Forgive Me, Father, for I have SIN BIN'd

Some EXCITING NEWS in the fast-paced world of technology has broken recently...

And I'm not talking about the new iPhone App that is designed to help Catholics prepare for Holy Confession. That is something I do have serious doubts about. For instance, don't you think that GOD would be on a better network than AT&T?

No, I'm talking about the official launch of the TRAILER and WEBSITE for the new internet-changing web series THE SIN BIN. This is going to be the best thing for the Internet since Facebook and Twitter joined forces to kill MySpace.

Okay, maybe not that exactly. But its still big news.

We actually launched a week ago but I've been so busy that I haven't been able to share the life-altering news with the blogworld until now.

You may remember me mentioning this little project, our hockey-horror-comedy webisode, in a few posts last fall. Needless to say it was a LOT of work. LOT, LOT of work. And we're still not quite 100% done yet.

But I'm so excited that this finished product is something I'll be able to share--instantly--with friends, family, strangers, bloggers, vloggers, weirdos, Craigslist killers, iReporters and Mark Zuckerberg.

Yes, unlike other USC projects which I've taken forever to finish and usually don't share b/c their never really quite done or by the time I'm back in CHI I've forgotten a copy, THIS project can not only be seen via the internet, its DESIGNED to be watched on the web.

Our amazing professor has helped us build our own complete "transmedia" show, meaning that the web show is not just something you watch, but can (hopefully) experience and interact with and have all sorts of fun that keeps you coming back to the website.

Why is coming back to website repeatedly important? Well, a website that people go to a lot can hold a lot of interest for certain entities. Most notably, ADVERTISER$.

Yes, we do love the show and loved making it but it'd be pretty stupid to go through all this if we didn't have our eyes on some kind of prize. In this case, our ultimate hope would be to get enough interest in the website to make some people with money say "I like that. Do that for me and __(insert product here)_. I will pay you."


Now, I'm not saying I want to spend all my days writing quippy one-liners for Clorox Bleach's laundry-based sitcom ....
 
"Can you hurry it up? I'm a little PRESSED for time...."

"I'd like to clear out HER lint trap...."

"Let's just say that after last night, I'm gonna need TWO rinse cycles!!!..."

Aaaaand cue the STUDIO AUDIENCE.

But, the web and getting paid to make web content can be a great way to get a foot in the door or a leg up in the business. Or some kind of body part going in somewhere. At the very least, its a way to tread water until a gig on real TV comes along.

But, I digress. Didn't I say there was going to be some excitement?

Well, you got it. 

Right here, for your viewing (and multiple, multiple re-viewing) pleasure, the "MARK'S GONE HOLLYWOOD" premiere of The SIN BIN Official TRAILER:

Yeah?

Yeah. Pretty good, isn't it?

Its not the "Pearl Harbor" trailer--my personal favorite trailer of all time--but I think its a fun watch and makes you want to know a bit more about the show.

Which you can do, O so easily, by visiting the website - www.theFacepuck.com

Please, click around it a bit. There's some funny stuff on every page and more will be posted every day to keep things fresh and interesting until the show finally has its world internet premiere on MARCH 1st.

But, in the meantime, guess what? You can still support the show!

If you're on Facebook, visit the Facebook page. Make sure to click "LIKE" to become a fan of the show.*

*Warning, FB friends, if in a few weeks time I don't see that you have "Liked" the Sin Bin on FB, I won't just de-friend you on FB, but in real life as well. I don't know excactly how to de-friend in real life, but I'm assuming it involves a lot of whiskey, an ex-girlfriend, and your dining room table.

Now, even if you're not on Facebook you can still support the show by going to our YouTube page and become a SUBSCRIBER to 'TheSinBinSeries'. That way you'll never miss our hilarious new vids coming out soon.


In fact, if you did all these things you would be a really good person. If you don't interact with the site or like it or subscribe at all, I won't be angry.

Just disappointed.

And that's worse.

Plus, I'll be angry.

I'll be very angry, actually, and reach through this computer and bang your head on your crumb-covered keyboard yelling "WHY DIDN'T YOU JUST SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE?! WAS IT THAT HARD?! YOU'RE A MONSTER!"

And nobody wants that.

That's the big exciting news on The Sin Bin, or "ThSiBi" for short. More updates to come to the blog in weeks to come but please, get into it on FB or YouTube for now.


If you didn't....it'd be a.......SIN? 
 

[ APPLAUSE ]


Ah, hahahahahaha.


Goodnight everybody!


-MJK