Apparently TIme Magazine believes that my hometown is the lynchpin for both parties in getting the Virginia delegates... huh...
For more check out:
http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1854243,00.html
27.10.08
Random Thoughts #11
Oh god how I love low humidity environments.... particularly because I love
COTTON!!!
The most amazing fabric ever... so nice... so soft... ahhh.... Cotton how I missed you.
COTTON!!!
The most amazing fabric ever... so nice... so soft... ahhh.... Cotton how I missed you.
25.10.08
The Asian Adventure Part 13 : Return to Sender
Bird are flying past my window.
My bed is the best thing ever.
Like really.
I need coffee.
Joe said I'm going to start hallucinating soon.
He's probably right.
I got back last night after my 16 hour flight. Yay!
So let's recap.
Best Part of my Trip. Working with my Crew and the Bands in Singapore. Driving around and shooting at everyone, and the laughs we had.
The Trader's Hotel at Singapore has amazingly big bathtubs that are almost as big as the beds. Seriously Awesome.
Worse Part of my Trip. Slight food poisoning on my last day in Thailand. The food was so good, but that last day you couldn't get me touch anything, and that's disappointing, because I really liked getting gourmet veggie meals for 2 dollars.
Funny interaction at the end of the trip. I was at the Bangkok Airport and I was at their pharmacy trying to find something for my terrible feeling stomach, and I kept denying their not quite correct drugs, and then after the 7th pill suggestion and third assistant another worker walks up and points to one that says "Spastic Stomach" and I'm like "Yes!" Ah the things that make you happy.
Being back here is really weird. Did things change? Maybe. I know gas got cheaper. Yay! Maybe I'm just a little more aware of how things have moderately evolved since I was here last, or maybe I'm bugging out.
Yes, the jet lag back to the US is worse then the Jet lag to Asia. This is like when I was working nights and yes, I'm going to try to power through today, so if I talk to you, please try not to judge me, even if I'm being more truthful, because honestly, I'll probably be delirious.
Next trip idea: Probably thinking about going to India. (But you know life doesn't always let you go where you want to next, which is okay as long as I go somewhere.)
Okay. That's it. Brain stew. Got to get some coffee, so the merry go round can begin up again. Think I'll walk there. Got nothing else to do and I don't know if it's safe for me to drive. Maybe I'll take another power nap. Sweet. Who knows.
SEE YOU SPACE COWBOYS...
My bed is the best thing ever.
Like really.
I need coffee.
Joe said I'm going to start hallucinating soon.
He's probably right.
I got back last night after my 16 hour flight. Yay!
So let's recap.
Best Part of my Trip. Working with my Crew and the Bands in Singapore. Driving around and shooting at everyone, and the laughs we had.
The Trader's Hotel at Singapore has amazingly big bathtubs that are almost as big as the beds. Seriously Awesome.
Worse Part of my Trip. Slight food poisoning on my last day in Thailand. The food was so good, but that last day you couldn't get me touch anything, and that's disappointing, because I really liked getting gourmet veggie meals for 2 dollars.
Funny interaction at the end of the trip. I was at the Bangkok Airport and I was at their pharmacy trying to find something for my terrible feeling stomach, and I kept denying their not quite correct drugs, and then after the 7th pill suggestion and third assistant another worker walks up and points to one that says "Spastic Stomach" and I'm like "Yes!" Ah the things that make you happy.
Being back here is really weird. Did things change? Maybe. I know gas got cheaper. Yay! Maybe I'm just a little more aware of how things have moderately evolved since I was here last, or maybe I'm bugging out.
Yes, the jet lag back to the US is worse then the Jet lag to Asia. This is like when I was working nights and yes, I'm going to try to power through today, so if I talk to you, please try not to judge me, even if I'm being more truthful, because honestly, I'll probably be delirious.
Next trip idea: Probably thinking about going to India. (But you know life doesn't always let you go where you want to next, which is okay as long as I go somewhere.)
Okay. That's it. Brain stew. Got to get some coffee, so the merry go round can begin up again. Think I'll walk there. Got nothing else to do and I don't know if it's safe for me to drive. Maybe I'll take another power nap. Sweet. Who knows.
