7.18.2006
head bussa
long day. started at 4:30am. shot at the field museum for home shopping network. got to see some of the king tut stuff. i dont know if it'd be worth the entry fee, but it was cool to see. here's the tip of the day: i heard that if you go to a chicago public library, you can check out a museum pass that will get you and 5 of your friends into any museum for free. you just pay for special exhibits. so get to the library and avoid the line. you can keep it for a week i think.
so that part of the morning went well, then it was all downhill. bob and i were double booked in the morning, on purpose. they (management: jim) were betting that bob and i would make it to the four seasons by the 10am roll time even though we were scheduled at the museum till 11am. well the gamble paid off in that we made it to the hotel room around 9:30am (cause the hsn shoot went that well), however, jim didn't anticipate the change to a 8:45am roll time. anticipate is the wrong word. maybe failed to comprehend the actual call time during a day long fit of obessive compulsive condescension to all those around him is more accurate.
so he screwed up big time, and, as a result, chaos ensued which saw a two camera press junket room set up entirely by a freelancer with the help of a high school student and the new kid on the block who is probably the dullest tool thats been put in the tool box in a while. to her credit, the high school student is a hardworker, but she was thrown into the fire, running the decks, doing audio, and labeling tapes. bob and i walked into a complete disaster. it looked like shit, sounded like shit, and was being recorded wrong. we made some adjustments, but never had time to fix everything. hopefully we lose that client. maybe that will teach jim a lesson.
later, an interaction went like this:
jim: "take the logo tape and put it in the deck upstairs, but don't push it in. i'll be up there in 30 minutes to test it."
-so i take the tape up there, put it in, read the switcher manual, key out the green screen, and play the logo tape into the background. jim comes upstairs and finds everything already done.
jim: "i thought i told you to not put the tape in. apparently you forgot that. did you forget?"
me: "no, i just thought i'd try to do it."
5 minutes later
jim: "thanks a lot for doing that. it looks really good. thanks."
me: "you're welcome (ass)."
enough complaining about him. in other news, i split a guys head open today on the soccer field. i ran near post on a corner and went for a header. a defender was running out to do the same, and we collided hard. the ball hit my head, but he nailed my shoulder. he had a gash just above his eyebrow that bled a lot. halftime was called 7 minutes early. my shoulder still hurts, i can only imagine what his head feels like. sorry man. we went on to win 3-1 and take sole possession of first place.
and now i sleep. cold pizza in the morning.
long day. started at 4:30am. shot at the field museum for home shopping network. got to see some of the king tut stuff. i dont know if it'd be worth the entry fee, but it was cool to see. here's the tip of the day: i heard that if you go to a chicago public library, you can check out a museum pass that will get you and 5 of your friends into any museum for free. you just pay for special exhibits. so get to the library and avoid the line. you can keep it for a week i think.
so that part of the morning went well, then it was all downhill. bob and i were double booked in the morning, on purpose. they (management: jim) were betting that bob and i would make it to the four seasons by the 10am roll time even though we were scheduled at the museum till 11am. well the gamble paid off in that we made it to the hotel room around 9:30am (cause the hsn shoot went that well), however, jim didn't anticipate the change to a 8:45am roll time. anticipate is the wrong word. maybe failed to comprehend the actual call time during a day long fit of obessive compulsive condescension to all those around him is more accurate.
so he screwed up big time, and, as a result, chaos ensued which saw a two camera press junket room set up entirely by a freelancer with the help of a high school student and the new kid on the block who is probably the dullest tool thats been put in the tool box in a while. to her credit, the high school student is a hardworker, but she was thrown into the fire, running the decks, doing audio, and labeling tapes. bob and i walked into a complete disaster. it looked like shit, sounded like shit, and was being recorded wrong. we made some adjustments, but never had time to fix everything. hopefully we lose that client. maybe that will teach jim a lesson.
later, an interaction went like this:
jim: "take the logo tape and put it in the deck upstairs, but don't push it in. i'll be up there in 30 minutes to test it."
-so i take the tape up there, put it in, read the switcher manual, key out the green screen, and play the logo tape into the background. jim comes upstairs and finds everything already done.
jim: "i thought i told you to not put the tape in. apparently you forgot that. did you forget?"
me: "no, i just thought i'd try to do it."
5 minutes later
jim: "thanks a lot for doing that. it looks really good. thanks."
me: "you're welcome (ass)."
enough complaining about him. in other news, i split a guys head open today on the soccer field. i ran near post on a corner and went for a header. a defender was running out to do the same, and we collided hard. the ball hit my head, but he nailed my shoulder. he had a gash just above his eyebrow that bled a lot. halftime was called 7 minutes early. my shoulder still hurts, i can only imagine what his head feels like. sorry man. we went on to win 3-1 and take sole possession of first place.
and now i sleep. cold pizza in the morning.
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