I was thisclose to meeting my cousin Craig today. THISCLOSE. I was sent on an errand to deliver a book to his home before he leaves for the airport. I'm in the cab on the way there, when I get a phone call from K, Craig's assistant and one of the girls I'm interning for.
K: "So...are you going to say hi to Craig?"
Me: "I was planning on it."
K: "Ok good. Just say 'hi, I'm your cousin,' simple as pie."
Me: "Oh, I was going to more along the lines of 'Hi, I'm Esther,' and then wait for the blank stare."
K: "That works too. He's leaving for the airport pretty soon, so he'll probably be out of sorts."
Me: "I kind of figured."
K: "Ok, call me when you're done. Bye!"
Click.
Five minutes later, I'm standing outside of the Dakota, his GINORMOUS home, and K calls again.
K: "Hey, since Craig is running off to the airport he just wants you to leave the book with his doorman. So just drop it off."
Awesome. So, I've yet to meet Craig, my cousin, who I've been interning for for almost a month now. Cool.
On the upside, I did meet Jon, my other cousin last night. So that was exciting.
The end.
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Mmm...cappucino.
I can't believe that it's only 3:30. Today feels like it has been going by SO slowly, it's bordering on ridiculous. Anyway, I guess I should recap last week so I (and you) can remember (and know) what I've been up to.
Tuesday was spent doing a whole lot of nothing as usual. Nothing to do at the theatre either, so I went a-wandering around, then ended up at home.
Wednesday the interns (Kaitlyn, Lexi, Harrison, and I) went out to get drinks with David, one of the guys from the other building who actually works at Tribeca. It was a pretty fun night. That's all I'm going to say about that.
Thursday Helsinki Syndrome had their second show, which went well. I didn't get to see the show that night though, so I'll save that for later. Lots of cleanup that went pretty quickly though, so that was nice.
Friday Janya came to visit me all the way from Washington DC! It was definitely awesome having her here. We explored Times Square and the surrounding area, even somewhat checking out the Fashion District. Somewhat. We sort of couldn't find it sometimes, so we'd loop around and end up somewhere that we weren't expecting. Meh. We went to hang out at the Playwright Tavern in Times Square for a bit, where we drank cider and watched the soccer game for a bit, then had dinner at Friday's. Very unimpressive. Anyway, then we went to see Altar Boyz!! First show I've seen in NY this trip that wasn't where I worked. Very cool. The show itself was hilarious, the Boyz had great energy, and the voices were amazing. Michael Kadin Craig, who played Matthew, JUST graduated from college last year. Incredible. And Neil Haskell from So You Think You Can Dance was in the show too. Everyone did such a good job, I'm glad it was my first show.
Saturday I slept in (ah, the gloriousness of sleep), then headed down to the East Village to wander around a bit. Went to the theatre, hung out in the nice cool air conditioning, then got to watch the show! It was very interesting. I'm not quite sure I know what was going on, but it was definitely an experience. And it was funny! Polar bears + snowstorms + fake blood + glitter = amazing. And the company members were all really awesome. After the show I went out to the Telephone Bar (which is mentioned in Passing Strange!) with the company plus Brendan (the stage manager for the night). Then Brendan accompanied me home (we both take the 6 train to get home, how exciting! ha.), and I went home and went to bed.
Sunday was strike for Helsinki Syndrome, so I was there from 10-12, then hung out with the interns for a bit, then headed home for a quick nap before watching Gone Baby Gone with Daniel and his friends. Interesting movie.
Yesterday involved a lot of organizing at the office, then going to the theatre and actually building a set! Exciting.
Today we watched I'm Reed Fish. Then later there's an intern mixer. And then I get to go to a rehearsal. How overwhelming.
Sad. Lexi just showed me how they do the sawing a person in half trick. I feel so disillusioned. I guess on that note I'll go back to....doing nothing. Slash making coffee.
P.S. Sorry these posts are so long with very little entertainment value. Ha. If you want entertainment though, go to Craigslist. Those posts are CRAZY. No joke.
Tuesday was spent doing a whole lot of nothing as usual. Nothing to do at the theatre either, so I went a-wandering around, then ended up at home.
Wednesday the interns (Kaitlyn, Lexi, Harrison, and I) went out to get drinks with David, one of the guys from the other building who actually works at Tribeca. It was a pretty fun night. That's all I'm going to say about that.
Thursday Helsinki Syndrome had their second show, which went well. I didn't get to see the show that night though, so I'll save that for later. Lots of cleanup that went pretty quickly though, so that was nice.
