I decided I am going to wait until tomorrow to call enterprise. They havent called yet, so that’s not a good sign. But I have stayed busy. I got another extra job working on the set of a new show called the mentalist on cbs Tuesday nights. I was at a casino for 14 hours! Hah! It was crazy. I arrived at about 645 and met this guy named grant. We couldn’t find the meeting point so we just took some food from the actor/crew table. Grant was a hand double for a girl, so his nails were really long and shiny. It was weird. We eventually found everybody and we got our vouchers and wardrobe gave me a jacket to wear. Then we pretty much went straight to work. For the first three hours or so I was stuck with some pretty lame people like this asian guy who over-pantomimed the whole time the camera was rolling, and this old guy in cowboy boots and a cowboy hat. He tripped over a wire during filming and wiped out. It was funny, but annoying to be with this motley crew. So after that initial scene I found some old ladies. Old ladies are the best to hang out with on set. They are always nice and interesting…unless they think they are an actress or something, then they are annoying too. But I found this lady who was very oprah-esk and she kept me company.
I also got a chance to meet shannon’s friend…Robin freaking Tunney! Some of you may not know but a movie that was a big influence in my childhood was empire records. A low budget flick about a record store. It was like a lesson in how to be cool back then. Lucas with his witty remarks, Joe with his angry drumming to ‘if you want blood’ by acdc, that one guy who had a crush on liv tyler, renee zellwiger in her mini skirt, warren saying eff the man, and of course deb. Deb with her shaved head. Well, I met Deb. She was just like she was back then only with hair. She is very down to earth and fun and over the course of the day I got to shoot the breeze with her a few times on set.
Other fun times on set: 1. learning black jack lessons from a Vegas dealer while playing with mock chips. 2. sneaking away from the lowly extras with Shannon and meeting directors and actors and getting the ‘good’ food. 3. Remembering that the annoying asian guy was the same guy I was making fun of in my head on the set of the office because he was wearing a black see through shirt (he looked like he should’ve been in a gay bar, not a Canadian airport). 4. pizza at the end of the night.
So basically I got paid to hang out with my friend Shannon all day, see her actor boyfriend, meet influences of my life, play cards, see beautiful people all day (scantily clad, I might add), eat free food, and pantomime with an oprah look alike. It just doesn’t get any better!
Tonight is a surprise party for my roomie Bryson. Let’s hope he doesn’t secretly read my blog!
Me and zack played 4 sets of tennis the other night and I am incredibly sore from that… and from standing and walking all day at the casino.
I am actually gonna stop blogging now so I can go for a run before the party. Still haven’t gotten faster than a 25 minute 5k.
Life is good.
Happy October!
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