Linguistics

So, I finally have some photos of famous people for you. It seems that I can't just wander around set taking photos of movie stuff, but if I happen to be taking happy snaps at a social event it's all good. Maybe. Regardless, let's not all start copying and pasting these all over the Internet, k?

I know you've seen them on Facebook already, but just shut up and look at them again.



Wes Craven, sitting all by his lonesome. I would've gone over to keep him company but I get a thrill out of being all weird and stalkerish. Also, that's his wife keeping an eye on him in the background (blue shirt, white scarf) and, for all intents and purposes, she is my boss. As in, producer-who-could-fire-me-on-the-spot-with-no-explanation boss. So, best to not get too friendly with the husband. And really, how DOES one get friendly with Wes Craven? I mean, what do you say to the man? "Hey dude... nice movies." I think no.




Valerie (my roommate, 2nd Assistant Accountant and "the law"), David Arquette (SHERIFF Dewey Riley) and Anastacia (2nd 2nd Assistant Director and wannabe Woodsboro High cheerleader). No, "2nd 2nd" is not a typo... Americans are just silly. None of this "3rd" business... they actually say "2nd 2nd". And yes, I am aware that this is not the most interesting thing about this photo.

The photos are from our cast & crew golf tournament that was held on the weekend. Much fun had by all, etc., etc. Plenty of beer, lots of ribs. The yanks love their ribs.

In an update from last week's thrilling story, the Art Director now calls me "Meh" even when I am not wearing that t-shirt. Be careful what you wish for, huh? It's either that or "Olivia Newton-John" because of my propensity to wear headbands (and to a lesser extent, the whole Australian thing). Seriously, it seems odd to people here that one would wear a headband purely as an accessory (or, more accurately in my case, to rein in crazy hair) and not because they are about to embark on a vigorous workout. Odd. They also don't use the phrase "Can't be fucked" just as a side note.

Speaking of favourite expressions, here is this week's new one: I'm going to New York for the weekend. I'm excited by this phrase for 2 reasons. You see, "I'm going to New York" is awesome as a sentence in it's own right. However, the awesomeness of that statement is almost superseded by the addendum "for the weekend". Going to New York from Detroit is the same as going from Melbourne to Sydney... in terms of geography. In terms of everything else it is a lot bloody cooler. Seriously... just for the weekend. Throw some things in a bag, 2 hours on a plane... New York City. Easy. So... I am going to New York for the weekend. Best.Sentence.Ever.

Having just read that back to myself, it strikes me that I may come across as being *more* excited by the expression itself, rather than it's implications. The part of me that likes to pretend I am NOT a massive geek would like to add the following: I am going to New York for the weekend and I'm really fricken excited about it!!

I must, however, apologise. By taking this trip I will be neglecting my duties to you. This weekend we (and I use the term "we" loosely... or incorrectly... you choose) are throwing a surprise 21st birthday party for Hayden Panettiere. I'm faaaaairly certain that Hayden does not read my blog, so I don't think I've let the cat out of the bag there. I am, however, possibly missing my best chance at getting some better celebrity snapshots and/or gossip. So, if I see someone famous in New York, I will harass them to the point of getting arrested... just for you. Surely in 2010 they give you Internet time rather than a phone call, right?

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Worth a thousand words...

So, it's been a while between postings. I apologise. It's just that nothing particularly exciting has happened. Just the usual, you know... work, sleep, Wes Craven's birthday party. Another average week. Do you see how I acted all nonchalant about the Wes Craven thing? Like it's completely normal? Yeah, I'm *that* cool.

In other news, it seems as though it has become a "thing" for people in the office to...

1) Mimic (and/or mock) my accent
2) Comment on what I am wearing each day

I can only put the latter down to the fact that I am here, every morning, as soon as they walk in the front door and "Hi, how are ya?" is getting a little repetitive. Yes, "woah... headband!" is much more exciting and inventive. I wonder if I'm the only one around here who is greeted not by name but by what is on my tshirt. I have been called Bowie a number of times, "Meh" gets a good run and, the other day, while sporting the famous S, I received 4 "Superwoman!"s, 2 "Hey, Superman!"s (really, SuperMAN? Come on.) and even got 1 "Is it a bird? Is it a plane?"... delightful. Otherwise, I get called Jess. Um... obviously. But, it is not 'Jess' as you would say it. No, no. It's either in an American accent ("Jaass") or an attempted Australian accent ("Jeehss"). I think I prefer "Meh."

So, anyway... apparently when you guys enthusiastically request to see photos, you don't actually mean for me to post dozens and dozens of Ann Arbor shots and happy snaps of me and my friends, etc. You mean "movie" photos. How embarrassing. I have some really good ones... but I can't show them to you. It's a thing. Turns out my contract has all this privacy crap in it that I never paid attention to... So instead, you're going to have to Google "Scre4m" images for yourselves. There are plenty out there and they are a lot better than the ones I've taken, anyway... mine aren't of cool stuff like actual people. So, really, this works out better for everyone. Gotta love that...

xx

*Please note this post has been heavily edited and if you read the original and came back looking for the photos, I'm sorry. But, seriously... you came back to look at the photos? Um... ok.