SEE YOU SPACE COWBOYS...
The Asian Adventure Part 12 : Me and My Bungalow
So there I was with my bungalow, sipping on bottles of water, getting eaten by mosquitos, trying to read and passing out every few minutes, while sitting in a hammock... ahhh the dream...
For a few minutes at least. Most of my time in Thailand was spent up at the Resort Spa I was staying at up in the Jungle area of Koh Samui. Just kicking back, eating good vegetarian food and not drinking coffee, yeah I haven't touched the stuff in like 6 days... weird... Got to talking with a lot of other travelers, got some massages, did some yoga, meditating, and other weird stuff. All and all it was good time and I didn't do a whole lot.
Hopefully, that will be the last time I do that, god I like to do things, I mean really, it's sooooo boring to just sit and not do a whole lot, at least when I got food poisoning at the end it was interesting. No, I mean I planned to do nothing, so I didn't change that plan, because I really wanted to know if I could do it, and yeah it was okay, but next time I need a trek, or some experience thing. Okay, enough is enough.
Oh by the way, things are really cheap in Thailand. My whole trip there, all inclusive, except the airfare was less then 500 dollars, and I ate a lot of food (salads and stuff) and did many things, and the place was nice. Anyways! Now I need to write up a brief ender.
Cheers!
For a few minutes at least. Most of my time in Thailand was spent up at the Resort Spa I was staying at up in the Jungle area of Koh Samui. Just kicking back, eating good vegetarian food and not drinking coffee, yeah I haven't touched the stuff in like 6 days... weird... Got to talking with a lot of other travelers, got some massages, did some yoga, meditating, and other weird stuff. All and all it was good time and I didn't do a whole lot.
Hopefully, that will be the last time I do that, god I like to do things, I mean really, it's sooooo boring to just sit and not do a whole lot, at least when I got food poisoning at the end it was interesting. No, I mean I planned to do nothing, so I didn't change that plan, because I really wanted to know if I could do it, and yeah it was okay, but next time I need a trek, or some experience thing. Okay, enough is enough.
Oh by the way, things are really cheap in Thailand. My whole trip there, all inclusive, except the airfare was less then 500 dollars, and I ate a lot of food (salads and stuff) and did many things, and the place was nice. Anyways! Now I need to write up a brief ender.
Cheers!
21.10.08
Election '08: 019
Hello Friends. I now have a new hero, a Republican-esque hero. I now present you Colin Powell. Also Known as: THE MAN!
18.10.08
The Asian Adventure Part 11 : Airports & Adaptors
"Hey look at you, found wifi... Found Electricity...good for you."
Yeah, good for me. This is what I have to do to spend like 8 or 9 hours in airports, waiting for next flights. For example. I will have to go to Singapore, I'm in Hong Kong right now, and go through the immigration, then wait like 4 hours and then go back through Immigration so I can go to Bangkok, because I'm not actually transferring, I've got flights booked through like everyone.
But at least Singapore is clean!
So I had my best day on my last day. The last 24 hours have been really good. Went out last night, ate chicken feet at 5 AM, slept for a few hours, today was beautiful, I went up to the highest peak of Hong Kong City and looked out and breathed the fresh air and jumped around the trees to the music of U2's Joshua Tree. I'm still buzzing off the energy.
Because there really isn't a lot of nature energy flowing through Hong Kong, when you're down in the city, and that's kind of a bummer, but it does have character... and that really helps everything, you know
I'm off to Singapore, then Thailand, I'll be safe if you'll be safe, keep dreamin', keep believin', and whatever you do, don't think Obama has this in the bag, because it ain't over 'til it's over.
Yeah, good for me. This is what I have to do to spend like 8 or 9 hours in airports, waiting for next flights. For example. I will have to go to Singapore, I'm in Hong Kong right now, and go through the immigration, then wait like 4 hours and then go back through Immigration so I can go to Bangkok, because I'm not actually transferring, I've got flights booked through like everyone.
But at least Singapore is clean!
