N writes:
"I have to tell you another story. C was making courtesy calls to vendors who hadn't cashed old checks (this was a while ago but we just started laughing about it again). So he had to call this one guy who was some bit player on MV. He played a trailer trash guy and lived in an actual trailer park so he had perfect training. The guy never got his check blah blah blah. So C tells him we will cancel and reissue. The guy starts calling him the very next day wanting to know when he is going to get the check because his mom's boyfriend's kid's sister's cousin needs something. He calls up every day until the check is actually sent to him. So a couple of weeks go by and we didn't hear from him again. Then it starts up again, the guy is calling C for his residual checks from the movie! It was fricken hilarious! Because C is trying to be all polite to this guy who thinks his shit don't stink because he is an actor now and all he is is some trailer hick who happened to get lucky and get a gig that paid him enough to cover his meth bill."
I told her I was going to blog and and she replied:
"Make it sound better than how I wrote it though... It came up today because he just called a crew member about a check he hadn't cashed for hotel reimbursement from eight months ago and the guy started complaining he hadn't gotten reimbursed for some gas receipt. Then started telling C his life story and C is like "dude, I just wanted to tell you I was canceling and reissuing a new check for you, I don't care that you bought a new house you asshole.""
People are really weird about their money...
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Hottie Bald Guy
N said she saw the X-Files boss waiting for an appointment at the studio. He's got a goatee going. I always thought he was a hottie and now with facial hair? Swoon...
Actor Gossip
CP (the actor who wrote pig fucker on the Exhibit G) is wrapped on the show but wants to stay in Phx and keep his apartment and his rental car. He's screwing the 2nd camera assistant - which explains why he called himself pig fucker (I can't stand the 2nd AC- total bitch). The POC and UPM said no, it's a liability issue and he wasn't allowed. AF, another actor, is having relationship issues and asked if she could stay here. The UPM told her yes. CP found out and called the UPM and whined about it, so the UP gave in and they are both staying. The UPM decided he would make it seem like we needed to keep them for possible added scenes or something and we would use the free days from their contracts... When I heard this, I asked T why he didn't just change the work/finish to a work and then put them on hold. They are Schedule F players and we own them for 7 weeks... why waste the free days on some bullshit? So that's what we're going to do - and now that they're still on the G, we have to pay them per diem. Can you believe this shit? And why am I the only one to think of the hold plan?
This Show Still Sucks
I can't stand the Production Supervisor (who I am now going to call DASH for dumb ass shit head). She's a fucking moron and I was shaking with frustration by 9am due to the emails she wrote me "answering" my questions. Plus, I didn't get electric timecards until sometime after 4 pm yesterday and the grips came in with the morning run today. I sent an email at 3:30 Monday saying I didn't have them and there would be no checks this week. The UPM wrote back asking when they would be coming and could we get faster payroll company turnaround. I wrote back asking him what he would prefer I not do while I accomodate the late cards... SAG or box rental checks.
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Gossip From Set
The Key Grip got fired last night for "tickling" an extra who didn't appreciate it. He'd also shown up to work drunk several times and made gross sexual advances toward most of the female crew members. Oh, and he grabbed some guy's crotch, but I don't know if it was crew or extra.
The On Set Dresser was told to stop talking to the female extras after he told several the reason they weren't being featured more was because you could see their thong panties and no one wore thongs in the 80's.
The extras casting director reported she was being stalked by an extra who left graphic sexual messages and sent her several pics of himself with automatic weapons. They got a restraining order on him and the studio's security department is looking into it. We spent hours trying to find out what his real name was until the APOC remembered we had an injury report on the guy. Apparently he'd stabbed himself with a pen on set. Intentionally.
I can't wait to get out of this town.
The On Set Dresser was told to stop talking to the female extras after he told several the reason they weren't being featured more was because you could see their thong panties and no one wore thongs in the 80's.
The extras casting director reported she was being stalked by an extra who left graphic sexual messages and sent her several pics of himself with automatic weapons. They got a restraining order on him and the studio's security department is looking into it. We spent hours trying to find out what his real name was until the APOC remembered we had an injury report on the guy. Apparently he'd stabbed himself with a pen on set. Intentionally.
I can't wait to get out of this town.
Thursday, March 15, 2007
Book List #31
Yesterday I finished Faking It by Jennifer Crusie. It's so friggin' hot in my apartment I can't sleep and I tore thru it. I picked it up at a library sale and wasn't sure if it would be good, but for $1 I gave it a chance. Quite good, with a cast of characters odd enough to make you interested but not so out there to put you off. I hope she brings them back in another book. I should check on that...
