Another Awesome, Super Great, Totally Rad, Really Terrific, Best of the Best, You Know You're The Bomb Week! : )
Alright, so you can tell by the title that's it's been a good week. On Wednesday, Matt and I went swimming! I love swimming! Then we went to visit an old friend, Brian Rock, in Redondo Beach. It was half way between where he was, Irvine, and us. It was about 30 minutes south. We looked up restaurant options and decided on Seaside Pizza, because we thought it'd be by the sea. We were wrong. It was a very small New York style pizza place/hooka bar. Great food, though! After that we went to the Pier and looked around. It was really fun! Here're the pictures:
EVIL CLOWNS!
The saddest pony express ever:
Then I got to get up early to go Thunder Road for my internship! I read a really weird, dark, twisted retelling of The Wizard of Oz. It was... different, but I liked it and I think it has potential. Then I wrote coverage for it and got really nervous because I think that a lot of people are going to end up reading it. I hope I did a good job. I really tried to work on being specific with my log line, since my boss and I had a long discussion about them on my last coverage. I also think that I saw Carson Kressley, but I could have been way off. But the guy I saw totally looked like him.
What else happened yesterday? After lunch I finished reading two of the projects that Thunder Road is developing. A vampire one and a crime/drama thing. Both very good. I don't think I really did much else at work yesterday, but I feel like there was something else I wanted to write about! I took some pictures, though.
Ellen!
Me on the Lot... not a great pic, but I was trying to look non-chalant.
Water Tower:
Then today... oh today was so much fun! I read another project, a remake of Clash of the Titans. VERY GOOD. Then I made some copies and went on a Starbucks run. At lunch the real fun began. my friend, Sara, and I walked around the lot. I really want to explore the Gilmore set some more, but they're always filming there! Today it was GHOST WHISPERER. We walked by and saw this strange thing hanging from a crane. (Pictured below). It looked like diffusion, but it had vines around it. As we stared a Electrical Guy from NBC/Universal came over. We asked him what it was and he explained that it was diffusion to make the sunlight more gentle, and that the vines gave a more natural shadow that would look more like a tree opposed to a giant floating square. So, that was awesome! Then, we walked over to the Friends Stage and I got my picture taken. I also got to see the Pushing Daisies trailers! I was really hoping to see Olive, but no dice. Maybe next week... my final week. I'm really hoping for a great celebrity encounter next week. :)
Oh! Before lunch, my boss had really been craving Fish and Chips, so I looked up the nearest place (without being asked), found directions, called to make sure they had what was advertised, checked reviews, and gave it all to him. He went there and said it was good. So, I think that was pretty cool. And it looked like it was going to rain this morning, but it didn't. It was just very overcast:
But it got sunnier:
After lunch, I really didn't do anything. I tried to read a script, but it didn't hold my attention. I read two magazines and just kind of hung out. I did have to say goodbye to the other assistant, Erica, who'll be gone in NYC my last two days (next Thursday and Friday). She was really fun and I'm glad I met her. We're now Facebook friends and she told me to keep and touch and call if I decided to move out here. I also told Viruna, one of the producers, about my last days. She immidiately put me on her schedule to have lunch next Thursday. So, that's exciting! She's going to talk to me about my goals, tell me what I should have learned, all that stuff. So, I feel like I made some good connections through this and they seem to be pretty sad that I'm leaving. I think. :) ----
Oh, also on our lunch walk we came across this stage that had a city backdrop in it.
Zoom in and see:
After I left work (and freaked out because it took me an hour plus to get home and halfway through I realized I left my lunchbox in the fridge!) I decided to do a survey on xanga. Well, it took me to a site that showed me a trailer for Appaloosa, a script that I read at the beginning of the summer and did coverage on. It stars Viggo Mortesen, Ed Harris, and Renee Zellweger. It looks really good and I'm very excited about it! It's amazing to see scripts actually coming to life. I would like to see some of these things being filmed. Maybe I like production more than I thought?
Anyway, I think that's the majority of my news. I'm sad that this trip is winding down, but it's been a really good trip. I can't complain (outside of living in a hotel room with 3 other people and having ZERO privacy or alone time for 56 straight days). But everything's been worth it. I totally appreciate that this opportunity only happens for a few and I was one of the lucky ones. I wish everyone could spend a summer doing something they've always dreamed about. In fact, I encourage you to step out of your comfort and choose one thing you've always wanted to do and do it. It doesn't matter how small it is, just check it off your list before the summer ends! You've got time! : )
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