Poop Shute

Happy to inform that no, Ed, I did not die.

I am terribly sorry that I have not been on in a while. I've been spread thin, both geographically and emotionally. BUT, I have been having an amazing time, meeting lots of great people and sucking the marrow out of life... to use a gruesome, but fun, metaphor.

It's just occured to me how much time I have spent out of town these past four months. First, I spent a long weekend in LA. That was fun. Then I spent a week in Missouri, saying goodbye to a dear old friend who is departing our world soon. That was fun, in its own way. Then I spent four days in Memphis for an audition/interview that landed me a sound design gig in Texas. That was a great time. I got to see some old friends that I haven't seen in a while, and see a great jazz band play while I got slightly drunk on alcohalic slushy drinks.

Then it was off to Acapulco where I was paid handsomely to run around the jungles and play soldier boy. A director friend of mine was shooting some Vietnam scenes for his upcoming picture, and he called me up. It was great fun. I was lucky enough to get squibbed. A squib is a small explosive charge that blows out a hole in your costume and shoots a nice juicy plume of blood into the air. Any time you see someone get shot in the movies, it's the work of a squib. I got hit with three... and kept on going! That's right, baby. This guy was a special forces hard-ass and no mere sniper could take me down... maybe one more bullet, and he would've had me... maybe, but not with a mere three. Pshaw!

Believe it or not, I took the above pic. That is the view from my hotel room door. And again, I got paid to go there. Job perks can be sweet some times.

Then it was four days in Texas for the aforementioned sound design gig. It seems like a pretty cool project. I am designing four shows in rep, and they are all different. Two shows will be little-to-no work, but the other two are kind of monsters. I need to have three pieces composed and copied and sent to the actors asap because these pieces are to be performed on stage with practical instruments. That is IF these actors can pull it off. Which means I need good solid clean recordings, so if they can't do it, we can use the composers' own work on stage. Still, I am a department head with my very own intern and engineer to boss around. Not that I really will boss them around, but it's cool to have people working for me. I haven't had anyone underneath me since Blockbuster.

For now I am in town. I may take off for a weekend coming up, and then come May 18th-ish I leave for a solid six weeks again. The Texas gig has me there until the beginning of July. Anyway, I should be posting more on a regular basis for a while. More later, I suppose.

COMMENTS:

As your roommate and friend, I can say for certain that you have had several people under you since you worked at Blockbuster. Unless you have a woman on top fetish I don't know about. Love you
Vega 03.27.07 - 12:20 am

What's with this Ed business? I'm the one who questioned whether or not you're alive.
therealdavid 03.27.07 - 1:38 am

David, perhaps in some metaphysical sense, you are becoming Ed. You are our little Cooper pair.
Crohn 03.27.07 - 1:12 pm

Good to hear.
ed 03.27.07 - 1:56 pm

Sh*t. Sorry, D. For some reason I thought that was Ed. My mistake.
Well, no disrespect meant, and the message was read by Ed also, so...
no harm no foul...
I love you...? :-)
Joey 03.27.07 - 3:50 pm

And Julia: I'm so glad somebody caught the obvious pun potential. After I typed it, I thought "somebody will run with that one, I should change it."
But then I quickly thought, "somebody will run with that one, I should leave it exactly like it is."
Joey 03.27.07 - 3:52 pm