It is a zoo out there. Literally. Zebras and cows. A horse in two parts. A diminutive and Asian Indiana Jones.
I met up with Lee today to swing a big hammer at one of our latest scripts. The one I can’t tell you about. Our effort today was meant to include one Mr Brian Dobson (please) via G+, but between our off-site wifi trials and his antique computer tribulations, we released Mr Dobson to whatever it is he does with his Halloween Saturday evenings. OOOOOOoooooOOOOOOoooo! I’m not saying we just cost somebody their life right there, but I’m not saying we didn’t. Well, what can you do, right?
Avery Peppermint Taverner was snugly dressed up in her costume of “I’m not going to sleep anytime soon and you can just deal with that, Mum”. I was out with Lee, confabulating on the script, while Mum was patiently and lovingly aiming Avery toward sleep. Apparently our little bunny was having none of it. The project started just before 9 and was still going strong when we last checked in together after 11. I got home around 12, and all was quiet. I haven’t opened the bedroom door yet, but all is quiet. Mum wins again, I’m guessing.
So yes – a zoo. New York does Halloween well. With enthusiasm. Up near the university there would have been a massive parade that I didn’t get near, with thousands of costumes and all sorts of hijinx. And the two classy joints we holed up in were not spared from the spectacle. Darth Vader bussed my glasses while Peter Griffin’s arch nemesis, the Chicken, generously bartended for us. Scantily clad pirate girls walked the streets with Spider Men and whatever that fuzzy blue gay fella was supposed to be. I do really like Halloween in New York. I should really make an effort with the cameras one year. And the costumes. I have a little girl coming up the ranks who will be demanding her own costumed walk amongst the deviltry soon enough. If Marjorie has her way this year, we will let the front desk know that we may safely be counted amongst the candy-distributing cool people in our building. Who am I to argue? The guy who will end up answering the door 90% of the time, that’s who. Awww.
Hey – there was a not-insignificant earthquake centered in the Queen Charlottes an hour or so ago. It’s all over Facebook. What is also all over Facebook is how none of it is on the news yet. sigh. Talk about a testament to the new age of information. If you are not plugged in – and by that I mean wireless, you are at severe risk of drowning in a tsunami you never knew was coming. Twenty years ago you could count on your local stations to be interrupted. Now… I guess they have to go through channels. With Viacom or whichever globocorp owns your local news. Hope my folks are ok. Hey folks – feel free to chime in here when you get this.
Meanwhile, New York has Hurricane Sandy to look forward to on Monday. Maybe this one will be a little more newsworthy than Irene. Not to take anything away from those that suffered Irene’s wrath – and not to complain! For Irene, I taped up the windows on our south-facing 43rd floor, charged the flashlight batteries, and bought a dozen liters of water. For Sandy… I dunno. I guess we’ll bring in the patio furniture? If it’s significant, we’ll lose the subway for a few hours, and probably the intertubes. We have a freezer full of food that will keep us for a couple days, and Avery’s dietary needs are covered. Worst that could happen… the power might be out for a couple days. We’ll manage. More likely we’ll watch the wind snarl up the East River and keep on working. You’ve heard of New York, right?
We’re supposed to have a shoot for L’Oréal Professionnel on Monday. I suppose SoHo might be affected by torrential rains, violent winds and cancelled catering. Hope we’re all good. It will be great to get behind a camera again. Light some faces. Shoot some people. So I have no objection to another Irene (New York chapter). Sorry to disappoint. On the other hand, laughing at the devil, I also enjoy massive lightning strikes, flood conditions, and that bonding that only happens when the power goes down. So there. I have my hug buddies lined up. You?