This is fly.

On Tuesday I had about an hour-long phone conversation with a Director of Development at a production company in L.A. I won't name names because everything's still in....guess? development...but even in my small L.A./Hollywood education through an ex-boyfriend and my friends who live out there, even I had heard of this production company before. Think of your favorite epic, gritty, no-drama-constructed-for-your-entertainment cable reality shows, and chances are they're the ones who have developed and produced them.

She had initially approached us after running across my client on the internet. A podcast, a video trailer, some articles and blog posts, and we were talking on the phone about what, exactly, is this crazy world of catching musky on the fly, and how the Handsome Rugged Outdoorsman fits into all of it.

It was a really cool conversation: I told her the now-hilarious story of how, when the Handsome Rugged Outdoorsman and I first got to know each other, how I told him that he should have a show...because if a 33-year-old woman with no inherent interest in fishing would watch it, that's pretty much reality TV gold. And then that statement is pretty much what propelled me to start working for him this fall...because if I - the classic indoor kid - was excited about what he was doing in the fly fishing world, then it would be cake to get others excited about it, too. And that, while working with and for him is never boring and it definitely comes with its own set of challenges, few things are more fun than throwing something about him out into the internet and watching 50+ people grab onto it within the span of 5 minutes.

So we chatted for about an hour, and it sounds really, really promising. Again, I'm not even trying to #humblebrag about it or make like it's no big deal, because honesty? This is fucking amazing! I know a lot of people who have talked to production companies about doing a reality TV show of their lives...I know that it's a long and complicated process to go from idea to actual reality (TV)...and I know that 99% of those people ended up not having a show after all...but right now? I'm just excited about the process and the possibility.

And yes, I already have a plan in place to hire my little brother as my personal assistant if this turns out the way I think it will. Because dreams really can come true, and making him run out and get me my Starbucks every day? My dream. MY DREEEEEAAAAAM.