6/28/10

"LEARNED"


8:16am-
So weird to be up so early....

9:21am-
Starbucks interview.
Seemed like it went well.

11am-5pm
No A/C.
So hot at the studio.
One of the calendars we're making is half naked girls in candy.
Today I pushed lines claiming i 'couldnt be fired' and told Anastasia, the boss, SHE should be a month.
She said she HAD fired an intern before.
I asked anyway what kind of candy she would want to be buried in..

Gummy bears.


I also had my camera with me so I pushed all the buttons and asked the DP what does what and how to change it. Learned.

3:02am-
Hopefully gonna be getting up early again. No until friday. Just errands and playing with my camera. I feel prepared for tomorrow.

6/27/10

"THINGS ABOUT DENMARK"


Between noon and four-
Finally got up.
Drank some orange juice and then ate an apple in the shower.
(No one ever taught me NOT to..!?!)

Heading to meet Kristen at the east side service.

8:29pm-
Talked about dreams for 10 blocks.
Apparently I'm still old fashioned in the way of walking people to their destination.

Bus across town to meet up with Nolen and Lucas.
The bus reminds me of being at summer camp... Really cold and the feel and smell... Hmm.

12:36am-
Home.
Lucas and I got along really well. Apparently he doesn't really talk to people at all- he was around Nolens roommate for a week last time he was here and barely said two words- but he's been talking to me and explaining things about Denmark all night.
Nolen was surprised.
I'm just glad to know a straight guy in the city to hang out with.


Bed early.
I've got and interview at nine and using my camera at the studio again right after that.
And Sylvie wants to start getting up at 5...?! I told her I'd get up early with her. tomorrow is supposedly gonna be 7am...
We'll see.

6/26/10

"JOLLY OLD MAN"


12:17pm-
Kristen told me she has a 'key to the city'. It let's you in secret places through out the city..
so today were going adventuring.

3:50pm-
Were are now at the Louis Armstrong museum. Where he used to LIVE!!
Im even more a fan..
EVERY picture of him he has a giant grin or is laughing... you could tell he was a jolly old man.

4:47pm-
Sitting in the grass In Louis Armstrong's backyard...!

5:00pm-
The fire hydrant is open and the whole neighborhood is playing in the street.
I wanna plaay...!

7:01pm-
We went down into the depths of a Mexican restaurant where they made they're own tortillas, made on ourselves and ate it. Not bad, Us.
On a bus to an old fashioned soda shoppe.
Let's see what this is all about..!

7:38pm-
Strawberry vanilla malt from an actual soda shoppe.
Yum!

9:13pm-
At kristens house I found 1,000,000 years B. C.
So we got some wine and looks like were gonna watch that old movie.

1:17am-
Nope.
Also- I still don't like wine.

6/25/10

"LYSANDER"


10:18am-
Starbucks called.
I may have to start working now... Buuhh...

12:14pm-
Pumping the morning music and instead of coffee (to hot) I'm starting off with a redbull mimosa.
*redbull and orange juice.

1:43pm-
Looks like I'm forming a habit of running my feet under cold water every day before I get dressed, just to cool off.

3:25pm-
Stopped at a radio shack-
With an upgrade and then a trade in, I can get an iPhone 4 for about $118. Instead of $400. Deal....?

4:16pm-
Sitting in the shade in the park-
A group of little kids, probly five or six years old, running around with little spray bottles squirting each other.

-It settled down for moment, a girl said to the other girls around her, 'let's get the boys....!'

-a girl says, you're to far off...!'
The boy, 'but we can go where ever we want!!'
Other boy, 'to the rocks!!'
And the boys run off.

-Two other boys and a girl are standing around a tree squirting they're bottles and pretending to pee on the tree. 'weeerrre using the baaathrooomm...!' they sing.
The girl says to the boys, 'you know, I actually pee from my penis, too.'

12:16am-
Went nolens where shay was cutting several peoples hair. Met Lucas (Nolens Danish friend) and watched 10 Things I Hate About You.
I love Shakespeare and need to learn more of his work.

1:12am-
I just made Sylvia text me the entire summary of Mid-summer nights dream.

Just so I don't forget:
I'm naming my son Lysander.
Someone remind me when he gets here.

