The Not So Epic Week Recap

Hi, it's me.

The one who said they'd update almost a week ago. Sorry. It's been getting slower around work, but I've been tired and doing other things after it that I never get a chance to come on, so now I'm making it up with an awesome week in review epic post!


At the begining of the week there wasn't much to report on things that I did. We've been doing a lot of work in the back, tyding up things and reorganizing while we have some downtime now that Humana is getting slower. Wild Blessings (the Wendell Berry piece) started tech so we shipped the trees over to the theatre using the carpenter's flat bed. The only other thing we had to do for Wild Blessings was do some set dressing. Doc, Taj, Elliot, and I put sheets of greenery down, and then added individual pieces of fake long grass. That lasted toward the end of the day on Monday, and then Tuesday morning the rest of the department came to finish it up.

Wednesday I had some stock projects to do, but I also had to gather some props for the Apprentice Showcase. I found some awesomely cheesy records while looking for a Barry Manilow one. Then I organized some chandliers that were down from where they had been hanging (we had new lights installed a couple of weeks ago, and they were in the way), and then I had to organize the table lamps a little bit.

I finished up the table lamps this morning and then went on a Lowe's run to pick up a few things and then headed over to the theatre to drop off something for Doc.


One of the biggest organizing projects we have is organizing our soft goods fabric area.

There are a ton of bolts of fabric, and a lot we probably don't need. Joe and Elliot made new holders out of one of our shelves that we had, and the left over pieces of sono tube. They then pulled out all of the fabric and we all took down the storage we had.


We had a pallet that we were stacking all of the wood on, but Joe realized it wasn't going to fit through the aisle. He tried to get the fork lift in and raise it up high enough but as soon as he moved the whole things came crashing down. We then had to lug everything to the main aisle but we finally got the entire thing down and all of the wood in the dumpster. Now all that's left is organizing all of the fabric.

Tomorrow I will be working on a project for Roanoke, one of the ten minute shows. We had actually already done the show for the Apprentice Tens, but the set is a little different in this one so I'll be working with on a Native American spear.

Into the Woods...err Shop

Wow, it's been a while. Sorry about that. I'll do more of a recap of the past week sometime this weekend when I've gotten more rest.


I will tell you about yesterday. For the show Wendell Berry (that's not it's real name, but I don't know exactly what it's called, it's a show the head of ATL co-wrote about the works of Wendell Berry) calls for a pretty slim set, except for these huge 20 foot tall trees. The other day, Elliot and I went over to a local supply store to pick up sono tubes. After we got them back Taj worked on sanding off the wax that is on it, then muslin and a mixture of wood glue and paint were applied to the tube.


After that was dry, we had to do a treatment on the trees using dry-vit. Dry-vit is basically this thick, almost grits consistentecy, medium used for insulation, kind of like stucco. We had to apply this on the trees in sections, and then scrap lines into it to give it a textured bark effect. It really doesn't take that long to do the tubes, but it does take it a long time to dry (about 12 hours). Because of this, we couldn't do full tubes because it would be resting on itself. We thought it would take longer and we had planned to divide into groups and work two shifts during the weekend. The first shift took the afternoon off yesterday, and then the second took it today. By the end of the day it was apparent that we probably wouldn't be coming in over the weekend, because Joe and I were able to finish the trees so that they all had half a tree covered, but it was still up in the air. I told Joe that I wanted to stand the trees up and pretend I was in a forest in the shop to which he replied, "Then you can be in your own personal production of Into the Woods." I like this idea.

Yesterday was the opening for Under Construction. We ended up getting empty seat passes, so we figured we wouldn't get in because it was in our smallest stage. Luckily, Slasher was playing, so we ended up going to that. It was hilarious, so much better than when I had read it a couple of months back. The show really played up that it was campy, and that it knew it. I love shows like that, because it just ends up coming across as fun, not like other shows that are campy and try to be serious. We headed down to the bar like always and hung out for some drinks.

Today was a pretty slow day. It was my half day, and things were pretty slow and quiet at the shop. I spent the morning putting away a ton of props that had yet to be put away from at least January to gear up for college weekend and the tours of the shop. Today also was the opening for Brink, the apprentice show. Since that show was sold out for the opening, we went as a group to watch a final run through of the show. I worked on a ton of the props, so it was good to see a lot of my work on stage.

