* Well, I’m off to shoot an episode of “Medium”, whatever that is. We’ll both know when I get back, I guess. =)

** UPDATE ** Wow, what a long day… from departure to return home it was 15 ÔøΩ hours. SO everyone has to watch “Medium” now, because the star, Patricia Arquette was so nice to me on set! The show is about a medium (psychic) who works with the District Attourney’s office to solve problems. Not just crimes… problems, too. My part today was strictly smalltime, I was a patron in a ritzy restaurant. The episode involves the brunette woman (a lawyer?) who helps teach a mute little boy to speak by locking both of them in a cabin, and also a crime which I will not give away. Patricia (the medium) helps save the day against a necrophiliac rapist.

* But the cool part was, as I was walking out on a break to get more food from the craft services truck (EGads! Just try and keep your figure when you’re stuck on a set for 12 hours next to a truck stuffed full of free chocolate croissants, candy bars, ice cream and other delicious, bad for you treats!) and Patricia stopped, looked at me and said, “I think I know who you are!”

* I was very flattered that she would look at me (a lowly “patron” in the scene) and said “Calpernia?” and she said, “Oh my God, yes!” We started talking about the New York Times article, and “Soldier’s Girl” and everything. She was totally sweet and supportive of our issues and was completely friendly and real.

* Other than that lovely happenstance, the day was fraught with the usual good and bad of life. I was stuck next to a super unprofessional actor for two scenes. From the first snap of the clapboard he was nodding asleep, even on camera (in my shots! The NERVE!) and in between each shot he would slump over in the restaurant seat and fall asleep right there, looking totally weird and out of place bent completely double asleep, while everyone else was working or prepping for the next take. When he was awake, he decided to harass an actress seated at a table behind us. She asked him to stop talking to her, so every time the director said “cut” he immediately turned around and asked her inane questions just to needle her. It bordered on being psychotic and made several of us very uncomfortable. Thankfully, he had been very late coming to set and was informed that this infraction would go on his “permanent record” (yes, actors have a “permanent record” at this starter-level that casting people look at) and so he will probably not be cast again any time soon.

* I got a lot of reading done (Dorothy Parker is the best!) and made a few new one-day-friends. But since I got only 4 hours sleep last night (I was working on getting our sites moved to a new host) I simply HAVE to get some shuteye right now or I will drop face first right onto the keyboar.kbgv ÔøΩ>M r.DGKMNg Aad…

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