6/24/10

"IT'S DONE"

4:12pm-
After almost 30 minutes on the phone (with what may have been one of the guys on the streets who yells at you to buy sunglasses) I finally got my flight plans figured out.
"Ok. New York. And what is the state?"
"New York."
"Oh, ok. What was the city...?"
"Its New York."
"Wait, so the state AND the city are New York..????"
"Yes."

At least it's done.

5:23pm-
Planned on just sitting on the edge of the tub with my feet in the cold water to cool off... But, my mother never taught me any rules about not getting in the tub with your clothes on.. So I did.
I miss lakes.

7:41pm-
Went into a starbucks. Decided I might as well ask if they want to hire me..
The girl at the register said to write my name and number on this piece of paper for the manager. I wrote a long note instead.
We'll see.

12:17am-
Cleaned the living room. It was a MESS and took the garbage out. 6 paper grocery bags filled to the top....
Glad I got it out before my mom saw that....

12:49am-
Walked a few blocks to Dominos to pick up a large pizza for $6...!
Weekend special. Theyre normally like $15. deal.

6/23/10

"THE INFORMATION WE REQUIRE"

11:37am-
On the bus headed downtown. Some guy starts to tell the driver about some story in the news.
"and he lost control, hit a nun, and crashed into a wall..!?

2:24pm-
Cupcake shop.
Time square.
Apple store.
F. A. O. Shwartz.

12:50am-
Going to bed pretty early tonight.
Walking around all day and then all the way out to the airport and then getting back is tiring. Think I fell asleep in the train.
Also- they charge $5 just to LEAVE the airport...?! I was NOT happy about that.

1:38am-
'Double check your flight information. But don't take to long, because by the time you finish filling out all the information we require your session will have expired and you'll have to start all over from the beginning.'
Is what it SHOULD say...

6/22/10

"OUT IN THE OPEN"

11:42am-
Caught every train right as it was arriving.

11:54am-
Watching a little baby in a stroller in the subway rub her toes across her teeth.

2:02am-
Christie called to tell me I misspelled her name on a facebook comment seconds after I posted it.
"I just... I thought we were better friends, ya know...? I feel like I shouldn't have to tell you these things.. But, I didn't want to hold a grudge for years, I just wanted to get it out in the open and deal with this..."
I miss them.

6/21/10

"QUITE A JOURNEY."

9:51am-
Up and heading to the studio.
Were using my camera for a photoshoot today.
Its strange being up and out so early...

1:11pm-
Doing a photoshoot with models and candy.....

2:20pm-
Got sent to home depot for something that wasn't there last time and still isn't there this time.

3:48pm-
Today at the studio were doing a photoshoot with a naked model buried in candy corn. Ordered pizza and everyones being really funny.
Bad day to have to leave early.

4:32pm-
Me and a guy with an accent search for a 2,3 train and split when his card didn't work.
Heading to letterman to see Jay-Z and Emenim.....!

7:42pm-
Got VIP tickets. Front row in the balcony! Then went up and took pictures sitting at daves desk.
All thanks to my friend Kristen.

Events leading up to:
2:03am-
-We decided on pie.
We invited Kristen to join us and went to Juniors for cheescake.
Very good.
-Emily and shay apparently bought a rotisserie chicken that was waiting us at home.
So we all went that way.
-Shay and Emily split off to run an errand and would meet us at the house later.
-While Kristen and I were at the house, someone shay knew came by.
"helloo...?? Hi. I'm shays friend. He's gonna cut my hair. Also, I've been.. I'm a little bit... I'm wasted."
Funny stuff.
-After the haircut, a little eating and speed scrabble, Kristen had to go.
I told her earlier I'd 'walk' her home. Cause it's late and she doesn't know where she's going.
-She lives in queens.
-Two train rides and a long walk later-done. I can head home.

2:31am-
It's gonna be quite a journey back home.

6/20/10

"TWO OMELETS, SIX PANCAKES AND COFFEE ALL AROUND."

1:48pm-
Shay and Emily said they were planning on sleeping in this morning..
Maybe I'll get up and make some coffee...

4:28pm-
At ihop.
The waitress brought our food- two omelets, six pancakes and coffee all around.
Came back about 12 minutes later and it was reduced to stacked plates, sugar wrappers and a syrup spill.
"Are y'all doing ok- wow... Y'all did good."

