That's it...I'm going to quit making posting promises.
Below is my bullet pointed February.
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| They say it's one of the worst winter ever in Athens, Ohio. |
•Been working on films:
-I was flattered because my friend Geoff asked me to be Assistant Director on his second year film. Flattered because he's 21 and in a fraternity.
-Vin was cast as a soldier. A Ukrainian WWII collaborator. They shot him (with a camera, not a gun) in the jeans and 2003 US Speedskating team jacket he was wearing when he showed up. They said it wouldn't matter because it was a night scene. I can't imagine that wouldn't look weird. OR in film making lingo...I can't imagine that wouldn't bump for me.
-I've been working as a grip or gaffer now and then...in a world where when someone asks for a 'C47', you grab a clothespin and when someone asks for a stinger, you grab an extension cord.
-Iryna, the woman/classmate that had Vin play a Ukrainian WWII soldier in a US speedskating jacket, was having a really tough time on her shoot partly because it was way below zero, windy, they were shooting the whole thing outside and had a baby on set. David, a classmate that is also a youth pastor asked his congregation to pray for her.
More about February:
•I'd heard good things about the documentary film 'Blue Vinyl' so I went to the library to check it out. The student librarian searched and searched before telling me they didn't have it which surprised me because they seem to have every film ever made. I looked at her computer screen then told her to try 'vinyl' instead of 'vinal' and there it was.
•Gossip. You know the funeral home I told you about that has the inflated holiday scenes out front? Moquin's? Well, I was reading the paper the other day and saw that a Moquin was arrested for selling human bones. hmmm.
•I'm saving the worst for almost last. Vin woke up the other day and screamed when he tried to bend his leg. He didn't injure it either. It just happened. We went to the emergency room where the ER doc read the x-ray as showing: osteoarthritis, a bone spur and atherosclerosis. We left wondering where he went to medical school and picked up a copy of the x-ray on our way out. A few days and an MRI later, we think it's a partially torn quadriceps tendon which in layman's terms means something that will take a really long time to heal. We'll know more on Monday.
•It was 9 degrees with a 10 mile an hour wind the other day and we got this email from the school:
Forecasted temperatures are expected to be so severe that exposed skin may freeze, become frostbitten and people may become ill with hypothermia in minutes. Everyone is advised to stay indoors, limit exposure to the weather and make sure you are dressed appropriately for temperatures indoors and outdoors.
- Dress in layers in order to adjust to building temperatures as well as temperatures outdoors.
- Exercise caution when traveling outside and make
alternative arrangements to conduct business via teleconference or
e-mail if possible.
- Give yourself extra time to arrive at your destination
if walking on campus and travel slowly. Take small steps and use
caution.
- Avoid extended time outdoors and if you must work outside, take breaks as necessary to avoid frostbite or hypothermia.
I read that and thought of the afternoon just before we left Vermont when, feeling pretty macho, I went up to the ski center to ski around dark when it was
21 below and there were 30 people doing the Tuesday night race.