After Brink, I was told that I wouldn't have to come in, but I ended up getting out about 2 hours early. It's going to be nice to have a weekend where I can relax, and maybe read some of the books that I have pushed aside that past couple of months.

Smoking Feet

Today was a pretty relaxing day, which was good because Heather and I (along with the rest of the shop, but we work the most closely together) were loopy from sleep deprivation and the long hours at the shop. We found almost everything funny. We finished the fake box springs today with the horrible fabric seen above. It actually turned out to be pretty easy and fast, especially because both of us were working on it.

The two beds were a bit different in construction since one of the beds has a fog machine inside to simulate the actor's feet smoking. With that one, after a layer of batting was stapled loosely around the frame I stapled it to the bottom, then the frame was screwed back on.

(the box is where the machine sits)

After flipping it over I stapled it to the top. Another board was put on top of that to cover the machine so that the actors could sit and lay on the bed. With the piece I couldn't staple over it because we needed to still have access to the inside, so I ended up stapling a tiny piece around that to hide the wood. The second bed was much simpler because it was a normal bed. The only difference in the technique was that we had to cover the entire top as well as the sides because the mattress gets shoved around, and it would expose our secret that it wasn't a box spring.

Both beds were done by the end of the day. Doc played around with the fog machine for a while troubleshooting it. I have more pictures of the bed process, but sadly I left my camera at work so it's phone pictures for now. Hard Weather Boating Party tech starts tomorrow, and Absalom opens tomorrow night.

Out Early

Today was slower in relation to what I have been doing.

After our meeting first thing this morning, Mark and I headed over to the theatre where he put some more apples in the tree and I steamed the curtains. Afterwards, I redid the notes for like the 50th time, handed them to Mark and then got stuck with nothing to do because Mark had left for Absalom rehearsal, and Doc was at the theatre.

I helped Heather out by starting to upholster a chair and then once Doc was back I started on my project. There are two beds in Hard Weather Boating Party that Joe and Will had made wood platforms as the box spring. One of the beds had a fog machine in them, and the other didn't. I had to wrap some box spring fabric (I don't know what to exactly call it, but it's literally the fabric you would use for box springs) around the sides so when they are seen it will look like a box spring and not a wooden box. I started cutting the batting for one of them before the end of the day.

We got out early today! We were done by 5:30, made sure there were no notes from Mark, and were out by 6. Heather and I, along with Brad went over to Wild Wings to have some 40 cent wings and beer. Taj joined us after a while.

Case of the Mondays

Today was spent with more glueing of the moss to the stage. During tech weekend, all of the moss that we had worked on during Friday was completely gone (apparently there are a number of fight scenes on our fragile moss). We didn't do as much as we had done the first time, and hopefully the moss will have adequate time to dry tonight (the theatre is dark) so that not all of it will be gone during performances. The show opens on Thursday.


Joe and Elliot worked on the tree some more, since one of the branches was trimmed from the tree. We ate lunch downtown, and by 3:30 Taj and I were headed back to the shop. That's 6 hours of back breaking moss glueing non-fun. I was drained, especially since we had already spent a full day Friday doing the same task. Doing that one thing for so long completely wiped me out, and it didn't help that it was done on a Monday.


When I got back to the shop I had a couple of small projects. Alice wanted me to make a bag for the American flag that they were using in Brink. Afterwards, I went to help Joe and Elliot and then ended up going back to the theatre with Taj and Elliot to strike the Hard Weather Boating Party furniture from the stage. It had gotten placed there for light focus, and is in rotation with Slasher, so it had to be moved for Slasher's performance tomorrow. By the time we got back it was time to leave for the day.

Well, I'm off to make dinner and then head to bed.

Flashback: Fake Food

I decided that for my first flashback post, I should do it about fake food. I've done a lot of fake food here at ATL and also some at BMC. Fake food is essential in props.

At Brevard, since our stage was so small and in a blackbox, fake food was really hard to pull off so I did a ton of stuff with real food. I'm really good at faking alcoholic drinks that are edible and can be used onstage. Most sodas look like alcoholic drinks, and can be used as a substitute. I don't like to add food coloring to edible drinks because of the risk factor in it dying fabrics in the inevitable case that it will get on costumes or set dressings. Also, food coloring adds a taste that most actors do not prefer (including myself). The best remedy for this is either combing drinks, or watering down them.