6:16pm-
At the west side service to meet up with Kristen and Christy from the film project.

8:19pm-
Going to see toy story 3.....! In 3D! With Kristen and christy and another of their friends.
Shay and Emily want to go tomorrow so Nolen is coming.

2:50am-
At nolens watching her clean her room. It's so hot. Everywhere.

6/19/10

"ITS GREAT, BUT.."

9:54pm-
The plan was for us to be up and out by 9. We both slept in instead.
NOW were heading out. To the park to take pictures.

11:42am-
Stopped for coffee and found a good spot in the grass in the shade in the park.
So good to walk around barefoot in the grass..... I almost forgot what it was like.

1:29pm-
Got on a bus with a bus driver who must be in love.
He's funny and friendly with the passengers...
"ok, everyone..." hes talking to the passengers through the speaker, "What's ten body parts that are spelled with three letters..."
Passengers start yelling out answers:
"leg!"
"arm...!"
"eye!"
"Hip!"
"Ooh! Good one!"
"Neck..."
"Who said that...?? You're getting off at the next stop."


3:14pm-
At a walgreens.
I noticed that Condoms were in the 'family planning' section.
Emily: "More like the 'anti-family planning' section....!"

10:36pm-
Heading to Nolen's place of work.
(wanted to head that way around 7 or 8 but we fell asleep at home..!)
Passed a place called
"Wizard of Eyes optometrist."
Good luck getting people to trust you with their eyes after THAT name...!

10:44pm-
Makes me want to love on the ghetto when I walk past a corner with a good 20 people just hanging out on the sidewalk, playing cards and dominoes, grilling food, having a good time.....

12:10am-
Emily has had a few 'girly' drinks and apparently that's enough.
Her talking to Nolen:
"Oh...! Also- I bought a pair of Uni Qlo jeans!"
"oh! That's awesome!"
"Yeah! It's great! But I wish I could feel my lips.."

6/18/10

"Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself."
~John Dewey

1:14pm-
Emily and I on our way to SoHo for some more shopping.....
Looking for some good boots.

1:47pm-
I think I just got a job at a starbucks way downtown...
Yay.
And also buuh.

3:28pm-
Decided I didn't like the shoes I was wearing with the shirt I was wearing.
So i bought some new ones.
(I'd actually been wanting these shoes for a while..)

5:48pm-
At a real Chinese food place.
Hope it's good....

UPDATE:
It was.

11:12pm-
Heading to people central (time square).
Just to really take in the New York experience..? I guess....?

11:36pm-
"Hey....? Do you know if Bryant park is somewhere..?"
"Yes. Bryant park IS somewhere. I'm sure of it...."

12:40am-
Walking around times square with emilys model friend, alex.
She's nice but slightly vain. But for being a 21 year old model who looks like a 16 year old, it's understandable.

1:29am-
Big, black, funny lady in the train. Talking about every one who came in.
There's no description.
Just know it was funny.

1:36am-
Changing trains, another guy who was in that same train-
"Man, that lady was a mess....!"
"Shes the reason I take the subway."

6/17/10

"BRING TACOS"


12:38pm-
The plan was to be up and out to do laundry by 10.
Were just getting up and making coffee..

4:53pm-
Returned my camera bag for a bigger one. It was cheaper so I made $30.

6:29pm-
I tried on the suits that looked cool. I looked like I should be serving icecream to children.

Finally found a jacket that was a little more my style.


10:06pm-
Heading to someones birthday celebration..

12:48am-
Left the party and going to jakes dillema. Shay and Emily already left and went to a taco bell waay down town.
I told em to meet me at jakes. And bring tacos.

Later-
they did.

6/16/10

"LIQUID CHEESE SAUCE"


11:42am-
Wow... I'm the best at resetting alarms while half asleep.
And also pretty good at convincing myself that i can get home and then to the studio in 30 minutes.

3:21pm-
Joe and I went out looking for a coffee maker with Neil.
Neil said to split up, so Joe and I went to wendys for lunch.

3:41pm-
About how good liquid cheese sauce is:
"it's good on EVERYTHING.....! meat, bread, vegetables... You could probly even put that on regular cheese and it'd be good!!"
-Joe

3:56pm-
Neil, the dp, smart with cameras and equipment and is teaching me how to edit, failed to use a filter in the new regular ol' coffee pot.
"You didn't use a filter..!"
"What..???? I didn't know!?"

