my sexy underpants have a life of their own

…of course you will have to dig deep to find the relevance here, but, in the tiny machinations of my (still) stressed out brain there lurks a tidy little reference to the above.One of my favourite things about the States has to be Macy’s and their amazing sales tucked away in the air-cooled corners of this vast emporia. Every time I spot a new one in some far-flung suburb of the huge metropolis that is L.A., my heart starts singing at the thought of more sexy underpants at knock-down prices. There. That should please R.J. no end.

Now, to more mundane matters. Still no sign of a nice house in MB, but then I’m still in London with my family, still working on this lousy toilet-paper ad., but, thankfully working with some lovely people amid odd spurts of glorious summer sun, and making a bob or two to boot.

I must say, I am enjoying this blog-malarky more and more as the weeks go by. First off, it’s certainly proving to be quite therapeutic and secondly, the kind responses I’m receiving from other bloggers as well as complete strangers, is both supportive and generally, NICE. Which is more than I can say for that horrible little nonce, Jim who was obviously on the look out for pornography when he happened upon Avery’s (very entertaining) blog and saw fit to put one finger to keyboard in his futile attempts at a savaging of her efforts. Anyway, perhaps he’ll have more luck having a go at my blog now that my title has more relevance to his sad little life.

Things seem pretty slow here still, especially in the commercial world. It’s always interesting seeing the old faces when you start off your location recces for the coming shoot days. Everyone has a story or two to tell about how hard it is out there, how this one’s given it up to decorate houses or become a domestic sparky or that one’s emigrated to such and such or the really annoying one who hasn’t stopped!…..Wish it was me syndrome….. Not a great deal to report since last week….the SAG business is still looming and filling me with dread.I see Clint Eastwood may be directing a film in South Africa (my other stomping ground over the years) about Nelson Mandela. I remember hearing stories about Clint cruising the streets of Cape Town looking for locations way back….it must be 10 or so years ago…..I wonder if it can be the same project?

My IMDB membership seems worthwhile, if only to keep abreast of things generally. Hopefully I may even get my investment back! My mate, the incredibly talented Nathan Crowley, has just wrapped his feature with the notorious and gifted, Michael Mann just in time to soak up some of the wonderful things being said about his beautifully (I hear, and expect no less) designed “Dark Knight”. I’ve seen clips and it just looks amazing. I have a lot to thank Nathan for actually. Funnily enough, despite the fact that he was just a nipper when I was scrabbling up that ladder (things haven’t changed that much!), it was he who passed on a film in Dublin and then put my name forward. The next five months spent in Ireland were among the happiest of my working life. I’ve never really looked back feature-wise and despite the necessary forays back and forth into t.v, commercials, promos etc., my real fulfilment lies in film and good old story telling.

I’d better get this off I suppose…my missus has been offered three commercials here in London this afternoon…..well it goes without saying really…we’ve booked our airline tickets for LA……!!!!!!