Sunday I had a rehearsal in the afternoon at a lovely park in Hollywood that I had never even heard of before and it was pretty cool. It had art installations and live music and a theatre, but we rehearsed outside. It was ridiculously hot but it wasn't too awful. Except for the fact that Jake had his bicycle stolen. That was not cool. As a person who has never stolen anything in my life I just don't understand how one can walk off with someone else's belongings! It is ridiculous! And the fact that no one saw anything just perplexes me.
I'm doing some extra work for Greenberg starting tomorrow and I'm starting to get worried that they won't give me some SAG vouchers which is really the primary reason to be doing this. I just really really need to get in the union. I'm over this! So I really hope to get a voucher out of this. Especially since I am going to have to be a vampire for the next three days. And I'm doing a raw food cleanse so I'm going to be starved the whole time and having to stay away from Craft Services which is actually the greatest part of being on set. Le sigh. I hate "The Secret" but I am going to Secret those vouchers into my hands if it kills me.
On a similar note:
"LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Top officials at the bitterly divided Screen Actors Guild said they approved a tentative contract on Sunday, clearing the way for the 120,000 members of Hollywood's biggest union to vote on the deal.
"Our board voted by a slim majority to send out a deal to our membership," said SAG President Alan Rosenberg, who is opposed to the contract and described it as "terrible."
The vote, following a two-day meeting of SAG's national board of directors was 53.4 percent in favor of recommending the deal.
The membership vote, which requires a simple majority, is likely to happen in the next four to five weeks. For now, the bitterly divided union's supporters and opponents will draw up their arguments and rebuttals to present to voters.
SAG and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which represents movie studios, announced on Friday that they had struck a tentative deal after months of often rancorous talks that helped bring production to a standstill amid fears of a strike.
The agreement -- covering actors ranging from struggling extras to big-name stars in movies and TV -- delivers 3.5 percent effective annual increases. It will not be retroactive to the June 30, 2008, expiration the old contract, which was a major SAG goal.
As a result, SAG members would lose tens of millions of dollars in pay increases they would have earned had SAG accepted the AMPTP's offer last June, one source said.
A key issue was how much actors should be paid for work delivered by new media, including the Internet and mobile phones, which are seen as a vital future distribution outlet. The new pact largely offers nothing extra in these areas.
Film production has slowed in Hollywood due to the labor uncertainty and the recession, and experts said a deal should pave the way for some increase in moviemaking.
Hollywood has feared a rerun of the 2007/2008 writers strike that crippled most television production and cost the Los Angeles-area economy an estimated $3 billion.
The lengthy talks split the SAG membership, with a moderate faction in January ousting hard-line chief negotiator Doug Allen, a Rosenberg ally, and forming a new negotiating team. Talks resumed, but then broke down again in February.
"I wouldn't say it's our finest moment," Rosenberg said of the infighting.
Rosenberg told reporters he would not resign from his unpaid post if members voted for the pact.
Rather, he hoped a "no" vote would force the studios to "finally deal with us in good faith when it comes to the Internet, when it comes to the future."
In a statement, the AMPTP said both sides reached a compromise deal that promised SAG members "meaningful" wage increases.
"With this agreement in place, our entire industry can work together to overcome the enormous economic challenges before us," it said."
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