THE SIMPSONS NEWS
Lance had a crew meeting Monday of this week to let us know that we’ve got till Wednesday of next week to finish the show. This wouldn’t be such a big problem if it wasn’t for the fact that we still have an entire act to to do and it’s taken us five weeks just to do two. This leaves us a week and a half to finish act three and most of us haven’t even finished with our act two scenes. We’ve been given an extra week since many of us got taken off Lance’s show for a week and even then it still seems almost impossible. One good thing is that we’ve been given permission to do overtime. Another good thing is that we’ve got help from a few more temporary people from other crews. I managed to finish my act II scenes this week and I’ve been given my act III section. Now I have thirteen scenes to finish by Monday. I’ve only got two days to do it and it took me a week and a half to do the thirteen scenes from act II. I’m way stressed out.
In other news, I made a mistake in my last post about the company meeting we had welcoming the King of the Hill crew. That didn’t happen last week but this week. The meeting was really interesting because we found out about all the projects the company is working on.
FAMILY
My baby girl has had a fever earlier this week. It was terrible, she so miserable and there was nothing we can do but give her medicine every three hours. She cries during the night and it made me so sad. My wife and I took turns at night getting up and giving her the medicine. My poor little Munckin. To make matters worse, since we are moving out of the apartment, we’re having a heck of a time packing and taking care of her at the same time. Stress levels RISING. As of the time of this writing her fever is gone and she is now just suffering from a miserable cold.
PODCAST
Interviews
Last Sunday I got interviewed by the guys at Geek Label Radio and the interview is up now. Geek Label Radio is a podcast I listen to every week. They are kinda like the Daily Breakfast only secular and irreverent. Also there are three of them. I think they’re radio DJs so their podcast is very well produced (by Bill Flynn) and very professional so it has sound bites and things you normally hear on a radio show. They sell geeky t-shirts at www.geeklabel.com (dig!) and they are really cool. I’m planning on getting one for my wife that says, “I love my Geek.” It’s going to be tough to decide which one I should get myself.
The Geek Label crew is a nice bunch of guys, and they often crack me up. Check out the interview in show 54. They cut out all my “huhs” and “ehs” as well as edited my mumblings and irrelevant comments so I actually sound like I know what the heck I’m taking about (which I don’t). I was laughing a lot in the interview and I genuinely was having as much fun as it sounds like I’m having. Just be warned that, like the Simpsons, Geek Label Radio podcast isn’t for the kiddies.
BOOKS
One day this week at work, I passed by the kitchen area of the studio to warm up my lunch and there was a book on the table with a post-it that read ‘free’ on it. The title read Wizard for Hire by Jim Butcher. I’m a sucker for fantasy books and I picked it up to read what it was about. I was surprised to find out it was a Harry Dresden book. I’d forgotten the name of the author even though I’ve listened to an interview with him on the Dragon Page podcast. These books have been made into a TV show on the Sci Fi channel called “The Dresden Files”. I’ve seen a few and I’ve enjoyed them. I’ve also heard a lot of good things about the books. The book on the table had the first three
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