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Snowing

It started snowing last night around midnight. It kept snowing until aroun 2 o’clock this afternoon. I’d say we got a bout a foot of snow. Because there was a snow emergency in the town I would have worked in today, they told me not to bother coming in. Yee-Hah !!! I got a day Snowing

Waiting

I’m still waiting for the last paychecks from my work on that movie. I called ny union office to find out what was going on . You know what it was ? They were closed for the holiday. That’s why it’s taking almost a month for me to get paid. Not a real good excuse Waiting

“Killer” Dot

Oh dear,where do I begin ? I worked on the movie all of last week. Effectively abolishing all social life. Since I have to be there at 6 or 7 in the morning, I am dead tired to do anything but go home and crash. By Wed. , one of the assistant directors gave me “Killer” Dot

Just A Working Girl

So let’s see, where was I ? On Monday, I worked on the movie again. They were shooting in Worcester at the Worcester Art Museum. It’s actually a museum I have been wanting to go to , but I digress. . .. .On Monday we were at the tail end of the first snow storm Just A Working Girl

13 Hours Later. . . . .

I worked as a movie extra again today . Our call time was 8 am and we were wrapped at 9 pm. It was a long cold day. We were filming at the delivery docks under our State House. The delivery docks look very good . The color is a uniform gray( maybe more putty 13 Hours Later. . . . .

Double Duty

At the moment, I am at the second job of the day, the fifth of the 5 jobs I currently have in rotation. This morning I worked at the booth and now I am at MIT. They have changed the gallery hours, so I am here from noon to 8 PM. A long day , Double Duty

Working In The Movies

Yesterday and today I got to work on a movie. It was the one that I had the call-back on and that my friend Steve got cast in. I am called a “Featured Extra” , though there is no real definition or pay bump in the union handbook for a “Featured Extra”. I am a Working In The Movies

Tricking Myself

Tonight was my friend’s Birthday party. I’ve known Chully almost 20 years now. He has it every year and I have been invited to his party since he’s been in this place. Of the last 9 years , I’ve managed to attend 7. That’s a pretty good track record for me. Sometime in the last Tricking Myself

It’s A Thanksgiving Day

We had a nice little family Thanksgiving. My brother got a turkey from his union. He made his fantastic stuffing. Mum cooked the turkey, squash and green beans. I made the mashed potatoes, sweet potaotes and gravy. My brother had gone out to visit friends and he started calling every half hour when he thought It’s A Thanksgiving Day