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Kid Pivot

I'm currently working at the VECC ( Art house: I.E. Work your ass off for low pay. ) The Godot people are countervening the contract by having the A.S.M. pull the big red ( Main Drape.) And I gather they haven't cleared this with the Union. But, as dispatcher I haven't been called to dispatch a crew guy. And as the senior crew...
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squishylizards:
They don't bother me too much. This last thing was a road crew, or really one guy who had his head up his ass. As for the ol' boys, they can be obnoxious, but mostly because they are a bunch of idiots, I'm starting to realize. The people who know their shit like me just fine, otherwise I'd be out of a job, there certainly isn't a ton of work to go around where I live.

My dad is a regular carpenter, He's the one who was really giving me hell. Sigh. The non union company that owns me the majority of the time calls me a lighting technician, I should just stick to that to avoid confusion.
squishylizards:
Oh and good luck...there's some goddamn movie fever going on down here as well right now...everybody and their mom is fleeing to one set or another it seems. Get on their asses and get yourself working.

Isn't the calling steward a paying position though, that people vote you in for? The person who does all of our calling of crews and whatnot here is the business agent and he gets paid to do that so he doesn't have to work all the time.
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Limerick Junction....



Another weekend off...I hate this inactivity in theatre right now. It's busy in film due to pilot season and here I am stuck with this stupid calling steward job that nobody wants. I'm tired of being the pick me up guy. the shit shoveler. I've asked that this job be made part of the regular calling steward's job but we're not going there...
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dmac:
I've never had a good St. Pat's experience EVER in my life. And I've got a good old Scots-Irish last name and real Irish heritage to boot, so what gives??

I think there's too much expectation placed upon the frivolity of St. Pat's and far too few happy outcomes to the partying. Why else do they mask it in a haze of alchol, do you supose? It's just another day so don't feel bad about it.

Being a shit sherpa does suck, doesn't it? There's being part of "the team" and then there's that thing called occupational self esteem.

I'm off today to see a local play called "What Mad Pursuit" -- supposedly a so-called world premiere and a friend of mine is cast in the lead. (He's actually one of my Greek theatre cast members from last summer) It's even gotten a decent review from the local paper which is amazing since they tend to hate EVERYTHING!!! mad
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Donnie G.

Ah, the opera is back......

Unfortunately I didn't make the show call but a few days of the VOA at A house pay is far preferable than slumming it at ACT for the same hours. I expected a bigger set than what showed up. Another Michigan Opera set. Man the warehouse they store these old bugger sets in must be the foulest, dilapidated...
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Tag your it.....

7 things I want to do before I die:

1. experience real love.
2. create life
3. have a place and a space to call my own.
4. circumnavigate the world
5. make more friends
6. make art
7. breathe my last breath doing something happy

7 things I cannot do

1. Not think about every little thing.
2. Not grow long...
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rubysparkle:
I think that most urban living girls don't care if someone has a car. They know it's usually not necessary for life in the city.
donut3000:
those G3's keep going and going, my laptops a 500mhz g3ibook im still using it every day as my admin /email computer plus some photoshop work.

I dont believe in replacing stuff until its not repairable broken or it doesn't do what you need it to do anymore.

so while ive kept my g3 i have put my g4 tower (for editing) out of service, and man does the G5 dual 2.5 fly for editing and rendering/compression.

hope all is well in the land of theatre

[Edited on Feb 26, 2006 9:29PM]
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Drunk Driver

At long last I have a car again.....


It's a 95 VW Golf Gti ( Metallic Surf Green, sort of the colour you find on the outside the 7UP can.) I'm so into this car right now. I'm drunk on driving. She's

( Her Name is Kino - German for Cinema. Because the whole idea is that this car is for me getting...
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rubysparkle:
How long were you car free?
I've been without for about 18 months now.

You've been tagged... what else is there to do on a Thursday night.
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So, let Me Introduce To You, The One And Only
Hugh Picket


One of our honorary Union Brothers, Hugh Picket died last night at age 92. At home, surrounded by loved ones and the memorabilia of his time, as Vancouver's consument theatre impresario of the twentieth century.

Hugh was one of those few, amazing old cats who really was forever young. He joked he'd never...
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djdragyn:
so ive got this new idea. ignore women and focus on constructive things (school, work,exercise and the such). im starting to put it in motion. lets hope i can stay dedicated.


ps.
yeah my ex calls/messages me the other day and was like "hi!!!!, my fiance hasnt spoken to me in weeks". i laughed, alot. skull biggrin
done:
So are you a roadie or mountain biker?

My trip to Vancouver was to ride North Shore and Whistler. We drove around quite a bit too. Must be a great place for road riding too.
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Test Pattern Girls

Yes, it's kind of creepy I'll admit, right up front.....

I've been reading this book "The Game" By Neil Strauss. It's about his experiences, hanging out with a bunch of Pick Up Artists in Hollywood. My response to the writing at first was revulsion. "How can you think of women as tests for your cheesy pickup lines and programs of seduction." And...
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done:
Here, I'll put my money where my mouth is.

