I'm working with some guys putting in a hardwood floor at my friend's house. Not easy work to be sure. We were listening to a radio commercial about flights to Austraila for $598 round trip. I said I wanted to go. Just walk out and disappear for a couple weeks. They commented that I had no ties. No wife, kids, pets, and they envied that I could go with a moments notice.
I kind of envy them. They have wives, kids, and pets. A real life. Funny that they want what I have, and I would like what they have.
Sometime I will figure this whole thing out.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Small Observations
Why does everyone in the movies or tv sleep with the windows uncovered so the sun is streaming in when they wake? I sleep in a dark room. Really dark. I don't want to wake at 6 am when the freaking sun rises. Also my neighbors would be able to look in my window as I slept. That would be creepy.
The hands free law went into effect last summer. So instead of having the phone to their ears as they drive, they hold the phone away from their mouths and have it on speaker phone. Not really that hands free.
People in LA are freaked out by guns. Usually democrats, of which I am one. I kind of understand it, but not completely. I'm more afraid of the wrong people possessing a gun than the gun itself. Without a hand and mind, a gun is an inert lump of metal and plastic. Idiots and unbalanced people with no idea are far more scary than a gun.
People that are really stupid and bigoted think they are not either of those things. Rednecks think they are rocket scientists. I know a rocket scientist. He is nothing like my upstairs neighbor...
Some backstabbing assholes can look you in the eye and say hello even though they have spent 9 months disparaging you to anyone who might listen. Turning someone who trusted you for over a decade against you. I am amazed and know not what to say...
More later. After I learn to write these down as I think of them...
The hands free law went into effect last summer. So instead of having the phone to their ears as they drive, they hold the phone away from their mouths and have it on speaker phone. Not really that hands free.
People in LA are freaked out by guns. Usually democrats, of which I am one. I kind of understand it, but not completely. I'm more afraid of the wrong people possessing a gun than the gun itself. Without a hand and mind, a gun is an inert lump of metal and plastic. Idiots and unbalanced people with no idea are far more scary than a gun.
People that are really stupid and bigoted think they are not either of those things. Rednecks think they are rocket scientists. I know a rocket scientist. He is nothing like my upstairs neighbor...
Some backstabbing assholes can look you in the eye and say hello even though they have spent 9 months disparaging you to anyone who might listen. Turning someone who trusted you for over a decade against you. I am amazed and know not what to say...
More later. After I learn to write these down as I think of them...
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Longshot part 2
Well, the longshot of going to the Great Barrier Reef for six months didn't pan out. I'm okay with that. I threw together the tape in one day and sent it off. No editing, just one take and done. Okay, 4 takes, but you get the idea. It would have been really cool to go and do that job, but I might never have come back.
I thought of looking at some of the 50 semi finalists, but I was kinda bummed out so I just clicked away from the site. I didn't want to know anything about the people who did get selected as one of the 50. Who were they? What did they do to get selected out of probably 20,000 or more videos? I could learn and then maybe do something like they did with the 60 second video. Would that get me selected next time? Are they going to do a similar contest next time? The contest garnered a huge response. It was great publicity.
Sometimes I just want to get away. Is that so bad? Get away from the hassle of living in LA, the traffic on the 405, the sagging work environment in all the areas that I work. And with the last play I did, get away from the rehearsal and the hassles of the set we had to deal with. Oy!
A 6 month dream job on a beach would have been Bliss... And that's what we are all told to look for. Our Bliss.
I thought of looking at some of the 50 semi finalists, but I was kinda bummed out so I just clicked away from the site. I didn't want to know anything about the people who did get selected as one of the 50. Who were they? What did they do to get selected out of probably 20,000 or more videos? I could learn and then maybe do something like they did with the 60 second video. Would that get me selected next time? Are they going to do a similar contest next time? The contest garnered a huge response. It was great publicity.
Sometimes I just want to get away. Is that so bad? Get away from the hassle of living in LA, the traffic on the 405, the sagging work environment in all the areas that I work. And with the last play I did, get away from the rehearsal and the hassles of the set we had to deal with. Oy!
A 6 month dream job on a beach would have been Bliss... And that's what we are all told to look for. Our Bliss.
Friday, February 20, 2009
Everyone and their brother is on Facebook. Except me. I have been resisting it for a number of reasons. But this month they updated their terms of use and then reversed it because people were outraged. Anything you posted became the property of Facebook. In perpetuity, even if the account was cancelled. I have a big problem with that.
