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Well the weekend continued on a very amusing line as I went to take pictures on the USS Constellation in Baltimore's inner harbor yesterday. I like to go up and hang out with Leigh while he's doing his thing, because its so neat to watch the different kinds of people and what they ask about or do on the ship. Yesterday was pretty low key because of the weather I think. That was, of course, until the Learning Channel showed up.
Coming soon to the Learning channel will be a show dedicated to these two girls who claim that they can pick up the voices of spirits from beyond on a K-mart magnetic cassette tape. I think if I were stoned enough, I probably could too. Anyway, early, before the ship closed for the day, the camera ccrew and producer showed up to take pictures of people looking around the ship, etc. I think they caught a few of me while I was doing my photography assignment. Immediately I began to feel like I was about to become part of Unsolved Mysteries.
The whole rest of the afternoon, while the camera crew was using the seaport taxi to take pictures o the ship from the harbor, Leigh and I were continually making Ghostbuster cracks. Comments about running up and down the decks screaming, hiding in the crew quarters, etc, abounded. We were just having a hell of a fun time with it. But round 6:30 they showed up.
Okay, I watch these shows when they're on. A few I find intriquing, a few I find fake. Most I can respect. These girls, are completely fake. They probably left a tape player running one night in a house, caught someone snoring on tape and thought it was the ghost of the house or something. One looked like a pudgy lisa loeb crossed with a backup singer for Courtney Love, and the other looked like she shoulda been a temp somewhere, or one of the "Gap: Stretch" dancers. The snit on her face just showed me she thought she was better than everyone around because she had a tape player. She tried to put the microphone in her cleavage to entice the men to help her with it, which just made Leigh and I roll our eyes.
For filming on the ship, they had another cameraman with a sony minicam. His name was Steve, and he introduced himself voluntarily. A really nice guy- he reminded me of Uncle Ben in a lot of ways (as a matter of fact, he too played Cello....cooincidence? I think not-: :P) He was cute too, so he was ok in my book...and we actually hit it off really well. The full cameraman and Sound guy were nice, but very worldly, so they just kinda kept their head down and did their work, thinking this was a bunch of hoo haa as well. Then there was the producer. If you've seen Popeye with Robin Williams, and the guy that popeye fights..the babyfaced kid thing....that's the producer. No, h wasn't that guy, but he's the spitting image..maybe a little larger...but that's him. And a little bit of a prick too.
Leigh had to give the girls a tour on camera, so I followed along behind. These girls were completely idiotic. The producer told them to ask Leigh questions during the tour, and they said they couldn't because he explained everything. I was so rady to just start popping questions, I swear. Any idiot can come up with things to ask. There are no stupid questions, just stupid people. Then they had the audacity to tell Leigh he was lying when he said there weren't any deaths on the ship. Figuring he works there and has studied it, he would know...there are stories, but if you look at the stories, they're bogus. At one point, Steve needed me to walk past a window to make a shadow on a plaque he was filming. So hopefully I'll be a shadow in the show!
Finally it was done, and it was time for Leigh and I to twiddle our thumbs for a little bit while they set up their tape recorders and what not. I went and got a glass of Leigh's homemade Beer, which is really good. Once they were on their way down below on the ship, Leigh and I sat back and just started making cracks about the whole situation, and about all the stuff we wished we could do. We had some good conversations about life in General, and about the starter (a small whip used on Naval Vessels) that he made from Ashley's book of knots. I think that Toybag could make these easily..they even have a good combo of thud and sting. Was half tempted to steal it :)
The producer came up and not only asked if they could turn the lights off, but if they could stay on for another hour- when they were only supposed to be on until 9:30. He said they would take us to dinner, which in his book meant he handed us 20 bucks each. Nice. Not that I minded the free meal. Steve came off the ship at one point and asked if were havin a party in there and somehow a comment about table dancing was made, so I took my shoes off, and then acted like I was lowering my shirt as he came back through and said "sorry, you missed." It was so wrong.
They finished at 10 minutes to 11. We went down and turned the lights back on, and then stayed below while they were finishing getting things together. We closed the captains quarters, and began singing. I was tired, Leigh was tired, and we didn't care anymore. We busted into the Parting Glass first, since we wated to go home, then Health to the Company, and then Queen of Argyle. When we came up on the main deck, the crew was clapping (the girls acted like they had better things to to do with their life than compliment people who were being kind enough to wait around for them to quit fucking with things they shouldn't be). Steve was like, "you have an incredible voice, and you can really project." My face turned seven shades of red, especially cause I didn't know they were still up on deck. Later, Steve and I exchanged numbers and Email addresses. :) Wee!
I had hoped to ask Steve out for drinks/dinner, but it was wayy too late, and they were off on their own little clique. So Leigh and I headed up to Captial Brewery (when its brewed, get the Constellation Ale because the Constellation gets a kickback). Unfortunately, the kitchen was closed, so we then went on the journey of a lifetime to find Dinner. We finally ended up hitting the 'Dennys in Glen Burnie after I dropped Aunt Michelle's ren faire clothes off. I hadn't had denny's in a long time, so it was quite a welcome change. The whole time the conversation was completely focused on the ship. I could tell they had just fucked around with stuff energy wise- my ears were burning. I was really pissed. But fortunately it was over and we wouldn't have ot deal with them again. Though Leigh and I have decided that when this is on, we're going to have a big drunk party to MST3k it totally. We've even thought of taping it and then taping over Leighs parts with a voice over of new comments :P That would be fun too.
