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Nature, Goulet/potw
It’s been a hot minute and a lot (kinda) has happened since last I blogged.
The biggest thing would probably be that I turned 25 on the 22nd. Yikes. My quarter-life-crisis is still hanging around, though I think its been around long before I actually had my birthday. I’m OK and everything, but hitting 25 is the magic number that kinda kicks ya in the pants a little. To celebrate I went west to Holland, MI. Good times were had, got wacky, said hello to Big Rock Candy Mountain and sang a lot of 90s music.
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Oh yeah! I also saw This American Life Live on Thursday. What a treat. It’ll re-air on May 7th if you missed it, and I believe it’ll be on the radio, but I highly recommend seeing it for the extra visual greatness. Do it!
Sooo, yesterday, withsome trepidation I went for a run with my good friend Eric Elliot aka E-dub at Paint Creek Trail in Rochester. Eric has been running like a maniac for some time now. Me on the other hand have been a runner for a while, but mostly off and on like. His idea was to do 13 miles, since I’m training for one naturally. I tell him I’ll run for my required hour of training for the day and see where I’m at after that. So far, I’ve been up to about 5-6 miles. About a half mile in is when the thunderstorm downpour started. It felt simultaneously crazy and awesome to run in that weather. Frogs and worms came out to play. The thing about Eric is he’s a crazy motivator. I was definitely not on the same level as him and my body was not ready for that amount of action, but he kept insisting and pushing me to the finish. Around mile 9 I had to take it down a notch andwalk for a while. Eric wasn’t having any walking, but I had to. I was glad because I hung out with 8 deer. After some recouping, I jogged out the last few .miles. So after all the crazy weather, nature and jello-legs, I made it 13 miles. Farthest I’ve ever traveled on foot in one stretch. I’m glad Eric pushed me. It was about time something like that happened. So, for that E-dub is this week’s Person of the Week!
Last note. Went to Jumbo’s, my favorite karaoke on Saturday nights to finish off my birthday celebrations. I gotta say, its just not the same since Nick the karaoke guy got replaced. If anybody wants to go down I might have 1 or 2 more visits in me until I find another cool dive bar w/singing.
take it easy cheesy.
-p.
Person of the Week- MFerg
Well this is a first; a person being named person of the week for the 2nd time!
You may have seen my previous post detailing what I will do for your donations to my fundraiser, if not check it out. One of them is if you donate $30 you’ll be featured on here as PotW.
Here’s the first time Merissa Ferguson was honored.
Well, this time around, she was one of the very first people to donate to my Team Challenge fundraiser. Off the bat, I was kind of skeptical that any of my friends would donate, not to say they’re cheap or don’t care, but we are in a recession and all, I can hardly afford to donate myself…Anyway Merissa was my first friend to give and I was pumped, since then a handful of others have followed suit(sp?).
I’m sad I can’t give her a big thank you hug since she’s all the way in Lubbock, TX. Although we did get the chance to hang out in MTP a while ago and it was a grand time as always.
So thank you Merissa! Congrats on being the first person to get person of the week for the 2nd time 
-p.
Person of the Week: Erick Donaldson
Last week I worked on a film in Livonia. If it weren’t for Mr.Erick Donladson, I wouldn’t have been able to get on, at least not in the art department. He is the production designer on this one, and we’ve worked together on 2 previous films. This current movie has been quite the rollercoaster. There’s all sorts of drama. Erick had to do a lot of convincing to get me on and I appreciate that very much, a sign of a true friend. The powers that be did not want to pay me from day 1, insisting to hire interns for free. Erick made sure I got in and got paid, although very little-it was better than nothing. The money wasn’t everything though, it was just fun to work with my friends in the first place.
Last night Erick called me to let me know I had to be let go. Part of me was relieved, but I mostly thought it sucked. Relieved to not have to wake up so early, but pissed cause the art department is really small as it is, and we have a lot to take care of-especially this week. So I feel bad that these people are working their asses off with no time or energy. This movie is crazy.
So a big thank you E.Donaldson for helpin’ me out, showing me how a pro handles pressure and how to have fun on a shitty movie. This week’s person of the week!
haha, on the set of Man Who Collected Food with Dir.Matt Roth
-p.
