Baby Pups Need Homes Soon
Welp, Holly is definitely preggers. And she's pregnant with a little whelp! Or, more likely, a bunch of them. An entire litter, even. Sigh. I love dogs, and I love Holly, but I'm not sure if I'm ready to take care of the little ones. We'll see. I don't want to give em up. I would consider giving them to worthy families, but who knows who these people really are? That kid could be the next Jeffrey Dahmer, eager to get a head start on his psychopathic career with a go at one of her babies. Scary, scary thought. Shudder. Oh well...what are ya gonna do? Take the good with the bad. I have a good knack for figuring out people, so I think I'll be able to spot the good ones from about a mile away. It's worked so far with the men in my life... which probably explains why there aren't any! No good men for miles. Plus, whenever I do meet someone I end up running an extensive people search on them and finding out bad stuff. Ugh. Sometimes my propensity to find people hurts me. Makes me paranoid. Just like the people who wrote To the War on Drugs. Talk about conspiracy theories!

My Dog's a Slut!
Holly is kind of a little slut dog. Hehe. Not in a bad way, but man did Holly enjoy that beautiful retriever plugging her up. They went at it much longer than I've ever seen two dogs do it (and some human men, to be quite honest) and seemed to really love it. Despite it being so explicit, it was pretty beautiful actually. I think Holly got seeded, too, cause she's been real erratic lately. Mood swings, weight gain, a craving for pickles. Weird, huh? But I always noticed that Holly acted like people more than other dogs I've known and met. Just to make sure, she and the other dog are gonna hump one more time. I can't wait for little puppies! I've been hitting up the find person sites to see if I can find any old friends that might want dogs. I only trust a select few people, so I have to run a very exclusive people serch to ensure that they get a good home. Okay, gotta go. Holly's calling. But first, check out this hilarious rant To Everyone Regarding the Most Annoying Roommate Ever. Funny stuff. And read here about the benefits of vitamins.

Finding a Mate
I'm not sure if I mentioned this yet, but I suppose I haven't because it just hasn't been relevant. Anyway, Holly was never spayed. She's still fertile. In fact, the only thing that might be considered bad behavior on her part is the fact that she occasionally tries to "present" herself to people. I guess she just needs it bad sometimes. We're very careful with her, and I guess I just never got around to getting it done. Maybe somewhere in the back of my mind I thought she might make a good mother someday..I don't really know. I just never really found the right mate for her, until yesterday, that is. I'm still doing the hospital volunteer thing with Holly, and yesterday we met this really beautiful retriever mix. He's chocolate brown and friendly and smart. They really took to each other. So yeah, we might have some babies! Not to sell them but to bring happiness to all my friends who really want a dog as good as Holly. Now we can! I'm gonna meet up with the owner next week and try to figure things out. Turns out the dog's owner is a bit of a people finder too, just like me. She's probably running a background search on me as we speak (just like I am with her) to see if I'm trustworthy. I don't blame her. All my experience finding people has taught me to be very careful with who I trust. There are some wackjobs out there just waiting to find someone they can mess with. Ok, I'm gonna go take a break and read this hilarious Rant Farm - To Scrabulous. See you next time...

Holly Gives Back
Mood:  bright
I know I've told you about my dog, Holly, right? Giant black lab with the sweetest temperment ever? Well, I was thinking about volunteering and my sister told me that they have these services where you take a well trained, pre-approved dog into hospitals and stuff, and it like cheers up the patients. I thought that sounded really neat, so I looked it up and got involved in this program that helps pet owners go through all they need to to do this. There's this little training thing where they want to make sure the dogs won't get spooked by anything in the hospital and have the right temperment. Holly of course was the perfect candidate, which didn't surprise me at all. So this last weekend we had our first hospital visit, and it went really well. I got to talking to one of the guys in there, a retired PI in for hip replacement, and he told me stories about what he used to have to go through to find people in the old days. Finding people now is so much easier! On the other hand, his stories sound a lot more interesting than "I went online, typed in a name, found him." Then this nurse came in and told us both about how her aunt read this article on finding the child you put up for adoption and it changed her life. We all agreed the internet has really changed things for the better. But then it was time for Holly and I to leave. I took the PI's informtaion though. I wouldn't mind doing some sort of project on him, maybe a documentary. I don't know--I'm a DP, not a director, but...I've been thinking lately. Maybe I want to expand....anyway, I have that indy flick to work on, but after that, we'll see.