Did I mention the apartments suck? They don't turn on the air conditioning until it's 90 degrees for 3 days. Since we're working nights, a lot of our crew was trying to sleep in the hotbox conditions and we got them to turn it on sooner. Unfortunately, the system isn't AC, it's a "chiller" which is akin to having someone suck on an ice cube then blow at you from 4 feet away. Not effective. They bought fans for everyone but I didn't get one until last night when T gave me hers. It was the first decent night's sleep I've had since it started warming up.
Did I mention the apartments suck? They don't turn on the air conditioning until it's 90 degrees for 3 days. Since we're working nights, a lot of our crew was trying to sleep in the hotbox conditions and we got them to turn it on sooner. Unfortunately, the system isn't AC, it's a "chiller" which is akin to having someone suck on an ice cube then blow at you from 4 feet away. Not effective. They bought fans for everyone but I didn't get one until last night when T gave me hers. It was the first decent night's sleep I've had since it started warming up.
Not Cute
The steadicam guy came in today to get his paperwork in order (I'd given it to the moron over a week ago but she didn't deal with it). He showed us pics of his 4 cats and sat around chatting. Finally he commented that every girl on this show was cute, that he'd been told by the regular camera op that this was the best show in a long time for cute girls.
I heard him say it and immediately thought of how it didn't apply to me. I have such a negative image of myself and how I look that I can't possibly imagine anyone would find me cute. I know there are fat chicks out there who are cute, even beautiful. I just don't see it in myself
Especially today with the retard-girl hairdo...
I heard him say it and immediately thought of how it didn't apply to me. I have such a negative image of myself and how I look that I can't possibly imagine anyone would find me cute. I know there are fat chicks out there who are cute, even beautiful. I just don't see it in myself
Especially today with the retard-girl hairdo...
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Class Act
The actors have to sign what's called an Exhibit G. It's the form used to record the hours they work. One of our actors decided it would be funny to sign his name as "Pig Fucker", "Boner Pie", and "I'm Rad" on 3 different days. Gotta love 'em. Oh, and this isn't a newbie - he's been on a couple of well known tv shows.
I made a total stink about it because as much as I cuss, I found it offensive. Plus, those are legal documents and are sent to the Screen Actors Guild and the studio.
I made a total stink about it because as much as I cuss, I found it offensive. Plus, those are legal documents and are sent to the Screen Actors Guild and the studio.
Monday, March 12, 2007
SPED!!!
Sped,
I went to Cosanti on Saturday morning and bought myself a bronze Paolo Soleri bell. It's not the prettiest, but it has the most wonderful sound - like a big gong. I love it and can't wait to put it up on the patio.
And it wasn't Arcosanti, it was Cosanti in Paradise Valley (I didn't have time to go to Arcosanti, after all I worked 7 days last week and 6 days every other friggin' week).
Anyway, I really want to get you a bell for Christmas, but I'm afraid it's too personal with the sound each one makes. I'd hate to pick one out and have you hate it. There were some I thought were too high pitched and some that sounded very minor key.
The other option is the ceramics. They have all sorts of shapes and sizes of ceramics, from 3x3 to 12x12. They even have round and light switches. Most of them are in a nice shade of blue or tan.
So what do you think? Unless you can make it to Phoenix for a weekend, I'll be forced to choose for you - bell or tile? Of course, I could go back and call you from the shop and have you listen over the phone... wonder if anybody's done that before?
I went to Cosanti on Saturday morning and bought myself a bronze Paolo Soleri bell. It's not the prettiest, but it has the most wonderful sound - like a big gong. I love it and can't wait to put it up on the patio.
And it wasn't Arcosanti, it was Cosanti in Paradise Valley (I didn't have time to go to Arcosanti, after all I worked 7 days last week and 6 days every other friggin' week).
Anyway, I really want to get you a bell for Christmas, but I'm afraid it's too personal with the sound each one makes. I'd hate to pick one out and have you hate it. There were some I thought were too high pitched and some that sounded very minor key.
The other option is the ceramics. They have all sorts of shapes and sizes of ceramics, from 3x3 to 12x12. They even have round and light switches. Most of them are in a nice shade of blue or tan.
So what do you think? Unless you can make it to Phoenix for a weekend, I'll be forced to choose for you - bell or tile? Of course, I could go back and call you from the shop and have you listen over the phone... wonder if anybody's done that before?
Friday, March 09, 2007
Some Kind of Joke?
