New Order....
When your part of a union there's an order.... The old, old school boys where there before you and will always be old til they're gone. And then, it's your turn to be the old, old school boys.
But why can't they get it together....A quick 5 minute conference to set and order things so the guy at the bottom, me. - And...
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When your part of a union there's an order.... The old, old school boys where there before you and will always be old til they're gone. And then, it's your turn to be the old, old school boys.
But why can't they get it together....A quick 5 minute conference to set and order things so the guy at the bottom, me. - And...
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I Got Soul But I'm Not A Soldier....
Turandot rehearsal strike....
A geogous morning. Sun streaming through the high picture windows of an almost abandoned boat manufacturing wharehouse. Down near the docks of one of Canada's busiest ports. ( you know the place, they look like the bad guys hideout sets. In james Bond Movies and Robocop episodes. All that was missing was the dude...
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Turandot rehearsal strike....
A geogous morning. Sun streaming through the high picture windows of an almost abandoned boat manufacturing wharehouse. Down near the docks of one of Canada's busiest ports. ( you know the place, they look like the bad guys hideout sets. In james Bond Movies and Robocop episodes. All that was missing was the dude...
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danny_g:
Yeah, we run off platters. Pretty much only one theatre in the city that doesn't, and it's a single screen. Last of its kind. And yes, the other cutter has been dealt with. Thanks for the support.
squishylizards:
I feel ya man. Tonight we wrapped up Carmen. What a fucking set. What an amazing fucking set. Carps are still at worrk while I've been at the bar for 2 hours, and they will be at it all night. I think our set belonged to the utah opera company, but the az op, which i work for, has made some fucking phenomenal ones as well.
I love my swanky ass union opera electrician job. So very much.
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I love my swanky ass union opera electrician job. So very much.
[Edited on Oct 17, 2005 2:41AM]
The Misfits....
The Killer's was a complete pain. I had to bail from setting up the show due to some terrible indigestion that made me feel that day like I had barbed wire wrapped around my intestines. It was all due to the fact that for the first time in years I had a few days off around Thanksgiving. ( Canadian thanksgiving being last sunday...
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The Killer's was a complete pain. I had to bail from setting up the show due to some terrible indigestion that made me feel that day like I had barbed wire wrapped around my intestines. It was all due to the fact that for the first time in years I had a few days off around Thanksgiving. ( Canadian thanksgiving being last sunday...
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donut3000:
i see your getting into commentaries, they can be great- if the people doing the commentaries have good stories to tell i like them sometimes to drift off to sleep to as you don't always have to keep your eyes open.
squishylizards:
I don't need one, but I am a lazy spot op and It's only 50 bucks. Why the hell not.
Veronica....
Her name is Veronica. Tall, with a dark black curly mane of hair. Looks kind of like Jessica Harper in the movie Suspiria. She's a teacher. Likes foreign films. wants to work in the film industry again. Used to work at the Vogue theatre where I know her from but every time I see her I think her name is Jackie ( Some other...
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Her name is Veronica. Tall, with a dark black curly mane of hair. Looks kind of like Jessica Harper in the movie Suspiria. She's a teacher. Likes foreign films. wants to work in the film industry again. Used to work at the Vogue theatre where I know her from but every time I see her I think her name is Jackie ( Some other...
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ladypinkink:
I like your thoughts. 
realistic67:
Thanks...I accept all compliments.
Here's a thought....
I got caught slightly drunk ( I was eating at the time so I refuse to really say i was completely hosed...)
- I often write later when I'm drunk - at age 38 more than three drinks at any sitting makes me drunk. One of the few gifts of age, to get drunk quickly.
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I got caught slightly drunk ( I was eating at the time so I refuse to really say i was completely hosed...)
- I often write later when I'm drunk - at age 38 more than three drinks at any sitting makes me drunk. One of the few gifts of age, to get drunk quickly.
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realistic67:
You like, or are like half and half?