Friday Janya came to visit me all the way from Washington DC! It was definitely awesome having her here. We explored Times Square and the surrounding area, even somewhat checking out the Fashion District. Somewhat. We sort of couldn't find it sometimes, so we'd loop around and end up somewhere that we weren't expecting. Meh. We went to hang out at the Playwright Tavern in Times Square for a bit, where we drank cider and watched the soccer game for a bit, then had dinner at Friday's. Very unimpressive. Anyway, then we went to see Altar Boyz!! First show I've seen in NY this trip that wasn't where I worked. Very cool. The show itself was hilarious, the Boyz had great energy, and the voices were amazing. Michael Kadin Craig, who played Matthew, JUST graduated from college last year. Incredible. And Neil Haskell from So You Think You Can Dance was in the show too. Everyone did such a good job, I'm glad it was my first show.
Saturday I slept in (ah, the gloriousness of sleep), then headed down to the East Village to wander around a bit. Went to the theatre, hung out in the nice cool air conditioning, then got to watch the show! It was very interesting. I'm not quite sure I know what was going on, but it was definitely an experience. And it was funny! Polar bears + snowstorms + fake blood + glitter = amazing. And the company members were all really awesome. After the show I went out to the Telephone Bar (which is mentioned in Passing Strange!) with the company plus Brendan (the stage manager for the night). Then Brendan accompanied me home (we both take the 6 train to get home, how exciting! ha.), and I went home and went to bed.
Sunday was strike for Helsinki Syndrome, so I was there from 10-12, then hung out with the interns for a bit, then headed home for a quick nap before watching Gone Baby Gone with Daniel and his friends. Interesting movie.
Yesterday involved a lot of organizing at the office, then going to the theatre and actually building a set! Exciting.
Today we watched I'm Reed Fish. Then later there's an intern mixer. And then I get to go to a rehearsal. How overwhelming.
Sad. Lexi just showed me how they do the sawing a person in half trick. I feel so disillusioned. I guess on that note I'll go back to....doing nothing. Slash making coffee.
P.S. Sorry these posts are so long with very little entertainment value. Ha. If you want entertainment though, go to Craigslist. Those posts are CRAZY. No joke.
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Boring Time Max
Dear James Franco,
You're very pretty, but please, don't ever write another movie. Unless you get some serious help.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Esther
Yesterday, because there was almost nothing to do, the interns and I decided to watch a movie. We picked "Good Time Max" because it looked interesting, had James Franco as the writer/director/star...and because they didn't have Charlie Bartlett.
We piled into the conference room, turned on the movie...and seven hours later came out thinking "I want my life back." Ok, seven hours is exaggerating just a tad. The movie's run time is actually only about an hour and a half, but it is SO dragged out that it made me feel like I wasted my entire day watching it. Nice try James Franco. Granted, it must be difficult to write, direct, and star in a movie all at once, but really? Get help next time.
Thankfully, later we made up for it by watching the Italy/France soccer game. With snacks. And beverages. Woo.
There's a new show at the Ontological, too. It's called Helsinki Syndrome, and this is their first time performing in NY. It opens tonight, and I haven't seen any rehearsals, but it seems like it will be one hell of an experience. Somehow a show that has flashlights and blood and snowflakes seems like a recipe for perfection.
That's about it for now. Peace out, homeskillets.
You're very pretty, but please, don't ever write another movie. Unless you get some serious help.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Esther
Yesterday, because there was almost nothing to do, the interns and I decided to watch a movie. We picked "Good Time Max" because it looked interesting, had James Franco as the writer/director/star...and because they didn't have Charlie Bartlett.
We piled into the conference room, turned on the movie...and seven hours later came out thinking "I want my life back." Ok, seven hours is exaggerating just a tad. The movie's run time is actually only about an hour and a half, but it is SO dragged out that it made me feel like I wasted my entire day watching it. Nice try James Franco. Granted, it must be difficult to write, direct, and star in a movie all at once, but really? Get help next time.
Thankfully, later we made up for it by watching the Italy/France soccer game. With snacks. And beverages. Woo.
There's a new show at the Ontological, too. It's called Helsinki Syndrome, and this is their first time performing in NY. It opens tonight, and I haven't seen any rehearsals, but it seems like it will be one hell of an experience. Somehow a show that has flashlights and blood and snowflakes seems like a recipe for perfection.
That's about it for now. Peace out, homeskillets.
Monday, June 09, 2008
A la TFF
Nothing really new to report as of yet. Still keeping semi-busy at TFF. I ran a few errands last week. Helped Kate and Laura organize Craig's books and put them in a closet. Organized the submissions from '07.