This is how KIA runs:
Friday A.M., March 9 wrap notes for PR
1) Friday morning, 7:30am, March 9, while the electricians were striking set, the 120' Condor broke down in the middle of the street at the intersection of 56th St & Wonderview. At first it was suggested that operator error was the cause. All efforts were made to move out of the road. When it became obvious that the Condor could not be moved in time to make turn-around, the Electrians made every effort to leave before they would receive a forced call. It is my understanding they made their out time. FG, BB Grip, expressed in-depth knowledge of Condor operations and was asked by CM to assist. He, too, was unable to move it. RS, BB Rigging Electrician was then called to provide assistance JF Transportation Captain, called Hertz and a towing company to assist. CM called Phoenix Police Film unit to secure the street, however, Police Unit never arrived. JF, JS and CM provided lock-up on the street while waiting for the above support services. FG was released about 10am. He is waiving his turn-around. RS arrived and assisted tow truck driver while Condor was towed from intersection. Hertz mechanical support diagnosed that the controller in the basket, which engages wheels to transmission, to be faulty. After an hour of repair efforts, he still did not have it fixed and offered that we should get a credit for our lost time. The mechanic suggested that the control arm which engages the transmission feature we were using, probably did not work when we recieved the shipment, but that we did not notice it until we needed it. RS said that we have a back-up standing by to be delivered. We should not incur any deliver fees for this. The mechanic was asked to leave a detailed report re: the malfunction.
2) There was some confusion this morning over the Technocrane. MF, Rigging Grip, was told by TS at wrap, that the crane was to be ready to use at a moment's notice, this evening, March 9, 2007. I reiterated to M that the Technocrane was cancelled last night by DW, and that the technicians were to arrive shortly to strike the crane. Although I knew they were sleeping, I tried to reach DW, EP/UPM, and DB, 1st AD, to confirm any verbals that may have been communicated, differing from last night. When I did not speak to anyone, I went off Call Sheet, which did not list Technocrane working tonight, and told the technicians to strike the crane.
NB:3) A 20' single genie lift is to be delivered by around noon for work on the windows in the back of the house.
4) An additional piece of scaffolding was ordered to be delivered today for lights in the back of the house.
Best, C
How it's normally done:
1) Condor malfunctioned at wrap and had to be towed from street.
2) not a PR note issue
3) not a PR note issue
4) not a PR note issue
As N said, it's like the Three Stooges.
Friday A.M., March 9 wrap notes for PR
1) Friday morning, 7:30am, March 9, while the electricians were striking set, the 120' Condor broke down in the middle of the street at the intersection of 56th St & Wonderview. At first it was suggested that operator error was the cause. All efforts were made to move out of the road. When it became obvious that the Condor could not be moved in time to make turn-around, the Electrians made every effort to leave before they would receive a forced call. It is my understanding they made their out time. FG, BB Grip, expressed in-depth knowledge of Condor operations and was asked by CM to assist. He, too, was unable to move it. RS, BB Rigging Electrician was then called to provide assistance JF Transportation Captain, called Hertz and a towing company to assist. CM called Phoenix Police Film unit to secure the street, however, Police Unit never arrived. JF, JS and CM provided lock-up on the street while waiting for the above support services. FG was released about 10am. He is waiving his turn-around. RS arrived and assisted tow truck driver while Condor was towed from intersection. Hertz mechanical support diagnosed that the controller in the basket, which engages wheels to transmission, to be faulty. After an hour of repair efforts, he still did not have it fixed and offered that we should get a credit for our lost time. The mechanic suggested that the control arm which engages the transmission feature we were using, probably did not work when we recieved the shipment, but that we did not notice it until we needed it. RS said that we have a back-up standing by to be delivered. We should not incur any deliver fees for this. The mechanic was asked to leave a detailed report re: the malfunction.
2) There was some confusion this morning over the Technocrane. MF, Rigging Grip, was told by TS at wrap, that the crane was to be ready to use at a moment's notice, this evening, March 9, 2007. I reiterated to M that the Technocrane was cancelled last night by DW, and that the technicians were to arrive shortly to strike the crane. Although I knew they were sleeping, I tried to reach DW, EP/UPM, and DB, 1st AD, to confirm any verbals that may have been communicated, differing from last night. When I did not speak to anyone, I went off Call Sheet, which did not list Technocrane working tonight, and told the technicians to strike the crane.
NB:3) A 20' single genie lift is to be delivered by around noon for work on the windows in the back of the house.
4) An additional piece of scaffolding was ordered to be delivered today for lights in the back of the house.
Best, C
How it's normally done:
1) Condor malfunctioned at wrap and had to be towed from street.