Basically, outside of the physical stuff that turns me on. I just want a woman to be tthree things. Honest, interesting and interested in me to a certain extent. We all have looks we like. Body types that get us hot. Deal breakers etc. ( Like alot of guys I'm into slim, petite, women with nice round bums... Big breasts I don't see as huge deal but they're nice.) I don't like it when a woman's a smoker or very overwieght. And if she cheats...I'm gone.
On the madonna/whore subject. I think you and I are in the same boat. We like dichotomy. We're were sort of dual personalities. I'm a gemini, and I like to be interested in some one long term and I want to know both sides to a person. Good and bad. Introverted and extroverted. Because I tend to be introverted I find extroverted woman to be an attraction for me. And many women when they are extroverted use all their god given talents and take them a bit extreme. Tattoo's, piercings and the like are examples.
Problem is many of those types of women ( or people if I'm being honest.) can act out in bizzare and even damaging ways. Cheating, Cutting, Lieing, drug use etc.
And that's many of the reasons I'm single. When I meet a nice girl she tends not to think much of my job and it's anti-normal hours. Plus, getting together is kind of hard and if she wants to see a show. She more than likely has to see it alone because I'm working it or I'm busy working another show.
Basically, outside of the physical stuff that turns me on. I just want a woman to be tthree things. Honest, interesting and interested in me to a certain extent. We all have looks we like. Body types that get us hot. Deal breakers etc. ( Like alot of guys I'm into slim, petite, women with nice round bums... Big breasts I don't see as huge deal but they're nice.) I don't like it when a woman's a smoker or very overwieght. And if she cheats...I'm gone.
On the madonna/whore subject. I think you and I are in the same boat. We like dichotomy. We're were sort of dual personalities. I'm a gemini, and I like to be interested in some one long term and I want to know both sides to a person. Good and bad. Introverted and extroverted. Because I tend to be introverted I find extroverted woman to be an attraction for me. And many women when they are extroverted use all their god given talents and take them a bit extreme. Tattoo's, piercings and the like are examples.
Problem is many of those types of women ( or people if I'm being honest.) can act out in bizzare and even damaging ways. Cheating, Cutting, Lieing, drug use etc.
And that's many of the reasons I'm single. When I meet a nice girl she tends not to think much of my job and it's anti-normal hours. Plus, getting together is kind of hard and if she wants to see a show. She more than likely has to see it alone because I'm working it or I'm busy working another show.
djelemeno:
your defiantly more eloquent about what your looking for but what i'm saying is that i'm attracted to the bad girl, but take the good girl home to mom.
for the long haul i like the angles but flirt with the demon dames,
ya know? or am i still talking out of my ass?
for the long haul i like the angles but flirt with the demon dames,
ya know? or am i still talking out of my ass?
Arcade Fire....
God damn fucking shoe gazing rock bands....
NO spots because they're too good for spotlights. The rig is 80% all movers and the one truss that's conventionals can be focused by a lift. Which made the A.E. happy because he doesn't like to, or can't climb cable ladders. All of which means no A.E. position for me. Plus, the old-old boys are getting...
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God damn fucking shoe gazing rock bands....
NO spots because they're too good for spotlights. The rig is 80% all movers and the one truss that's conventionals can be focused by a lift. Which made the A.E. happy because he doesn't like to, or can't climb cable ladders. All of which means no A.E. position for me. Plus, the old-old boys are getting...
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djelemeno:
where are you on the extra list somewhere in the middle?
i'm at the middle of the middle so i almost get the good calls just a few people away from spot calls and the like but now i took a full time shop job at the minnesota opera so i don't have any time to take the big money calls when they come my way, but hey it's the easy way up the list. i will always get my hours so in a few years i'll be able to quit the opera and take what i want but for now i have to wait for the old dogs to retire or die off.javascript:insertSmilie('
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i'm at the middle of the middle so i almost get the good calls just a few people away from spot calls and the like but now i took a full time shop job at the minnesota opera so i don't have any time to take the big money calls when they come my way, but hey it's the easy way up the list. i will always get my hours so in a few years i'll be able to quit the opera and take what i want but for now i have to wait for the old dogs to retire or die off.javascript:insertSmilie('
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realistic67:
On a list of just under 300 member's I'm currently 144. Just past the middle. On Availiblity I tend to hover at 80 - 90 That's the theatre local.