So I had my best day on my last day. The last 24 hours have been really good. Went out last night, ate chicken feet at 5 AM, slept for a few hours, today was beautiful, I went up to the highest peak of Hong Kong City and looked out and breathed the fresh air and jumped around the trees to the music of U2's Joshua Tree. I'm still buzzing off the energy.
Because there really isn't a lot of nature energy flowing through Hong Kong, when you're down in the city, and that's kind of a bummer, but it does have character... and that really helps everything, you know
I'm off to Singapore, then Thailand, I'll be safe if you'll be safe, keep dreamin', keep believin', and whatever you do, don't think Obama has this in the bag, because it ain't over 'til it's over.
17.10.08
The Asian Adventure Part 10 : Red Bulls
Well... friends... my time in Hong Kong is coming to end... while you are sleeping I will be on a plane going towards Singapore and when you awake I will be on a plane heading to Thailand. Not the dangerous parts have you, the safe parts, the parts with the beach and the tourists and the fantastic tiki hut with air conditioning!
But right now, I've got my red bull, my game face, and I'm going out! My Friend Melanie is in town and we're going to go do something! (i think it involves bowling and boogie... but like only really really really late..)
When I'm hanging in the bangkok airport I'll try to write again.
Hasta! Muchachos!
But right now, I've got my red bull, my game face, and I'm going out! My Friend Melanie is in town and we're going to go do something! (i think it involves bowling and boogie... but like only really really really late..)
When I'm hanging in the bangkok airport I'll try to write again.
Hasta! Muchachos!
15.10.08
Election '08: 018
The Unaired Question:
Bob Schiefer: Recently, people have begun to talk about how the NBC program, "Heroes" has regained some of its season one excellence, but there are many here and on the Internet that still believe the show is clunky, uneven, and desperately trying to hold itself together.
Senator Obama your point.
OBAMA: Look, the show is going to have its problems as you have so eloquently put it, and I absolutely agree with you on those points, but I think America is at a point now where it has to tone down it's expectations for the show. (McCain blinks furiously.) I think it's time for America, just like when we spoke about the economy, to realize that we over the last several seasons have gone through the bad times, reality television, and have emerged with a string of excellent dramatic programming, but times are changing, and the old ideas are not working anymore, and when I'm the President, I will make sure to keep new ideas flowing.
McCAIN. Forget about what that guy said, he doesn't get it. He's not like you and me, he reads. What you have to realize that it's just good old fashioned entertainment for the people, for the people I've talked to around America at my town hall meetings, for guys like Joe the Plumber who work 10-12 hours a day and just want to go home and watch a simple television show about some folks who have more problems than we do, but at the end of the season save the world (Obama coughs) and when you look at it like that, you'll see that the show is a triumph.
OBAMA: There are two points here that I feel I should discuss. One: I read a lot, but I watch television as well, I watch Battlestar Galactica and Lost, and my wife watches Ugly Betty, but I think that an over-reliance on television is seriously hurting our children and that reading, while not a lost art form, should be encouraged. Point Two: Just because the characters on Heroes end up saving the world, doesn't mean that the way that they saved the world made sense, in any universe, and that 85% of the episodes were filled with plot holes and contrived characterizations and cliched dialogue.
McCAIN: You just don't get good television. I get good television.
OBAMA: That's untrue.
Schiefer: Good night America!
Bob Schiefer: Recently, people have begun to talk about how the NBC program, "Heroes" has regained some of its season one excellence, but there are many here and on the Internet that still believe the show is clunky, uneven, and desperately trying to hold itself together.
Senator Obama your point.
OBAMA: Look, the show is going to have its problems as you have so eloquently put it, and I absolutely agree with you on those points, but I think America is at a point now where it has to tone down it's expectations for the show. (McCain blinks furiously.) I think it's time for America, just like when we spoke about the economy, to realize that we over the last several seasons have gone through the bad times, reality television, and have emerged with a string of excellent dramatic programming, but times are changing, and the old ideas are not working anymore, and when I'm the President, I will make sure to keep new ideas flowing.
