Wednesday, April 11, 2007

i went to work today. it is a bunch of different things/shoots. the shoot takes place at marilyn monroe's old house. then for many years the house was used as a place to film pornography. now, the owners live in a guest house behind the house, which is rented out to a show on the style network called "how do i look?"

ok. so there were a few shoots today. two of them were for this thing where you date people thru your on demand cable service. it is called 'dating on demand'. it's ridic. i don't even know how it works ... but there was a woman who will be going on a date tomorrow with some guy, and a guy who won a date with a model. the guy who won a date with a model - he was being interviewed for the special episode of 'dating on demand', and here is how part of it went:

interviewer: so, a _model_! what kind of girls do you normally date?
guy: i have dated all types of women; blonde, brunette. redhead. but my mom says i will probably marry a brunette, because she is a brunette.

half way thru the day - they started filming this woman giving style tips. a woman giving style tips for people who are bald from chemotherapy. tip one, go bald! no scarves, no wigs, NO APOLOGIES!!!
also, that line above, it is the _actual_ dialog. the following is also verbatim i kid u knot:
tip two, bandanas. "the classic western style bandana is so popular you won't even be conspicuous when you show up wearing one."

also, i kept calling the show that is filmed in the house "what do i look like?" instead of "how do i look?" and the production manager was like ... what?? i think it's how do i look. and i said no, you're mistaken. and she said oh, and looked slightly confused. and then i said JUICE KIDDING!!! and she laughed.

Wednesday, April 04, 2007

things that happened while i was working at the menudo auditions:

this mexican joint had really great horchata.

a boy of maybe 14 years old is going to be interviewed, so he frantically exclaims, 'mom, i need my make up!!'

whenever i would notice the audio engineer was looking super bored i would whisper things about the contestants into the boom mic to cheer him up.


but really the hot dog thing was the best by far.

Monday, April 02, 2007

this past weekend i worked at this open casting call to be a new member of the supergroup ...
MENUDO.
some things happened and maybe i will relay those events later, but for now i will just mention the best thing about the whole menudo try-outs. at the mall plaza where these auditions were taking place there was a little lunch place that specialized in hot dogs, and right outside the hot dog joint's door there was this human sized hot dog statue. he is represented in complete ecstasy while spraying himself with ketchup and mustard in preparation for you to eat him. here is a picture of it:



look at his grotesque grin!!! he's showing an unnatural level of concentration for both a) applying a condiment and b) preparing ones self to be devoured.
also, in case you are unsure about how excited he is to be eaten by you, here is another shot which shows his foot kicked back in joyful anticipation: