MY FEET DON'T LOVE NEW YORK.
BUT I STILL DO.
Monday, February 27, 2012
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Entertain Them
Off Camera Lines.
Every now and then, I am required to read off camera lines during a scene.
This often occurs once an actor's coverage has been filmed and the other actors in scene have to have their single camera coverage and give the reactions necessarily for the scene to seem believable.
I've successfully managed this without a hitch a handful of times since season's start.
Until last night.
A moment the actor's, myself, the producers, the crew, and the editors in Burbank may not forget.
Or will be pleasantly surprise when it shows up on the gag reel come season's end.
I'm playing a woman.
A nymphomaniac.
A liar.
A porn star in the making.
Last looks given, camera's set, Action....
I give my best sexy voice. "Oh yeah....baby."
ALL FIVE ACTORS IN THE SCENE LAUGHED UNTIL CUT.
A humbling performance to say the least.
"If you really do want to be an actor who can satisfy himself and his audience, you need to be vulnerable."
~ Jack Lemmon
Is this what success looks like?
Every now and then, I am required to read off camera lines during a scene.
This often occurs once an actor's coverage has been filmed and the other actors in scene have to have their single camera coverage and give the reactions necessarily for the scene to seem believable.
I've successfully managed this without a hitch a handful of times since season's start.
Until last night.
A moment the actor's, myself, the producers, the crew, and the editors in Burbank may not forget.
Or will be pleasantly surprise when it shows up on the gag reel come season's end.
I'm playing a woman.
A nymphomaniac.
A liar.
A porn star in the making.
Last looks given, camera's set, Action....
I give my best sexy voice. "Oh yeah....baby."
ALL FIVE ACTORS IN THE SCENE LAUGHED UNTIL CUT.
A humbling performance to say the least.
"If you really do want to be an actor who can satisfy himself and his audience, you need to be vulnerable."
~ Jack Lemmon
Is this what success looks like?
Friday, February 24, 2012
God Shed His Grace On Thee
Dear Mr. President,
Stop Apologizing For America! On the same day two U.S. soldiers were killed in Afghanistan, you issued an apology for the inadvertent burning of the Koran without demanding an apology from the Afghan leaders. This continues your long pattern of apologizing and disrespecting our nation on the world stage. I am calling on you to stop apologizing for our nation and its greatness. Your apologetic posture weakens our nation and even puts our troops at risk.
--Grassfire Nation
Thursday, February 23, 2012
The Way the Other Half Live
The Upper East Side.
Once home to the Carnegie's, Rockefeller's, Kennedy's, and the Whitney's.
Situated between Central Park and the East River, its an affluent neighborhood filled with adorned residences, exquisite boutiques, and gorgeous, rock hard bodied women.
I spent the better part of the day lying in a king size bed, covered with a cashmere throw, on the fourth floor of a townhouse overlooking a terrace bigger than my lower east side apartment.
Setting the lights and camera angles for Chloe Sevingy.
A downtown girl.
Once home to the Carnegie's, Rockefeller's, Kennedy's, and the Whitney's.
Situated between Central Park and the East River, its an affluent neighborhood filled with adorned residences, exquisite boutiques, and gorgeous, rock hard bodied women.
I spent the better part of the day lying in a king size bed, covered with a cashmere throw, on the fourth floor of a townhouse overlooking a terrace bigger than my lower east side apartment.
Setting the lights and camera angles for Chloe Sevingy.
A downtown girl.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Monday, February 20, 2012
It's Time to Put on Makeup, It's Time to Dress up Right
"Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear." Ephesians 4:29
"I know I drive some people crazy with what seems like ridiculous optimism, but it has always worked for me." ~Jim Henson
It's been a hard week. To say the least. The crew family already spends more time with one another than we do our own spouses. And in small spaces. Dark, dank, basements, 15 x 15 Studio apartments, a dusty, mock squad room that under the interrogation television lights, anyone (even those averaging 8 hour nights rest) would snap.
And this week we were up against an evil intruder who turned against us and we used the remaining strength we had to resist a revolt.
At the witching hour of early Saturday morning and the last day of her episode, I levitated above my own worn out skeleton and viewed my attitude and listened in on my words.
It wasn't pretty. It was negative. And for the first time, I was the put down pessimist on set. I crossed over into the dark side and those within earshot heard my light snuffed out.
Just when I thought the weekend would pass and the vulgar, cheerless, hidden part of me was here to stay...I saw green.
And entered the boundlessly creative, delightfully full of heart, fantastic world of Jim Henson.
Walking through the expansive exhibit and experiencing his legacy of how many he touched, imagination's he piqued, heart strings he's pulled and lives he changed through television production, I was a changed woman.
"Life's like a movie, write your own ending. Keep believing, keep pretending." Jim Henson
Have you forgotten this part of your childhood?
***Get there as fast as you can. Museum of the Moving Image
"I know I drive some people crazy with what seems like ridiculous optimism, but it has always worked for me." ~Jim Henson
It's been a hard week. To say the least. The crew family already spends more time with one another than we do our own spouses. And in small spaces. Dark, dank, basements, 15 x 15 Studio apartments, a dusty, mock squad room that under the interrogation television lights, anyone (even those averaging 8 hour nights rest) would snap.