One of the tough things about using real food is the actor's diet restrictions. For Eat Your Heart Out, the actress who had the most food to be consumed onstage was a vegetarian. I had to make oysters and snails that looked like the real thing, but wasn't. I ended up using different varieties of canned mushrooms. The actress, thankfully, wasn't opposed to having the mushrooms touch a well cleaned oyster shell. I went to the local fish market, and arranged a deal with the guy and ended up getting the shells for free because he was going to toss them out anyways.


The one thing I have found that I make the most is fruit trays. I think it's because of the easiness of it, and also because of how well it can be translated to different time periods and still fit the scene. During BMC's production of The Magic Flute, I had to make an extremely big fruit dish that the lead was supposed to pretend he was gorging himself on. Since it was done on a proscenium stage, and with a full orchestra pit separating him and the audience I was able to cheat and use some foam to help build up the structure, using less fruit and vegetables. The back was completely uncovered with any fruit, but because I covered the other three sides of the foam building blocks you could not see it.


I also did a tray for ATL's production of A Christmas Carol along with some other savory dishes. Most of the dishes I pulled fake food from the back and rearranged them, but others I had to make from scratch.


Mark had some research of food that he liked and we used that as a basis for some of the creations. I recreated a pudding dish by painting cordial glasses on the inside and filling it with tissue paper. This not only made it look like there was pudding in the dish, but also helped out the fact that I was not using glass paint, but rather acrylics. Because it was acrylics it was see-through and the tissue paper blocked the light from escaping. After it was assembled I dressed it with doilies and various plants from the back.


Normally the creation of fake food is done with foam. Using blue foam is one of the best materials because of it's availability (if you have a Home Depot or Lowes, you have some and won't need to get it ordered) and ease of use. It also comes in a wide variety of thicknesses, and are pretty firm so it won't cave in and will hold up well to wear and tear of multiple shows. Here is the creation of a pie (a very weird pudding/meat/we had no clue pie) from start to finish:



As you can see in the first picture, I am cutting out the base on the band saw. In the second picture I am adhering multiple layers of foam using green glue because we did not have the desired thickness. After I had sculpted and sanded the entire thing, I added a layer of foam coat over top of it to smooth out some of the holes in the foam. After that it got it's paint treatments. I think it came out looking pretty decent to what my research picture looked like. It took me about half a day to finish the entire thing, and much of that was drying time.

Brown Thumb

Today we ended up only working for about 3 hours, which was nice. I made some more notes for Absalom, and pulled some more books for the show as well.

I then started work on staining chairs for Hard Weather Boating Party. There is about 30 chairs to stain, since the chair gets broken every night. At first I had to mix some colors to find what our scene designer wanted, but I'm HORRIBLE at it. I've never been good a mixing colors in any medium, let alone stains. Doc picked out a stain he liked that required no mixing, so Elliot and I stained one chair so that we can have one completed to see how it looks after sealing it and putting gloss on it tomorrow. Somehow during the process I ended up getting a perfect brown thumb. I don't know exactly how it happened, but I have a feeling it was when I was taking off a sticker and had taken off my gloves to try to pick at it, I'm sure I put my thumb down in a drip that I didn't even realize was there.

Oh well, it will fade after a while.

Turtle Transportation

I thought I would share this funny picture from when we struck the set of Shipwrecked. We went into work at 3 last Saturday and worked until about 10 before heading over to theatre. The turtle was one of the last things we brought over, strapped to the back of Doc's pickup. We got some funny looks from other motorists on our trip back to the shop.

Addiction

So, I've had my iPhone for a couple of weeks now and I can safely say I'm addicted to the applications store. I currently have five pages of applications (including the page of apps that came with the phone). I figured I would write up a little list of my top five applications, and why they are essential to me (not in any particular order):


1.) Tumblr
I post to Tumblr a couple of times a day, and since the iPhone does not support MMS messaging, this application is extremely useful for uploading pictures and one sentence blurbs that occur during the day (that I just have the urge to send to the strangers in internet land). It's faster than connecting to the site online, and has options to send your multimedia and a number of ways. It also lets you view your following list without having to continually zoom in to see it. Price: Free


2.)Flickit
I have a paid Flickr account because I use it as an indepth props portfolio that future employeers can see without me showing my actual paper portfolio. I use it all the time, and have tons of photos uploaded. Sometimes when I don't have my camera with me, I take pictures using my cellphone (which come out pretty decently no matter what type of phone you have). This application allows me to upload pictures from my phone, and automatically sends them to Flickr, even when I'm not by the computer. Price: Free