McCAIN. Forget about what that guy said, he doesn't get it. He's not like you and me, he reads. What you have to realize that it's just good old fashioned entertainment for the people, for the people I've talked to around America at my town hall meetings, for guys like Joe the Plumber who work 10-12 hours a day and just want to go home and watch a simple television show about some folks who have more problems than we do, but at the end of the season save the world (Obama coughs) and when you look at it like that, you'll see that the show is a triumph.
OBAMA: There are two points here that I feel I should discuss. One: I read a lot, but I watch television as well, I watch Battlestar Galactica and Lost, and my wife watches Ugly Betty, but I think that an over-reliance on television is seriously hurting our children and that reading, while not a lost art form, should be encouraged. Point Two: Just because the characters on Heroes end up saving the world, doesn't mean that the way that they saved the world made sense, in any universe, and that 85% of the episodes were filled with plot holes and contrived characterizations and cliched dialogue.
McCAIN: You just don't get good television. I get good television.
OBAMA: That's untrue.
Schiefer: Good night America!
13.10.08
The Asian Adventure Part: Random Thought
The key traveling in a foreign place, without any knowledge of the location, language, and people, is to believe that you are James Bond.
Random Thoughts #10
2 new songs from Britney Spears and Christina Aguilar... but really they sound like Rihanna songs.
Thank god for Beyonce (at least she sticks to making Beyonce music.)
Thank god for Beyonce (at least she sticks to making Beyonce music.)
The Asian Adventure Part 9: U too can be a nut.
So a few hours ago, I almost puked. I, like, had a Matrix moment, where that one dude Cypher looks at Neo after he's just awoken outside of the Matrix and is like "He's gonna pop." Well, I almost popped.
U see, I arrived at the Cosmic Guest house in Mirador Mansion. I did my research, here's the lonely planet page:
http://hotels.lonelyplanet.com/hotel/Hong-Kong-Cosmic-Guest-House-P132873.html
Nice. Nice. Here is a peek at it on Youtube: And please disregard the Narrator, I think he's a moron, and no this is not the Chungking Mansion (the one from the Wong KarWai movie, that's down the street and dingier)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEH69Fh1EII&feature=related
Yuck right.
So I get my room, and I'm like Okay. IT's the size of a prison cell. Good times. yeah there is AC and a mini-plasma TV. So I'm like Okay. Hmmm... it's a little warm in here. I go to the AC and turn it down. Yay, I'm sure it gets really cold.
I go get some lunch. Indian Food. Good stuff!!! Walk around. The Cloud cover makes the entire city look dingy. Why did I come here, I wonder.
I go back. Ugh, one you take your room key out of the card holding spot, it turns the AC off. Shit. So I put the card back in, electricity comes on, the AC kicks to life, I turn it up to full blast and turn it all the way down.
Now here's where shit gets wonky. I kind of decide to go to sleep, and I wake up and I'm like real hot. Like ugh, sticky, feel terrible. I look around and the walls are seriously closing in. That's where the stomach gag reflex starts to kick in, I'm like AHHHH!! I cannot throw up. I go back to sleep. I start to confuse dreams with life, and start to think that we have to film another band tonight, and how can we put a band in a place like this, this is terrible. It's so hot. ACK!
I wake up. Think for a second. And then I get my Yoga mindset on. Okay, take deep breaths. This is like a prison cell. You can get the hang of this. It's going to be okay. We aren't working. We're not doing anything. You will be okay, you only have to be here for three days, and then... wait no AND THEN. It's like right now. Everything is amazing. Get up and look at the AC maybe you have a setting wrong.
And there you have it. I had a setting wrong. See I kept turning it down, like 1 to 10 and I kept setting it closer to 1. The problem with that, and I'm sure most of you would have figured this out sooner, is that I was really thinking that 10 would be Heat, and seriously why the HELL WOULD THERE BE HEAT HERE!!! FOR REAL!!! HEAT!!! So I turned the fucker back up to 10 and it is now seriously cold in here and I feel amazing. And the world is beautiful and maybe tomorrow Hong Kong will be beautiful, and I will have gotten a full nights sleep.
