Grey Day

1:30 in the afternoon
& aside from early AM mist & fog...
no rain.
Was I too quick to cancel today's shoot?
Or is MetroWest a sloppy wet field right now?
I remember a couple months back,
when cameraman & I were wrapping up the final
(the real final)
Model FX for "AERO"...
We took an impromptu trip to downtown Worcester
to scout a potential location for Ad's video.
We took Rte 9 right as it bisects downtown Worcester
& it was pissing rain,
a Greek god staddling the sky & unloading hot liquid needles.
Water came up to the doors,
gesisers blew up past drainage pipes & manhole covers,
people huddled in steakhouse doorways.
I thought we'd wash out to sea.
Flashflooded half a state away to Gloucester or into Maine.
But an hour later we were on the highway,
& by the time we reached Boston...
we were high & dry.

Oops. Sound guy just called,
sounding terrible.
He's flu-struck so no "AERO" mixing tonight...
so that's two cancels.
What's an indie filmmaker to do?
I could go on a tear...
part of me still feels live-wired from last month's fundraiser.
I never relaxed because it was
money money money OR
music video music video music video.
No transitional downtime,
even NIFF get-away which prompted this whole blog return
was less a weekend get-away than a 1-day walk in the rain
(there's that inclement weather again).
But money money money is tight AND
music video music video music video is breathing down my neck.
I rented Tony Curtis "Houdini" from library,
I could go home & watch that.
Wow. That sounds enthralling.
I dunno...
need to meet up w/ editor this afternoon anyway & pick-up SFX ref CD
so I'll dabble a little more here in the coffeeshop,
then go on my merry way.