3.) Pandora
I know, everyone recommends this one, but it's true what they say. It's awesome! This internet radio lets you find stations in the genre you like, or you can customize by searching artist you love. I normally have this playing while I'm online, which is extremely helpful because it doesn't eat up bandwith/memory while browsing sites. I have never been one for internet radio until I downloaded this app, and I can say I'm addicted. Price: Free


4.) EasyWriter
Do you write a lot of e-mails on the iPhone? This app is for you. EasyWriter, when launched, brings up a sideways keypad which you can type your e-mail quicker and easier than using the keyboard upright. After you are done typing the message the app sends it to your e-mail account where you can then put the subject and person you are sending it to. Price: Free


5.) Lose It!
Ever use Weight Watchers? This app is basically the food journal portion of the program (minus the point system). This application allows you to keep track of the food you eat each day, in addition to how many calories you have consumed. It estimates based on your weight, goal weight, and how long you want it to take to reacht that goal, how many calories you need to eat per day. As someone who is trying to lose weight, this application really does put things in perspective, especially realizing how many days I go without eating even half of my calories (which is just as damaging as eating more calories). Price: Free

Here are some serious contenders that didn't make it into the top five list:
-Subs
Price: $.99 Allows you to view your subscriptions list on Youtube
-Ocarina
Price: $.99 Coolest game application ever, especially for those who loved Zelda
-iHandy Level
Price: Free. I'm a techie, even though I'm surrounded by hundreds of actual levels a day this is just AWESOME
-Shakespeare
Price: Free. Read full Shakespeare script on your iPhone!

The Past

Since I created this blog, I've been thinking about all the missed posts I could have done if I had just created it sooner. I've had a livejournal for years, but I've sort of giving up posting in that, and I regularily update my Tumblr, but even that really isn't a "blog". I don't go to Tumblr to write huge paragraphs in detail about what happened to me that day. I see Tumblr as more of a scrapbook of my life, a condensed version of what happens in life. It's convenient because I can just send on picture with a caption on it and that will be my post. Here, I have to sit down and take a good couple of minutes to figure out what I want to say in my crazy head.

I do these things as a place for me to remember what I did, and have a place I can look back into the past. It's one of the only reasons I don't cancel my lj or even myspace. I like having something that I can look back on and remember how I felt during that time.

I've been thinking that to make up for the awesome events that have occured, that I would do "flashback" posts. Blogs about things that happened in the past. They will be sporadic, and probably only when I have a good amount of time, but I figured it was a good way to have some documentation about the things that I did that made me happy and that I want to remember.

WorkWorkWork

It seems like that's all I do these days! It's been hectic the past couple of days at the shop. We've been going full speed for the techs of both Slasher and Absalom. I will say, this is NOTHING compared to what I had to deal with at school or during the summer when I was at Brevard Music Center. They were much more stressful. Working at ATL is still hectic and a lot happens, but when you have a crew this size (and a budget the size we do), the little things that you are forced to stress about tend to get pushed aside.

The juggling babies are done, finally! I finished quilting a blanket that three of the dolls were being wrapped in (the girls). Yesterday I ran around doing errands for the most part. After lunch I went over to the theatre to make some scripts for Slasher. Doc had gotten all of the stage managers to set up boxes for people to dump the old versions of scripts in so that we could then use them to make these scripts for the show. The script was being torn every night, so this helped with us having to photocopy 20 scripts, and also a great way to reuse some paper. It took a while because I had to piece through everything (not to mention the trash that some people dumped in there) but I got it done.

Afterwards I went back to the shop where I did some odd things, and then we all got out early. There was a Humana kick off party happening at the theatre, but I was so tired I just didn't want to get ready for a party so me and Heather decided to grab some beer and pizza and we headed back to her place to watch some TV with her boyfriend Brad. It was relaxing and definitely better than having to go through the hassel of going to the party.

Blood Making Supplies in the Prop Kitchen

Today everyone was at the theatre for most of the morning. After helping Doc with some Slasher notes, we split up and half of us went to go do some set dressing for Absalom. The boys worked on putting branches and apples in the tree (one of the actresses climbs up the tree and picks apples during one scene) and Taj and I were given the task to glue moss into the cracks of the downstage apron.


