Time for a (hopefully) quick update.
Let's see. "Huge" has been going well. By which I mean that the ratings and reviews are still positive and the future of that worksource looks strong. Still no definitive restart date for shooting the next batch but hopefully sooner than later. The money is great and it's the closest thing I have to job security at this point. So keep watching (and enjoying) "Huge", Monday nights on ABC Family. You can also, of course, find it here. Episodes #1-3 and #7 (the most recent one) are all posted and available to watch. Keep an eye out for me getting some screen time towards the end of episode 7.
Hmm, what else. I've finally been working for the first time since Huge wrapped. I worked 2 days last week on the new "Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior". It's a pilot for the spinoff series and stars Forest Whitaker and Janeane Garofalo. I was a student at a local high school that was the target of a bombing. They were pretty exhausting days (almost 30 hours on the clock between the 2 days) but it felt good to be working again, and I met some cool people.
This week I worked on "Chuck". It was my first time working on the Warner Bros. lot, though I have been on the lot several times before and it is easily the lot I am most familiar with. I was a fanboy who camped outside the Buy More waiting for a Call of Duty type game release. I was chosen (apparently at random) to get my face painted with camo paint, while others got to dress up in full army fatigues and gear. Needless to say, when the game doesn't show, things take a turn...
It was a good time, even if it was non-union work (as was CM:SB) and didn't pay the best as a result (though the $50 I got for the facepaint was a nice unexpected bonus). So far, I have not often gotten to work on shows that I have watched and enjoyed, or that my family watches regularly, so being on "Chuck" was a fun experience for that alone. I got to cross Adam Baldwin off my "Firefly" list (he joins Nathan Fillion and Gina Torres as main "Firefly" cast members I've seen on sets). I also got to see former WWE stars "Stone Cold" Steve Austin and Stacy Keibler who were guest starring on the show this week, so the inner middle schooler in me got a nice treat with that. Overall, Chuck was a great set to work on and I hope I can go back in the near future. The 2nd 2nd AD (the guy in charge of extras, and no that's not a typo) said that he would keep me in mind for future calls after a mistake on their side of things led to lots of confusion and inconvenience for me at this morning's call (basically they forgot to tell Central Casting that they wanted me back so getting onto the lot and getting my voucher became grand adventures).
In other news, I've started writing again. I don't think I've written much, if anything on here, about my struggles with my creative side over the last several months. I've only told a few people about it. The fact is I've been in a sort of writing purgatory since the sudden death of my friend Heidi Firkus back at the end of April. My sudden writing ineptitude was especially difficult for me to deal with because I had been really rolling with my writing right before that tragic day sent me through an emotional blindside. I was constantly questioning my griefs effect on me, and whether it was really just me being a lazy writer. Slowly over the last 30 or so days though, I've started to see flashes here and there of my old self. And while I'm not 100% sure I'm totally out of this funk, I think I'm close and I've gotten to a point where I can write again. My sitcom is progressing for the first time in months and I'm hoping to finish my first draft of the pilot by the end of the month. I'll keep you appraised of the situation as it continues to progress.
I think that's good enough for now, hope you enjoyed that.
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