Labor Month

FINAL-ly!

First real weekend I've had all month -- there must be something ironic about having worked every single day since Labor Day in September. Appropriately enough, though, most of the crew has been enjoying a real windfall in wages precisely because of our embattled labor union contract, rendering material the otherwise intangible physical and psychological tolls of miscalculated production schedules. I more than doubled my income for the month by working 70+ hour weeks, at least one of which was 80+. We even entered into what the wags refer to as 'golden time', where every single hour counted as overtime because we had crossed beyond the normal, sane limits of continuous work days.

It's sort of like this month has been that hell-of-ironic-punishments. So you like your job, eh? Just HOW much do you like it??? You like your co-workers, eh? Just HOW much you like 'em? You want to make more money, eh? Just HOW much do you want to make it? It all became a huge blur.

Anyway, insane as it was, I think we turned out some really great work. Do check it out if you live around the 200 or so theaters nationwide that will be capable of screening it.

Don't ask how. Just watch.

Next Mission:

Roll out! ... after my vacation

Needless to say, this is a highly coveted assignment, and I consider getting crewed onto it as some kind of payback, be it administrative or karmic. It'll be a real relief, too, since it'll be more of a standard show (i.e. not stereoscopic), that I'll be supporting along with another more experienced ATD I hope to learn a lot from.