My "day-off"
Those ever elusive days on a film shoot where they say that you get a day off. Well my friends, they are liars. When they say you have a day off from shooting it means that you are not required to be on set, that doesn't mean that there aren't other things that need to be done. Which in all honesty its really quite fine. My day today did consist of getting to sleep in until 9:30. Which back in the states would be really early for me on some days because me sleeping in would mean waking up when the clock said p.m. But I headed over to Alison Carroll's hotel with Amy because she needed someone to read and record her doing lines for a movie that she was auditioning for.
It took us probably 45 minutes to walk to her place because it was across town but Amy and I didn't really mind, we were casually walking around the canals and past shops and a huge floral market. I have decided that if I lived in the Netherlands I would have fresh tulips all around the house. The tulips here aren't big and flimsy as the ones you would find in Wisconsin or even in the United States for that matter. They are tiny, compact and in the most beautiful colors you have ever seen. I didn't have my camera with me today so I didn't get a chance to take pictures of this amazing scene, which makes me sad, but I am hoping to get a chance to go back and take a couple pictures!
So Amy and I had a bit of a jealous moment when we got to where Alison was staying. She is at a suite in the Best Western. Picture this; full size, spacious and soft bed complete with clean sheets and comfy pillows, a bathroom in which the toilet doesn't leak, stain-free towels, a refrigerator to keep fresh groceries, a couch, a desk, and a continental breakfast complete with cereal and fresh croissants in the morning. I would hate her because of this but she is the nicest, sweetest, most down-to-earth girl. So in all honesty she deserves it but it really makes me jealous of her accommodations but it would probably be really lonely over there because she is the only one that is staying there. So I'll take mediocre living and people to talk to and hang out with than luxury living in isolation.
We were only at her place running lines and recording her for about an hour but it was really interesting because what she was reading for she had to not only do her native English accent but she also had to do it in an American accent. And doing accents in school its not weird to think about me practicing another accent or dialect to do but it was really weird to hear her try and do an American accent. I never asked her but I am wondering if it is easy or not?
Amy and I then went to lunch at the Hard Rock Cafe Amsterdam. Alison decided not to come because she had a lot of work to do so Amy and I decided to have a date to ourselves, not like we don't do that all the time here. And in NYC I would never choose to go to a Hard Rock Cafe because its a touristy place and it just doesn't hold any appeal to me but we were both craving comfort food from the mother country so big, juicy, overpriced burgers were just what we needed.
After lunch Amy went back to the hotel while I was on my way to a meeting with one of the producers, Doug, because he is leaving in a couple of days and I am to take over the call sheet for every shooting day. Feels somewhat like a promotion, no? So I put his address into Google maps and followed the directions and when I got to where Google said the apartment was it was no where to be found. In short, Google is a liar and I had to reschedule my meeting with Doug until tomorrow because where he actually was was clear across town and he had to get the call sheet done soon. So kind of an epic failure but hopefully he won't hold me getting lost in a foreign town against me.
So what do I do with this gift of more free time? I go back to the hotel and sleep for two and a half hours. Seems like a waste when I could have gone and seen something in Amsterdam that I haven't seen yet but it was raining and dreary by this time and I haven't really had a chance to nap during the middle of the day, which is one of my guiltiest pleasures, so a nap it was.
When I woke I had a text message from Alison asking if Amy and I wanted to go out to eat. Again, never being one to turn down food, I was excited to go out with just girls. I do enjoy going out with the guy crew because its usually relaxed and good humor, most of the time, but I had forgotten how nice it was to go out and just gossip shamelessly with girls. With girls, you can laugh until your sides get sore, talk about otherwise inappropriate things and stuff your face without shame. We went to a Thai place and I got two of my favorite things in one meal: shrimp and garlic. And, this is also why I think that Alison is a very sweet girl, she picked up the tab between us because she was grateful that we came to her hotel to help her with her auditions. Very sweet gesture.
I think tonight Amy and I are calling it an early night. She has to be on set by 7:15 tomorrow and I am not really in the mood to go out either. So all and all it was a very relaxing and fun and on top of that I called Roxanne today for the first time and just gossiped with her (Hi Roxanne!) and I called Grandma Poeppel just to let her know that I was still alive and that I loved her and Grandpa. I feel that I can make calls now on my dutch phone because I am now the one putting money on it so its mine. I can do what I want with it. I make my own rules :)
Well that's all for now!
Love,
-M
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