On the film local we have about 10,000 members and I'm sister local with them and smwhere very near the bottom.
On the film local we have about 10,000 members and I'm sister local with them and smwhere very near the bottom.
futures - Past
I've never watched a DVD with the commentary on.
I picked up a cheap copy of Logan's Run for 8 bucks. Cheaper than going out to see it at the art houses. L.R. is one of my fave cheesy Sci Fi movies ( More because of the lovely Jenny Augutter. Who runs around most of the film in sort of a sea...
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I've never watched a DVD with the commentary on.
I picked up a cheap copy of Logan's Run for 8 bucks. Cheaper than going out to see it at the art houses. L.R. is one of my fave cheesy Sci Fi movies ( More because of the lovely Jenny Augutter. Who runs around most of the film in sort of a sea...
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donut3000:
Yes that was a bit long, I got a bit carried away!
The Bipolar can be bad- but we all have problems of some sort or another and mine is fairly well treated. I thinks its real danger is when you don't know you have it or its not treated or the treatment isn't working. It does have its advantages sometimes - like thinking well outside the box.
The best atmosphere between cast and crew I've found is at the Edinburgh festival, in small venues 50-180 seats. the lighting/sound boards are in the auditorium. Everyone is running about- the last show is leaving - your refocussing for the next show, the cast are helping to set there stage, if the cast are down then you help cheer them up. a cross between techie, operator, psychiatrist and stage manager- so a lot of lines are crossed already.
The Bipolar can be bad- but we all have problems of some sort or another and mine is fairly well treated. I thinks its real danger is when you don't know you have it or its not treated or the treatment isn't working. It does have its advantages sometimes - like thinking well outside the box.
The best atmosphere between cast and crew I've found is at the Edinburgh festival, in small venues 50-180 seats. the lighting/sound boards are in the auditorium. Everyone is running about- the last show is leaving - your refocussing for the next show, the cast are helping to set there stage, if the cast are down then you help cheer them up. a cross between techie, operator, psychiatrist and stage manager- so a lot of lines are crossed already.
realistic67:
You almost have to be tri-polar to love the fringe fest experience..... Those days were fun. But, now I love the huge broadway shows and rock extravaganzas.
October -work- Fest
So, one day at Richmond Gateway Theatre has turned into three long days and now I'm booked to set up Arcade Fire at the Forum.
A Forum gig thease days usually means one of the old boys will bail on the show or the out because this venues a serious grunt and I'll get a show gig or at least an out...
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So, one day at Richmond Gateway Theatre has turned into three long days and now I'm booked to set up Arcade Fire at the Forum.
A Forum gig thease days usually means one of the old boys will bail on the show or the out because this venues a serious grunt and I'll get a show gig or at least an out...
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twinkie:
I want a SMART CAR!!!! I wonder if they are dangerous.......to be mowed down by lingering SUVs.
I totally think about how something came to be and what the pitch was like. Especially with terrible movies. "So, there's this troubled teenager...and....this weird guy in a bunny suit tells him to do things...and there's time travel....and of course... a love story."
I totally think about how something came to be and what the pitch was like. Especially with terrible movies. "So, there's this troubled teenager...and....this weird guy in a bunny suit tells him to do things...and there's time travel....and of course... a love story."
realistic67:
I hear that smart cars are pretty safe. Build as they are like an egg shaped roll cage. But, I wouldn't think to use them on freeways unless it's bumper to bumper.
The biggest danger is, if they get hit, to pedistrians around them.
The biggest danger is, if they get hit, to pedistrians around them.
La Cite Des enfants pardus
Why can't I talk to goth girls.....I have pallid skin, beached out hair. ( most of the time...) I wear black all the time.... Hell, I look like an Ingmar Bergman hero when I'm at my best. What's my problem? (fear, it's all fear, rejection et all....)
I'm terrible with girls names. I can't remember them to save my life....