And this week we were up against an evil intruder who turned against us and we used the remaining strength we had to resist a revolt.
At the witching hour of early Saturday morning and the last day of her episode, I levitated above my own worn out skeleton and viewed my attitude and listened in on my words.
It wasn't pretty. It was negative. And for the first time, I was the put down pessimist on set. I crossed over into the dark side and those within earshot heard my light snuffed out.
Just when I thought the weekend would pass and the vulgar, cheerless, hidden part of me was here to stay...I saw green.
And entered the boundlessly creative, delightfully full of heart, fantastic world of Jim Henson.
Walking through the expansive exhibit and experiencing his legacy of how many he touched, imagination's he piqued, heart strings he's pulled and lives he changed through television production, I was a changed woman.
"Life's like a movie, write your own ending. Keep believing, keep pretending." Jim Henson
Have you forgotten this part of your childhood?
***Get there as fast as you can. Museum of the Moving Image
Friday, February 17, 2012
Solidarity?
#1 Sure Fire Way for a director to get on the bad side of crew...
Sit in a warm car and direct via walkie-talkie, while the rest of us work tirelessly in the cold rain.
What the fuck?
Sit in a warm car and direct via walkie-talkie, while the rest of us work tirelessly in the cold rain.
What the fuck?
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Wellfare State, Not Fairing Well
"For even when we were with you, we would give you this command: If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat." 2 Thessalonians 3:10
1.3 million dollars in deficit spending....
Massive Federal waste...
Why does this make sense to you brain dead voters?
How is this his new proposed budget plan?
The entire social-democratic experience is up in flames, literally in Europe and this President wants to follow suit, and take us down that treacherous road.
Fire, Looting, Destruction. That is what will come from incurring more debt.
FIVE TRILLION DOLLARS IN ONE TERM!!!
How is that possible?
Yes, indeed. You do really have to work hard, get educated, and compete fiercely for success here.
So what's with the psychological shift in America in such a short time?
Why have we become a country of entitlement?
Government subsidies, tuition breaks, mortgage assistance...
We've become so lazy that the guy giving away the free stuff is going to get the vote.
Is this student council politics?
“A government big enough to give you all you want is big enough to take all you have.” Gerald Ford
1.3 million dollars in deficit spending....
Massive Federal waste...
Why does this make sense to you brain dead voters?
How is this his new proposed budget plan?
The entire social-democratic experience is up in flames, literally in Europe and this President wants to follow suit, and take us down that treacherous road.
Fire, Looting, Destruction. That is what will come from incurring more debt.
FIVE TRILLION DOLLARS IN ONE TERM!!!
How is that possible?
Yes, indeed. You do really have to work hard, get educated, and compete fiercely for success here.
So what's with the psychological shift in America in such a short time?
Why have we become a country of entitlement?
Government subsidies, tuition breaks, mortgage assistance...
We've become so lazy that the guy giving away the free stuff is going to get the vote.
Is this student council politics?
Monday, February 13, 2012
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Slap Yo Mama
"The wisest of women builds her house, but folly with her own hands tears it down." Proverbs 14:1
I don't claim to be a feminist. Nor do I bemoan the oppression of women in the workplace and slightly tipped salary scales. But am acutely aware of the time span between when we did not and do have the immeasurable right to vote and the travesty of how recent it was...
Also I am in touch with women obviously being the emotionally stronger, multi-task oriented, innovative, with an analytical and intuitive mind operating daily with a higher pain threshold.
In my humble opinion, I do not cry unfair in the game or quit running the race when I am repeatedly being tripped. I am perfectly willing to continue on and continue well while the cat calls at my ass get louder and the condescending comments towards my ableness onward roll.
But out of approximately 120 of us crew members on a television set, there are 20 of us with the X chromosome and we carry just as much weight as the boys.
I bring this older than old and very sad tale to the blank screen because out of the last 15 episodes, we are under the direction of 2nd woman and the mutiny has commenced. The men's club has gathered and the "plot" so to speak has thickened.
In other words, it's Beastie Boys with their dicks swinging, listen all y'all it's a sabotage.
And even more of a travesty, as the hours wear on, with the growing chauvinist approach toward her capability and know how, she isn't proving them wrong, pushing us back 100 years.
So what's a girl to do?
I don't claim to be a feminist. Nor do I bemoan the oppression of women in the workplace and slightly tipped salary scales. But am acutely aware of the time span between when we did not and do have the immeasurable right to vote and the travesty of how recent it was...
Also I am in touch with women obviously being the emotionally stronger, multi-task oriented, innovative, with an analytical and intuitive mind operating daily with a higher pain threshold.
In my humble opinion, I do not cry unfair in the game or quit running the race when I am repeatedly being tripped. I am perfectly willing to continue on and continue well while the cat calls at my ass get louder and the condescending comments towards my ableness onward roll.
But out of approximately 120 of us crew members on a television set, there are 20 of us with the X chromosome and we carry just as much weight as the boys.
