I'm back but still putting in time on National Treasure 2. This is a pic of two 200 ton cranes that will pick up the set and place it in a tank. The set will fill with water thus giving the illusion that it is sinking. This may be filmed on Monday July 2nd but it's anybody's guess if it really happens. I hope to get some video too.

Friday June 8

I'm back in the movie business, if only for a day. I'm in a warehouse working on "Genre Project". This is a sequel to a summer blockbuster from the past and directed by one of the most well-known member of the DGA. There's nothing that makes this movie any different than any other show I've ever worked.

Tomorrow I have to take a class in safe handling of bloodborne pathogens. This means that I learn how to dispose of bloody gauze pads and band aids. I learned how to do this in my first EMT course about 12 years ago. Nothing has changed and every EMT, Paramedic, RN, and LVN knows what to do with blood. The class is a waste of two hours on a day off.

If you have a chance check out www.watchthewater.org to see what's going on with the L.A. County Beaches. I enjoy the times I work at the beach, a lifeguard will say, "It's good to feel the sand between your toes". That can sum it up most of the time. The days are usually relaxing and it gives me a chance to be outside instead of spending hours on end on a dark sound stage with no sense of time.

I know this isn't a day in Hollywood but it is what I do. I'm in Santa Monica and the wind is howling. That is effectively forcing people to leave the beach. I'm working today until 8 PM which is a very slow shift because I started at noon. Friday I'll work on construction for some show.

An overcast day at Will Rogers tower 4 just south of Sunset Blvd. The last few surfers left the water a couple of minutes ago. There's no medic work since last Thursday so I'm so glad to have lifeguarding as a back-up. Today I've spent time polishing the stainless steel on the shutters. The reality of the work is nothing like what millions saw on " Baywatch". I tell beachgoers that there is more action on one episode of Baywatch than I've had in 30 years on the beach.