As I attempt to bring to light (no pun intended) some old stories, it's a great reminder to see where I was and what I was putting myself through (and being put through). It's all part of that life goal to figure out where I'm at now, in order to know where I'm headed.
Anyway, I'm gonna delve into my past correspondences and post the ones I think are worthy. Here's a nice one to get the ball rolling. From an email to the girls...
Date: Monday, November 8, 2004, 11:14am
Ladies!
If someone would kill me right now, I would very much appreciate it.
I am temping at the production office for the Guiding Light. There is such mundane conversation happening all around me that I can only sit in wonder at the way the minds work behind those who create mundane tv for mundane viewers. Sweet!
Here's a small snipit of a conversation from this afternoon:
Lead GL actor (watching backlogged episodes of GL to find a clip to send to NAACP Image Awards, which he was just nominated for because he is half Spanish/half Italian ): I am so ethnic!
Assitant to Executive Producer: I wish I was more ehtnic!
Actor: Just do something funky with your look.
Production Coordinator: Yeah, dye your skin.
Assistant: Uck. I just look so American.
Actor: But you're Jewish.
Assistant: Well, I look so American and so Jewish. How boring!
Actor: Oh! I just bought a Hummer this weekend!
GL Producer: Oh! I want one! I want a yellow one!
For more suicidally ridiculous conversations, just check in with me tomorrow for another episode of "What the Fuck has my Life Come to?" starring me living it up as a temp in the big city.
Keepin' it Real.
M.E.G.
Date: Monday, November 8, 2004, 4:45pm
dolls.
one last thing.
fans call the production line (that i answer, "guiding light, this is meg") and tell us what they think of the show. but no one here cares. a fan called long distance from italy this afternoon and the intern, nicole, answered, then hung up and kept working at the computer. we're like the dead letter office for fans.
then, i answered a call from some fan from the south (i could tell from her accent). she wanted to let me know that today's episode was "the best gl i've seen in years! why, philip has just lost it and harly is hanging on by a thread! wonderful, thanks!" i said proudly, "thanks!" and we hung up.
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.
oy.
love,
meg
Date: Monday, November 8, 2004, 10:41pm
This is from My Twin, To Me
Dear Guiding Light, I love your show!
I watch it everyday after I pacify my toddlers with heavy doses of children's cough medicine.
My, my, that exciting Reva-is-a-clone storyline really got me thinking: can this happen to me? Even though I live in the middle of a state where no minorities live, in the middle of a country whose military capabilities are many times stronger than those of it's weaker, evil neighboring countries, I still feel vulnerable to a clone attack. How should I protect myself?
Please write back soon, as I hear the impending march of the Dark Clone Army.
Thanks!
Skipper Johnson
2 comments:
Dude, I absolutely remember you telling us about that overheard GL conversation. I told everybody at work about it. In fact, I tell everybody at work about most of your insane adventures. It reflects a little glamour on me as as I sit in my office in a barn, covered in mud and surrounded by snakes, mice, and unruly summer camp children.
Uh. This is Jess, by the way. Hi!
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