It took us most of the day, minus a lunch break (where Mark provided us with City Cafe sandwiches and got to hang out in the beautiful 60 degree weather) and some errands. While I was there, I found out that Evelyn, the BFF, got some amazing grad school call backs from some schools at SETC. I wish I was there, but there would have been no way to be able to get out of work to drive to Alabama to go to the convention, it just wasn't happening this year. It's supposed to be in Lexington next year (which is like an hour away) so if I'm still in the area, even if it's Humana time I can head over there for a couple of days.

I had to go pick up some different colored duct tape for Under Construction, one of the other Humana shows opening. The show has very little props, just some construction site things (cones, tape, hard hats...). Then later in the day me and Elliot headed out to pick up one of the neon signs for Slasher, where we played with the GPS on my iPhone!


We stayed a little later to wait and see if Doc needed anything before we left, and Heather and I were able to use the time to finish up the moss just as the run crew and stage managment was setting up props for the tech run.

I get tomorrow to sleep in, and then will be heading back to work on Sunday to get some props for Hard Weather Boating Party started.

A (Hopefully) Quick Post Before Bead

Today was gorgeous out! It began cold and then ended to the perfect sunny crisp day.

I began the morning today by running some errands around town, a stop at Big Lots for more babies and a Kroger run followed by dropping things off at the theatre. Half the shop was over at the theatre for the load in for Slasher (which began tech today). I got a call from Heather and ended up going back to the shop to pick up some more things and then another trip to the theatre. By the time I came back it was almost lunch time and I began working more on the babies.

The notes I made yesterday got a new rehearsal note about how they were supposed to be typed so I ended up having to redo them, which is fine. Such the life of a props artisan, make 30 versions of the same prop. I finished out the day making a quilt for the last three babies I have, since we didn't have anything in stock that worked to wrap the babies.

We got off work normal time today because it was the opening of Ameriville, but by 5:30 Doc was calling the shop stressed beyond belief and asking everyone to stay late. We picked up some food for dinner and then worked for a couple more hours. I didn't end up getting home till after 9pm.

I leave you with more baby pictures, because they are the most photogenic :)

The Day I Became the Crazy Corn Syrup Lady....

Today was hectic. And it wasn't because of the stress of Humana looming over the shop.

Today, driving into work, my tire blew. This is the second tire that I have gone through since being here. I have horrible luck with tires, so this shouldn't come as much of a surprise, but it made my day a little more hectic. Doc helped me during lunch getting my spare on, and both Mark and Doc made sure I had a ride to get back to work after I dropped off my car, and a ride to go pick up my car. It was conveniently during trips to and from the theatre. Can I just tell you how much I love my coworkers and how amazing people they are??

My poor car :(

I began work finishing up some projects left over from yesterday, and afterwards I was at a standstill of things to do. Mark had to pick up some things for me to the projects I was assigned today so I ended up taking the van to Kroger to pick up some things for Slasher.

And by some things, I mean 20 bottles of corn syrup and three jars of pickles.


The thing is, we normally buy out most of the corn syrup in town during October when we run our annual production of Dracula (corn syrup=fake blood...see?) and it's a normal occurrence for them then, but when it's March and someone buys out almost the entirety of the two cheapest brands of corn syrup you get funny looks. To top it off I had to buy some pickles (a pickle jar gets thrown so we needed to make a plastic jar, but the plastic jar is much bigger than the normal glass pickle jar so I had to get more to put in so it didn't look weird).

The thing is, nobody asked me why I had what I had in my cart. I had the perfect, best excuse ever "You see I work at Actors Theatre, and I'm making fake blood for a show that we are doing that is set on a slasher-horror film shoot" As someone who once worked as a cashier (for many, many years) I would have been curious, but I guess that's just me.

The day ended with me making another trip out, this time to pick up a light and stand from a light company and making more of my bean bag babies.

Humana Madness

Today starts our month and a half (roughly) of overtime in preparation for the Humana New Play festival. So far, it has been too hectic and the pace seems kind of slow right now. I'm sure it will pick up once more of the shows go into tech, but so far so good.