Thursday night I got to watch the show at Ontological. Very interesting. As I told Dan (the director?), it's not as peppy as Wicked but not as depressing as Spring Awakening. He liked that comparison. Sweet.
Friday I woke up to some sad news. One of my friends that I've known since nursery school (maybe even before that) took her life Thursday night. It really sucks. The last time I talked to her she told me she was doing ok, but that was back in December. I'm just glad she's out of pain now, even though it sucks. That's all I can say right now.
Friday night I went to Daniel's friend Dan's sister's place for Shabbat dinner. It was really cool, the room we were in had a great view of the city. After dinner I went home and had a mellow night. I wasn't really in the mood to go out and party or anything.
Saturday I had work at Ontological again, so I headed over there around 3. They had me vacuum the carpet (confetti was getting all over the place!), fill the water bottles/beer bottle, and sweep the stage, and then I had a break until Dan got there. I cut the pieces of cake for the actors (good cake too - marshmallow and chocolate...yum...), then had a break again until 7:15, where we opened the box office. The other two interns got to watch the show, and I stayed outside and tallied the sales totals. Woo. Fun times.
After the show I met up with Josh (from the cruise) at the Marriott Marquis in Times Square. We got there while Dave was on his break, so we caught up for a little bit until Dave got there. Then Dave went over to play the piano and Josh and I moved from the bar to sit closer to the piano. It was a good night, I think. This woman went up to sit next to Dave on his piano bench and was sitting really close to him and being all awkward, saying things like "you play piano just like my husband", and then I think she went and asked some random guy to dance. She was drinking his water and everything. Super awkward. Ha. After Dave finished playing I went home and went to bed. It was really good to see Josh and to hear Dave again, but we definitely missed the rest of the crew!
Sunday I sort of hung around the house. It was really hot outside! There were talks of a heat wave, and as I am not a huge fan of sweltering heat, I stayed in my air conditioned room. I talked to Geoff around 10. It was good to talk to him, but sad at the same time. He said he might come to NY soon, so that would be cool.
We haven't been given any projects yet today, so Lexi, Kaitlyn and I watched "My Marlon and Brando," a submission from the festival. It was interesting. And sad. I hope we watch a happy movie next. Ooh, and Wednesday I think Lexi, Kaitlyn and I are going to go see Passing Strange! I'm excited about that, it was ridiculously good when I saw it last time. Woot.
I think it's just about time to do the mail, so peace out homeskillets.
Thursday night I got to watch the show at Ontological. Very interesting. As I told Dan (the director?), it's not as peppy as Wicked but not as depressing as Spring Awakening. He liked that comparison. Sweet.
Friday I woke up to some sad news. One of my friends that I've known since nursery school (maybe even before that) took her life Thursday night. It really sucks. The last time I talked to her she told me she was doing ok, but that was back in December. I'm just glad she's out of pain now, even though it sucks. That's all I can say right now.
Friday night I went to Daniel's friend Dan's sister's place for Shabbat dinner. It was really cool, the room we were in had a great view of the city. After dinner I went home and had a mellow night. I wasn't really in the mood to go out and party or anything.
Saturday I had work at Ontological again, so I headed over there around 3. They had me vacuum the carpet (confetti was getting all over the place!), fill the water bottles/beer bottle, and sweep the stage, and then I had a break until Dan got there. I cut the pieces of cake for the actors (good cake too - marshmallow and chocolate...yum...), then had a break again until 7:15, where we opened the box office. The other two interns got to watch the show, and I stayed outside and tallied the sales totals. Woo. Fun times.
After the show I met up with Josh (from the cruise) at the Marriott Marquis in Times Square. We got there while Dave was on his break, so we caught up for a little bit until Dave got there. Then Dave went over to play the piano and Josh and I moved from the bar to sit closer to the piano. It was a good night, I think. This woman went up to sit next to Dave on his piano bench and was sitting really close to him and being all awkward, saying things like "you play piano just like my husband", and then I think she went and asked some random guy to dance. She was drinking his water and everything. Super awkward. Ha. After Dave finished playing I went home and went to bed. It was really good to see Josh and to hear Dave again, but we definitely missed the rest of the crew!
Sunday I sort of hung around the house. It was really hot outside! There were talks of a heat wave, and as I am not a huge fan of sweltering heat, I stayed in my air conditioned room. I talked to Geoff around 10. It was good to talk to him, but sad at the same time. He said he might come to NY soon, so that would be cool.
We haven't been given any projects yet today, so Lexi, Kaitlyn and I watched "My Marlon and Brando," a submission from the festival. It was interesting. And sad. I hope we watch a happy movie next. Ooh, and Wednesday I think Lexi, Kaitlyn and I are going to go see Passing Strange! I'm excited about that, it was ridiculously good when I saw it last time. Woot.
