Sunday, June 24, 2018

Give this man a job!

This guy needs a new job! After taking some time off after Valley of the Boom ended, it was time to see what was out there in Teamster land.
My first gig was on a movie called Possibility. I had to take this camera truck from Deer Lake in Burnaby to Maple Ridge. It is good to venture onto to other shows. I saw a lot of drivers I have not seen for  awhile.

Nice spot to be parked by.

The next day, I started on a t.v. show called Salvation. I was lucky enough to be there on set when the Cannoli truck showed up! Mine was pistachio, yum-yum! (This was the first one I have ever had.)

Ha ha, I always wanted a new Mercedes. My job for the day was shuttling crew from set to base camp and crew park. 16 of the busiest hours I have spent in a long time.

The following day I was back on Salvation, this time driving truck for the camera department. 

I had to take this little beauty from North Shore studios in North Vancouver.....
……..to the confines of the Lulu Island wastewater treatment plant in Richmond. 

Ha ha, you could not escape the smell, no matter where you were.

Although the ducks seemed to be enjoying it.
Can you imagine? I had to go 3 whole weeks without a free breakfast, lol.

or lunch! (Yikes, that's a lot of food.)
Without giving it away, the day involved these replica firearms.

On the Friday, I had to go visit the producers of another movie called 2 Hearts, about a special driving gig next week. 
The movie is based on a novel called All My Tomorrows.
They were filming at the iconic Casa Mia mansion in the Southlands area of Vancouver.
This home has been used many, many times by the film industry over the years.

Ritsue sent me this, very good advice, indeed!


and there it is! I received an email from the Teamster union hall confirming my employment with the Good Doctor, season 2! 
from the web, old family pictures.....Omg! I would feel like I was being strangled!

there are no words.....

I'm assuming alcohol is involved


Which floaty will you choose?

I just added this because it is in Vancouver.

assuming a prison?

Well that's a shame.

Thanks Fido, that should be A's for everyone!

Assuming the wrong team won?

Probably not a Teamster, but certainly has the left arm trucker's tan.

Yes, that's right!


back to the family photos, wow, that's a flashback to an age I care not to remember.....

give him or her a break, they're just trying to blend in...

Uhhhh, not the Iron Man I would of gone with, but to each their own.

Saturday, June 16, 2018

In between.....

My new ride, well at least for a couple of days...…
filming of Valley of the Boom had long ended, I thought...…….
Nice to have some down time, and chill with the kids...

the view from my place showed the weather was co-operating as well.....
and then a quick reality check. I was hired by the set decorating department to drive for a couple of days, returning and donating a lot of the furniture and electronics that were used on Valley of the Boom.

Wow, there were many pallets of old 1990's computer equipment. 

Hmmnnnn, the truck got fuller, and I knew there was going to be a lot more physical work involved than my usual cast driving gigs.

Anybody want a bunch of used office chairs? (apparently not many places or people do)

I had a chance to roam around the building where the majority of the Valley of the Boom sets were.(Up on the third floor looking down at my truck, pic.)

This train was my last hurdle before the final end of Valley of the Boom.

Had a chance to go up to Summerland for my sister's birthday. (I need one of those selfie sticks!)

Always great to be back in the Okanagan.

Standing at the Gran Fondo crossroads sign in Summerland. (private joke between me and my brother-in-law )

(Brother-in-law's rooster pic)
My window to the world. (actually it was from inside the outhouse at Naramata Creek Park, lol)

Junior took my sis and me on a hike to the Naramata water falls. Now I have been going to Naramata for 40 years and I had never been!)
Where's Waldo, I mean junior?

There he is! (I was not feeling as brave and stayed down below)

It was a fun little hike with a nice reward at the end.

Time to quit showing off junior!

another reward, ( besides the waterfalls) a oishii (tasty) beer at the Cannery Brewing Company in Penticton.

Then it was time to say good-bye to one of my favourite views, looking north on Okanagan Lake from the beach in Penticton




From the web this week: One is not quite as graceful as the other, haha
Okay...……….???
Exactly!

Creativity points for sure!