Anyway, Keeping on Truckin Cowboys and Cowgirls, I'll still be up when you wake up!
Willis
U see, I arrived at the Cosmic Guest house in Mirador Mansion. I did my research, here's the lonely planet page:
http://hotels.lonelyplanet.com/hotel/Hong-Kong-Cosmic-Guest-House-P132873.html
Nice. Nice. Here is a peek at it on Youtube: And please disregard the Narrator, I think he's a moron, and no this is not the Chungking Mansion (the one from the Wong KarWai movie, that's down the street and dingier)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEH69Fh1EII&feature=related
Yuck right.
So I get my room, and I'm like Okay. IT's the size of a prison cell. Good times. yeah there is AC and a mini-plasma TV. So I'm like Okay. Hmmm... it's a little warm in here. I go to the AC and turn it down. Yay, I'm sure it gets really cold.
I go get some lunch. Indian Food. Good stuff!!! Walk around. The Cloud cover makes the entire city look dingy. Why did I come here, I wonder.
I go back. Ugh, one you take your room key out of the card holding spot, it turns the AC off. Shit. So I put the card back in, electricity comes on, the AC kicks to life, I turn it up to full blast and turn it all the way down.
Now here's where shit gets wonky. I kind of decide to go to sleep, and I wake up and I'm like real hot. Like ugh, sticky, feel terrible. I look around and the walls are seriously closing in. That's where the stomach gag reflex starts to kick in, I'm like AHHHH!! I cannot throw up. I go back to sleep. I start to confuse dreams with life, and start to think that we have to film another band tonight, and how can we put a band in a place like this, this is terrible. It's so hot. ACK!
I wake up. Think for a second. And then I get my Yoga mindset on. Okay, take deep breaths. This is like a prison cell. You can get the hang of this. It's going to be okay. We aren't working. We're not doing anything. You will be okay, you only have to be here for three days, and then... wait no AND THEN. It's like right now. Everything is amazing. Get up and look at the AC maybe you have a setting wrong.
And there you have it. I had a setting wrong. See I kept turning it down, like 1 to 10 and I kept setting it closer to 1. The problem with that, and I'm sure most of you would have figured this out sooner, is that I was really thinking that 10 would be Heat, and seriously why the HELL WOULD THERE BE HEAT HERE!!! FOR REAL!!! HEAT!!! So I turned the fucker back up to 10 and it is now seriously cold in here and I feel amazing. And the world is beautiful and maybe tomorrow Hong Kong will be beautiful, and I will have gotten a full nights sleep.
Anyway, Keeping on Truckin Cowboys and Cowgirls, I'll still be up when you wake up!
Willis
12.10.08
The Asian Adventure Part 8: The Cosmic Guest House
Holy Spit! Toto, I don't think we're in Kansas anymore.
No, stupid dog, we're in Kowloon in Hong Kong. Old Hong Kong. Like you know when you're in NYC and you drive past those apartments and you're like uck... ewww... who lives there... Well, that's what this place I'm staying at is like... But the room, is all right, I don't see any little black bug things, like in the Singapore Apartment, it has it's own shower toilet thing, and uh, OH YEAH. it has wireless... and really as long as you have wireless it's all good.
Ok. Got to man up and go outside... deep breaths... We'll be all right.
w
No, stupid dog, we're in Kowloon in Hong Kong. Old Hong Kong. Like you know when you're in NYC and you drive past those apartments and you're like uck... ewww... who lives there... Well, that's what this place I'm staying at is like... But the room, is all right, I don't see any little black bug things, like in the Singapore Apartment, it has it's own shower toilet thing, and uh, OH YEAH. it has wireless... and really as long as you have wireless it's all good.
Ok. Got to man up and go outside... deep breaths... We'll be all right.
w
The Asian Adventure Part 7: Departure Scenario
And so begins 1 of my three stops at the singapore airport, which will probably be pretty awful, over the next two weeks. And it's early. Like 4:30 AM early. And I feel like terrible. And I swear I saw some weird super small bird fly through my room, or was it a super small black sliver creature from my imagination, I really can't tell.
