Today is the second to last day of shooting. The atmosphere is a little giddy, though that might have something to do with fatigue. We worked till eleven thirty last night. It’s like tech week in theater, except Friday is the day the show closes instead of opening night. It’s a little odd.
Two days and counting. Read More »
I’ve spent the morning in a hole in the ground. Actually, it was a hole in a stage behind a podium. I was the live hands for the Mayor again today, and in order for him to stand behind the podium they have to put us in a hole in the stage which is about
I was doing a live hands scene for the Mayor which involved throwing a fried egg off a spatula. He said, “that was really funny” after one throw. (Yay!) But after the whole scene was over, I was standing close to the director’s table and he said, “You are the best woman–best person with hands
Compliment from Magnus! Read More »
David, the mayor’s puppeteer just found this quiz online. Quiz: What Lazy Town Character are You? It’s very funny. Give it a try.
Quiz: What Lazy Town Character are You? Read More »
I was on set today doing live hands for the mayor and shooting the breeze with Toti (one of our puppet wranglers) between shots. He asked if it snowed a lot in Portland. I said “no”. He said, “So it’s about like here, only once a month or so.” I looked at him in complete
A clarification on Snow Read More »
I didn’t get called in to work till 3:30 today. This gave me a little time to go Christmas shopping and I think I’m actually finished. This seems rather astounding to me. I also finally went into an antique shop that I’ve been carefully avoiding because it looked too good. I knew I would be
We went to Dana and Mark’s Read for a Christmas Brunch to exchange Secret Santa gifts. You might recall that we exchanged Secret Santa names at Thanksgiving. I drew Þor’s name and gave him a copy of The Marionette Sourcebook by Luman Coad. It’s a really great resource and he seemed very pleased. Sarah drew
We’re only in for three hours today. They had to wrap one of the cast members last night before we finished the shots we needed to do, so we all agreed to come in for a quick session this morning. It’s getting down to the wire here.
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Þor brought in the photos he took of my Christmas party. We’ll start with a picture of Steve, seriously underdressed, but then he wasn’t expecting a black tie gathering. That’s Mark Reed next to him. Caroline is in the foreground. In good Chattanooga tradition the buffet was loaded with food. We had to use both
I love my job. I was just did live hands for Ziggy who was attacked by a giant carrot. Can a girl have more fun?
David, the puppeteer who plays the mayor, is Jewish and his wife sent him a menorah so he could celebrate Hanukah here. I was looking for the prayers for him (he’d forgotten one) and stumbled upon Lighting this page. I thought David was in trouble, at first, because he’s been lighting the candles at work,
Lighting Away from Home – Chanukah with Aish Read More »
Shall we go back to a new short story once a week? This is something I wrote a while ago, but I’m reworking it to submit. Here are the first thirteen lines. Let me know if you want to read more. Some Other Day By Mary Robinette Kowal           The summer
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I keep going on about skyr and finally found a website that explains the national dish of Icelanders.
Skyr – the national dish of Icelanders Read More »
See, what did I tell you. The blue sky never lasts long.
And now it’s sleeting Read More »
The weather has been really blustery and rangeing from rain to snow. Today I can see blue sky if I look straight up, but the clouds are moving so quickly that I don’t know how long it will last.