Interesting work. Los Angeles. Blog Post.

Two weeks down, six to go here at Muse.

This past week at work was the most interesting so far! The majority of this week, I started going through our massive external hard drives (6 TBs each) to find video, and put together short videos for Muse's website. The purpose for these videos is still unclear-- they range in topic from documenting the personal life of our CEO to behind the scenes footage of films. But whatever. I just do what they tell me to do. Also, people aren't really watching them yet. So you guys could start. Here's one:

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A few notable memories from this past week: Jonathan said, nonchalantly "Yeah Josh we're gonna need to get some documents printed out at the equivalent of a Kinkos or something like that in London, so if you could get-" Me: "Did you just say London? Like... London... England?" Jonathan: "Uhhh... Yes?" Me: "Oh. Okay. Yeah. Sure." And then I skyped this print shop in London, and they printed out our stuff.

We're trying to rent out the office on the ground floor of our building, so I cleaned that out. I found a few things, including a silverfish colony, a handful of spiders, a post-it with Jessica Alba's phone number, and a box of costumes that Ms. Alba and her co-star Kate Hudson wore in The Killer Inside Me.

Just moments ago, Matt Wilder e-mailed me back! He's the writer/director of the upcoming Linda Lovelace biopic that I mentioned last blog entry. As a person making his living in the independent film industry, I feel as though he has a strong grasp on the conflict that is at the core of my project. So we're going to talk about that conflict, and that will hopefully shed some light on a lot of the problems I've had finding answers in my research. Look at me! Already "catching breakfast" (to use his words) with Hollywood folk.

(For Gabriel: I ate Chef Boyardee at lunch this week. It was nice and warm. Thank you, microwave.)


On a completely different note, I am sitting on my bed right now, but it's like 800 miles from MY bed. I'm kind of settled in here. The initial feeling of being totally displaced from everything and everyone I know dissipated after a few days. I haven't made friends, but I've gone out and kept myself busy for the most part. I've become a master of finding free things to do around town. I've hit up a couple museums, from The Museum of Jurassic Technology to the world-renowned J. Paul Getty Museum. Yesterday, I went down the neighborhood recreation center, where on any Sunday, one can attend a free archery class. So... I did that. I also caught a special 10th anniversary screening of Memento, followed by Guillermo del Toro interviewing Christopher Nolan. I'm also planning on going to a few concerts over the next month and a half. I feel okay budgeting some entertainment in there, since I'm making all of my own meals, so I'm saving money there. Gotta live a little in the big city.

I'm also not used to doing all of my own grocery shopping and laundry. (Back home, where my mom does the laundry, you would never find a plastic fork almost melting in the dryer.) It's also strange that I don't have anyone to tell me what to do. Like... I could go out and party all night! Or I could neglect to do my research, or I could eat ice cream for dinner. But so far, I've found myself carrying on as normal, doing nothing too crazy. To sound like a cliched BASIS senior, I bet this will be good for when I go away to college next year.

I have had some interaction with folks from back home-- A week ago, our friend Jayanth Ganesan found himself in LA. He told me to come by his hotel between 8:30 and 9, and we would grab breakfast. So I got there at about 8:40. We drove around Hollywood a bit, and found a little diner, and sat down by 8:50. Once the waitress brings us menus, Jay casually mentions that he needs to be back to his hotel by 9... Typical Jay. Nonetheless, good to see you, buddy.

In conclusion, you should all write me letters.
Josh Waterman
3321 Patricia Ave
LA, CA 90064