Timing really is everything.

September 30, 2005 in Non-Work, life in LA

I’m off to an out-of-state wedding. I’d been bitching about having to go (not so much the wedding – more that I really hate flying), but now it’s starting to seem like a great idea to get out of town for the weekend.
The air in Los Angeles is about 45% smoke today (there’s a layer [...]

Fun things to do with idle days….

September 28, 2005 in Non-Work, life in LA

In Los Angeles any fruit which is accessible from a public area (sidewalk, parking lot, etc), and can be picked without trespassing is, by law, public property.
Fallen Fruit is a website which maps locations of publicly available fruit.
Since I’m not working today, I’m off to pick some free avocados!

I’d like your finest fried food, please

September 26, 2005 in Non-Work, life in LA

Saturday was a girls’ trip to the LA County Fair!
I hopped in the car with a few friends and we headed out to Pomona (drive 10 miles past east bumfuck and make a left). We got to the fair about 11 am, and it took us a full hour to get from the car through [...]

Friday Photo

September 23, 2005 in Photos, Work

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Originally uploaded by Peggy Archer.
View from the roof of Hollywood Center’s Stage 6.

Never Believe Anything I Say.

September 22, 2005 in Work

At the last minute, I got added on for one more day.
Since I’ve been the “up high guy” for the whole rig – running cable, dropping out power where they need it, etc., the gaffer insisted that they keep me on for the first shoot day, just in case they needed me. I didn’t do [...]

Look out world, here I come.

September 21, 2005 in Work

Today will be my last day on the sitcom – the rig’s done, the prelight’s finished, and they’ll only keep a small crew on for the rest of the show.
About fucking time too. I’m so ready to move to something else.
The film industry creates adrenaline junkies – I’ve gotten used to a new place every [...]

It’s true.. We are all evil.

September 20, 2005 in Work

Yesterday was rehearsal day – three camera shows rehearse and light for the first part of the week, and shoot Fridays in front of a live audience.
One of the guys has his grandma in town from the midwest, and he brought her to the set yesterday – just so she could see what a TV [...]

Why is that damned sun so bright?

September 19, 2005 in Work

Out WAY too late at a post-Emmy party (where some bitch spilled an Appletini down the back of my dress, so I was sticky and smelled like that nasty apple pucker all night).
Good thing I don’t have to be at work until 2 pm.
Friday, I had wondered why the DP wanted to come in to [...]

Friday Photo Sequence

September 16, 2005 in Photos, Work

Here’s the rig day by day:
Day 1:

Day 2:

Day 3:

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Day 8:

Monday’s a prelight day, which means we’ll tweak the lighting all day.

Tra La La…. Wheeee!

September 15, 2005 in Work

Day two of the paint fumes.
I’m pretty sure the set painters aren’t supposed to be spraying lacquer while we’re working.
It got really bad today – there was a haze of paint all through the stage, and production are dragging ass about buying us respirators, so at lunch I walked over to a nearby paint store [...]