So yes, look soon for Leigh Ulrich and the shadow of Mea Clift in ......Some haunting thing on one of the learning channels.
Okay, off to a nap.
Coming soon to the Learning channel will be a show dedicated to these two girls who claim that they can pick up the voices of spirits from beyond on a K-mart magnetic cassette tape. I think if I were stoned enough, I probably could too. Anyway, early, before the ship closed for the day, the camera ccrew and producer showed up to take pictures of people looking around the ship, etc. I think they caught a few of me while I was doing my photography assignment. Immediately I began to feel like I was about to become part of Unsolved Mysteries.
The whole rest of the afternoon, while the camera crew was using the seaport taxi to take pictures o the ship from the harbor, Leigh and I were continually making Ghostbuster cracks. Comments about running up and down the decks screaming, hiding in the crew quarters, etc, abounded. We were just having a hell of a fun time with it. But round 6:30 they showed up.
Okay, I watch these shows when they're on. A few I find intriquing, a few I find fake. Most I can respect. These girls, are completely fake. They probably left a tape player running one night in a house, caught someone snoring on tape and thought it was the ghost of the house or something. One looked like a pudgy lisa loeb crossed with a backup singer for Courtney Love, and the other looked like she shoulda been a temp somewhere, or one of the "Gap: Stretch" dancers. The snit on her face just showed me she thought she was better than everyone around because she had a tape player. She tried to put the microphone in her cleavage to entice the men to help her with it, which just made Leigh and I roll our eyes.
For filming on the ship, they had another cameraman with a sony minicam. His name was Steve, and he introduced himself voluntarily. A really nice guy- he reminded me of Uncle Ben in a lot of ways (as a matter of fact, he too played Cello....cooincidence? I think not-: :P) He was cute too, so he was ok in my book...and we actually hit it off really well. The full cameraman and Sound guy were nice, but very worldly, so they just kinda kept their head down and did their work, thinking this was a bunch of hoo haa as well. Then there was the producer. If you've seen Popeye with Robin Williams, and the guy that popeye fights..the babyfaced kid thing....that's the producer. No, h wasn't that guy, but he's the spitting image..maybe a little larger...but that's him. And a little bit of a prick too.
Leigh had to give the girls a tour on camera, so I followed along behind. These girls were completely idiotic. The producer told them to ask Leigh questions during the tour, and they said they couldn't because he explained everything. I was so rady to just start popping questions, I swear. Any idiot can come up with things to ask. There are no stupid questions, just stupid people. Then they had the audacity to tell Leigh he was lying when he said there weren't any deaths on the ship. Figuring he works there and has studied it, he would know...there are stories, but if you look at the stories, they're bogus. At one point, Steve needed me to walk past a window to make a shadow on a plaque he was filming. So hopefully I'll be a shadow in the show!
Finally it was done, and it was time for Leigh and I to twiddle our thumbs for a little bit while they set up their tape recorders and what not. I went and got a glass of Leigh's homemade Beer, which is really good. Once they were on their way down below on the ship, Leigh and I sat back and just started making cracks about the whole situation, and about all the stuff we wished we could do. We had some good conversations about life in General, and about the starter (a small whip used on Naval Vessels) that he made from Ashley's book of knots. I think that Toybag could make these easily..they even have a good combo of thud and sting. Was half tempted to steal it :)
The producer came up and not only asked if they could turn the lights off, but if they could stay on for another hour- when they were only supposed to be on until 9:30. He said they would take us to dinner, which in his book meant he handed us 20 bucks each. Nice. Not that I minded the free meal. Steve came off the ship at one point and asked if were havin a party in there and somehow a comment about table dancing was made, so I took my shoes off, and then acted like I was lowering my shirt as he came back through and said "sorry, you missed." It was so wrong.
They finished at 10 minutes to 11. We went down and turned the lights back on, and then stayed below while they were finishing getting things together. We closed the captains quarters, and began singing. I was tired, Leigh was tired, and we didn't care anymore. We busted into the Parting Glass first, since we wated to go home, then Health to the Company, and then Queen of Argyle. When we came up on the main deck, the crew was clapping (the girls acted like they had better things to to do with their life than compliment people who were being kind enough to wait around for them to quit fucking with things they shouldn't be). Steve was like, "you have an incredible voice, and you can really project." My face turned seven shades of red, especially cause I didn't know they were still up on deck. Later, Steve and I exchanged numbers and Email addresses. :) Wee!
I had hoped to ask Steve out for drinks/dinner, but it was wayy too late, and they were off on their own little clique. So Leigh and I headed up to Captial Brewery (when its brewed, get the Constellation Ale because the Constellation gets a kickback). Unfortunately, the kitchen was closed, so we then went on the journey of a lifetime to find Dinner. We finally ended up hitting the 'Dennys in Glen Burnie after I dropped Aunt Michelle's ren faire clothes off. I hadn't had denny's in a long time, so it was quite a welcome change. The whole time the conversation was completely focused on the ship. I could tell they had just fucked around with stuff energy wise- my ears were burning. I was really pissed. But fortunately it was over and we wouldn't have ot deal with them again. Though Leigh and I have decided that when this is on, we're going to have a big drunk party to MST3k it totally. We've even thought of taping it and then taping over Leighs parts with a voice over of new comments :P That would be fun too.
So yes, look soon for Leigh Ulrich and the shadow of Mea Clift in ......Some haunting thing on one of the learning channels.
Okay, off to a nap.
