"Sex on Fire" - Kings of Leon

Finally some down time.... I made sure not to have one night to myself this weekend. I can't wait to sleep in tomorrow. It's been at least 3 weeks or possibly more since I was able to veg and sleep in. I'm grateful that I finally have a life in Colorado but I'm starting to get severely cranky.. haha. I'm starting to scare people.

Ok so let's pick up the day before my visit to VA. Friday March 6th Watchmen came out but my CO friends couldn't wait till the morning so they planned to see a midnight showing at an IMAX theater. A bunch of the film students and I caught a midnight showing near longmont, co. All the ones in Denver sold out quickly. We got there a couple hours early so people could secure seats and we could grab some beers. The movie.... meh. I wasn't spectacular. The music was atrocious regardless of whether or not it was supposed to be a 'period peace'. That's a load of crap. The dialouge was pretty bad but that was to be expected since I had seen Sin City. I liked Sin City a lot better. I guess the point of the movie was supposed to be the visual effects and in that category it was pretty good. However, I kinda wish I had gotten some sleep. The movie was VERY long and we didn't get home til right before 4am. I got maybe 3 hours of sleep before I had to pack, finish fixing my apartment, and get on the plane. It felt like a very short plane ride because I slept through all of it.

Dusty's mom was there in perfect timing of my arrival. We headed straight to the house so I could change, unpack, and grab some dinner before heading over to Backyard. Dusty's co workers followed the plan to a T. They kept him at dinner long enough that everyone who was invited to the party could get there on time. They texted me when they were on their way and the manager of the bar stayed in the front so he could alert me of his entrance. How elaborate huh? lol not really, things just worked out really well. I got to the bar and surprised a lot of people besides the birthday boy. I hadn't told many people I was coming for fear of the information leaking. I hid behind Nate and managed to catch a surprised snap shot of dusty's face as I appeared. hehe it was awesome. I was working on about 5 hrs of sleep but I managed to stay up way past my bedtime and party. Dusty was very very surprised. It was a great party. I got to see a lot of people that night. We took too many shots and plenty of pictures. 

The rest of my visit was pretty relaxing. That was the only night of all out partying. I guess we're getting too old for that shit.. heh so sad. Dusty was so burnt out he stayed in bed for most of saturday and didn't want to go out that night. I got to see my parents for lunch that day and spent the rest of it playing Street Fighter 4 on the ps3. Why can't everyday be like that? Hmmm, though I'd probably get cabin fever eventually. We were mildly more productive on Sunday. We went on a starbucks and cloves mission before I went to meet my parents and extended family for dinner in Reston. I got to see Stephen and Jim while I was there. It was kinda strange going into my former residence. It still sorta felt like home... I miss my roomies. I went back to the Gliddens and we made the trip to Backyard again to see the bartenders we had missed on Friday. This trip I was so focused on rest I forgot to visit some people. stupid me.... it was only till I returned to CO that I realized I had forgotten to call people.

Monday night was the traditional Mrs. Glidden throws a birthday dinner for all the friends. I said goodbye to most of my friends that night. I was leaving wednesday afternoon and as Tuesday was dusty's actual birthday I knew I wouldn't be able to see them again. Dinner was yummy. I love famous daves and tater tots. I brought Dusty and his co workers starbucks the next day and waited around till it was time for the actual birthday dinner. His parents took us to Clydes in Tysons. Definitely not as good as the Clydes in Reston... oh well, the food was still good, the service kinda sucked but we killed time with laughter and drinking. We were a very entertaining family. I'm still confused about the trees inside that restaurant.... they just can't be real.......

This was the first visit back that I wasn't dreading my departing flight and sick to my stomach... until the last few hours of the trip. It all hit me like a ton of bricks. The last two visits I spread out the sadness and spent part of it very ill with nerves. This time it all hit quickly. The last couple hours before I had to leave for the airport I couldn't sit down. I was packing and running around the house. Being at the airport was the worst. I felt like I was going to cry the entire time and I was furious with everything around me, especially if it was breathing. I had to sit next to the two most obnoxios women on the face of the planet. At one point one of them actually said "get er done". I survived with my mp3 player blaring and by reading Good Omens. Bri picked me up from the airport and even though I was tired I agreed to meet K for starbucks. I just didn't feel like going back to my apartment and unpacking. Actually, I still haven't fully unpacked and put away my stuff. I plan on doing that this weekend. I didn't make it to work the next day. I couldn't bring myself to do anything but sit up. Part of that was the developing bladder infection.... god damnit.

I had to go to work on Friday cause I knew that one of my counterparts wouldn't be in. I needed to get my energy up cause I was supposed to start helping out on K's shoot that night. I made it over to the shoot around my call time but a few snags lead to the day having to be cut short due to problems getting into the room they wanted to film in. The rest of the weekend was exhausted. I had to be on set at 8am on saturday and 8:30am on Sunday. I spent a good deal of Saturday sitting around with other PA's waiting to be called upon. I did run a few errands for the crew, mainly costco related. The great thing was that I met a lot of really cool people. Know that phrase "where have all the nice guys gone?" I have an answer. They went to Colorado and signed up for film school. LOL. Seriously, I have never met so many nice, attractive, seemingly intelligent guys (i'm not entirely certain since i spent two days with these people) ... ever. The crazy thing? Most of them are actually from the east coast too. They left like I did for many of the same reasons. There was a rain cloud. One guy was a total FUCKING ASSHOLE. I don't understand how people could work with him. I was informed people try not to...This guy was bossy, rude, annoying, just a plain dick. He wouldn't shut up and wouldn't listen to anyone. A lot of this was the director's fault. He had no balls. Nice guy but when your DP is calling the shots and trying to dictate what everyone else should do .... YOU TELL HIM TO SHUT THE FUCK UP. Ugh, it made me so mad. I wanted several times to punch him and I'm not even in film school. If the shoot failed it wouldn't affect my grade. The second day was much better. I didn't stay for all of it cause K got pretty sick and I went to nurse her. I actually had more to do that day. I had a really great time with everyone. The shoot isn't over yet. They took a week break and filming resumes with two more days next weekend. The actors and actress were so cool! The little girl was the best. She was simply amazing. So adorable, so professional, so smart.... She finished a feature lenght film called Ink that's out in theaters right now. I really want to see it. 

My work week was busy due to preparations for month end close next week but otherwise I tired to recover and rest. For some reason even though I didn't go out I felt exhausted. I went to Paul & Isaac's to watch LOST on wednesday then for some late night snacks at Village Inn or VI. There seem to be more of those than there are Ihop's or Denny's in CO. It basically looks like a run down Ihop but they seem to be the more popular thing in CO. 

Finally my weekend. My boss let me out early today from work. I made myself some dinner and there's plenty of leftovers for the rest of the weekend. I've started bringing my lunch to work. I'm going to try and go as long as possible without buying food or buying anything. I really need to save money. I've got a to do list in my head of stuff that needs to be done. Finally clean my apartment, finish my taxes, and organize all the crap I've accumulated. Tomorrow night I gotta pick up K from work and go with her to a play. Then I'm supposed to help her work out a budget. I think most of my Sunday is booked up. I agreed to PA for a day on Paul's shoot but I'm not entirely certain they will need me. If anything I'll just go watch for a little while. K really wants to be on set for support and I'm her driver for the time being. The day I left she got pulled over due to a broken tail light which she's had for a while and because she had so many outstanding tickets they took her license away from her so she can't drive anywhere.  

hmmm feeling extra sleepy. maybe i'll have more stories later.