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Dept. of It Could Be Worse 2

Oct

22

2007

I had a fairly disastrous day at work today, particularly since my foot decided it wanted to suddenly slam back into Excruciating Pain Mode shortly after lunch. It seems to be doing better now after a whole lot of ice, but on top of the tinsel-covered holiday hell I’m already deeply embroiled in, it was ...

An Inauspicious Sunday 2

Oct

21

2007

Two items today that together are a real great way to kick off the week: First, last night there were some serious Santa Ana winds blowing, and my power (and the power to the rest of my block) went out. To SoCal Edison’s credit, it was back on within the hour. However, one key item ...

This Can’t Be Good

Oct

9

2007

Ah, fuck fuckity fuck fuck fuck. As the potential armageddon draws closer and on a day when I’m not as tired, I’ll go into more detail about exactly what a strike would mean, both to the industry in general and to me in particular. Suffice to say for now, I’m becoming very, very glad that ...

Not Dead 2

Oct

4

2007

Just damn busy. Work’s been a bit nuts, and working out 5 days a week is just about killing me. On the upside, I did get a free ticket to the Dave Matthews Band concert on Tuesday at the Hollywood Bowl through work. The show was awesome (guest apperances by some spectacular banjo player whose ...

WHAT?!

Apr

29

2007

My voice is totally gone right now, but notwithstanding that, I can’t even tell you how happy I am. Party: Done, and seemed to be enjoyed. Gift: Done, and seemed to be enjoyed. Filming….uh, not so done, but hopefully done by the end of the week. But party and gift, done! Woo Hoo! *passes out*

Swag + Good Cause = Fun

Apr

24

2007

Shameless plug time! For crew gifts every season, we do shirts with pithy quotes from the lead character of the show. Everywhere people wear them, we get people asking us where they can get one. Starting today, you too (or your friend who loves our show too) can own your very own pithy quote shirt, ...

Huzzah

Apr

23

2007

I see this idiot’s Hummer every day on the Fox Lot, and I got sorely tempted to post some pictures here but wasn’t sure whether that’d violate some sort of lot rule. Thank you, Defamer, for posting that picture so I don’t have to. Now I can focus on noting that this tool has that ...

It Begins Again

Apr

13

2007

My boss’s episode shoots one night tomorrow night (yes, Saturday. Don’t get me started.), then starts shooting for real on thursday, so I’m going to be back in the black hole of 16 hour days for a while. I should have a more concrete update on the Foot Fiasco of ’07 sometime late next week, ...

Contraption Update 2

Apr

3

2007

Remember that contraption to replace crutches I was talking about? I was showing the web page to people around the office, asking if they’d ever heard of anyone who’d used it. Turns out not only had my friend Pam heard of it, she knew the guy who invented it (back in the day when it ...

Easter Fun 1

Mar

29

2007

One of my coworkers received a large box of Easter crap from his folks today, including an enormous number of Peeps. I commented that we should microwave them, and someone asked why. Peeps, as has been repeatedly documented, expand to several times their original size in the microwave, and then poof out in an awesomely ...