Last weekend I was an extra in a student film! Elle has a friend from a summer camp she went to and he posted a notice about needing extras for his film project and she forwarded it to me saying that I should get in touch with him. So I emailed him and he was like, "Sure! We'd love to have you be an extra."
It was definitely an interesting experience. The script for the movie was kind of confusing, but then again I only briefly glanced at it. I was supposed to be a "90's cool kid", and I was in the party scene they were shooting. I got there at 9, like the call sheet said, but no one else was there except some of the crew. So I was kind of just standing around for a while, and no one really talked to me or introduced themselves to me except Aidan, the guy Elle knew, and some of the other actors who were there. More people showed up around 10:30, and then by the time 11:30 rolled around we'd only gotten two shots. The entire evening took what felt like forever. It was kind of awkward because I had to pretend to be friends with all these people I didn't know.
We were supposed to finish by midnight but I knew that wasn't going to happen, it was all very unorganized and I never really knew what was going on. I think we finally finished around 1:30, and then luckily one of the people who actually bothered to introduce himself to me was headed back to the same area of Brooklyn, so we took the subway together. I was glad about that, because I wasn't too excited about taking the subway back from midtown by myself at that hour of the night. I was perfectly fine to go back by myself, I felt safe, it was just a long trek and I would've gotten bored.
No clue when this movie is going to be finished, but I did run into Aidan and some of the crew in Washington Square Park when I was going to meet Elle for dinner. They were filming a scene at one of the chess tables in the southwest part of the park. I said hi, and I think they recognized me. One of the guys said he definitely remembered me because no one else had purple hair, so that's something. Hopefully they'll let us know when the movie is done so we can see it. I wonder if I'm actually in any of it!
Monday, July 27, 2015
Monday, July 13, 2015
Free Day!
Today I had the day off from work which was awesome! I slept in until 11, I woke up because someone was knocking on the door. Turns out it was one of the landlords and two people who were thinking about buying the building. Apparently they'd told Jules about it and she said someone'd be home, but she completely forgot about it and forgot to tell me. They didn't stay too long, which was good. They looked around and asked some questions, and then left fairly quickly.
After that Jules and I got ready and went into the city to run some errands. We went to Chelsea Market to look for a specific juice that Jules wanted. I hadn't been there since freshman year and it was Jules' first time there. I think we found the brand of juice that she was looking for, but they didn't have the flavor she wanted. After that we headed to Whole Foods to pick up ingredients to make breakfast for dinner - we made french toast, eggs, and bacon. So yummy! I suggested to Jules to cook the eggs in the bacon grease (which she'd never done before) and now she's saying she's always going to do that. Score one for me!
Other than that, today was a fairly relaxing day. Did a lot of reading which was nice, I don't get much time to read these days. I did pick up a bunch of books from The Strand for 50 cents or a buck each, which was awesome, and I've been reading those on the subway. I finished Ender's Game and Sarah's Key, and now I'm working on 1984. I'm going to raid Jules' book selection next once I'm done with this one. Seems like the only time I can really read is on the subway and on my lunch break. I'll sit at the table in the kitchen at work and read while I eat, and a couple people have commented on that. Nothing negative, just people find it kind of funny/interesting that I like to read on my lunch. They usually comment on how it's rare these days for people to read physical books, as opposed to stuff on Kindles and e-readers, and also that it's rare for people in my generation to read versus being on their phones. It's just a nice break, I suppose.
After that Jules and I got ready and went into the city to run some errands. We went to Chelsea Market to look for a specific juice that Jules wanted. I hadn't been there since freshman year and it was Jules' first time there. I think we found the brand of juice that she was looking for, but they didn't have the flavor she wanted. After that we headed to Whole Foods to pick up ingredients to make breakfast for dinner - we made french toast, eggs, and bacon. So yummy! I suggested to Jules to cook the eggs in the bacon grease (which she'd never done before) and now she's saying she's always going to do that. Score one for me!
Other than that, today was a fairly relaxing day. Did a lot of reading which was nice, I don't get much time to read these days. I did pick up a bunch of books from The Strand for 50 cents or a buck each, which was awesome, and I've been reading those on the subway. I finished Ender's Game and Sarah's Key, and now I'm working on 1984. I'm going to raid Jules' book selection next once I'm done with this one. Seems like the only time I can really read is on the subway and on my lunch break. I'll sit at the table in the kitchen at work and read while I eat, and a couple people have commented on that. Nothing negative, just people find it kind of funny/interesting that I like to read on my lunch. They usually comment on how it's rare these days for people to read physical books, as opposed to stuff on Kindles and e-readers, and also that it's rare for people in my generation to read versus being on their phones. It's just a nice break, I suppose.
Sunday, July 5, 2015
Happy Birthday America!
