Desperate Water

Marina del Rey, California. Hey gang! Sorry for my recent absence - things have been BUSY!! The Writer's Strike ended and television production is now in full swing. Since my last posting I have worked as a Presbyterian churchgoer on Desperate Housewives, a strip club goer and a mug shot suspect on CSI Miami, a tenant escaping from a burning building on CSI New York and a NASCAR pit crew member on Shark. All of these were fun and James Woods is quite the character and lady's man... Aside from the television shows, I also worked three movies during this time. The first was as a bank patron on Armored directed by Nimród Antal, a feature film with Matt Dillon and Laurence Fishburne. Next, I worked on a confidential project in a confidential location, in a scene with Paris Hilton, Simon Rex and Kevin P. Farley. Finally, this past monday, I was a beach bicyclist in Bedtime Stories, an Adam Shankman film staring Adam Sandler and Keri Russell. The fun Allen Covert, who seems to be in all Adam Sandler movies, was also on set. This was a great set to work on, basically consisting of 12 hours of riding a bike on the Santa Monica boardwalk, riding circles around Adam and Keri. The cast and crew were a blast to work with and Adam and Allen, who are both big basketball fans, had a mobile tent complete with a flatscreen tv so they wouldn't miss the game between takes.

In other news, Laura Bauman came down from Santa Cruz a weekend ago along with her friend, Kristi Hoffman. The three of us took the day to explore Malibu Creek State Park. This place is amazing! Only a 15-20 minute drive from Los Angeles, this is truly another world and a fantastic natural area. To get there, you drive through the Malibu Canyon, a dramatic and rugged geologic feature that washes away any thought of the nearby metropolis. The park itself is littered with steep rock monoliths - the Goat Buttes - reminescent of southern Thailand. This wonderful and highly accessible wilderness has been the filming location of many well known films and television shows, including M*A*S*H and Planet of the Apes! Take a look a the video montage from our hiking day, along with a silly M*A*S*H spoof I put together.