I soooooo wanted to write about this yesterday but my internet crapped out, bad timing that!
Yesterday I was, get ready for this!…filming an episode of a tv show! *squeal of excitement* Awesome huh?! 😀
I can’t give a lot of specifics due to signing a loooong confidentiality agreement but here is what I can say:
– I was a principle character in the episode (that means a main character)
– the show is docudrama/soap opera genre
– the show is international
– my character was a nurse so I was in scrubs which (1) are super comfy and (2) made me look humongous *rolls eyes*
– each episode has completely different cast so there is no potential for reprising the role
– I was up at 5am so I could be on set for 7am
– the make-up and hair ladies loved my hair and cheekbones lol
– crafty (that is the catered food) provided pretty decent food
– we filmed at an abandoned psych hospital and the crew had some super creepy stories about the place
– I wrapped (that means finished) a bit after 6pm so I was able to get to my dragon boat practice on time, which was a pleasant surprise
Oh, and fair warning, once the episode is aired if I can find a link to an episode online I will be posting it on my blog so you can all have the option of watching it or not lol 😛
Here are some pics of parts of the psych hospital, outside only…
One of the buildings
I didn’t get to go in this building, up close it looked more ominous than the others.
Spooky stairs all over the place leading to who knows where…
Than, as if filming wasn’t enough to make the day amazing when I got to dragon boat practice I got given my medal from the weekend! I thought I would get a medal since I raced Saturday but was worried that since I missed the Sunday due to being sick I miiiiight not get a medal, ya know, cause of not being there for the final race. But I was worried for nuthin, phew! lol It is so purdy!
My medal!
I was coughing all day, doing my best to cough between takes of course lol I was doing really well until the last scene where I started losing control of the cough, the hot tea I’d be sipping all day to soothe my throat was no longer helping and I thought I’d have to ask for some cough drops (which I had brought, along with cough syrup and throat lozenges lol) but I managed to tough it out. On the way to practice I was sucking on cherry halls, the type with the cough syrup in the middle, to try to get the cough to stop. I was sorta ok during practice, I coughed all the way through it but was still able to paddle. I did notice that I had less stamina than normal, not sure if that was cause of the long day or the trouble breathing cause of the cough and congestion…I’m leaning to it being more because of the cough since the filming left me all energetic and psyched lol. However, by the time I got home from practice my voice was shot, totally 100% shot! I was a croaking frog, not pretty! *wrinkled nose* I spent today not talking lol I just stayed in and chilled in the hopes that would help my voice recover faster, I don’t think it will help much though cause I am coughing even more than before and the cough is what is causing the most damage to my throat – in my non medical opinion lol 😛 Hopefully it goes away soon, if not for me than for the cat, every time he tries to cuddle with me I cough and it disturbs him, he’s been glaring at me a lot lol
The Amazing Shrinking Woman 
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