7:17pm-
My cousin Emily is here!
Her and shay went shopping, got separated on the train and now are finally back and I get to see her!

8:20pm-
Our window was messed up... Me on the fire escape and shay on the inside holding the AC, we stomped it until it went back into place.

10:48pm-
After we ate the dinner Emily cooked, spaghetti and salad, we made coffee and played speed scrabble.

More-
then Nolen showed up and we watched 500 Days Of Summer.

6/15/10

"A LITTLE TOO LOGICAL"


10:50am-
Alarm went off.
I could get up now and eat and have time to get ready and be at the studio at noon.
*snooze*

11:10am-
Ok.....
Better get up..

11:40am-
Ah!?
What happened!??
Looks like I might be a little late.

12:36pm-
On the way to stop for coffee I ran into Matt and Neil. They said they were making coffee at the studio.

1:28pm-
Had to stir my coffee with a pen.
This is the life i lead.
Wouldnt trade it.

2:00pm-
Learning about multiclip editing.
Pretty cool.

7:37pm-
Just left the studio.
All day hung out with Tim. Very smart. A little too logical though.
-Knows all about computers.
-Thinks meat will kill him.
-Doesn't believe in the old testament.
-Thinks he's good at impersonations.

11:48pm-
Little kid at the bus stop can't stop laughing...! Calling his daddy a hotdog! Ha!

12:36am-
Brenden is here and shay shows up.
Slumber party at nolens tonight.

6/14/10

"BED"


1:03pm-
Nolen came in to see if I was awake.
"Stay asleep. I'll come back later."

1:45pm-
"ok. I'm bored. Let's go to ihop!"

2:38pm-
Eating breakfast and noticing awkward couples, cute babies and a group of funny English kids.

4:21pm-
Home.
Decided I was gonna skip today and just sleep. So that's where I'm headed. Bed.

2:46am-
Ding!
The four Hitchcock movies I've been downloading for the last week are finally cooked.

6/13/10

"YOU (THE READER)"


11:09am-
Aahh...?!
Who didn't wake me up!?
5 hours to be finished...?!

BRAIN UPDATE:
Scrambled. Open in a frying pan.
Mustard.

6:38pm-
Done.
It has to be turned in by 7, so I rendered it, uploaded it to an external hard drive and Kristen caught a cab and got it to the guy just in time!

Editing was hours and hours. Non stop.
And it still came our TERRIBLE.
you (the reader of this) will definitely never see this project.

The product wasn't good AT. ALL.
But I learned a LOT.
Failing upwards. Is what i call it.

8:22pm-
Finally leaving headquarters.
Get to go home and take a real shower....

9:51pm-
Took my shoes off for the first time in daays...

Some Australians stayed at my house over the weekend. I never met them, but the more I walk around, the more I like these mystery guests...
A ton of beer cans (but all put in a garbage bag); chips; cool clothes; a cell phone....?
They're either still living here, left in a hurry, or are just really irresponsible.


Later-
Nolan came over.
I finally
Took a real shower.
We went to her house.
The end.

6/12/10

"SINK BATH"


12:37pm-
Apparently we have a little time until our talent is available.
I guess I'm getting up now...?
Empty house. Don't know where everyone went..
Eh.. They'll come and get me when I need to be gotten.

1:14pm-
Heading to SoHo to shoot an office seen. It's great out today!

3:58pm-
In the subway.
Asked a cop about his gun.
Just wanted to see if he'd think that's suspicious.
He didn't.

8:24pm-
Took my second 'tour shower'. (in the sink.)

8:32pm-
We're ahead of schedule.
Going to dinner.
Panera bread again.

11:42pm-
We got ahead.
We got behind.
Now weve got 15 minutes left and one shot to go....
Whew.....

12:25am-
Just took my third sink bath.
I've bathed more here in the sink in one day than I have at home in the last week.....

12:39am-
Popped open some champaign to celebrate the end of shooting!!!



OTHER NOTES:
I need to not start trouble just cause I can.
Its gonna get me..

6/11/10

"HERE WE GO..."


