a new day
Alright. I slept enough last night to feel pretty refreshed today. I'll try to fill in some empty spaces.
Thanksgiving was really nice. I almost wrote that I didn't get to see my family. That's not true, though. Kayla's family has become mine and I feel a part of it all. I did miss getting to see my blood-family. I miss the old days of falling asleep on the couch at Granny and Papa's house. I had some quality couch time at the Latendresse household. Something in the turkey must've been making us silly, because Justin, Eric and I laughed at this for a long time:
Kayla and I spent a lot of time together while I was home. I'm really lucky to have a wife who is also my best friend.
Sunday, I flew out of Nashville and into San Diego. Night flights are boring but a lot more relaxing than the daytime ones. I could just barely spot the lights of a cities buried deep in the inky black depths of my window. We took a hired shuttle to our hotel. One the way, we dropped a young man off at the Marine Corps Reserve Depot. The shuttle dipped under bridges and around twisty curves, finally planting us deep in the Reserve. All of the news from the Middle East struck a little closer to home as I watched the guy hitch his pack over his shoulder and hike to his room. Peace on Earth... is that too much to ask for?
We're staying the Holiday Inn "at" Seaworld. Definitely not as nice as I imagined it. Two beds in my room for some reason. I ordered Italian delivery Sunday night, having starved on the flight in to town. Some restaurant delivered cannelloni about an hour and fifteen minutes later. I was already too tired to eat any of it. I finished about 1/4th of it and fell asleep watching Metalocalypse.
Monday morning had a 6 a.m. call, so I was up at 5. I walked down to the arena and watched the load-in. There's not so much to do until the video truck comes down since all the local hands take care of the loading and unloading. We just stand and point a lot of the time. We loaded in our stuff but had to wait to move any of it into place. They have to build the stage, rig the lighting and all before we can get anywhere near being set. The entire stage rolls across the arena floor. Shmaba(sp?) and I built the jib up. I shouldn't really have to deal with the darn thing after that last setup. He'll be working on his jib while I'm building front-of-house cameras most of the time. Fast forward several hours of setup and organization...
We started rehearsal around 9 o'clock. I have a nice local stagehand named Laura as my cable page. She's probably in her thirties, married with kids and working for the union here. Another of the hands reminded me that the union is the only way a lot of people can put back money into retirement for later in life. I'm not sure if you can even work around here if you're not in the union.
Rehearsal went fine. I listened in afterwards as Kenny explained more of what he's looking for in the show. We're certainly not going to shoot this like a rock show. He wants plenty of wide, slow cuts. Lots of head-to-toe, which is kinda boring to me. I like to mix it up with crazy tight shots and such. Artsy fartsy, quick and timely. Oh well.
Oh! I almost forgot. While we were hanging screens yesterday, one of the riggers almost dropped a rope on Arnold. He went off. It was kinda funny but not to Arnold.
The arena we're working in is one of the arenas used in Almost Famous. Remember the part in the movie where the the boy reporter meets the girls for the first time? Where he can't get in to interview the band? That's where we loaded in. I'll post some pictures when I get back to the room tonight. It's pretty neat. I walk in and out of that precious guarded door several times a day.
We got off work around 11 last night. 'Twas a long, long day and I was ready to hit the sack. (I did stop by the rapidly disintegrating Tower Records and pick up a few cheap CDs on the way home.) I slept 'til 9 this morning. It felt so great to sleep in a little.
Now I'm here, refreshed, ready to do this. I'm sitting in the stands, watching dance rehearsals and chilling out. Here's a crappy picture of what I'm looking at.
Thanksgiving was really nice. I almost wrote that I didn't get to see my family. That's not true, though. Kayla's family has become mine and I feel a part of it all. I did miss getting to see my blood-family. I miss the old days of falling asleep on the couch at Granny and Papa's house. I had some quality couch time at the Latendresse household. Something in the turkey must've been making us silly, because Justin, Eric and I laughed at this for a long time:
Kayla and I spent a lot of time together while I was home. I'm really lucky to have a wife who is also my best friend.
Sunday, I flew out of Nashville and into San Diego. Night flights are boring but a lot more relaxing than the daytime ones. I could just barely spot the lights of a cities buried deep in the inky black depths of my window. We took a hired shuttle to our hotel. One the way, we dropped a young man off at the Marine Corps Reserve Depot. The shuttle dipped under bridges and around twisty curves, finally planting us deep in the Reserve. All of the news from the Middle East struck a little closer to home as I watched the guy hitch his pack over his shoulder and hike to his room. Peace on Earth... is that too much to ask for?
We're staying the Holiday Inn "at" Seaworld. Definitely not as nice as I imagined it. Two beds in my room for some reason. I ordered Italian delivery Sunday night, having starved on the flight in to town. Some restaurant delivered cannelloni about an hour and fifteen minutes later. I was already too tired to eat any of it. I finished about 1/4th of it and fell asleep watching Metalocalypse.
Monday morning had a 6 a.m. call, so I was up at 5. I walked down to the arena and watched the load-in. There's not so much to do until the video truck comes down since all the local hands take care of the loading and unloading. We just stand and point a lot of the time. We loaded in our stuff but had to wait to move any of it into place. They have to build the stage, rig the lighting and all before we can get anywhere near being set. The entire stage rolls across the arena floor. Shmaba(sp?) and I built the jib up. I shouldn't really have to deal with the darn thing after that last setup. He'll be working on his jib while I'm building front-of-house cameras most of the time. Fast forward several hours of setup and organization...
We started rehearsal around 9 o'clock. I have a nice local stagehand named Laura as my cable page. She's probably in her thirties, married with kids and working for the union here. Another of the hands reminded me that the union is the only way a lot of people can put back money into retirement for later in life. I'm not sure if you can even work around here if you're not in the union.
Rehearsal went fine. I listened in afterwards as Kenny explained more of what he's looking for in the show. We're certainly not going to shoot this like a rock show. He wants plenty of wide, slow cuts. Lots of head-to-toe, which is kinda boring to me. I like to mix it up with crazy tight shots and such. Artsy fartsy, quick and timely. Oh well.
Oh! I almost forgot. While we were hanging screens yesterday, one of the riggers almost dropped a rope on Arnold. He went off. It was kinda funny but not to Arnold.
The arena we're working in is one of the arenas used in Almost Famous. Remember the part in the movie where the the boy reporter meets the girls for the first time? Where he can't get in to interview the band? That's where we loaded in. I'll post some pictures when I get back to the room tonight. It's pretty neat. I walk in and out of that precious guarded door several times a day.
We got off work around 11 last night. 'Twas a long, long day and I was ready to hit the sack. (I did stop by the rapidly disintegrating Tower Records and pick up a few cheap CDs on the way home.) I slept 'til 9 this morning. It felt so great to sleep in a little.
Now I'm here, refreshed, ready to do this. I'm sitting in the stands, watching dance rehearsals and chilling out. Here's a crappy picture of what I'm looking at.
posted by Josh at 12:39 PM
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Yeah, we stayed at the "something something At Sea World" while we were at Comic Con. It was a total dump! Very misleading. There was a Denny's nearby though. We ate dinner at 4:00 AM with Techno Destructo. That was pretty rad.
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