Yesterday was the Fourth of July, and my downstairs neighbor invited me and Jules and our guests to join him at the party he was having, which was really nice. He made so much good food! We had curried ribs, he made some kind of dish with duck, and there was pasta and hot dogs and hamburgers. I had a little bit of everything and I was stuffed. Then for desert there was homemade ice cream and cookies and cupcakes. Some of his friends are DJ's so they came and played music for us. Plus, there was a little pool outside set up from when Jean's daughter was here (she's eight) and one of Jean's friend's had a little eight-month-old baby boy who went paddling in the pool for the first time - that was adorable. It was a little awkward, just because the only people at the party were either Jules' friends or Jean's friends. Jules' friends were my age so I got along with them, so that was fine, but Jean is maybe in his forties or so, so all of his friends were a lot older.
For fireworks, we walked outside and watched from the stoop area. We actually had a fairly good view, because people were setting off fireworks from a couple houses down and then in the neighborhood. Probably wasn't safe, but it was fun to watch! I got to see fireworks!
Apparently Jean is having another party next weekend, a friend of his is moving to London so they're having a going away party for her, and he invited me and Jules and told us we could bring our friends if we wanted. I'm not sure if we're going to go but it's nice that he invited us. He's a nice guy and he cares about us a lot, so I feel safe having him live downstairs.
For fireworks, we walked outside and watched from the stoop area. We actually had a fairly good view, because people were setting off fireworks from a couple houses down and then in the neighborhood. Probably wasn't safe, but it was fun to watch! I got to see fireworks!
Apparently Jean is having another party next weekend, a friend of his is moving to London so they're having a going away party for her, and he invited me and Jules and told us we could bring our friends if we wanted. I'm not sure if we're going to go but it's nice that he invited us. He's a nice guy and he cares about us a lot, so I feel safe having him live downstairs.
Friday, July 3, 2015
Sisters in the City
Sorry for the delayed post.
Katherine came to visit this last week and we had a mini sister vacation! Unfortunately I worked most of the time that she was here (during the day at least), so when I was at work she went off and did her own thing. I think she went to some museums and did touristy things. She also saw a bunch of shows without me, which made me sad.
The night she flew in I met her at my apartment and then we went into the city to go see On The Twentieth Century with KRISTIN CHENOWITH!!!! Ugh it was so amazing, it was my inner theater nerd's dream come true to see KCheno perform. That night it was pouring outside, which Katherine wasn't happy about, but luckily when we left my apartment to walk to the subway station it wasn't raining, and then it started up again when we got to the subway station. It sprinkled a bit when we were walking back from the theater but over all we managed to avoid the worst of it. In fact, it was kind of weird weather the entire time she was here. Overall it'd be fairly nice but it was still kind of muggy and overcast, and it'd sprinkle a lot.
On her last night here we went to go see Aladdin, which was amazing!! We saw James Monroe Iglehart as the Genie, which was so cool. I remember seeing him in Into the Woods and Spelling Bee and all these shows that he used to do in the Bay, and now he's on Broadway! Very cool. Afterwards we waited at the stage door and got pictures with him and talked to him a little bit about how we were from the Bay and that we used to see him perform. He introduced himself to us, and we were so starstruck. We left the stage door and went to Coldstone to get ice cream, because it felt appropriate.
Overall it was a fun little vacation for the both of us, and it was nice spending time with my sister! Just waiting for the next family member to come visit so I have another excuse to eat good food and see Broadway shows :)
Katherine came to visit this last week and we had a mini sister vacation! Unfortunately I worked most of the time that she was here (during the day at least), so when I was at work she went off and did her own thing. I think she went to some museums and did touristy things. She also saw a bunch of shows without me, which made me sad.
The night she flew in I met her at my apartment and then we went into the city to go see On The Twentieth Century with KRISTIN CHENOWITH!!!! Ugh it was so amazing, it was my inner theater nerd's dream come true to see KCheno perform. That night it was pouring outside, which Katherine wasn't happy about, but luckily when we left my apartment to walk to the subway station it wasn't raining, and then it started up again when we got to the subway station. It sprinkled a bit when we were walking back from the theater but over all we managed to avoid the worst of it. In fact, it was kind of weird weather the entire time she was here. Overall it'd be fairly nice but it was still kind of muggy and overcast, and it'd sprinkle a lot.
On her last night here we went to go see Aladdin, which was amazing!! We saw James Monroe Iglehart as the Genie, which was so cool. I remember seeing him in Into the Woods and Spelling Bee and all these shows that he used to do in the Bay, and now he's on Broadway! Very cool. Afterwards we waited at the stage door and got pictures with him and talked to him a little bit about how we were from the Bay and that we used to see him perform. He introduced himself to us, and we were so starstruck. We left the stage door and went to Coldstone to get ice cream, because it felt appropriate.
Overall it was a fun little vacation for the both of us, and it was nice spending time with my sister! Just waiting for the next family member to come visit so I have another excuse to eat good food and see Broadway shows :)
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