I am not self proclaiming that I am quite different than most people, I have been told that...even by my girlfriend.

I hate professional sports...but I am athletic.
It is just asinine how much these people get paid. Yet, millions of people support their lifestyle...this goes for rock & movie stars.

Why does everything cost so much...because people are willing to pay for it. What would happen if people refused to pay. People pay extremely high prices for rent in large cities...what would happen if no one would do that?

This goes for taxes as well...I do agree that we should pay taxes ,but, our government does not use our money wisely. Do you know anyone who likes paying taxes? Everyone jokes about not paying...what if we did...are they going to arrest everyone?

I date quite differently than most...I have eliminated the desire for sex. I really just like to hang out with girls and get to know them...if we end up having sex great!...if not that's great too!

I once gave you flack about leather pants...I really don't care if you wear them or not...but, something in society says that only certain people can wear them. Why? don't you think that is foolish?

You once gave me a ton of shit for saying that all vaginas feel the same. When I was younger I thougt they would feel differently...as you have more and sex...well...almost all vaginas do feel the same...the person attached is quite different. I didn't mean to slander women and their vaginas....I just came to the realization that it does 'feel' the same.

From reading your past posts...I think you do ask yourself, why in society are things the way they are. I think you, like me, tend to against the grain, and try to it a little different than everyone else.
dmac:
Happy to be your E-Valentine!

Have a lovely day! kiss
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A ray of Light....

It seems there's a move on ( Rather embryonic...) to possibly turn the old Vogue Theatre into a civic venue. I'd hate to see it turned into a resturant which is the current owners idea. If they can do this in the next few years our Cert will still be in effect at that time. Which means, I might still be...
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dmac:
Yeah, why does EVERYTHING have to become a restaurant??? whatever Either that or a coffee house, it seems.
squishylizards:
if not...
iatse wait staff?
hahaha.

Good luck.
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WHO Else

Went out for a walk and ran into some work friends of mine. One of whom is now recently divorced and is heading off to Australia to produce punk bands down-under. Brian's a great, solid guy and I'm glad to see he's got a destination in his head after all the bullshit over the last year with the now Ex - She's quite...
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dmac:
Hmmmm, you're probably NOT going to believe this, but it's been my experience (and, yes, I do have a few years up on you) that when you just surrender and stop forcing yourself to take chances with people or relationships, something will literally fall into place. I'm sure this ranks right up there with the parental "be yourself" credo, but honestly, the best relationships I've ever EVER had were the ones that came along by utter surprise. Close your eyes. She's gotta be near by.
dmac:
No spell check? Damn,you're GOOD! smile
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Saturday night....

This is the first saturday night I've had off since October 3rd 2005. "Beauty And The Beast" has left the Stanley, but due back next Christmas as a remount ( So Far... I get my first remount name request ever. ) . And I've been spending the week jumping from gig to gig. Nickleback rehersals at the Coliseum. Then, transiting out to the...
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djdragyn:
im not gonna lie to you. i tried the "ill just stay home tonight and save some money" idea, and next thing i knew i was tripping my balls off and getting stoned out of my mind. (most of this could be attributed to my roommate but well leave him out of this). enjoy the 18 hours of sleeping while you can. thats what i always aim for. ARRR!!!
djdragyn:
by the way im in theatre 100 at the local communtiy college and might have some random questions for you. im supposed to see 3 plays this semester and i know you dont live around here but any recomendations?
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X marks the spot....

The Disney shows gone into the storage trailer for next christmas. And we had a sad little closing night party in the lobby. Way out of proportion to the success of the run. I tried to tidy up some loose ends with our Belle. Explain what I meant by my Spot Crush remark of a few weeks ago. I think we're...
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djdragyn:
excessive beer + excessive reading = ill get back to this later.
djdragyn:
have you heard of what the vc did to the prisoners in nam.......yeah............bamboo and shit under your tonails man....sick shit. thats what the monkey does.
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Entropy Week....

ACT sets usually have an ingrown expiry date. Usually the week before closing. So far, we've been blessed with a trouble free set this whole run. Instead of the set going I think it's happening at home for most us, the cast a crew. I lost my aux drive which had my windows for mac. Then my imac, and finally the power in...
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djdragyn:
alright so i swear ill read everything on this page but i just wanna interject this real quick.
-if theres one thing ive (learned?) about women so far is that they always want to feel comfortable with their present state of being. telling her she looks better as who she really is obviously isnt what she wants to hear and so the compliment probably went a little to deep for her. but thats just my guess and im really tired and i should read the whole entry before commenting but i just wanted to say whats up and put my 2 cents in before bed. is she anywhere near your age or is she younger? cuz these younger girls are drivin me up a wall.
realistic67:
Yeah, I've thought about that..And it's a very fair comment. I just find her incandecent as a brunette. But, I realised that I should have just gone for it. And not undersold the attraction.

It's not that I want to sleep with her as apposed to make an impression. I'm tired of being in the shadows. So much so that if I'm to be rejected I want the full meal deal. Broken canopy and all. I want to find a way to be comfortable to make a splash.