Fuckit I'll generalize...
Designers and Programmers are lazy as fuck. Even with 50% up front they slow down to 0 miles and hour and pay no attention to deadlines.
Jimmy 3 Way is very established. Not knowing who he is says something for who you are. And I'm pretty sure he's operating on the above premise.
Make the damn gallery and start networking and making a name for yourself, before you know it you'll be laughing about this thread.
Good luck