I think it's just about time to do the mail, so peace out homeskillets.
Thursday, June 05, 2008
Mid-day observation.
The fastest solution to having someone sign offline when you want to talk to them?
Send them a message.
It's almost automatic.
Send them a message.
It's almost automatic.
Wednesday, June 04, 2008
EXTRAVAGANZA!
I'd really like to have an Adam Sandler movie extravaganza.
I mean, he DID just win the MTV Generation Award. Why not watch a ton of his movies? And then end the whole extravaganza seeing Zohan. Or even starting the extravaganza off with that. (I really like the word extravaganza.)
So. What movies should I add to the list?
What beverages?
What other things should I add to this event?
I'm not planning on doing it for awhile, but I might as well start planning now....it isn't like I'm really doing much else.
I mean, he DID just win the MTV Generation Award. Why not watch a ton of his movies? And then end the whole extravaganza seeing Zohan. Or even starting the extravaganza off with that. (I really like the word extravaganza.)
So. What movies should I add to the list?
What beverages?
What other things should I add to this event?
I'm not planning on doing it for awhile, but I might as well start planning now....it isn't like I'm really doing much else.
Oh New York...
So. I've made it to New York! Hurray for me.
I haven't been here for long, but in New York a day is like a week. Or a month. Or a year. So I'm told.
I arrived in New York around 11pm on Wednesday with a few airport mishaps (someone was in our parking spot and then we were parked 6 inches too far forward. Ridiculous.), then I was off to Daniel's for the night.
The next day (Thursday) I headed to Susie's (my cousin) to get situated in my temporary home. Not a bad place to stay, let me tell you. I kind of feel like Annie - first I'll do the windows...then the floors! Seriously. I'm not accustomed to this kind of luxury. Two story apartment on Park Ave, not bad at all.
Friday was spent wandering around. I walked ALL OVER. Started at Susie's (76th and Park), then wandered down to Times Square (48th and Broadway), then to Daniel's (59th and 2nd Ave), then back to Susie's. And then Daniel and I went to David's surprise party (26th and 6th? or something like that.) David's surprise party was fun, I got to hang out with Rebecca and Aunt Terry and Uncle Bruce and meet all his friends and the like. Good times. Then Daniel and I split a cab back up to our respective homes.
Saturday it rained, but I wandered around a bit anyway. Susie and Alan left for the weekend, so I was on my own for a bit. Not too bad.
Sunday was the Salute to Israel Parade! It was pretty cool. I met up with Jenna and Irene, who I met on JNF's ASB trip, and we watched the parade together. I was waiting to see if I knew anyone from JNF who was marching, but sadly we didn't recognize anyone. Towards the end of the parade I noticed I was turning a tad bit red, so I headed home before the sun did any more damage. I watched a movie and waited for Susie to come home, then went to bed around 11.
Monday: Day 1 of my Tribeca internship. I got there and was introduced to Kate and Laura, Craig's assistants, and Kaitlyn (sp?) the other intern who was interning for Kate and Laura. Kate gave us a quick tour, took us over to the cinemas (which were locked), then over to T65 where we would be working. It's a very relaxed environment, which is cool. The only project I really worked on that first day was sorting the dvds. If one person sent in more than one submission to TFF, then I had to pull the multiple dvds out, stick them in jewel cases, and put a post it on it saying the name of who sent it in. Awesome. The rest of the day was devoted to surfing the web. And searching for release dates of TFF alum. Woo! David, another guy who has two interns (Harrison and Lexi) took all the interns from T65 out to lunch at this place called Peace and Love. Really good food. Then it was back to surfing the web. It's really busy here at Tribeca, you better watch out. After I left, I went home. Ontological said that they didn't need me since the show was in "run mode". Susie asked if I wanted to see a movie, I said sure, so we went to see The Visitor. Good movie. It's definitely not one of those uplifting movies though, that's for sure.
Tuesday: Arrived at Tribeca at 10:30. Spent the day looking up release dates...and looking at LOST theories. (There are some ridiculously funny recaps of the season finale out there!) At 1 I went to lunch with Kate and Kaitlyn at "Bubby's". Really good food. I tried to meet up with Craig (he left) and Jon (he was in a meeting), but that didn't happen. Maybe later this week. We all left at 5:30. Exciting day! Ha. I had to get to Ontological, so I got on the Subway (woo) and made it over there just in time for my 6pm start time. I met Shannon, and some of the actors, then got the water bottles and props and stuff ready for the show. at 7:15, Shannon showed me how to run the box office! I was important. Ha. The doors opened for the show at 7:55, then the show started at 8:05. After the show started I tallied up all the ticket sales, then at 8:55ish the show was over. I left at 9, made it back to Susie's around 9:45. Not bad.
