Oh, Crap!

October 31, 2005 in Non-Work

I forgot it was Halloween tonight, and didn’t get any candy on the way home from work.
Of course, I got ambushed as I tried to get from the car to the front door (I almost made it, too).
“Trick or Treeeeet!” yelled a fairy princess (I think she was a fairy princess – she could have [...]

Sort of Friday Photo

October 29, 2005 in Photos, Work

N.C.I.S.
Originally uploaded by Peggy Archer.
Well, it was taken on Friday.
This is the lit night exterior shot in an alley downtown.

Hey, that’s mine!

October 28, 2005 in Work

One of the things about working downtown LA is rats. Big, fat, sassy rats who aren’t afraid of you, chump.
Tonight, I left my light* for a few minutes to pee and make a sandwich (not simultaneously). When I came back, I saw a really big rat.
A really big rat perched on the arm of my [...]

What’s really behind those doorways

October 27, 2005 in Photos, Work

From the set of N.C.I.S, who didn’t make me sign anything promising not to take photos.

Damn that Murphy guy.

October 26, 2005 in Work

The drive to Santa Clarita ended up being not so bad – but that’s probably because I was going the wrong way. Even at 10 am, the traffic heading towards downtown was bumper-to-bumper.
I don’t go to Santa Clarita very often, and N.C.I.S. shoots in a converted warehouse that’s jammed into a huge industrial park where [...]

This is the best I can do before I’ve had coffee.

October 25, 2005 in Work

Normally, when I need work, I have to get on the phone – calling everyone I know and asking if they’re working and need guys.
When it’s busy (like now), I don’t have to work that hard; all I have to do is call our union, register as out of work and I’ll be sent out [...]

Just too good for words.

October 19, 2005 in Work

Got called for a job that I can’t take because I’m working on something else already – this is unfortunate, but happens all the time.
This particular call was for Fast and Furious 3. The notable thing about this is the rigging department’s outgoing voicemail message.
“Hello, you’ve reached the rigging office of Fast and Furious two… [...]

The Pet Bull

October 18, 2005 in Work

Today, as we were sitting on the lift gate of the truck, waiting for production to finish the two-hour long meeting they just had to have in the set we needed to rig, we started talking about our pets.
One of the guys was waxing poetic about the greatest dog that he’d ever had – which [...]

You didn’t see nothin’.

October 15, 2005 in Work

Okay, let’s try this without the Vicodin (I tweaked the wrist at work yesterday, and then made the mistake of trying to update the blog last night – which resulted in one hell of an incoherent entry):
Yesterday, I was back on the Bones rigging crew (and thank heavens for that – the shooting crew had [...]

Waiting

October 13, 2005 in Work

I get asked the question “What made you start this blog?” a lot.
I started this blog to prove myself right.
After years of hearing “Wow, your job must be so interesting”, “People really would eat this up”, and “You should write a book” I started the blog – if only to prove to everyone that I’m [...]