Such a little thing, but it made me so happy.

May 31, 2006 in Non-Work

I was in Whole foods today, buying the white Bordeaux* they currently stock, and when I went through the check-out, I got carded.
I haven’t gotten carded in years. A career of working outside much of the time (even with sunblock and a hat) has left me looking, well, a bit weathered when I’m not wearing [...]

Friday fluff and photo

May 26, 2006 in Non-Work, Photos

The last few posts have been kind of angry, so here’s something a bit more positive.
I’ve been renting a lot of movies over the hiatus, and these are some of the ones that I’ve really enjoyed:
Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill – Cutest birdies ever!
Chappelle’s Show – Season two was way better than season one, but [...]

Don’t dish it out if you can’t take it.

May 23, 2006 in Non-Work, life in LA, rants

Some years ago, right after I got in the union, I was assigned (by a former call steward* who didn’t approve of women in our local) to work with a rigging crew who were notorious for practical jokes and brutal insults (‘all in good fun’, of course).
I was raised in a household where everyone was [...]

A not so damp Sunday afternoon.

May 21, 2006 in Non-Work, Photos, life in LA

So it didn’t rain on the picket, after all.

In addition to the nice folks in Local 33 (I’ve not met too many of them, and this picket was a great chance to help out and make some new friends), there were quite a few folks from other unions there, including some wonderful people from [...]

Somehow I never see it coming.

May 21, 2006 in Non-Work, rants

Every so often, I post something that really pisses people off and it always takes me by surprise.
This Madonna/Forum thing really opened the floodgates and got that peanut gallery typing but good.
Please enjoy some examples of the email I’ve gotten – I have not corrected any spelling or grammar errors:
Ur stoopid 4 thnking U can [...]

Be there or be square!

May 17, 2006 in Non-Work, rants

Reposted (with permission of the original poster) from our union’s mailing list:
Stagehands Locked Out at LA Forum
Faithful Central Bible Church, the Forum’s Owner, Won’t Meet with Local 33
After more than two years of negotiations, Faithful
Central Bible Church’s bargaining agent forced steep cuts on
Forum workers. Wages were cut more than 30 percent. Workable
hours were also slashed.
Not [...]

My life’s not so exciting now.

May 15, 2006 in Non-Work, rants

The dreaded call from the concerned girlfriend came yesterday:
Her: “So you’re not working now, why don’t you put up a personal ad? You need to get out more.”
Me: “No time. Very busy.”
Her: “You’re not busy. You’re sitting at home, reading War and Peace to your plants so they’ll grow faster”.
Lying bitch. While the cat might [...]

Friday Photo

May 12, 2006 in Photos

Cycloramas must be repainted to white if the color is changed for a shoot.
Note: The link above leads to the Wikepedia definition of a theatrical soft cyc – ususally made of cloth.
Permanently installed plaster wall cycs on film stages (such as the one in the photo) are called hard cycs – a term not included [...]

No good will come of this, I fear.

May 12, 2006 in Non-Work

I love me some Fug Girls. I think they’re smart, funny and I enjoy the hell out of their site, but sometimes I worry about them.
I was at a trunk show (where a designer shows the new clothes for the upcoming seasons in a retail store while onlookers eat mini-quiches and drink bad [...]

Oscar. Winning. Rap. Group.

May 11, 2006 in Work

Think about that for just a moment.
Oscar.
Winning.
Rap.
Group.
Kinda rattles the brain, doesn’t it?
The dreaded video finally materialized, but it ended up being just wrapping it out (my occasional working life these days – just enough money to fuck up my unemployment).
The job was uneventful – they were just shooting the rappers against the cyc so there [...]