My job is going well. I'm able to come in throughout the week to file things. It's not as often as I'd hope for, but it's better than nothing! Auditions have really died down now that summer has hit. Most shows are already in production for the season and auditions for Christmas won't start until the late part of August or so. There have been a couple of auditions, but they're few and far between. Most of them are for the union, which I'm allowed to attend, but since there are so few, the union people swamp the audition making it impossible for non-union people to be seen.
Greg and I ventured to Manhattan in hopes of catching a good view for the annual Macy's 4th of July fireworks display happening on the Hudson river. HUGE MISTAKE!!! The subways were ridiculously crowded and slow and once we actually got into the city there was no place to go! There were thousands of people all walking towards the west side to get a view of the Hudson, but all of the streets were filled to the maximum. You couldn't even turn around in a circle because of the sea of people. There were 6 barges lined up between 20th and 50th Street (or something like that) and that's where the fireworks were going to be. We were on 24th St. We decided that it was not worth our time so we left the people behind and continued walking north in hopes that the people would thin out.
We got to the corner of 28th St. and 10th Ave. and I saw my friend Colin standing there. We met on set one day filming a TV show. He was waiting on a friend who works at Manhattan Motorcars (a luxury car dealership on 28th St and 11th Ave, where they sell Rolls Royce, Porche, Lamborghini, Bentley, and Lotus). Whoa. They were going to a party on the rooftop of the car dealership to watch the fireworks. And yes, they totally invited us to join!!! It. Was. Awesome. There were food and drinks provided and we also got the chance to check out all of the cars in the showroom (I took a picture)! Our view was perfect! We saw 5 out of the 6 barges and the view opposite the Hudson was of the Empire State Building which was lit up in red, white, and blue.
I took a few videos of the firework display. The whole thing lasted about 30 minutes or so. I tried to cut it down to a really good part. This is the finale. At the very end I pan around so you can see the massive amounts of people crowding the street and the Empire State Building. So much fun!!!