I bring this older than old and very sad tale to the blank screen because out of the last 15 episodes, we are under the direction of 2nd woman and the mutiny has commenced. The men's club has gathered and the "plot" so to speak has thickened.
In other words, it's Beastie Boys with their dicks swinging, listen all y'all it's a sabotage.
And even more of a travesty, as the hours wear on, with the growing chauvinist approach toward her capability and know how, she isn't proving them wrong, pushing us back 100 years.
So what's a girl to do?
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
I Am the 1%
“See the man who would not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his riches and sought refuge in his own destruction!” Psalm 52:7
As if the back to back, time to make the donuts, 15 neck seizing, leg aching hour days isn't enough...being an intellectual, Christian, Conservative woman with a wagging tongue on a television/film set damn near breaks the spirit.
So as I made my morning plod to the overcrowded, prone for early hour verbal confrontations, get stuck behind every cab in the right lane, crosstown bus, I daydreamed of hitting the $250 million Powerball.
And once I did, in conjunction with eating at every Michelin star rated restaurant in the five boroughs, I would produce one of our next episodes. Hire my favorite director to date....have the writers script me the leading role, dictate every shot , give the stand-ins under fives, and let the liberal lot at on top of the hierarchical pyramid see you don't have to spit venom to enjoy success.
Do you have a dollar and a dream?
As if the back to back, time to make the donuts, 15 neck seizing, leg aching hour days isn't enough...being an intellectual, Christian, Conservative woman with a wagging tongue on a television/film set damn near breaks the spirit.
So as I made my morning plod to the overcrowded, prone for early hour verbal confrontations, get stuck behind every cab in the right lane, crosstown bus, I daydreamed of hitting the $250 million Powerball.
And once I did, in conjunction with eating at every Michelin star rated restaurant in the five boroughs, I would produce one of our next episodes. Hire my favorite director to date....have the writers script me the leading role, dictate every shot , give the stand-ins under fives, and let the liberal lot at on top of the hierarchical pyramid see you don't have to spit venom to enjoy success.
Do you have a dollar and a dream?
Monday, February 6, 2012
Movement Of The People
"Open your eyes, look within. Are you satisfied with the life you're living?"
Bob Marley
Saturday, February 4, 2012
Thursday, February 2, 2012
1.25 Seconds of Fame
Watch me walk into frame over her left shoulder.
Disregard the poster over her right.
Disregard the poster over her right.
Reestablishing Roots of My Fruit
Eric Holder needs to get shot down in a blaze of shame. And then charged with murder.
Ann Coulter supporters shouldn't be so quick to turn their backs on her support of Romney Care.
She has always been steadfast in her staunch conservatism and isn't changing her mind in this forsaken state of the union.
There could be some truth to her fear of Newt's liberal tendencies. Be informed.
Alas, the GOP did not uncover Superman in the last four years. So quit attacking the men with human powers and propensity for gaffes that we do have in the running.
****Breaking News**** Our favorite staunch republican,NYC Businessman endorses Romney.
I don't give a flying flip your president can sing eight bars of an Al Green song. It just proves he was elected on the premise of idolatry by the masses and NOT merit.
Again. Bolstering the forsaken state of the union.
Despite a delusional Michelle Obama citing the "remarkable progress" made on economy as she swayed confidently on The Ellen Show, most just nod their head in blind adoration.
But liberals take heed, despite the severed ties between the Susan G. Komen Foundation with Planned Parenthood over accusations they use federal funds for abortions, PP and The Girls Scouts of America are still in bed together.
True Story.
If that doesn't cheer you up, as I gazed into the clear sky last night in Staten Island, a warm feeling came over me knowing NO American occupies the Space Station and we have ceased all space exploration.
Oh but she (First Lady) can dance.
And he (Commander) can sing.
Don't you feel safe?
Ann Coulter supporters shouldn't be so quick to turn their backs on her support of Romney Care.
She has always been steadfast in her staunch conservatism and isn't changing her mind in this forsaken state of the union.
There could be some truth to her fear of Newt's liberal tendencies. Be informed.
Alas, the GOP did not uncover Superman in the last four years. So quit attacking the men with human powers and propensity for gaffes that we do have in the running.
****Breaking News**** Our favorite staunch republican,NYC Businessman endorses Romney.
I don't give a flying flip your president can sing eight bars of an Al Green song. It just proves he was elected on the premise of idolatry by the masses and NOT merit.
Again. Bolstering the forsaken state of the union.
Despite a delusional Michelle Obama citing the "remarkable progress" made on economy as she swayed confidently on The Ellen Show, most just nod their head in blind adoration.
But liberals take heed, despite the severed ties between the Susan G. Komen Foundation with Planned Parenthood over accusations they use federal funds for abortions, PP and The Girls Scouts of America are still in bed together.
True Story.
If that doesn't cheer you up, as I gazed into the clear sky last night in Staten Island, a warm feeling came over me knowing NO American occupies the Space Station and we have ceased all space exploration.
Oh but she (First Lady) can dance.
And he (Commander) can sing.
Don't you feel safe?
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