8.26.2004
speaking of john c. reilly...
dear avid tournament edition readers,
do you remember when, at the beginning of the august 23rd entry, i compared one of my managers to john c. reilly's character in magnolia? at the time it was just a random thought, but now it is all very ironic. here's the story:
i arrived at film and tape works around 7:25 a.m. and only the office manager was there. she let me in to wait for the others. about 15 minutes later, ryan, the audio guy, busts in talking about how we are late, and screwed, etc. jim isnt even there yet, and either is the other hired hand 'billy.' ryan decides to save some time by pulling the truck around front, only to receive a call a minute later to put it back in the garage because "it's better off there" (says jim). around 8, everyone showed up, so we loaded up and left. jim, the worst person in the world to have in the shotgun seat, was driving ryan crazy in the van. here are some quotes and the translations:
"i like to watch the garage door shut" = "back up, now"
"if it were me, i'd turn in front of that bus" = "turn if you want to keep your job"
"i would have made that light" = "you are inferior"
anyways, lets jump forward to the hotel. the peninsula is sweet. slightly swankier than the hotel sofitel that kevin shot in. as we were unloading, it became apparent that billy had no fucking clue what he was doing. i think jim likes that though, so he can tell him to do anything by just standing in the middle of the room and pointing and yelling. i think he also likes that because if he doesnt know what he's doing, that means he doesnt know what he should be getting paid to do it. we set up a little interview setup. this is a reoccuring job for the film and tape works - set up an interview setup, then some type of movie star comes in, and then various reporters take turns sitting down and interviewing him/her. todays star was john c. reilly. oh the irony! so i got to meet him, and watch him eat oatmeal. he's a really nice guy, from chicago, and has a really good attitude about work. i think i'd actually consider him a role model now. the movie he was hyping was called criminal and it comes out in september. check it.
other things... i took nilli, erika, sonia, and will out to chilis with the 50 dollar gift certificate my mom gave me. that was good eatin, follow by scrillas return to socom, which was sweet. i've been holed up in louis for the past two days finishing a project i got paid for a long time ago and should have also finished a long time ago. i have to go back and burn the dvd in a few minutes. it'll be nice to be done with that finally. ricardo and i are contemplating making some type of jimmy floyd hasselbaink website. sounds like a good idea. back to business
dear avid tournament edition readers,
do you remember when, at the beginning of the august 23rd entry, i compared one of my managers to john c. reilly's character in magnolia? at the time it was just a random thought, but now it is all very ironic. here's the story:
i arrived at film and tape works around 7:25 a.m. and only the office manager was there. she let me in to wait for the others. about 15 minutes later, ryan, the audio guy, busts in talking about how we are late, and screwed, etc. jim isnt even there yet, and either is the other hired hand 'billy.' ryan decides to save some time by pulling the truck around front, only to receive a call a minute later to put it back in the garage because "it's better off there" (says jim). around 8, everyone showed up, so we loaded up and left. jim, the worst person in the world to have in the shotgun seat, was driving ryan crazy in the van. here are some quotes and the translations:
"i like to watch the garage door shut" = "back up, now"
"if it were me, i'd turn in front of that bus" = "turn if you want to keep your job"
"i would have made that light" = "you are inferior"
anyways, lets jump forward to the hotel. the peninsula is sweet. slightly swankier than the hotel sofitel that kevin shot in. as we were unloading, it became apparent that billy had no fucking clue what he was doing. i think jim likes that though, so he can tell him to do anything by just standing in the middle of the room and pointing and yelling. i think he also likes that because if he doesnt know what he's doing, that means he doesnt know what he should be getting paid to do it. we set up a little interview setup. this is a reoccuring job for the film and tape works - set up an interview setup, then some type of movie star comes in, and then various reporters take turns sitting down and interviewing him/her. todays star was john c. reilly. oh the irony! so i got to meet him, and watch him eat oatmeal. he's a really nice guy, from chicago, and has a really good attitude about work. i think i'd actually consider him a role model now. the movie he was hyping was called criminal and it comes out in september. check it.
other things... i took nilli, erika, sonia, and will out to chilis with the 50 dollar gift certificate my mom gave me. that was good eatin, follow by scrillas return to socom, which was sweet. i've been holed up in louis for the past two days finishing a project i got paid for a long time ago and should have also finished a long time ago. i have to go back and burn the dvd in a few minutes. it'll be nice to be done with that finally. ricardo and i are contemplating making some type of jimmy floyd hasselbaink website. sounds like a good idea. back to business
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