Archive for February, 2009
One Word, Two Words, Three Words
Today’s topic is health. And how the gas affects our health, or should I say how the gas makes us fly. Or maybe it’s all upside down – it’s flying what improves our health.
If you still haven’t figured it out, please excuse my pitiful attempts to be original as I should simply state that the three new words that are now purchased are ”health”, “gas” and “fly”.
Things have calmed down slightly and I can get some normal sleep now. I have to tell you - getting some good night sleep really does miracles for your health. Last night I had an interesting dream. I was flying in the sky, when all of a sudden… GAS!
I gotcha again, didn’t I?
Oscars
Yes, I know you already know the winners. I am not going to bore you with long analysis and articles. I just want to make a quick comment on the Best Picture win.
It was quite obvious that “Slumdog Millionaire” will take the most important awards home after it won the Golden Globes and the BAFTA awards. The Academy has once again not failed to choose the politically correct contender. Yes, India is a poor country, but giving the award to a Hollywood sugar-covered film will not change this.”The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” is a better production in every single aspect and there is no reason to be robbed from its win. I am not a blind follower of Benjamin and I think the movie has its weaknesses, but giving it only the awards for makeup, special effects and art direction is a joke. Don’t think that I don’t like “Slumdog Millionaire”, on the contrary, I believe it’s a good film – just undeserving winner.
And while all the eyes are fixed on the Academy I have sold another word, which takes me just a bit closer to ever getting any kind of nomination (no, I am not talking about the Oscars).
Are you ready to go “extreme”?
Another two days go by; another two words are gone
“We absolutely love your website! Good luck on making your movie! We would love to purchase the word ads”. The message comes from a website that also has an interesting advertising concept, which makes their kind attitude even more valuable. Thank you guys!
The second word has not been sold, but reserved by me and myself. Myself told me that there is a word, which absolutely, under no conditions should be available for sale and I had to agree with them. Those guys do have a point. We will not reveal to you what’s the word, as it is not very hard to figure it out.
Do you think lack of sleep can cause any brain damage? We don’t think so.
Anyway, here is a statement that I would like to make. (Can you hear the loud trumpets in the air and the quickening rhythm of the drums?) I would like to invite the first 50 costumers to the pre-premier show of the film. All one thousand customers will also receive as a free gift the DVD of the film. It might not be much that I am offering, but I think it will be a nice way to thank them for their support.
OK, I am ending this entry before we say something stupid. I mean something more stupid.
A quicky
Just a quick update, since I have been real busy. I had a full page interview featured in the local paper and talked on air with the Bulgarian National Radio. I had to turn down for now two TV appearances and a radio invitation. Romania is still very strong online. My wife is still not jealous from all the e-mails from young women that I get.
Another word sold – “team” - and plenty of orders that do not qualify – I have 3 orders from Romania and maybe about 10 from Bulgaria for websites that do not have an English version. C’mon people, please read the Purchasing Term before you agree to them.
It’s been the craziest week in my life.
Irish Luck & the Film
I have some excellent news today.
The company DTC Media from Ireland has purchased four words in a bulk for all their websites (including one currently in development). This certainly shows great trust in the good future of this website. Their choices are: ‘deal’, ‘jewelry’, ‘improve’ and ‘shop’. Thank you guys for your support!
Another interesting update for you is the button ‘the film’ that you can see on the website now. I have been working on this page in the last few days to give you some detailed information about the project, people have been asking for. It contains conceptual poster, location scouting photos, concept drawings and other info, so I think it’s worth checking out.
Today, along with all the positive feedback, I have received the first hate e-mail, which greatly amuses me. Why would you spend your time writing about something you don’t like to someone you don’t like is beyond me, but it probably comes to show the price of fame you have to pay.
One word sold - many more to come…
This website has completely taken over my life. I couldn’t even find some time to update you on all that’s happening.
Tuesday has been a big day for 1000words in Romania, as this was the first country to spread the news about it with quite a few websites posting articles about 1000wordsforsale.com. I have even received an e-mail from a Romanian girl (hey, my wife is asleep when I am writing this!) that said she has heard about it on the radio. So big thanks to our neighbors to the north!
On Wednesday the news crossed the border and hit home. And it hit it hard! 24 Chasa (24 Hours), one of the biggest Bulgarian daily newspapers had a half-page article on the back cover. It was only a matter of hours before most major e-media outlets spread it all over the place and I started getting phone calls for newspaper interviews and television appearances. Tonight I have to travel to the capital - Sofia – it’s not easy being famous, after all.
I almost forgot - a friend of mine purchased the word “mind” for his website (also as a way of supporting the screenplay, which he likes very much) and I have plenty more orders sitting in my inbox, waiting to be finalized.
Two More Words Sold!
Kind of. I sold one and I… traded another one. A legal consultant managed to persuade me that I definitely need some legal help and protection. I was reluctant at first, but then I recalled the lady who put her cat in the microwave to dry it, because it was wet, and then successfully sued the company producer. Because, surprisingly, it died!
On the night after I had a nightmare about cats spinning in 3D space around some microwaves who were trying to eat them, opening and closing their ever-hungry doors. No, I am just kidding you. But seriously speaking I figured out that after all it is worth to trade a word for possible legal protection. So now all of you should fear the Mighty Lawyer on my side!
The word that actually sold is ‘night’, going to a rock club that is very close to where I live. A very nice place if you like this type of music with lots of live bands coming often.
Good night everyone and may the law be on your side.
First Two Words Sold!
Well, I didn’t expect to sell any words… yet. I have been showing this website to a close group of people as means of beta testing it. But since some of them are actually owners of sites they decided to purchase words!
A New Power is rising! No, I am not over enthusiastic. It’s just that those are the two words - ‘new’ and ‘power’ 
Now you can “find your new home in Bulgaria” or “repair industrial power equipment” (if you do not have any, don’t worry!)
Overall the beta test has been a great success as all comments have ranged from positive to going-ga-ga-over the idea and the execution. And, of course, there was one negative – just to validate all the enthusiastic ones. Along with the good comments there have been some suggestions and recommendations, so I have been working on this site all day, every day. Plenty of small tweaks, two new pages and a third one scheduled for upload tomorrow.
That’s all for now, leaving you with my high hopes that sometime in the future I’ll be filming the first shots for ‘ENTER’.
Hello World_
So, I guess it’s up and running… I had bad sleep last night, anticipating the start of this website (or it might be that 1.25 L of Coke I had while watching the movie Australia).
My name is Nikola – an author, a director and a web designer. Or something like that. Or maybe in different order. Or maybe it doesn’t even matter. It has been two and a half months since the idea popped in my mind, but I am finally done. If you are reading this then you have already seen some of “my” one thousand words flying around and you might still wonder what is this all about.
If you are really interested you should probably read the FAQ, but otherwise here is it in a nutshell. Those words are “the most important words on the web” or simply the words most people searched for in internet. On this visually intriguing (or at least I hope so) site you can purchase a link from a specific word to your website for $100. This link will be yours for 10 years and could be potentially seen by millions of people.
The money I am trying to earn will go into the production of the independent film “ENTER”, based on my award-wining screenplay, but this is probably not that important for you. I can probably go on and on, but I think I should put a stop to my first entry somewhere here. Or here.
Happy surfing!