I'm going to remember Singapore, but not for the city really, and eventually I'll get around to writing about it. So Here's to doing something productive on the plane ride. And Here's to a Country of People that speak English.
Next Stop Hong Kong! And dammit I really need to stop first spelling it Honk. Cause its not Honk. It's Hong. (ok. Weird dyslexic moment, I just tried to write Honk and it came out Hong... crazy.) (AH!!!! the weird bird sliver creature!!! Leave me alone....)
I'm going to remember Singapore, but not for the city really, and eventually I'll get around to writing about it. So Here's to doing something productive on the plane ride. And Here's to a Country of People that speak English.
Next Stop Hong Kong! And dammit I really need to stop first spelling it Honk. Cause its not Honk. It's Hong. (ok. Weird dyslexic moment, I just tried to write Honk and it came out Hong... crazy.) (AH!!!! the weird bird sliver creature!!! Leave me alone....)
11.10.08
Election '08: 017
Who says you can't be sexy and old at the same time?
Vote Barack Obama: What did you think we were talking about John McCain? That dude is like ancient!
This message has been approved by Old Spice for Men.
Vote Barack Obama: What did you think we were talking about John McCain? That dude is like ancient!
This message has been approved by Old Spice for Men.
Really?
I leave the country for like 10 minutes and then the Dow drops like 1,000 points, Tina Fey has control of the presidential election, and the White House is about to buy most of the three banks that are left in America.
Really?
Really?
10.10.08
The Asian Adventure Part 0: Table of Contents
Sept. 23 - Fly to Singapore
Sept 25 - Oct 9 - Work for Sutasi
Oct. 10 - Oct 13 - Chill out in Singapore - God it's hot here
Oct. 13 - Oct 18 - Hong Kong!
Oct. 19 - Oct 23 - Thailand - Koh Samui Beach
Oct. 24 - Return to America
The End
Sept 25 - Oct 9 - Work for Sutasi
Oct. 10 - Oct 13 - Chill out in Singapore - God it's hot here
Oct. 13 - Oct 18 - Hong Kong!
Oct. 19 - Oct 23 - Thailand - Koh Samui Beach
Oct. 24 - Return to America
The End
9.10.08
the Asian Adventure Part 6: That's a Wrap
The Show is Over.
Everyone's gone.
And then there was me.
Thank god.
I can't wait to get some alone time. Yesterday, I was all sad about the project being over (not that I wanted it to go on), I just wasn't really sure what to do with myself. I kind of sat around a lot, and then i went to the gym and was like... whatever. Then I had like a bottle and a half of wine with dinner, along with a mixed drink and some whiskey. My stomach is sturdier then I believed it could be.
I probably should go into detail about what I did. The highs and lows and the whatnots, but eh... you know I'm just not really feeling that. Let's just say that I got a lot of compliments for doing well, and being a calm presence amongst chicken heads.
I had a great team.
Melanie Low - Production Coordinator - She was like my secret weapon for getting whatever I needed. I mean you send in a super hot, ex model, who can think and is half asian, and see if you couldn't get whatever you needed.
Chris Dickinson - DP -- Cranky, moaning, british guy. Awesome DP though, and he really does have a sense of humor, no matter what the assistant editors tell you.
Rokman - Camera Assistant -- But really so much more. I mean his name is Rokman. No, but really, he's 47 with a 22 year old girlfriend, an ex-wife, and 4 kids. And he's really active and all over the place. Youthful as any on the crew, and his knowledge of Singapore really came in handy.
The rotating Sound People --- well... they were okay.
Irene!! Our coffee shop girl, PA, who really does Production Managing. She was all over our releases and she called our Location Notice her BFF. The one day they took her from us... it was dreadful.
UNG - our Van Driver --- he would play our Rap songs when we got in. So we also had a theme song (thanks Snoop)
We spent 10 days together, going around Singapore getting into adventures with the Bands and Singers. And those 10 days seem so long ago. It was totally intense.
And there were so many more people involved in this production. And everyone survived (although some people don't look so good).
The work we did, and what I learned from this will stay with me forever... which is kind of awesome.
