Duet For One

I worked 3 out of 5 days this week. Considering this is the hiatus time of year, that is a pretty successful week. In all reality, working at least one day is successful this time of year. There have been many blessings that God has provided me with this week. On instance in particular happened at midnight on Wednesday. I got a call from the director of the web series I worked on a month ago. He called to ask me if I wanted to shoot a fake commercial spot for their show the following morning. They shoot everything in Pasadena, and I happened to be working on the show "Make it or Break it" in Pasadena the same day at 11:30am. So I agreed, and drove out there early in the morning, shot the commercial, then went to work til 12am that day. Even though it was a long day, it all worked out to kill two birds with one stone.

I probably wouldn't have gotten that call if I hadn't run into one of the producers of the web series on the set of 'Parks and Recreation' the following week. She was doing background work that particular day and I explained to her the path I have taken and hung out for the day. I'm starting to find that Hollywood is becoming a small world. Which is a good thing and feels right. After 4 years of this rat race, I feel like it's not been a complete waste, and still ask God for patience.

I worked with some real characters this week. For instance, I did a couple scenes this week. When going to wardrobe check, my FAVORITE type of folks were in attendance. I'm talking about the guys/girls who dress 'Hollywood' on any given day, come to set, are asked to change into something different by wardrobe, but don't change due to the fact that feel they already 'fit the part.' There are several reasons these people crack me up, but I will focus on the core part. You can't come to set dressed like that simply because: 1. you aren't there to impress anyone. you are there for a job. 2. you are there to look the way the production wants you to look. 3. If you want to be noticed, wouldn't you want to look like yourself and not EVERYONE ELSE in this town. I'll admit, I few pieces of trendy clothing, but when it comes to my job, and meeting with people in the industry, I don't look like I just popped out of an Ed Hardy billboard.

"In Los Angeles, it's like they jog for two hours a day and then they think they're morally right. That's when you want to choke people, you know?" - Liam Neeson