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"Words are flowing out like endless rain into a paper cup. 
They slither while they pass, they slip away across the universe. 
Pools of sorrow, waves of joy are drifting through my opened mind, 
possessing and caressing me. 

Nothing's going to change my world 
Nothing's going to change my world 
Nothing's going to change my world
 
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million eyes. 
They call me on and on across the universe. 
Thoughts meander like the restless wind inside a letterbox. 
They tumble blinding as they make their way across the universe." 

– Fiona Apple, "Across the Universe"

Mr. Toad's Wild and Naked Ride

Tctraynor
2005-11-04 21:34:56

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seen Tony and me walking into this place. I hadn't showered in 3 days, and Tony's face hadn't seen the working side of a razor in quite a while. We walked in with our backpacks, tents (they wanted them for the shoot) and wearing flip-flops. I'm sure they thought we were looking for the train station.v

On entering the room, my mouth dropped. I have stayed in many 4- to 5-star hotels before traveling with work, but nothing as nice as this! There were 25-foot ceilings, huge rooms, and the bathroom was bigger than most NYC apartments (it even had steps in it. Yup, steps). I was like a kid in a candy store. I took a running start and did a leap onto the ultra-cushy bed.
The camera crew was great: really professional and good-natured guys that made the shoot a breeze. If you can call 12-hour days for 2 days a breeze. I didn't know it would be so much work. I did get tired a few times by having to do re-takes, but I sacrificed for my craft.

The only catch was that by the time we got to Brisbane, it started to rain. I was beginning to think Tony and I were jinxed. When we were in Perth it rained. We looked at the forecast for Adelaide, which was our next destination – it was nice and warm in Adelaide until we got there. Then we looked at Melbourne's forecast in Adelaide – sunny and warm until we got there. Then we looked at Sydney's forecast while in Melbourne – ditto until we got there. We did the same thing in Sydney – Brisbane was 88°F (31°C) and sunny until the day we arrived. I think Tony and I have some bad weather karma.

Well anyway, we had to do the shoots out in the rain. It did hold off for some of the day but later in the day, it just poured.

The second day, it was raining so we did my interview inside the hotel. They did ask me not to say I ran over and killed a kangaroo. They said it ran contrary to my "friend of animals" persona. Just so you all know, I killed ...