And still on break....
Mood:  a-ok
So after all that complaining about how busy I was, now I've got all this free time. I suppose that's a good thing, and my last gig did pay enough that I'm okay for a while, but I'm still getting kind of nervous about this strike. I've heard rumours that they want to push it until the actors' contracts come up in June. I just don't know that I can be out of work that long. My friend has an indy that was bought and okayed before the strike that should be starting production in a few weeks, so I'm hoping to get work on that. It's small potatoes compared to what I just worked on, but a paycheck is a paycheck. One thing that all of this extra time has helped me with is my love life. I've been focusing my people search on women lately...I wish there was a good people finder for finding your perfect date. I use the online dating sites, but I haven't had much luck with them. Another thing I have been thinking a lot about lately is how to donate to charity. When I was home, my sister was telling me all about her job--she works in non-profit--and it got me thinking that I really need to give more back, you know? I think I might try volunteering, while I have the time. And maybe I can meet some new, really cool people too. Win win, right?

Home for the Holidays!
Mood:  bright
Hello! I am writing to you from my parent's house. I needed to get away from the fam for a few minutes. You know just check my mail and avoid being kissed by my grandma, the usual. I thought I'd stop in and say howdy. I have been having a good break so far. Actually, I've had more a break than I thought I would due to this damn writer's strike! Needless to say I have had a lot of time on my hands to people search and try to find a person online. I've been trying to find someone I worked with for a couple weeks on a set, and I haven't been having much luck. I bet they're being private, but I'll find him. I am confident. I wish I could be finding a personal shopper to do my last minute shopping, which I have to go do right now, so I better peace out. Be well my people!

I Hate the Holidays!
So my family lives kind of far away from me, which makes the holidays hard. I have the means to go back, but I don't have the time. My schedule doesn't care about holidays or families. That's the biz I suppose. Production hardly ever stops for Thanksgiving and never for New Years. At least I get Christmas off, but still. I think this year some of the crew is going to have our own Thanksgiving, which should be a good drunken time, but I still miss my family. I'm glad that I could find people to work with who are so cool. I wish I could find a person in my family to move near me though! Speaking of family, my sister just found this site you should check out called GiantLists.com-Never Hire People to do For You, which is a bunch of lists that cracked her up. This list was my favorite, its a lsit of things you should never hire people to do for you. HA! Gotta jet and run errands with my sweet free time.

Who are you searchin' for?
Mood:  bright

Hey guys, back again for another fascinating blog post from the industry insider :) It's so cool to work on a big budget operation rather than the indie films I am used to working on. THe biggest difference is the food and expense budget you get, but on the flip side you have to deal with bureaucracy and added paperwork. Work aside I wanted to let you all know how my people searching is going. Just found my bestest high school buddie and he's flying out for a visite next week. I nearly killed him (with a heart attack) when I called him afterfinding him through a people search engine I used. It's unbelievable how similar our lives have turned out! He has the same breed of dog as mine (a male though), he's unmarried and works in television (Miami). He's often out here for work. It's so cool to reconnect. So in my search for my buddy, I found a few cool people search tools I wanted to let you all know about:

Find People
Find Someone
People Search Digest - Livesearch Overhaul

Busy Bee!
Mood:  a-ok
Right so in my last entry I was bored. I can't even imagine what that felt like. I am so busy these days. I'm working on this big budget film that was supposed to be a two month shootm but now it's definitely looking like it's going to be closer to three months. I have like no time to blog, but I have, rather miraculously, found time to people search, and find people online. Random. Anyways, I gotta get going, cause I'm on my Sidekick at work now. See ya!

Bored!
Mood:  mischievious
So, I just wrapped up a film a week and a half ago. I'm not starting up again for another week and I am so bored. I know I should take this time to relax and treat it as a vacation, but I've just been sitting at home. At first it was nice, but now I've rested, napped, gone to the beach, and taken care of errands. Lately I have been on the Internet a lot and have been people searching. Really weird, I know, but one of the make-up artists on my last shoot was really into it and always talked about finding people online. I always thought she was a total nut job, but I got so bored that I decided to try it. It's really addicting. I have found some of the most awesome sites doing this. I had no idea that was so easy to find people online, and get their contact info. You can reconnect with old frat buddies, like I did, or you can people search for your own safety. There are some weirdos out there. I might be one of them, I should probably background check myself to be sure.