Busy, or just lazy?

A new friend recently asked if I've been on strike, or busy, or what,

(thanks for caring, Blue Fairy!)

and brought to the front burner the notion that I've become a derelict (okay, maybe just negligent) blogger.

Thus I offer a couple of pics (I shot them, sorry, I'm not in them) to document what I've been up to -- work, work and more work. Here's a notion of my typical day:

4:30am -- alarm goes off.
5:00am -- rise, shower, dress.
5:30am -- drive.
6:20am -- arrive at the studio, eat breakfast, get ready for the day
7:00am -- shooting company is officially "in." work begins in earnest.
11:00am - eat lunch (it's really called the "snack" but it's a full-on catered lunch.
1:00pm -- lunch break, one hour. either table tennis or reading (no internet on stage)
2:00pm -- back to shooting
8:00pm -- that's a wrap. drive home (except fridays, when many of us stay to play table tennis)
8:50pm -- be a father, be a husband, read mail and email, fail to update blog,
10:00pm - bed.

the pace may seem intolerable to some, but believe me, it beats having lots of personal time while underemployed (and since not having enough money has nearly destroyed my marriage in the past, believe me, i'm grateful for my job)

...and it won't last much longer anyway -- the network has notified us that, after seven years, we will shoot only four more episodes. yep, cancelled.

time to look for a new job... but such is a hallmark of a life in film. the fact that malcolm is cancelled really only changes where I'll be working this fall, since the show would go on hiaitus in six weeks anyway. looking for work is something that we so-called motion picture professionals get used to. work on a feature film is typically a four-to-six month job, while a television show can last for nine months (television shows typically go on hiaitus for the summer). so we scramble for the next commerical or pilot or feature or sitcom (known as "three camera show") or "m.o.w." (movie of the week -- made for tv movies that don't pay as well as theatrical features) or whatever...

anybody out there know anybody who's looking for an experienced, creative, mature, reasonably sane, desperately handsome, multi-talented set dresser/prop guy?