Boring updates on my life because the only thing in my life is film work right now

All right. 13 Hours is done! Which by the end was getting a little exhausting, so although I'll miss it, it is nice to sleep once in a while.

Here's something: I was getting so pissed off at the guys not listening to me by the end that I almost walked out more than once. This is not good because a) these boys are really nice -- they're not jerks, they were just ACTING like jerks (and I asked other people to make sure it wasn't my imaginiation/crabbiness), and therefore b) if I can't deal with them, I'm not going to make it. I was getting pretty upset.

But then I got an offer that may have made up for it, or at least distracted me: we're doing reshoots for Open, which I worked on with a bunch of these people last summer, and the DP on both Open and 13 Hours asked me if I want to AC for him on Open! Uh, ya know, sure, why not...? ;D Fuck yeah! And to all those naysayers who said dolly grip won't get you any closer to camera work, suck me, because it has! I should be freaked out because this is 16mm, but the DP teaches at MCTC so he's used to teaching, I know I'm cool with the idea of film (it sounds to me like being scared of effing up film is most people's main problem), and he's going to teach me how to load before we start. It'll be an easy AC job, the camera is pretty much all on tripods so there's little or no focus pulling or racking or whatever... (I have a lot to learn.) Anyway, this is me being psyched.

I also have an interview with people from a large locally based corporation that produces its own commercials in-house. ;) That's tomorrow. Gotta spend today preparing.

And, without going into detail, I got a couple of unexpected paychecks last week. It's like 2 days' worth of pay (bad pay for 2 days, really), but it's money I was not expecting, so that's pretty cool. Still, haven't made any significant money. I think after Open I'm going to have to get a job.