10:34am-
Went and jumped on nolens bed (or, shays bed) to wake her up.
"This is something my mom would do."

11:07am-
Made it downtown on time.
Secured the boom mic.
Now going back home to go back to sleep.

11:51am-
A guy realized this was his stop and jumped off the train just as the doors closed!
He turned around to see that his girlfriend didn't make.

5:50pm-
Packed and heading to 'headquarters' for the weekend.
Here we go.

7:03pm-
Got the email telling us what the guide lines-

"Theme: Redemption
Must include a character wearing a suit and the word 'indubitably'.
You have from now until 7pm Sunday June 13th."

Ok...... Here we go.

8:23pm-
Lunch break.
The story is looking......
Not as good as I want it to.
At least I'll get to use my camera.

12:27am-
Script done.
Eric (a writer) left.
The three of us are going to celebrate by going out and finding an open store to get some rockstars and redbulls.

1:35am-
Sitting down with a coffee drink and a computer and notebook to read over and storyboard a script that I'm not necessarily pumped about.
Well, we'll see what we can do...

3:44am-
Kristen goes to bed while Stephen finishes breaking down the script.

4:23am-
Headphone fell out of my ear and almost swung into my stream of pee.
Instead I just peed on my shoe.

4:51am-
Stephens turn to sleep and Kristen is organizing the schedule.
I give her a sip of a 5hour energy.
She agrees that it tastes like summer and running through a sprinkler.

6something am-
Storyboard made.
Schedule set.
Script locked.
Emails sent to actors.
Were on schedule.

7:22am-
Kristen went to starbucks and got us breakfast while Stephen and I fixed the sound issue.
Or, the no sound issue.

7:35pm-
I maybe just fell asleep on the floor...

7:50am-
Apparently we have about an hour or so (maybe more) to sleep.

I like having a producer and assistant director around.
I can go to sleep when I want and know THEY are in charge of waking me up and telling me when we need to be somewhere.
And they love making schedules (and keeping people on them) and making sure everything we need is available.
So much I DONT have to do...!

9:59am-
I don't know if dinfjjngv

(^ fell asleep while writing this.)
Don't know if I dreamed if I need get up or not.....



CON'T NEXT DAY . . .

6/10/10

12:36pm-
Nolen said her metro card might not work, and she's trying to get to the bank to deposit money...
Im just planning on sitting around here until my camera gets here, so I let her take mine. Now I CANT go anywhere.

2:01pm-
It's here!!
My camera is finally here!!
I almost bolted out the door without my keys!

3:11pm-
Ok.... Now I just gotta learn everything about how to use this- focus, iris settings, aperture settings, record video, record audio, save in the right format and how to transfer data to a computer (and what software I'll need for that)- by 7 tomorrow night.
Better start reading and pushing buttons..

4:41pm-
Rude lady (who's always rude to customers) at BK-
"Its like I'm an asset here but aint nobody appreciate me."

9:36pm-
Learning how to use this camera...
Break for a nap.

-
Nolen is on her way to watch GG.
I just realized the water stopped working again.

-
Water is on!!
But it's MUD!

-
I guess she is considered more of a roommate now...?

4:24am-
Gotta meet someone at the Letterman show at 10:30 in the morning.
Guess I better go to bed..

6/9/10

"It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: but it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg."
-C. S. Lewis

12:38pm-
Heading to work.
I feel like the term 'late' means you couldn't make it on time... Like it was an accident...
What's the term for when you just... don't GO on time...?

12:46pm-
Standing on the stairs sending an email before I go down and lose reception...
A crowd just started coming up. And down. A big black man who is probly nice says "get your ass outta the way, man."
"thanks, pop."

1:09pm-
Just held the door open on the subway for a guy with a rat perched on each shoulder. One pink, one blue.
Oh, new york.

1:12pm-
People are asking him about them.
He stuffed the blue on half in his mouth and swung it around... To... Look... Cool.....?

1:39pm-
Joe, another intern got 'in trouble' for searching for the other interns dancing video... Ha!!
"I wasn't doing anything!! Just watching a video of another intern..!?"

4:56pm-
Shelly is having her picture taken in prop clothes so they can know what all they have.
Right before I left they asked me to wear a few things for em.
Pic

5:58pm-
It's raining.
I bought an umbrella.
At Grey Dogs Coffee for a meeting with the crew.

