The carrots from our garden are small and stunted and look like something from Dr. Suess. That is all. No apocalyptic ramblings, not nihilistic commentary about the Trump administration. Just our carrots looked kind of weird but we ate them anyway.
Also, my job takes me to strange places and I do odd things. Here I walked around the new billion dollar Expedia campus with a small crew, then interviewed nice humans about how cool it was going to be. Enjoyably, I was not the sound guy on this shoot, just a lowly grip. It is great to watch another audio person work and see where I am lacking. Eric, the other audio guy is very funny and a swell guy to talk to. All his methods are known to me but of course, slightly different. His gear is shiny and newer than mine, but substantially the same.
It is also great to just be responsible for c-stands and the moving of heavy objects. I seriously doubt many people want to be a grip in their declining years. It is sometimes physical work that takes mental concentration for short bursts followed by what seems like endless "standing by". I gripped in my youth, and while I list myself as an " Audio/Grip " for small crew application, my heart is not in it.
Oh, yeah, I also started the burning elf head. When doing paper mache from flour and water I am always disgusted by how goopy, sticky and strong flour and water are. It is like fix-all that you can technically eat. People who are Gluten adverse are really just smart: what must this glop do to our insides? I never want pancakes after I work on one of these heads. It is a stupid process but one that I enjoy.
