THE MINDY PROJECT

Drove to Universal Studios and base camp was set right up next to the parking lot. I guess it's a new show so they get the worst position.  The strange thing was that the line told us to buy black boots, but I just brought low top black shoes.  I want to return them though because they are a little big.  Maybe I can bring it to the Chino Hills Walmart for an exchange.

Anyway, I got to nap a little in the morning.  The call time was 7AM and we didn't get on set until after 2PM.  After a few takes, I was kicked off the set since the AD thought what I was asked to do was too distracting.  When I got back, I hung out a little and then we were wrapped.  I wished we could have stayed a little longer though for a little overtime.

At least I got to drive home without much traffic.  I got some pork baking and then I ran about 5.5 miles.  It was not that warm outside but I found the run to be pretty tough.  I was tired and my middle back ached probably because of poor posture while running.

The pork was done and I cooked some spinach too.

(written 8/23/12)

DEXTER #4

Perhaps talking about Dexter with Pat led me to this.  Could the universe have some kind of ability to grant you what you want?

I got to Sunset Gower and it was already warm.  The nice thing was that I got to park inside the lot rather than park on the street when I work on Pair of Kings.  They told us that we should have had lunch before arriving, so I stopped by a Thai joint to grab some food.  It was good, it was spicy, but it cost too much for the little that I got.  But damn was it authentic.  There were just Thai peeps in there and the staff barely spoke English.

I realized after eating the food that I would have to shit it all out later.  I wasn't looking forward to that.

I was booked as a CSI guy so all my clothing was provided except my pants.  They said that CSI people wear khaki pants, something the casting company didn't say.  It's all good though because I had some slacks that were close enough.

The scene we worked in was in stage 5 thank goodness.  Because it was hot as hell outside.  Still though, it got hot inside the set and some of the actors started complaining.  The fun thing I got to do was accept a picture from Michael C. Hall as he examined the body.  But the takes were numerous since there were several actors in the scene and each one had to have some kind of close-up.

We got wrapped pretty much at eight hours so they really worked us today.  I didn't mind since I had to pick-up at the Beverly Center anyway.

(written 8/24/12)