up for air

day 101.
it's finally come and truth be told it should have ended a few days ago but they needed some more action packed footage. i guess. the days at the salt mine of this project are coming to a close. i have to admit it's always weird at the end of a show, everyone goes their separate ways, goes to new shows, on vacation, some to never be seen again - thankfully sometimes, and sometimes it's a drag when people leave and never come back. we spend a lot of time here with each other and while, for the most part, we like and love each other, by the end of a long show you're ready to part ways, at least for a while. i know for me this show was split into three very distinct parts. the beginning where it was all new and the set-up was casual and easy going, work nonetheless but familiar. then came the stress of the first days on set, certain people stressing much more than was required at such an early part of the show therefore sending others into a tizzy as well. this second part of the show was very hard for me. one driver - the best there is by a long shot but still too much work for one man. he and i tried to get it all done and most of the time made it happen but we did falter a few times and i took those failures quite hard. but we made it through. during this tough time we gained another driver, hardip, who proved to be a godsend. while no paul, he was and is a great driver. he made our lives that much better and we got more shit done every day because of him.
we lost hardip after xmas...and had to see life once again without him.
the last portion has been tough as well but with the light at the end of the tunnel starting to get bigger it was easier to take. more action taking place in one location and less scrambling to service two and three locations was easier on us as a team.
today is the last day of principle shooting and i welcome it. by the end of next week i'll be packing up my shit and heading home to sleep. and then sleep some more. i will be fixing my mowers, driving around, hanging out with shauna, eating burritos, hanging out at coffee shops and hanging out with shauna.
ok. good.


the other day shauna and i took stella over to west van, home of the stores that all close at 9 pm or earlier, and let her run around the park near whole foods. we had snacks at whole foods and also ran into krista and corbin while waking stella. it was a beautiful day and hopefully there will be more of those once i'm done here at the salt mine.
on a sad note, i found out last night that an old friend of mine, but really more of an acquaintence through the music scene years ago - scott harding, who lives in NYC, and works as a sound engineer and is a great musician himself was injured in a car accident when his cab was t-boned on his way home friday night. he was hurt quite badly and i just wanted to let people know who may know him here. he was a fixture in the music scene here when i was first working at citr and cutting my teeth in world of vancouver punk rock. two of his most memorable vancouver projects were rhythm mission and the jazzmanian devils. god bless you scott. i will get more details about this as i get them.

there's a little about it here.

g. xo