Treasure island

So we actually managed to fly out for the weekend and get our asses to Treasure Island Music Festival. There was a slight mishap with my giant luggage filled with dirty laundry. JFK might be the meanest airport ever. I almost pulled the same thing on the way to LA though and luckily they let me on the flight.

Good ol' sunny California.

No, I did not ride the ferris wheel. They freak me out and plus the line was way too long.

This was taken at the Dan Deacon after hours concert at the Mezzanine. It was fucking awesome. I got this shot from above cause non of us had slept in so long that we were barely awake.

Flaming lips vag

FUnemployment

After 2 long years at GW I got the boot last Friday. I suppose it is all for the best. Since then, I've tried to get my apartment situation straightened out, worked on a nyu thesis, and a music video. Since it's been basically a week since I've not had a "real" job I'm still enjoying it. I assume that panic and depression will ensue the moment I am lounging on a couch with no one calling me to work for free or at all.

The NYU thesis:

These pics above are from the first days shoot up in Yonkers. I worked on this for a few days when I had time and met some pretty great people. Hopefully, will turn out well. I suppose all shoots are bit tense and bit of a mess.

This film basically had no art department or production designer...The producer and director managed the props and my "art PA" skills were only used for balancing that there clock above the door.

....and then there was the second job:

The music video:

The theme is a doctor suessy idea for desks. This is what we call a desk dressed in foam core. Does it look wonky enough for you guys?

The dancers...hopefully they won't die on the desks.

Animal Safety

courtesy of Read Blankenship

This is by far the most amazing thing someone has seen. Though I did not get to see this with my own two eyes it made my day. The dog has goggles on and the man has velcro shoes. It's like the 80s or something. Anyway, I hope the dog is okay and didn't fly off the bike. Poor guy doesn't even look strapped down.

Weekends

I realized what people do on the weekends. They spend money. I managed to go to brunch both Saturday and Sunday. Working is definitely a better bet. We met up at and went to Cafe Moutarde around 1:30pm, lamented over our celery-less Bloody Marys, and sat around eating until 430pm when they closed to set up for dinner. In the mean time we moved to yet another fooding location and hung out there until after dinner. Photos above are us just vegetating and roaming about Park Slope.

Sunday I wandered from Union square, to west village, to meat packing, back to Union square, and then all the way down to soho. At one point I stopped to have brunch with my Blondie at Standard Grill: steak and eggs and topped it off with cheesecake. So good. Laura and I ended up hanging out in the city for what felt like hours but was only like 30 min.

and life goes on

The real problem with working in film is loss. The art department and PAs on this last shoot were so amazing that I've taken a hard hit now that it is over. After 2 weeks of getting to know people and seeing them, enjoying their company, I have to start all over again. Well, at least this weekend we have restoration of the apartment to continue on so a few of us will be there and ... drumroll please... I got another job with Danielle for a music video. So, I guess it's not a complete start over. I'm very excited. I had applied to a couple jobs a week ago but never heard a response and thought maybe I should take a break while my apt is getting put together, but I can't turn down an offer. I don't know how people do it though; working a month here, a couple weeks and not knowing for sure when their next paycheck is coming in.

I have something to look foward to though. I am going home mid October, right around the time I'm supposed to move, to see the most amazing lineup ever. It is beyond awesome and I'm super stoked. I convinced Button to go with me (was not hard) and hopefully Nappy, Blythe, and Mike will come too. We will ROCK OUT.

M2m Day 12

So day 12 was all exteriors. So we, the giant art department, weren't needed as all that had to be done was make sure they had the right prop at the right time.

The rest of us had the wonderful task of "restoring" the apartment back to its original state but keeping the living room in tact just in case they needed to get some more shots in there. We had to rummage through the "magic storage room" for all of the producer's roommate's stuff. We repainted the room "coral" and rehung the flower pictures etc. This guys is definitely very secure in his masculinity.

We left this mess at one point to go get caffeine and chill out with the rest of the crew and cast for a little while. Fatigued (not drunken) debauchery ensued, with trash talking, car photo shoots, and just lounging around.

This is one of the art department pics... of us trying to look sexy. STUNNING!!

M2M Day 9

Monday after work I rushed over to 130 McGuinness to see the progress of the shoot and watch them film in the rooms that Morgan, Danielle, and I had set up. I got there only in time for the night scenes, but it was great to see everyone on set.

I spent some time in the magic storage room, squatting on the ground, mixing food color into Gatorade to make it look like wine.

I'll be back there Thursday for Day 12. I think they're gonna be done with the apartment scenes and we have to reset up the producers apartment so that he can have a home again.

Yesterday I went and saw Extract. While it was funny it was a bit repetitive and slow in the middle. However, I did not gather from the preview that Mila Kunis' character would be the way it was...so that was kinda nice.