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Why can't I talk to goth girls.....I have pallid skin, beached out hair. ( most of the time...) I wear black all the time.... Hell, I look like an Ingmar Bergman hero when I'm at my best. What's my problem? (fear, it's all fear, rejection et all....)
I'm terrible with girls names. I can't remember them to save my life....
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donut3000:
Thanx! 33 doesn't seem that bad now. think i might try the Yoga a washboard stomach would be a interesting first for me!
Im crap with names too, even have a problem with friends and relatives, but an old trick is to say the name 3 times in conversation with people as you meet them. sometimes this really works well at burning that name into your head, you have to actually say it- not think the name.
i guess weather it works or not depends on the amount of beers you've had!
Im crap with names too, even have a problem with friends and relatives, but an old trick is to say the name 3 times in conversation with people as you meet them. sometimes this really works well at burning that name into your head, you have to actually say it- not think the name.
i guess weather it works or not depends on the amount of beers you've had!
donut3000:
yeah im still eating like a 20 year old! strange you should mention balance, mines been a bit off this year- i put it down to blood pressure and declining fitness.
So you work in theatre, worked a fair bit in that myself, never full time though. dance is one of the more fun things to light for and opp.
In recent years i have done a few stints at the Edinburgh festival- a challenging experience!
So you work in theatre, worked a fair bit in that myself, never full time though. dance is one of the more fun things to light for and opp.
In recent years i have done a few stints at the Edinburgh festival- a challenging experience!
I'm thinking of switching away from beer to hard liquor for the winter as my poison of choice. It's got less calories per serving. It tends to be on special on the nights I go out ( weekdays and sundays.)
And it seems to be one of the factors that's attributed to Iggy Pops leaness over time. And that looks a great look for us...
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And it seems to be one of the factors that's attributed to Iggy Pops leaness over time. And that looks a great look for us...
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realistic67:
Yeah, it's probably all the heroin use of days gone past and stomach crunches. And make Iggy look so hyper skinny.
I just fear bloating up over the next few years which is why I've always avoided the board Op gig for long periods. ( Board gut )
Wow, a woman who thinks Stagehands are cool...Where did you meet this fantasy come true?
I just fear bloating up over the next few years which is why I've always avoided the board Op gig for long periods. ( Board gut )
Wow, a woman who thinks Stagehands are cool...Where did you meet this fantasy come true?
djelemeno:
met her at a burlesque club on my birthday a truly innocent story.
yes i was a carpenter i was an overhire then but got hired full time now so i'm retiring from my sound opp position. the shop is cool but i do miss being in the theater
yes i was a carpenter i was an overhire then but got hired full time now so i'm retiring from my sound opp position. the shop is cool but i do miss being in the theater
The heat of a woman....
Looking forward through all the shows comming up in October and all the potential work on films ( I have got to find a car....) And the fact that I can work up at the Chan Centre now, gave me enough confidence about work to just relax and hang with some of the staff I know up at the Penthouse....
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Looking forward through all the shows comming up in October and all the potential work on films ( I have got to find a car....) And the fact that I can work up at the Chan Centre now, gave me enough confidence about work to just relax and hang with some of the staff I know up at the Penthouse....
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Back in the middle of you....
I tried going out to a club tonight.
I never feel successful at it if I haven't been a particular place regularly. Maybe it's the cliquishness of Van but you really have to be determined to a scene to make any dent. Or maybe it's just me. I'm an introvert from long ago. Well, maybe an autistic introvert. Shows,...
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I tried going out to a club tonight.
I never feel successful at it if I haven't been a particular place regularly. Maybe it's the cliquishness of Van but you really have to be determined to a scene to make any dent. Or maybe it's just me. I'm an introvert from long ago. Well, maybe an autistic introvert. Shows,...
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Broken collarbone, oowch- sound painfull, how did that happen?
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What did you make of fainting?
I've only done it once with a box cutter knife in my hand during some set construction, some idiot tried to trim some wood while i was carrying it, looked at this knife in my hand for about 5mins while he tried to sort some clean cloth out, remember thinking is that bone its hit? every thing went blurry and i wend down!
Fainting was a real pleasurable experience! for me any way!