Not all those who wander are lost

feelin’ it! 

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A seahorse admiring his own reflection from a divers watch.

Osiris and Riff Ratt 

Osiris is a 3-year-old Dutch Shepherd mix. Riff Ratt is a 3-month-old fancy rat. They live in Chicago and they’re BFFs.

Unfastened coats in winter

Obviously empty coffee cups

Hanging up the phone without saying goodbye

Obviously empty handbags

Leaving barely touched plates of food in a restaurant

Apartments and homes that don’t match up to income 

Empty Cups - Usually, they put water in them but also, you’re playing with fire putting liquids on set that don’t need to be there.

Not saying goodbye - Hate this personally, but if it’s not in the script.. then, well. And honestly, I’ve met so many people in film that just hang up the phone. Maybe writers just forget.

Obviously Empty Bags - a lot of times props / costumes fills them with paper to make them look full. Like they do in stores. But they aren’t going to put weight in them because the actor has to hold them. Some actors would complain. The ones that don’t you don’t want to make their arms hurt by holding a heavy bag all day. 

Barely touched food - Food = props nightmare. They tell BG to not really eat because they would need resets of everything. You want 18 extra plates of food wasted? And actors usually avoid eating on camera when possible because 3 bites in a take, 4 takes = 12 bites. Now we do 4 angles? That’s a lot of food to eat in one sitting. And maybe we do multiple food scenes in a day. 

Apartments too expensive - Likely it’s the production going BUT IT NEEDS TO BE PRETTY. Because well, it does. Plus shooting in a small place is awful. So you want somewhere that you’re shooting a lot (like your main character’s apartment) to be big enough to work in. And this is film, a lot of times someone points something out and the creatives say “I don’t care. I want it this way”

Job you never see - this is the same thing as saying you never see characters going to the bathroom. There’s a story to tell in limited time. You only put what is crucial to the story / interesting on screen. 

Million Pillows - Well that’s a set dec choice. But they want to make things look good. Again, some higher up saying: IT NEEDS TO BE PRETTY 

By the time I got in line to pay he was loitering at the front of the store again, and I just had that feeling that he was going to try and take the game I just bought, or steal my purse, as soon as I left the store. OR, he was going to try and follow me home. And I know I don’t have to explain that terror to any woman reading this, but all I could think was that I’m in this Gamestop alone with at least twenty other men and something is about to happen. I’m beginning to freak out, to the point where I’ve just pulled my pepper spray out of my purse and into the pocket of my coat. 

So there I am, next in line to pay, and there is this GIGANTIC dudebro right behind me, and I say gigantic as a 6 foot tall woman. He says, “Ma’am? Don’t be offended, but would it be alright if I walked you to your car?” and I was like “Are you serious?” and he was like “There are some weird guys in here right now. Have you noticed that guy watching you?” and then I showed the dudebro the pepper spray in my pocket and he was like “Right on. Would you still let me walk you to your car?” and I said yes.

So I paid, and waited while HE paid, and he walked me to my car. And just as I was getting in, the weird guy who’d been loitering came out of the store, saw me and my dudebro, and turned around and walked away in the opposite direction.