A little about the Humana festival (told by a person going into it for their first year). The festival is essential a play competition where new works our picked from a pool of thousands of entries to be staged at Actors Theatre as our final shows of the season. 33 years ago, (or maybe it is 34? I don't remember) Humana gave a grant for Actors to produce these new works, and they continue to help fund the event every year. I compare the festival to be the mini version of summer stock for a regional theatre. There is a new show going into tech and opening multiple times per week and we are in overdrive to make sure all of the props get produced as needed in the short time span we have. The Humana Festival is so huge mainly because of it's track record in brining in prize winning playwrights, such as Marsha Norman (Night, Mother) and Beth Henley (Crimes of the Heart) to name a few. A lot of these shows get funded to make runs in bigger theatres, and eventual some make it to Broadway.

My bosses, Mark and Doc, have a small festival blog that they are writing for the Courier Journal (Louisville KY's newspaper). It is a great insight into what we are doing, and especially because it's from their viewpoint. Check it out at http://www.courier-journal.com/blogs/humanafest/blog.html I love reading it, and I work in the department! But in all honesty, it does go into things more, especially things that happen during meetings, rehearsals, or while we are all in our own corners of the shop working on our own projects.

Speaking of projects, today was a pretty light load. I began the day cleaning some props from Humanas past for the Humana kick off party on Thursday, and then after our morning meeting I worked on a few hand props. My first assignment was for the show Slasher where I had to create a document that looked like an injunction. The fun thing about working on paper projects is filling in what needs to be written. I really like making stuff up, especially when it's me pretending I know what I'm doing, but also another thing that I love is making up things that are totally insane. The beauty of props for the stage is that only the actor really can read what it says. As long as you got the layout of the document correct from an audience standpoint everything else doesn't matter. After I started cleaning a diaper bag that is used for Absalom. It is only a set dressing, so tomorrow I will fill it up with some things to give the bag some weight and bulk.

After lunch, Alice our overhire props master, gave me an assignment for the apprentice company's show Brink. The apprentices are basically the acting interns at the theatre. They help run crew for the shows, get cast in smaller roles, get to partake in some classes, and also help the departments during work hours. Their show is crazy, and none of the props make sense. Last week I had found five babies and wrapped them in birthing blankets for a scene in the show. The babies were going to be used for juggling purposes. After a week with them, they decided that they didn't like the babies that they had, and my task was to take the heads of the babies, and make a muslin "hacky sack" filled with a pound of beans.


I found that one of them had a voice box, and so I went around the shop with the headless body of a baby doll pressing the button to make it talk. I felt like the next door neighbor in Toy Story, the one who would take apart all of the dolls. It was hilarious. After a few frustrating attempts, I finally was able to get the bag on the head, so that a.) beans wouldn't spill out and b.) It could be thrown without coming apart. I sewed the new hacky sack baby into a new blanket and put him with the other props for Brink.

My final project of the day was one that I took from Heather, the soft goods artisan. She was busy working in sheer curtains so I decided to help her out since I had no other projects on my list. For Absalom I made a box that would house a stack of dishes that would be used during the show. I had to put some blue foam at the bottom to make it look like it was a bigger stack of plates, and then I put some brown craft paper over it to hide the company logo and delivery stickers.

New Beginings

I don't know why I continuously decide to sign up for more of these types of blogs. I currently already am on Facebook, Myspace, Twitter, Tumblr. Live Journal, and probably five more blogs that I don't even remember now (including an older Blogspot that I now can no longer get into). I'm a little obsessed, I know. I figure that even though the chances that people will even read this it's a great resource for me to have an "online scrapbook" of what is going on in my life.

A little about myself:

My name is Jessie and I currently work as an intern in props at a theatre in Louisville KY. I graduated college the spring of '08 with a degree in theatre performance, but followed my love of prop making instead of continuing the performance side. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love it and have been doing it for so long, but I needed a change, and something that would push me and allow me to focus on my strengths in physical creativity (instead of the psyhcological creativitiy that acting gives me). I really do love prop making as much as acting, and I don't know how I was so blessed to get the gig I did.

That's a little bit about me, more will come in the entries I post. I really want to try to continue this as actively as I have my other blog (if you want to call it that): http://charisma13.tumblr.com I think I have kept up with that one more frequently because of how easy it is to use and post something within seconds. I usually just post pictures of what goes on during my day.

This blog will be about my life, and mainly focusing the development of my craft and the "world" after college. I hope if you find this blog it is entertaining. If you are into props, let me know! The prop world is very small and not much is out there. I love meeting new people.

Ok, this is it for now. More to come later