Happy Thanksgiving from Santa Monica Tower 20

Another day in Griffith Park with Construction. So far it's much cooler than yesterday.

Back in P. Pal. and it's raining pretty hard. Construction and Greens are sitting around waiting for it to stop.

Third and final day on reshoots of "Bad Teacher". Starting tomorrow I'll be covering Construction for a feature.

Reshoots for a major motion picture. Three days work plus yesterday equals the most in a row since I finished the principle photography on this in April.

; I'm going to consider changing the blog title to "Confessions of an Ocean Lifeguard" because it would be more appropriate. I'll be working at Topsail

; tower on the Venice peninsula aka Venice South.

On a TV show in C. Hills today. I could have ridden my bike here. May be a short enough day to get a Beach mini.

I'm not saying I need(ed) a crystal ball for every decision, chicken or fish is a relatively easy one. Whether to get married or to whom? I'm just saying...

At Busby's West for The Moth. Many good stories and I've had a couple of good drinks that fit my tastes (ie) a 21 yr old girl. Sweet drinks.

A rescuer must know when to save himself.

Ah, Friday. A long week was had by all.

? I'll shoot to be a Permanent Lifeguard.

? I already have my 30,000 hours now I have to get the 20 years for "lifetime" medical (it's only supplemental to Medicare). After that milestone I think

? the day ("the Abby Singer"). -- IMDb Trivia: Abby Singer.

? "Back in the day" the 1st A.D. used to notify the crew that the "Abby" was up.shot or the "Abby" (short for Abby Singer) Worked as a production manager a

? nd assistant director in film between the 1950s and the 1980s. His name has become famous in Hollywood as a phrase describing the second-to-last shot of

? Oh what we will do to occupy our mind and our time. I'm playing solitaire on my phone trying to stay awake and distract my mind from worried thoughts a

The number of hours we put in to this business are more than most people can imagine.

Tests
Working on stage doing camera tests.

Amended Vacation Request

To: Capt. Atanasio:
From: Tony Whitmore

I would like to request a vacation day for Monday, July 19, 2010 in addition to Tues. July 20, 2010.

Respectfully submitted,

Tony Whitmore
Employee #134259

New show

Today marks the first day of a new show. On construction for a
feature, regular hours will be nice. Supposed to get wifi in the
warehouse, that will be great.

More updates to follow.

Tony

Beach

Getting a day Lifeguarding. Working at Santa Monica 20, otherwise
known as Bay St. The ocean bottom is chewed up from Winter storms and
the rip currents are pulling.

A couple of French girls came up to the tower for a picture

Be safe

Tony

Retirement

I'm wrapping today but I went for a run in Venice.
My retirement will involve sitting by the phone waiting for either a
Medic or Lifeguard call.

Be well and stay dry.

Tony

Ouch!!

A Security Guard just asked for antibiotic ointment, tape, and a
plastic bag. The injury, 2nd degree burn to his penis. How'd that
happen? "I was frying something in bacon grease with my robe open."

There are always new adventures and the injuries related to said
adventures.

Extra Day

Well, it was gonna be two days left but now they added Sat. Good
lunch; lobster, steak, chocolate truffle cake oh yeah!!! ðNðN

Tony