7:44pm-
Had to move to Starb cause there wasn't any room at greys.
Just got a izze sparkling Clementine soda and got them to add some vanilla to it.
Pretty goood idea, me.

9:43pm-
"Ok. 9:43. Break!"
"You have to say 'meeting adjourned'"
"Oh, ok. Meeting adjourned!"

10:26pm-
...And we talked to 59th street.

12:31am-
Nolen is dying from lady problem pain.
We looked up endometriosis. Cause it's in her family and makes cramps really terrible.
(I'm not going into detail about it.... But just believe me it's gross and makes things a lot worse.)

2:01am-
Watching Gossip Girl with Nolen.
Totally have girl time right now.

6/8/10

"The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances."
-Aristotle

11:37am-
Wave and say hi to the neighbors we met a couple times the other day.
It's good to know people who live around here.
But, they're French and will be going back to France in a few weeks.

1:18pm-
Stacy 'graded' my work.
(since grading it doesn't really matter anyway.)
I maaaybe missed a question- or, just didn't put the full answer down so she gave me an A-.
"oh, look Zane, Erica got an A+."
"Yeah....? I can draw lines. Get me a red pen. I'll have an A+ too."

4:41pm-
Erica just turned 20 yesterday. And she apparently used to be a stripper.
She told us to find her YouTube pole dancing video....
Wow. We barely know her.

5:58am-
After dinner, a nap, a shower, practice a song and finally bed.

6/7/10

“I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see.”
-John Burroughs

12:08pm-
Heading home before I go equipment shopping.

Called butterflyphoto cause I noticed they JUST charged me for what I ordered over a week ago. Told em I ordered it in time to have it by a certain date and if I don't have it by then then it doesn't do me any good.
Free express shipping.
Should be here at least by Thursday.


(I'm making a steadicam and bought all the pieces the other day but im stuck because I don't have a drill...)
1:58pm-
Found a gas station/auto inspection place and asked of they would drill some holes in some end caps that I have.
After the guy drilled the holes he went back to the car he was working on.
I didn't know if I was supposed to pay or anything... So I just said thanks to everyone and left.

2:14pm-
Some girls in the subway asked where I got my sunglasses.... (I said they were my brothers.)
But, I don't think they really cared about the glasses..

2:16pm-
Phone already almost dead.

3:39pm-
Just bought a bag and tripod and it was relatively painless.
A good bag and a reeaally cheap tripod.
Aannd..... Just remembered I forgot an XLR > 1/8" cable.
Going back...

6:31pm-
Using iMovie to edit shays audition.
I really hate iMovie.

9:20pm-
Went to use the microwave and found a plate of old, hard pizza rolls in there....
......No telling when that happened..

10:04pm-
Sitting on the couch with stale oreos and a beer....
I think i'm getting the hang of this 'bachelor' thing.

11:21pm-
Making a steadicam.

3:41am-
Nolen and I just finished off season 1 of Gossip Girl.
She cried.

6/6/10

“The people and circumstances around me do not make me what I am, they reveal who I am”
-Laura Schlessinger


7:34am-
I wake up for a second and see where/how we all fell asleep-
Shay on the couch, Nolen on the floor next to the couch, me on the floor half under a chair.

12:46pm-
Nolen is making us get up.
Now Shays in my bed, Nolen is on the couch and I'm on the floor wrapped up in blankets.

1:02pm-
Apparently we don't have water today....

UPDATE:
4 blocks don't have water.

4:35pm-
While recording shays audition we decided that we were gonna start making Disney video clip remakes every Sunday. Hopefully we start doing that soon. And with my new camera!

RIGHT when Nolen and I leave it starts pouring.

6:48pm-
A blocked number just called my phone. Someone who knew my name talked in a really high pitched, Mickey mouse voice, we had a short conversation, and then I told them I was mugging someone and asked th to call back later.
They hung up.

7:22pm-
Went back outside and it's actually coldish...??? And super windy.
I just watched a styrofoam cooler fly down the street. We just had to hide behind a tree cause the sand was stinging our legs and faces..

9:06pm-
Just went to French Roast and had DUCK!? with pear + almond and tried MUSSELS!?!
I need to make sure I always bring Nolen to classy places like this so she can tell me how to pronounce things.