2) not a PR note issue
3) not a PR note issue
4) not a PR note issue
As N said, it's like the Three Stooges.
Thursday, March 08, 2007
Haiku
We are holding a haiku contest and I have written several that are a bit too specific for the general public. But I must share one that describes my time in Phoenix thus far:
Welcome to Phoenix
Breath deep: dust and pollution
Sinus infection
We haven't gotten a lot of entries and some of them have to be disqualified for being over-syllabic (I know, not a word), including Topher's entry. We're supposed to pick a winner and give out the prize tomorrow but it's not happened yet. We don't even know what the prize will be...
Next is the limerick contest.
Welcome to Phoenix
Breath deep: dust and pollution
Sinus infection
We haven't gotten a lot of entries and some of them have to be disqualified for being over-syllabic (I know, not a word), including Topher's entry. We're supposed to pick a winner and give out the prize tomorrow but it's not happened yet. We don't even know what the prize will be...
Next is the limerick contest.
Saturday, March 03, 2007
Book List #30
This morning I lolled in bed finishing Confessions of a Sociopathic Social Climber by Adele Lang. It was meant to be a light-hearted bit of chick lit fluff (and that's not an insult, by the way). But the main character is a mean, bitter, self-obsessed bitch that I found annoying after the first 3rd or so. It still had its amusing moments so I kept reading but it really did turn into some sort of pathetic farce. I just don't buy someone being as bad that and not coming to a grisly end. Unless she was just stupid.
Either way, the only thing I'm grateful for is the author didn't have the "heroine" suddenly realize what a monster she'd been and go through some sort of redemption. She kept Katya as nasty as ever to the bitter end.
Not a fun read, though.
Either way, the only thing I'm grateful for is the author didn't have the "heroine" suddenly realize what a monster she'd been and go through some sort of redemption. She kept Katya as nasty as ever to the bitter end.
Not a fun read, though.
Apache Trail
Went to set late last night to hand out checks. It wasn't fun but I don't want to spoil my day off by talking about it now.
I'm going out to drive the Apache Trail today. I want to do/see something other than the walls of my office and/or apartment. It's a 40 mile drive but I'm not sure how much I'm going to cover. A lot of it is unpaved and I don't know if I'm up for that in the Dodge Charger. I had planned on taking it all the way around to Casa Grande National Monument, but we'll just have to see what happens.
Did I mention while I was in Bisbee I flashed my bra-covered chest in order to get some Mardi Gras beads? I've always wanted to do that but didn't think I'd get the chance.
I'm going out to drive the Apache Trail today. I want to do/see something other than the walls of my office and/or apartment. It's a 40 mile drive but I'm not sure how much I'm going to cover. A lot of it is unpaved and I don't know if I'm up for that in the Dodge Charger. I had planned on taking it all the way around to Casa Grande National Monument, but we'll just have to see what happens.
Did I mention while I was in Bisbee I flashed my bra-covered chest in order to get some Mardi Gras beads? I've always wanted to do that but didn't think I'd get the chance.
Thursday, March 01, 2007
More Griping Abt the Job
The Prod Supervisor is convinced she knows my job better than I do. She keeps trying to screw around with overtime days and we keep telling her she can't. We got an email today where she tried to claim the Rigging Grips started a new week on Saturday. Um, no they didn't. And if you meant for them to, it didn't happen because nobody told me.
That's one of the sucky things about this job. People make all of these "secret squirrel" deals and don't tell the one person who has to generate the paychecks. Then I get yelled at for going by the rules instead of the "deal". I end up telling them they can make whatever deals they want but if no one tells me about it, it doesn't happen.
Going to dinner now with the acctg office.
Sped, I owe you a phone call or at least an email. For now, thanks for calling on my birthday. It meant more than you know. I'm a crappy friend for not getting back to you. But to show you how it is here, I'm working 6 day weeks and today asked if I could work a 7th... ugh. My boss is worried I'm going to burn out but it'll be fine. It's just crazy at the start.
That's one of the sucky things about this job. People make all of these "secret squirrel" deals and don't tell the one person who has to generate the paychecks. Then I get yelled at for going by the rules instead of the "deal". I end up telling them they can make whatever deals they want but if no one tells me about it, it doesn't happen.
Going to dinner now with the acctg office.
Sped, I owe you a phone call or at least an email. For now, thanks for calling on my birthday. It meant more than you know. I'm a crappy friend for not getting back to you. But to show you how it is here, I'm working 6 day weeks and today asked if I could work a 7th... ugh. My boss is worried I'm going to burn out but it'll be fine. It's just crazy at the start.
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