I'm currently sitting in the hotel lobby, moving from the Fancy Trader's Hotel to the Happy Apartment, but check in is in like a half hour.
Once I'm there the next phase of my adventure begins. Hopefully, I'll have more stories to tell, but you know I'm kind of hoping to take it easy.
(wink)
Everyone's gone.
And then there was me.
Thank god.
I can't wait to get some alone time. Yesterday, I was all sad about the project being over (not that I wanted it to go on), I just wasn't really sure what to do with myself. I kind of sat around a lot, and then i went to the gym and was like... whatever. Then I had like a bottle and a half of wine with dinner, along with a mixed drink and some whiskey. My stomach is sturdier then I believed it could be.
I probably should go into detail about what I did. The highs and lows and the whatnots, but eh... you know I'm just not really feeling that. Let's just say that I got a lot of compliments for doing well, and being a calm presence amongst chicken heads.
I had a great team.
Melanie Low - Production Coordinator - She was like my secret weapon for getting whatever I needed. I mean you send in a super hot, ex model, who can think and is half asian, and see if you couldn't get whatever you needed.
Chris Dickinson - DP -- Cranky, moaning, british guy. Awesome DP though, and he really does have a sense of humor, no matter what the assistant editors tell you.
Rokman - Camera Assistant -- But really so much more. I mean his name is Rokman. No, but really, he's 47 with a 22 year old girlfriend, an ex-wife, and 4 kids. And he's really active and all over the place. Youthful as any on the crew, and his knowledge of Singapore really came in handy.
The rotating Sound People --- well... they were okay.
Irene!! Our coffee shop girl, PA, who really does Production Managing. She was all over our releases and she called our Location Notice her BFF. The one day they took her from us... it was dreadful.
UNG - our Van Driver --- he would play our Rap songs when we got in. So we also had a theme song (thanks Snoop)
We spent 10 days together, going around Singapore getting into adventures with the Bands and Singers. And those 10 days seem so long ago. It was totally intense.
And there were so many more people involved in this production. And everyone survived (although some people don't look so good).
The work we did, and what I learned from this will stay with me forever... which is kind of awesome.
I'm currently sitting in the hotel lobby, moving from the Fancy Trader's Hotel to the Happy Apartment, but check in is in like a half hour.
Once I'm there the next phase of my adventure begins. Hopefully, I'll have more stories to tell, but you know I'm kind of hoping to take it easy.
(wink)
4.10.08
The Asian Adventure Part 5: I will Survive
Okay, So I was just going to cut and paste the Lyrics to "I will Survive" in here and call it a day, but then I started reading it and was like well.... that's not going to do.
HI!!!
I'm alive. I'm good. The shoot is more then half way done. I've had some way highs and I've had some modest lows... and just about everything in between. And I suppose I've learned some things and have some more things to learn. Production is tiring, it's a bitch, but my job might be the most fun out of anybody here... and I also get treated like crew which they don't want to give overtime too, so I get a bit more sleep then most... but I'm also outside in the field all day, and if none of this makes any sense to you, that's good, because it all doesn't really matter...
What matters is:
I sweat a lot.
I take 2 showers a day.
I get free meals.
I've saved a lot of money.
I'm thinking of taking another week to go to some Thailand beaches.
Life out here is pretty nice.
If you're afraid of Asia.. start in Singapore.
Always follow your instincts!!!
Hasta!
HI!!!
I'm alive. I'm good. The shoot is more then half way done. I've had some way highs and I've had some modest lows... and just about everything in between. And I suppose I've learned some things and have some more things to learn. Production is tiring, it's a bitch, but my job might be the most fun out of anybody here... and I also get treated like crew which they don't want to give overtime too, so I get a bit more sleep then most... but I'm also outside in the field all day, and if none of this makes any sense to you, that's good, because it all doesn't really matter...
What matters is:
I sweat a lot.
I take 2 showers a day.
I get free meals.
I've saved a lot of money.
I'm thinking of taking another week to go to some Thailand beaches.
Life out here is pretty nice.
If you're afraid of Asia.. start in Singapore.
Always follow your instincts!!!
Hasta!
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