10:43pm-
Shay and Nolen are learning a dance to Brittany Spears in the living room.




3:40am-
Our water still doesn't work.
So we went to Nolen's to drink water and take showers.
Wheeew... refreshing in this kind of weather.....

6/5/10

"Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn't people feel as free to delight in whatever remains to them?"
-Rose Kennedy


1:54pm-
Already running late...!
The train said it be here in 12 minutes.... And then.. it just flew right past us!!!?!?!??
After the train past and everyone just stared:
"Well. That was a terrible joke."

2:02pm-
Saw an old guy with a McAlisters cup of sweet tea...!?
I went up and asked of there wa McAlisters around here....
No. Central park was having a mississippi thing and McAs was there giving out sweet tea.
And I missed out!!

3:14pm-
At a meeting for the 48hr film thing. Trying to secure locations and equipment and actors and test the writers to see if they will be able to write a 5 page story in 4 hours.
30 minutes to write one page. Go.

3:44pm-
Time up.
We didnt get a page of a script, but an entire story in one page.
And I liked it.

6:16pm-
Nolen calls-
"hello...?"
"I NEED TO WATCH GOSSIP GIRL....!!"
I've created monsters.

10:10pm-
At the end of the 4th episode of Gossip Girl we watched, they had a ton of hot dogs and Nolen and I instantly craved a ton of hot dogs.

We ran down the street and found an actual grocery store with everything we needed.

10:20pm-
Nolens very best friend called and surprised her and is in the city....!!!?!
She's freaking out.
Were going down town to meet up with them.
After hot dogs.

12:04am-
Heading out to meet Scott and friends.
In the subway one kid was guarding while the other was pissing on the wall. ha....

Train is gonna take 15 minutes.
Were walking.

12:09am-
Saw a cat walking across the street. It had a mouse in it's mouth!!

1:20am-
Met up with Nolens friends and now were at some place that someone they know works at.
That means free drinks....

3:01am-
"I couldn't do it though... Apparently I'm still in love with another girl."

"Shes stupid. I met her once.."

"Yeah.....
She's a b*tch.
But she's got me wrapped around her finger.
Don't tell her that though...."

"The guy shes in love with is an a**hole though. And treats her like sh*t. So its more protecting herself than b*tchyness.
You're secret is safe with me."


"The supply of good women far exceeds that of the men who deserve them."
~Robert Graves

4/4/10

She's opened up just like she really knows me.
I hate her face, but enjoy the company.
I take her home, back to Oklahoma.
She's not so nice, but sex is so cheap.
-Kings of Leon



11:49pm-
Nolen came back from work to go back to sleep but decided to watch Gossip Girl instead.
What have we started.......

1:32pm-
After we finished a pot of coffee shay went out to get some cans of sweet tea and some salsa.
Such a southwestern morning were having.

2:48pm-
It's a weird shock seeing girl stuff in MY shower.......

4:03pm-
at the post office.
Looong line....

4:25pm-
A group of 17 year old girls came up and said they 'liked my outfit' and asked of I had a facebook. Ha...!

5:06pm-
Walked into the hardware store and read off my list.

5:36pm-
Looks like I'm gonna have to walk 20 blocks to find a 2.5 lb weight...

7:06pm-
Check the mail on my way inside- got my memory cards!
It's like a Christmas eve present.
Just enough to get you excited for the big day!!

7:38pm-
Emails back and forth.
Meeting up with the crew tomorrow at a coffee place. 2pm.

8:04pm-
"I did it. A little later than I wanted to.. But I did it."

"A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush."
I don't agree.

2:25am-
Stop at a deli to get something to eat on the way home from a going away party up town (where we stayed for 20 minutes and then got outta there).

3:32am-
Got home.
Cool shower.
Sitting on the couch eating sherbert.

6/3/10

When something is missing in your life, it usually turns out to be someone.
~Robert Brault

4:31pm-
Shay:
"Blog about me. Write- four thirty one, shays says 'blog about me.'"

5:42pm-
I only remember that I have clothes that I need to pick up from the tailors when I run out of all my clean clothes.

6:07pm-
I can tell when I'm leaning towards the nerd side of things when someone casually asks me if there's wifi here at starbucks and I spend 15 minutes explaining how the signal works while fixing her computer to make it pick up the signal.

