The Next Adventure

Well the show I was working on has offically wrapped. It wasn't the most fun I've ever had, but not the least either. James Cameron (THE James Cameron as in writer/director of Titanic) was supposed to be on yesterday's episode, but cancelled. I knew it was too good to be true. :( We only did 13 episodes and yet they had a wrap party and gave us a going away present--very nice. So, now I have time to concentrate on the next adventure! I'm leaving for Munich, Germany on Thursday and I'm totally excited. My sister is a flight attendant and I get a fantastic discount through her airline. We are flying into Munich, taking a train to Salzberg, Austria, staying for a few days and then heading back to Munich by train and spending a few days there. I am paying a total of $67.00 for the round trip ticket and the hotels will be a total of $500 for the 7 nights we are staying-a fantastic deal! I'm travelling with my sister or I would not be entitled to the hotel discount at all--the plane fare still stands whether I'm with her or alone. I've only been out of the country once before, so I'm really looking forward to this trip. Last year for my 40th birthday I went to Paris and had a fabulous time. We were able to do everything I've ever wanted to do there, including Disneyland Paris. Most Americans wouldn't even consider going, but since we both worked at Disneyland years ago, we wanted to see it and compare. I'm glad we did, because we had more fun than we ever imagined. Germany & Austria would not have been my first choice, but since my sister has seen many popular cities in Europe and it's practically a free trip, I wasn't going to be that picky about it. I'm just going to go, enjoy and report back. Speaking of getting back--when I return I will have 7 weeks till I have to head back to my regular show---a lot of time to hang out and watch all these fantastic movies that are coming out this summer, ie: Indiana Jones & the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Sex & the City and Mamma Mia--I can't wait. Speaking of Mamma Mia--I'm thinking I may take a little trip to New York to see a few shows before heading back to work.

A Surreal Moment

I am a script supervisor in the entertainment industry. I have been working on the same show for the past 6 years and during our 4 month hiatus, I ususally find work elsewhere. Currently I am working on a brand new show which will air on a new network created by Discovery Channel. It's difficult to explain what it's like to work in entertainment. You get so used to being around "celebrities" that you don't usually give it a second thought...and then...sometimes you do. Take the other day for instance--we finished taping one of two shows and broke for dinner. We are shooting on location at a house, so "dinner" was set up a few doors down in someone's front yard which resembles something you'd see on "Cops". Let's just say it isn't the classiest of places. Anyway, we're all sitting at long tables and Nell Newman (Paul Newman/Joanne Woodward's daughter) sits down as does Martin Mull (a comedian who was a regular on Hollywood Squares). At first of course I think nothing of it, then as I'm listening to Nell and Martin talk--Nell telling us her parents are in New York right now..Martin telling stories of his good friend Steve Martin and the banjo playing gatherings at his house, I'm thinking--wow--I really don't lead a normal life. I mean, this is strange if you really sit and think about it (which I usually don't, since I've been working in this business for 19 years). I looked across the table and thought about how Nell looks just like her father--same eyes, same features and what it must be like to be raised by two of the most famous people in the world. The truth is, she's completely normal and so was Martin, but they lead very interesting lives and sometimes, so do I. I don't take my life for granted, I'm just used to it after all these years. I thought if I started to write these moments down and share them with other people, it would keep my life in perspective, so if I ever did take it for granted, it would bring me back to reality, because as an ex-boyfriend recently pointed out--there's nothing about my life that is normal. Did I mention I was single?