset too often lately, but in that old reality our daughters and sisters weren’t actually safe. It’s the real #women of the world who have stepped up to point this all out, time and time again. One simple day to pay them a pat on the back just isn’t enough.. so #happyinternationalwomensday to my mom, my sisters, my aunts, my cousins, my friends, my coworkers and my recognizable female strangers I see out and about but have never had the pleasure of actually meeting. Most of all though, the #thanks and #fightforchange is for my wife, daughter and son… they get the best of me, fighting as hard as I can, even when I’m at my worst because no matter how my day is going, everything I do is for them to have the best opportunities imaginable. I fight to be a better man for myself, as a happy Jeremy is the most fun for them to live with, but I also fight to be the BEST HUMAN I can be so that my wife, kids and anyone that knows me gets a reminder that this world can be full of good people simply just trying their best. That’s all I’ll ever ask of them… never give up, even if it feels like the rest of the world stop trying a long time ago. I ❤️ you all, you know who you are…
Despite getting up at 6am to chase the blood moon, it was no where to be seen…at least from my vantage point. I’ll take a gorgeous #sunrise any day though. So I continue to sit patiently, and wait for spring..
PART 2..
It wasn’t just covid or lockdown, the loss of work or fearing I might asymptomatically kill an old person by sneezing on their groceries from 5 feet away..not the recommended 6. It was the realization that all our hard work was pulling us in different directions. I don’t ever expect to agree with the masses, especially considering most of them don’t vote, lean or see the world through my eyes. Thats not to say I wont ever change my mind, in fact I change it all the time. Because we are constantly being fed new information in complete contradiction to the bullshit we learned yesterday. Which also realistically means today’s BS is just that, another horrid pile of something not worth ingesting too deeply… it’ll get shit out, regurgitated and repackaged tomorrow anyway as the brand new thing worth clicking on. I digress! ..what I’m getting at here is and this is how I’ll actually know you’ve made it to the end of my rant 😉, DOES ANYONE ELSE FEEL THIS WAY??? I know the answer for a lot of you will be YES, 100% !! But to which degree? I choose to mainly post positive or uplifting inspirational encouraging type moments in my life, photos, quotes, jokes or anecdotal woo woo witchy shit about the moon so that people will HOPEFULLY stop for a second and just breathe. Soak in whatever it is you are OR AREN’T feeling. I pray you follow my long winded rants with a smile on your face, taking stock in us as friends (long timey or new) and connecting yourself back to a time & place when the world didn’t feel so fucking heavy every single day. I just wanna keep smiling and continue believing there’s a light at the end of this shit ass tunnel. I know this chapter’s end brings prosperity and needed change… but fucking hell, just wish I knew how many dark and dreary pages were left before we get to the good part.
I have a request.. if you’re with me on this one, comment on this feed with a smile (or not), I’m asking you to engage so I know I’m reaching some of you. Or DM me absolutely anything you like… even if you’ve never done it before. Im 1000% percent here to listen! So, did I reach you today? #jeremytalkstoomuch #orjustenough #youloveit #skulls
Have you found a way to continue smiling everyday despite the total tire fire that is our current every day news cycle? News as in all of it. Backyard and global. Doesn’t matter which platform I choose to express myself or invest in others, it’s all the same. I used to think this was a good thing. An innate ability to look inward to disconnect. As a tactic to NOT HAVE TO FEEL the absolute misery of being alive some days, normally I’d say go for it… TURN IT ALLLLL OFF! …but fuck me, I think I’m all out of mulligans on this one. I may have nudged away reality one too many times, thus recently noticing I have a limited or altered physical reaction in complete defiance of my mental state. To clarify… I am absolutely outraged at the appalling state of EVERYTHING that is dividing us a species. The selfish nature of those who have the power to change things but do nothing. The ones that are protecting their… wait fuck that, the ones that are ABHORRENTLY raising their profit margins at a time when it couldn’t be more apparent that tapping into a new ideology, one where the people who voluntarily give you time & money should be valued. That’s just it, it isn’t voluntary any more, is it? How many subscription services are you stuck with right now??? …way too fucking many is the answer! I’m veering a bit off point here, let me bring it back. Despite being quite content and happy with my life at the moment, and trust me on this one.. as I genuinely mean it, my world is FULL of amazing people, places and things. A list too long to detail here, because there really is that much good in my life that I’m wildly grateful for…but what I’m discovering is, in spite of the positive mental state I reside in most days, I think my nervous system has been tampered to a noticeable point in which Ive numbed myself away from the permanent knot in my chest that started in 2020. In an effort to endure the daily pain of life, work, health, money & everything in-between, I think I accidentally damaged my physical ability to anticipate the coming good over probable bad…
…CONT’D on the next post!! This is part 1 of 2, so please read the conclusion! #life #death #skulls #toomanywordsforonepost
As of today, 19 days after my 49th birthday I’m officially older than my dad ever was. I’ve been thinking about this moment for a while now, for two major reasons. 1… I was roughly half his age when he died, so my 23 yr old brain at the time figured I had about 25 years or so left, so I better get cracking if I planned on achieving ANY of my grand yet lofty dreams. That mindset really worked actually! In 9 months I went from selling shoes at Sherway Mall to becoming a camera operator in LIVE TV, thus launching the 25 year career I’ve had in Film / TV ever since. And 2 ~ when he turned 49, he REALLY didn’t want to turn 50… so be careful what you wish for 😕, the universe is always listening despite what it appears to offer us at times. Despite the wrinkles, occasional brain fog and weird groan I make anytime I bend over too quickly to pick something up off the floor (according to my perfectly elastic and crow’s feet free children) I, at 49, feel REALLY YOUNG! Especially after almost dying from my burst appendix fiasco not that long ago. I 💯 believe despite the rings in the tree trunk, your vibration and sense of spirit is entirely liked to your own perspective. I’m wildly proud of all my accomplishments over the last 25 years, and have nothing but HUGE goals for the next 25 at the bare minimum! Attitude is everything in this world. Life still comes with all the ups / downs it has in the past, but closing out 2025 and already kicking ass & takin’ names in 2026 has me feeling like absolutely anything is possible if you just listen to your heart, not your brain!! Think INSTINCT over INTELLECT, each and every time you’re 2nd guessing your choices or wondering how you got yourself into yet another mess. There is no road that comes without obstacles or unexpected detours. Just follow the path set out before you, your heart will tell you to keep going even when your anxiety filled bones want to play it safe. 3 steps forward, 2 steps back might feel like a mistake but it still gets you 1 step closer to the finish line, as long as you keep moving forward, everything else is just a distraction. Just sit with your thoughts, once and while. Your dreams depend on it!