Wednesday: Not much has happened yet today. I got to Tribeca really early, so I went over to Peace and Love to get a coffee and read before I actually had to be there. Now I'm just hanging out, surfing the web, looking at blogs and whatnot. Maybe I'll get lunch at 1. Woo.
I guess that's all for now!
Dave is playing at the Marriott Marquis on Broadway on Saturday, so I think Josh (from the cruise) and I are going to meet up and go listen. As Borat would say...Nice!
I haven't been here for long, but in New York a day is like a week. Or a month. Or a year. So I'm told.
I arrived in New York around 11pm on Wednesday with a few airport mishaps (someone was in our parking spot and then we were parked 6 inches too far forward. Ridiculous.), then I was off to Daniel's for the night.
The next day (Thursday) I headed to Susie's (my cousin) to get situated in my temporary home. Not a bad place to stay, let me tell you. I kind of feel like Annie - first I'll do the windows...then the floors! Seriously. I'm not accustomed to this kind of luxury. Two story apartment on Park Ave, not bad at all.
Friday was spent wandering around. I walked ALL OVER. Started at Susie's (76th and Park), then wandered down to Times Square (48th and Broadway), then to Daniel's (59th and 2nd Ave), then back to Susie's. And then Daniel and I went to David's surprise party (26th and 6th? or something like that.) David's surprise party was fun, I got to hang out with Rebecca and Aunt Terry and Uncle Bruce and meet all his friends and the like. Good times. Then Daniel and I split a cab back up to our respective homes.
Saturday it rained, but I wandered around a bit anyway. Susie and Alan left for the weekend, so I was on my own for a bit. Not too bad.
Sunday was the Salute to Israel Parade! It was pretty cool. I met up with Jenna and Irene, who I met on JNF's ASB trip, and we watched the parade together. I was waiting to see if I knew anyone from JNF who was marching, but sadly we didn't recognize anyone. Towards the end of the parade I noticed I was turning a tad bit red, so I headed home before the sun did any more damage. I watched a movie and waited for Susie to come home, then went to bed around 11.
Monday: Day 1 of my Tribeca internship. I got there and was introduced to Kate and Laura, Craig's assistants, and Kaitlyn (sp?) the other intern who was interning for Kate and Laura. Kate gave us a quick tour, took us over to the cinemas (which were locked), then over to T65 where we would be working. It's a very relaxed environment, which is cool. The only project I really worked on that first day was sorting the dvds. If one person sent in more than one submission to TFF, then I had to pull the multiple dvds out, stick them in jewel cases, and put a post it on it saying the name of who sent it in. Awesome. The rest of the day was devoted to surfing the web. And searching for release dates of TFF alum. Woo! David, another guy who has two interns (Harrison and Lexi) took all the interns from T65 out to lunch at this place called Peace and Love. Really good food. Then it was back to surfing the web. It's really busy here at Tribeca, you better watch out. After I left, I went home. Ontological said that they didn't need me since the show was in "run mode". Susie asked if I wanted to see a movie, I said sure, so we went to see The Visitor. Good movie. It's definitely not one of those uplifting movies though, that's for sure.
Tuesday: Arrived at Tribeca at 10:30. Spent the day looking up release dates...and looking at LOST theories. (There are some ridiculously funny recaps of the season finale out there!) At 1 I went to lunch with Kate and Kaitlyn at "Bubby's". Really good food. I tried to meet up with Craig (he left) and Jon (he was in a meeting), but that didn't happen. Maybe later this week. We all left at 5:30. Exciting day! Ha. I had to get to Ontological, so I got on the Subway (woo) and made it over there just in time for my 6pm start time. I met Shannon, and some of the actors, then got the water bottles and props and stuff ready for the show. at 7:15, Shannon showed me how to run the box office! I was important. Ha. The doors opened for the show at 7:55, then the show started at 8:05. After the show started I tallied up all the ticket sales, then at 8:55ish the show was over. I left at 9, made it back to Susie's around 9:45. Not bad.
Wednesday: Not much has happened yet today. I got to Tribeca really early, so I went over to Peace and Love to get a coffee and read before I actually had to be there. Now I'm just hanging out, surfing the web, looking at blogs and whatnot. Maybe I'll get lunch at 1. Woo.
I guess that's all for now!
Dave is playing at the Marriott Marquis on Broadway on Saturday, so I think Josh (from the cruise) and I are going to meet up and go listen. As Borat would say...Nice!
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