Amnesia

Working on a feature film again, I was rewarded with two opposing feelings:

1. Watching this old warehouse set slowly look more and more like a grungy ship hull is so rewarding. I remember quite vividly thinking to myself, "God, I love doing this" throughout the week. And it's true. I love working on films and am quite certain this is what I want to do for the rest of my life.

2. I had completely forgotten just how discombobulated information gets once the ball starts rolling and ESPECIALLY if you're like me and you jump onto this ship midstream. Coming on board a movie mid-shoot is the equivalent of walking into a movie theater in the middle of a movie and asking what's going on. People don't have time to stop and give you the rundown. My group is experiencing this first hand because all three of us PAs are playing telephone along with our Production Designer. We all get slightly varied information and we're trying to piece it all together. Thankfully, our biggest issue (i.e. how we're getting our payment and will we get reimbursed) is finally taken care of.

Trying to create a potluck order of Chinese food (or "order a shitload of Chinese and everyone share") is more stressful than you can imagine. Everyone has to mostly agree on 4 or 5 items to order in bulk and God forbid if you're a vegetarian. Thankfully I had "Alejandro" by Lady Gaga to keep my aggravation at bay while I picked up the food.

But don't get me wrong. I love working on this set and love working with this crew, especially with the Art Department all working so hard on such a time crunch. Kudos to all of you if you somehow are able to stalk me and find this blog. And for those who don't know what exactly I'm doing (which is a lot of you), here's a short synopsis: we're dressing a set to look like a fighting ring in a ship's hull. The painting will hopefully get done tomorrow as well as most of the dressing. Thankfully, we have almost all of the items we need, allowing us to do finishing touches and whatever else on Saturday. I'm also hoping to call CC's at 7 AM and asking if they have any word on whether or not I got the part-time barista job. I hope so. I need stable work right now.