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Jason Made $100,000 in Two Weeks

That's why LA fucking scared. I've been to meetings where I've been like, where I've like talked to people and they've promised me good things, and I have literally told them to their face, I'm like, I know this isn't gonna happen. Like, why are you doing this to me? Yeah, this is like, can we get this done in the next 3 weeks? And they're like, yes. And I'm like, I bet your fucking ass we won't get it done in the next 3 weeks, right? Like, I've been in meetings where I've been like, I just like, this isn't— you're not gonna get this done. Yeah, you're fronting. Like, this isn't a real thing. That's not how LA works. It's crazy. Nothing in LA, I mean, some things get done overnight, like your amazing workout gym deal, which is like one in a billion. One in a billion. Yeah. Everything in LA, I mean, I haven't even been here that long, but it takes months to get going. It's, it's not, it's not like, it's not like having, that's why YouTube is so special is because you have an idea and you're just like, I'm gonna fucking run with it and you do it. But in LA, shit takes months of development and it's It's horrible. It's horrible. And it always falls through too. It's not like it takes months and it's a guaranteed thing. It takes months and there's chances of it falling through at every fucking step.

September 13, 201822:56David
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Jason22:42
and then they talked him into a photo shoot. So funny. Yeah, it's only funny because it's my dad. I had— I had a similar thing like that when I went to, um—
David22:51
I mean, your life's probably been filled with full fake opportunities.
Jason22:54
Yeah, so many things like that.
David22:56
That's why LA fucking scared. I've been to meetings where I've been like, where I've like talked to people and they've promised me good things, and I have literally told them to their face, I'm like, I know this isn't gonna happen. Like, why are you doing this to me? Yeah, this is like, can we get this done in the next 3 weeks? And they're like, yes. And I'm like, I bet your fucking ass we won't…
Jason23:58
I had a funny meeting once with some social media guys who were starting an app, and I met with them on Melrose, and they were there. They're like, we have the new thing. This is what everyone's going to be doing. He's like, and you're going to be the first o…
David24:27
Like, it's like, it's like a baseball cap with a GoPro on it.
Jason24:30
Yeah, yeah, it was a very tiny GoPro, and they gave me one, and like, I used it in a couple Vines with Brandon. But, um, they were so sure that this was going to be like— and I was like, well, you can't do that. You can't just walk around filming everybody, o…