9:14pm-
Reading about how to make a steadicam. I'm getting up in the MORNING and gonna go buy the pieces and try to make one!!

12:25am-
Go out to get some tortilla chips and sweet tea.
It's hot and muggy with a cool breeze. It somehow reminds me of being on tour.

1:36am-
Nolen asked for some wash clothes or something so she could take a shower and not have to dry off with our one dirty towel that we keep forgetting to wash.

2:49am-
"Whats that...?"
"Im sending a package to my friend Anthony. He's 14."
"Haah...! Aaawww.... 'my friend Anthony. He's 14...' That's an 8 year difference....!"

4:34pm-
Another late bedtime because of Gossip Girl.

6/2/10

"Wisdom consists of the anticipation of consequences."
~Norman Cousins

After 12pm-
I like that I can be running 'late' and still stop for coffee and get here before anyone who would notice is here.

1:37pm-
Started talking with Neil, the DP, about a mic system for my camera and we ended up on Hitchcock films.

2:51pm-
I'm researching audio equipment I (eventually) want and talking to Neil about correct script formats.

3:06pm-
Taking some stuf to the post office.
It's so nice out!

5:13pm-
Searching for addresses again.
But I got Pandora going this time. (Internet radio that let's you put ok a band you like and it geniuses it.)
Right now I'm listening to some ska.

6:12pm-
Walking up to Stacy to ask a question and she asks what size pants I wear... Ha..

9:46pm-
At Olive Garden with shay and Nolen cause shay has a $67 gift card.

10:37pm-
Aaaaand.... I'll take care of the $31 left.

1:35
Gossip Girl and now bed early cause shay and nolen have to be up early.
"why cant you guys just quit your jobs and do whatever you want all the time.. like me....."

6/1/10

"You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him."
~Leo Aikman

11:35am-
On the train on my way to the studio.
I think I'm sitting across from a model.
Tall and thin and plastic looking..

PROCESSING ERROR:::::
1:07pm-
Apparently to get something shipped to where I live now, i have to call my credit card company and add it to the billing address. I guess that's a good thing. But it woulda been good to know before I ordered a ton of stuff...!

4:24pm-
After I answered all the questions on on my homework that I already knew the answer to, like: "what is roomtone" and 'what are nat sounds" I made up my own question- "draw a picture of a scary monster about to attack and eat a child."
So I answered it.


(and Neil, who checks my answers commented: 'sharp teeth would also work well'. Ha..!)

5:17pm-
Stacy just told me that the zombie movie Matt wrote got funding!!
So hopefully by the end of the summer we'll be shooting a zombie movie!!

7:55pm-
Just listened to a voice over professional read off some radio commercials.
Those guys you think are really nice people in tuxedos and have sparkling white teeth telling you about a vacation in Hawaii are actually big, drunk, sweaty, fat jerks who think they're awesome and cuss like a sailor with a bad attitude.
It was cool to watch the sound guy, Allen, mix everything and cut out all the words that shouldn't be said on public radio and make the commercial sound good.

2:14am-
Sherri texted me her new tattoo.

And she said she'd love to draw one for me. Can't wait to see what she does withy idea...!

3:39am-
Just saw a bunch of bags of trash fly past my window and heard em crash from 5 or 6 stories up.

5/31/10

"You've got a lot of choices. If getting out of bed in the morning is a chore and you're not smiling on a regular basis, try another choice."
~Steven D. Woodhull

8:41am-
Im up, perfectly awake.
Not tired at all.
And I feel sick.
Sweaty but cold. Stomachache. My shoulder has been hurting for days now and making my head hurt. And Im always catching myself clenching my teeth.

3:05pm-
My timing has slipped again.
The middle of the day and I'm just getting up.

3:51pm-
Ok. Now for real getting up.

5:38pm-
Aparently it's house care day.
I'm cleaning the kitchen while Shay supposedly organizes the living room..

10:43pm-
Hungry and looking for food-
We've got dip, but no chips. Peanut butter, but no bread. Cereal, but no milk. Creamer and sugar, but no coffee....
Who's doing the shopping around here..?!

2:32am-
On the way back from kates house it took shay and I three stops to find regular tortilla chips. And in were SPANISH HARLEM!?!