We made it!
Phew it was a long trip from Iowa to California. Trevor and I packed up our Civic on Tuesday night and left Wednesday morning. He was pretty sure that I was going to bring too many clothes, but we did the "no box" method and put all my clothes in a couple of laundry baskets. Which left room for a WHOLE tub of shoes!
Our first stop was in Boulder, Colorado, where we visited my aunt and uncle and cousins. The drive through Iowa was smooth early in the morning, but by the time we ran into Omaha and the rest of Nebraska the roads were surprisingly busy! For a state that has a 75mph highway, not many people go the speed limit, let alone go the traditional 5 over. However, when we moved to I70 in Colorado it was fast fast fast from there. Anyway, my aunt runs an organic day care. Trevor had never been to Boulder and we went on a little driving tour of the city, and walked through the UC-Boulder campus. My cousin, Cella, who just finished her freshmen year of high school, is an avid soccer player and just joined a new regional team. We picked her up from practice and headed home for a great meal made by my aunt.
Trevor and I left early and drove to Las Vegas (because I had never been!) We quickly came up to the Rocky Mountains and some of those steep hills going down were SCARY!!! I have a really good friend who is terrified of heights (to the point of crying if you talk about sky diving), and recommended to her that she never drive I70... both through Colorado and Utah. The beginning of Utah was nice and 80mph!! I had never seen the desert and it was fun to look at the surprising beauty of the hills and dust. Then we started getting back to some hills and canyons and that's when I got really nervous to drive. I'm not terrible with heights, but they do make me uneasy!! Trevor lovingly took an 8 hour driving shift so I didn't have to feel nervous. But once we got close to the Arizona boarder... I was OFF!!!
I'll get more into it, but I hadn't had a lot of time to work on my script supervising class, but tried to retime the script in the car. It was unsuccessful since I get car sick if I read in the car. Anyway, Trevor and I made it to Las Vegas and stayed at Harrah's along the strip. It was a wonderful time of people watching, seeing the Bellagio fountains and coming out ahead in Blackjack. And the buffet of course!
So now here I am in Los Angeles and the first thing we did before moving in to my new place was go to a camera, grip and audio expo! WOW WOW WOW!! It was on the back lot of Paramount Studios and Trevor and I were a little star struck by the sound stages and what was filmed/being filmed in them. My knowledge of cameras and grip is good enough to be able to communicate to the Director of Photography (DP) what it is I'm trying to make in the image, but when minute little details in different brands of lights, rigs, and cameras, then I start to get a little lost. But man, there were a lot of drones for cameras!!
I'm staying on the UCLA campus and it is very nice and I feel very safe. Trevor and I are going to take the Big Blue Bus down to Santa Monica soon - right after lunch as I start my internship tomorrow!! We'll spend the afternoon on the beach :)
