7shades Has A New Job

[7shades]

Ok so check this link out

 

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This kinda thing happens fairly often up here, and being in the tourist industry I am quite often consulted and employed to look after various logistical aspects of the production. Last time it was the movie "Fools Gold" with that annoying Mahonachie chap and amongst other things I was responsible for the maintainance and upkeep of 6 semi-rigid centre console inflatable boats. Same black ones the SWAT teams and Navy use. These things were brand new imported from NZ so they required NO work whatsover, so I pretty much spent 2 months doing f@$k all other than checking the oil in the outboards and checking the air pressure in the inflatable part.

So now they're back again filming this mini-series with old mate Mr Hanks... and the local crew manager rings me up the other day and asks me if I want in cos he has a spot for me....

My official title is "Ground transport co-ordinator (crew)" and my duties will include supervising and rostering a crew of about 20 drivers and vehicles and assigning them to various members of the senior or important crew (and their PA's), as well as the actual starring cast, to be available whenever one of them needs to go somewhere or have something done. Sorta like a chaueffer service really. I also have to make sure the vehicles (all brand new, not sure what type yet, probably Taragos and Fairlanes) are properly maintained and kept pretty. (there is a full time detailer on staff :P )

I will also most likely be the personal driver for Mr Spielberg and his two assistants :wink:

 

So I'm pretty stoked.... last time I worked for this company they paid me about $450 a day and this time they reckon that will be going up to over $500... per DAY.... and this shoot lasts for 6 months. :D

 

So... I think I will very shortly have the resources to make some serious headway on my projects :D

 

Jarad

[Redwarf]

Well done. :wink:

 

At this rate you'll end up like me, work for six months and then live a retired lifestyle for the remainder of the year.

 

It's always good to have a job you enjoy. It's even better to be well paid for it. :P

[Jason]

nooice :P

[7shades]

Well done. :wink:

 

At this rate you'll end up like me, work for six months and then live a retired lifestyle for the remainder of the year.

 

It's always good to have a job you enjoy. It's even better to be well paid for it. :P

 

Yeah... this should pretty much see me through to my long-held ambition of being comfortably retired by 30.

 

I've copped a lot of flak over the years from family and friends who berate me for being 29 years old and never subscibing to the "career and stability" way of life... instead, I worked random jobs for 9 months of every year and travelled for 3, rented a house instead of buying one and invested in commercial property instead, drove shitty cars and fixed them up instead of buying a brand new pussbox on finance... yada yada...

So after this is all wrapped up I'll be able to strut around all smug and smarmy, confident in the knowledge that I made my own way through life, doing what I wanted, when I wanted, wherever I wanted to, and had a shitload of fun in the process, while the rest of the gormless gastropods sat in an office watching their dicks shrink and waiting to die.

 

Moral of the story... Work to live not live to work I say.

[Nitephyre]

Congrats from a gormless gastropod with no dick :P

[7shades]

Aaaah c'mon... I didn't say NO dick... just a rapidly shrinking one.

And just so you know, RE: Shrinky Winky - when it becomes anatomically necessary to sit down to pee, its time to change jobs. Or bungy jump, or drive really fast in the wet with the front brakes clamped off or something just to get the ol' adrenaline circulating again :P

 

Ta for the congrats btw... I'm frikkin stoked...

 

Oh hey nitephyre... you're in northgate yeah? If you see a fully bombed out blueish Supra with airbrushing on the bonnet cruising around on Toombul Rd, he's a good mate of mine, Scotty. Hit him up to go for a spin... that thing has about 700hp and is frikkin insane... accelerates so hard you almost swallow your own teeth. He works at the airport so every morning he bags it all the way up the gateway entry ramp into 3rd just for shits n giggles.

He upgraded from the white NA supra he still has sitting in his garage... some people have too much money :wink:

Edited June 25, 2007 by 7shades

[ancullen]

So I'm pretty stoked.... last time I worked for this company they paid me about $450 a day and this time they reckon that will be going up to over $500... per DAY.... and this shoot lasts for 6 months. :P

 

Son of a....

 

That's awesome. Congratulations.

[Nitephyre]

Aaaah c'mon... I didn't say NO dick... just a rapidly shrinking one.

And just so you know, RE: Shrinky Winky - when it becomes anatomically necessary to sit down to pee, its time to change jobs. Or bungy jump, or drive really fast in the wet with the front brakes clamped off or something just to get the ol' adrenaline circulating again :P

 

Ta for the congrats btw... I'm frikkin stoked...

 

Oh hey nitephyre... you're in northgate yeah? If you see a fully bombed out blueish Supra with airbrushing on the bonnet cruising around on Toombul Rd, he's a good mate of mine, Scotty. Hit him up to go for a spin... that thing has about 700hp and is frikkin insane... accelerates so hard you almost swallow your own teeth. He works at the airport so every morning he bags it all the way up the gateway entry ramp into 3rd just for shits n giggles.

He upgraded from the white NA supra he still has sitting in his garage... some people have too much money :wink:

 

Hahaha Nice, can't say I've seen it but I'll try to keep an eye (ear) out... Spare Supra you say eh? o.O

 

Wonder if he'll take 2x Panos for it :D

[Teddy]

*books holiday for -> North Queensland*

 

:P !

 

Ve r r r y nice score. Hahah thats insane.