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You are viewing the most recent 20 entries November 30th, 2009gear_halo @ :
Company-wide urinalysis test today. Crap. I didn't study. Current Location: US, Virginia, Prince William, Quantico Station, Neville Rd, 109 gear_halo @ :
I found out last week that I am one of only 3 Pfcs in the entire Combat Photographer MOS. The other two were demotees. But tomorrow I'm picking up Lance Cpl. Yay crossed rifles. And sneaky me, I already have my 7 MCIs needed for Corporal down the line. I weighed in at the company office and I'm 156 lbs at 6'2. Geez. Current Location: US, Virginia, Prince William, Quantico Station Current Music: Depeche Mode - Black Celebration November 29th, 2009grrm @ : It's a Wrap For those not familiar with the term, it's a Hollywood tradition to throw a big party when you finish shooting -- or "wrap" -- on a movie or television project. I attended quite a few great wrap parties during my ten years in LA, but the GAME OF THRONES wrap party blew them all away. We held it in the Ouarzazate Museum of Cinema, a pretty amazing place itself, complete with local musicians, belly dancers, acres of Moroccan delicicacies, and lots of spirits to lubricate the exhausted cast and crew. And when the museum threw us out, we just adjourned back to the Berbere Palace, where the party continued. These few poor snapsnots don't capture a tenth of what went on. But hey, what happens in Morocco stays in Morocco, right?            A great time was had by all... except, of course, for the cast members who shot their scenes in Ireland and Scotland, and the Irish and UK crew who did not get to make the trip to Morocco. The drawback of shooting in so many different places... everyone couldn't be there together to celebrate the end of the shoot. Current Mood:  giddygrrm @ : Jerusalem Which is not to say that I can't show you a few other things from my recent trip. Jerusalem in Morocco, f'rinstance. Here are some shots of the huge city walls and siege machinery that Ridley Scott built for KINGDOM OF HEAVEN, outside the city of Ouarzazate in Morocco. We did shoot some scenes here... but inside, in a court redressed for our purposes.    That's my assistant Ty perched on the battering ram, which was full sized, made of real wood, and appeared to be fully functional. Ditto the siege towers and trebuchets Ridley left. The interior courtyards were equally impressive (alas, I can't show you the one we redressed and actually used).    I worked in Hollywood for a decade back in my checkered past, and these are the most impressive sets I've ever seen. Hell, Scott's fake castle beats about eighty per cent of the real castles I've seen, and I've visited a LOT of castles. I'm obviously going to have to put a city under siege sometime soon, so we can go back to Morocco and play with all these cool toys one of these days. Current Mood:  relaxedgrrm @ : Jets Jake Delhomme threw more interceptions than Mark Sanchez today, so the Jets beat the Panthers and still have a pulse. A very faint one, to be sure, but still a pulse. Revis was amazing, completely shutting down Steve Smith. Obviously my teams can only play well when I am here watching. I can never leave home again. Current Mood:  satisfiedNovember 27th, 2009grrm @ : Giants Game Suddenly it seems a thousand years ago when the G-Men were 5-0 and dominating. What the hell happened? Clearly I can't leave the country during football season. My teams just seem to fall apart without me. Current Mood:  sadgear_halo @ :
... That said, when I think of Black Friday, this is all that comes to mind: I'll never forget when I met Sgt. Bachicha on Black Friday. He gave me a good tossing and ITed me in ways which should be humanly impossible during 1st phase, but what he did to this one guy on Black Friday, Recruit Olsen, was even better. He made Olsen cry by means which I can't remember or didn't witness. That's hardly unusual, since a lot of people freak out and cry in 1st phase. But once the tears started flowing from Olsen, Sgt Bachicha roughly wiped his finger across the pudgy recruit's cheek, dabbed the tears into his mouth, then laughed an utterly insane, high-pitched shrieking giggle, like the Joker or some kind of Disney villain, and boasted that he just devoured Olsen's soul. I'm not a superstitious person at all, and what Sgt. Bachicha did was all just part of the DI mindgame. But Olsen got an ELS discharge and was sent home in shame a few weeks later. I still owe Sgt. Bachicha a drawing of him making then-Recruit Moon silent warcry. Current Music: DigitalGunfire.com radio November 26th, 2009sprang @ :
 Ah... hmm. Edit: NVM! [8:25:16 PM] Sprang: THANKS FOR THE GAME ASSHOLE [8:25:35 PM] Andres: wat game [8:25:38 PM] Andres: I didn't give u a game [8:25:52 PM] Sprang: that's right [8:25:57 PM] Sprang: THE ROCK GAVE ME A GAME [8:26:06 PM] Sprang: WHILE YOU JUST SAT IN YOUR PILE OF MONEY YOU WON'T SHARE [8:26:07 PM] Andres: T-That bastard! [8:26:13 PM] Sprang: THE ROCK IS A PHILANTHROPIST [8:26:33 PM] Andres: well he does have a pretty big penis [8:26:34 PM] Sprang: he also told me to go to hell [8:26:43 PM] Andres: The guy knows his stuff grrm @ : Happy Turkey Day (I am once again relying on TIVO to record the Giants - Broncos contest tonight, so no commentary about it here, please. I probably won't watch it until tomorrow). I have a lot to be thankful for. My readers, my friends, and most of all Parris. I hope all you reading this are similarly blessed. Happy Thanksgiving. Current Mood: happyanniemae04 @ : Happy Thanksgiving Current Location: Home Current Mood:  bouncyNovember 25th, 2009juli_rawks @ : Daily Tweets
November 24th, 2009vichickmary @ : Hilarious. This should be on failblog.com. XD Current Mood:  entertainedgrrm @ : NFL I came back from my trip sick to my stomach, as I reported last post. These games are only making me sicker. Life is meaningless and has no joy but the Raiders. Current Mood: crushedgrrm @ : Home Again Anyway, the last day and a half I've spent mostly in bed or in the john, but I'm feeling a little better now. This is the first time I've felt strong enough to boot up my computer... where, of course, I found five hundred emails waiting. The trip was great, and I hope to write more about it later, when I'm feeling stronger. I have to say, though, I am not sure how many of these overseas trips are left in me. It's great when I get there, but air travel has just become SO exhausting and SO uncomfortable, especially when oceans are involved, that the mere thought of any more just now is daunting. Where are the rocket planes that I was promised in the SF of my youth? Current Mood:  sickjuli_rawks @ : Daily Tweets
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Sitting in a holiday safety brief. Cpl Hansen told me there were going to be skits. I was hoping for people dressed up as pilgrims and indians having say no to drugs and drunk driving adventures. I think I've been swindled. Current Location: US, Virginia, Prince William, Quantico Station, Neville Rd, |
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