The policy was reversed to it's old terms after all the outcry, but I still kinda don't trust them. That's a sneaky bullshit manuever. And the reason they gave for it was crap.
I don't have a facebook, myspace, linkedin. None of them. I don't really want to talk to people I went with to third grade. The whole thing seems like a big time waster. As if the internet and, say, blogging, was really productive.
So, anyone out there want to let me know why I should be on Facebook, please, let me know. If I do it, I'm not posting anything I am willing to lose the right to in all perpetuity.
The policy was reversed to it's old terms after all the outcry, but I still kinda don't trust them. That's a sneaky bullshit manuever. And the reason they gave for it was crap.
I don't have a facebook, myspace, linkedin. None of them. I don't really want to talk to people I went with to third grade. The whole thing seems like a big time waster. As if the internet and, say, blogging, was really productive.
So, anyone out there want to let me know why I should be on Facebook, please, let me know. If I do it, I'm not posting anything I am willing to lose the right to in all perpetuity.
Monday, February 16, 2009
Long Shot
Okay, I was one of the roughly 17000 people who submitted an application to the Queensland board of tourism for a dream job of hanging out on the Great Barrier Reef for 6 months and making $105,000. I sent in the video today with a picutre, the one on this blog, me rappeling in a suit. I used that picture because there is a "what the fuck" moment when people see it. They actually look at the picture.
The video is 60 seconds or less. I did it in 47.99 seconds. I tried to make it funny and show that I had experience taking care of a ... reef. Housesitting for people has totally prepared me for this job. Dogs are like sharks, right? Only smaller and furry...
They will look at the videos. Select 50, and from that 50 they cut it down to 11. Then those 11 people go to Queensland to interview. The odds are amazing. But I like to think I can beat those odds. And even if I don't just the process of making the video (thanks Cheeto!) has made me giddy for a few days...
The video is 60 seconds or less. I did it in 47.99 seconds. I tried to make it funny and show that I had experience taking care of a ... reef. Housesitting for people has totally prepared me for this job. Dogs are like sharks, right? Only smaller and furry...
They will look at the videos. Select 50, and from that 50 they cut it down to 11. Then those 11 people go to Queensland to interview. The odds are amazing. But I like to think I can beat those odds. And even if I don't just the process of making the video (thanks Cheeto!) has made me giddy for a few days...
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Swag
I work on a lot of benefits. I get to see the rich and super rich of Los Angeles up close. They come to where I work and sit thru entertainment like Beyonce or Robin Williams and choke down hotel Chicken Cordon Bleu. And after the benefits for cancer or some other thing, they are given a gift bag. This gift bag has swag from DVDs to jewelry to discount cards. Lots of free stuff. Depends on the benefit.
But what irks me is the mega rich people can afford to buy all this stuff. They have expendible money like no one else on the planet. They of all people can buy these trinkets. Who doesn't get a gift bag? Me. The crew who has been busting butt all day to bring this entertainment and chicken for their delight. Now, some benefits do give us bags. Sometimes I find a bag under a table that was left behind.
Now the cost of the chicken and entertainment is steep. The price may be $500- 2000 a plate. It is for charity or some cause. However, do the people that come to these things really need the swag bags? How much does it cost the charity to hand out these things to the people attending? Couldn't the money be better spent curing cancer?
And the rich people are crazy for the free stuff. So, become rich and you get things for free... Hmmmm... that doesn't make sense to me.
But what irks me is the mega rich people can afford to buy all this stuff. They have expendible money like no one else on the planet. They of all people can buy these trinkets. Who doesn't get a gift bag? Me. The crew who has been busting butt all day to bring this entertainment and chicken for their delight. Now, some benefits do give us bags. Sometimes I find a bag under a table that was left behind.
Now the cost of the chicken and entertainment is steep. The price may be $500- 2000 a plate. It is for charity or some cause. However, do the people that come to these things really need the swag bags? How much does it cost the charity to hand out these things to the people attending? Couldn't the money be better spent curing cancer?
And the rich people are crazy for the free stuff. So, become rich and you get things for free... Hmmmm... that doesn't make sense to me.
Computers
I was listening to a couple guys talk about computers recently and I was surprised how it sounded like they were comparing penis size. They were talking about the size of their hard drives and how much ram they had. It was a competition. Like many conversations they were trying to one-up the other guy. Just whip it out and measure. Geez. But then they got in to function speed. You don't necessarily want super fast function speed with your penis. That's a bad thing. And also size. In computers smaller is better. Not so in penises. From what I have heard from women...
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
