Filming at Columbia

Yesterday I did a shoot--nothing big, I was a geology professor at a lecture. Had to dress frumpily (the TRAUMA!). It was fine and interesting--I sat next to the producer and we talked for a while. I was studying the motorcycle instruction manual that's online at the NYDMV site (I printed it out) because I have my class this weekend and he was asking about that. I also asked him a lot of questions about film producing and the Columbia program. He was very nice. The one annoying part was this querulous old lady who kept asking about the "hot lunch" we were "promised" and how this was "ridiculous" and why didn't they do this and that and what about the "hot lunch." I am not exaggerating when I say she mentioned it 5-6 times during one half-hour stretch. (Understand, there was plenty of food there already.) I was already biased because her makeup looked terrible--the horrible splotches of blush all over her cheeks. She looked as though she tried to commit suicide via carbon monoxide. Complete rank amateur. I wanted to snarl at her, "Look, this isn't the Sunnyvale Retirement Home where the 'hot lunch' is the highpoint of the day. This is a film shoot. They have more important things to worry about." They let us out at 2:00 instead of 4:00--you'd think this was a good thing (I was certainly happy) but no, this meant we wouldn't get the aforementioned "hot lunch." We were treated to lots of complaints about that.

I tried to stop at the Soup Nazi for something to eat on the way home but I couldn't remember exactly which street it was on. And it seems they may be closed during the summer anyway. (Interestingly enough, that episode of Seinfeld was on last night. "You are testing me, little man..." Hilarious.)

I went to my evening shift at Lazard, and then tried to go to the gym but it was raining so hard, I gave up and went home. Very depressed because of the weather, I stopped at the Hershey Store to see if they had any Sweet Sensations. Alas, they don't carry them--but they do have Limited Edition Kisses and Nuggets. I got some Toffee Kisses and I found out they also have Special Dark Syrup--semi-sweet chocolate syrup. Really, really good. I was chugging it straight last night.