Archive for May, 2005

There’s absolutely no work out there – the current pastime is trying – via our union’s email list – to guess when it’s going to pick up. The most popular guess seems to be “in a couple of weeks”, but that may just be wishful thinking.
In my experience, it’s normally dead from June until August [...]

In a previous post, when I referred to George Lucas as a ‘crazy midget’, I in no way intended to insult, disparage or defame ‘little people’.
I also did not intend to insult, disparage or defame in any way those unfortunate folks who suffer from mental illnesses.
So stop with the hate mail!

Yargh!

I am just about ready to strangle The Blonde.
It all started a few weeks ago.. we’d done a ‘trailer’ for our little short (just about two minutes) – so we could show it to certain people in hopes of either selling it as a TV show, or getting the money to do a full length [...]

Fixed!

Comment problems have been fixed.
I think.

There’s still a few apres-crash problems.
I keep trying to allow anonymous comments, and Blogger keeps giving me the digital finger.
As soon as the setting will save, anonymous comments will be allowed again.
In the meantime, here’s a photo:

This is what the outside of a spaceship looks like (from “Zathura” – the previews actually look cool, BTW).

I haven’t seen the new Star Wars yet – actually, I won’t see it as I refuse to give that crazy midget Lucas any more money – and I’m hearing it’s terrible. Mr. Movie Star (who’s back in town) says that it’s not nearly as bad as the first two, but that’s not saying much, [...]

Normally, when I make calls to try to drum up work, I try to chat with folks a bit before I tell them that I’m unemployed. It just seems less.. curt, I guess.
Me: “Hey, Bob! How’s the family?”
Bob: “Oh, same old, same old. How are you?”
Me: “Good, good.. What’s new with you? You working”
Bob:”Yeah, we’re [...]

Friday’s Photo

Set Wall
Originally uploaded by Peggy Archer.
Plastic fake brick walls are fun!

I love Infomercials

Working on them, that is. I can’t stand watching them.
Yesterday was an infomercial for some special knife (“It cuts on a molecular level, Bob. Can you imagine that?” “Why, no, Kelly. What does that mean?” “Well, let me show you!”) – I can’t remember the name.
Infomercials are easy money – no one’s in a hurry [...]

I did absolutely nothing today. I spent the morning laying on the couch, trying not to blink loudly, and when I felt a bit better, I graduated to pounding back Alka Seltzer ™ and laying on the couch, watching “Fight Club” with the volume down really low.
I am Jill’s pounding cranium.
Actually, I feel a lot [...]