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Friday, June 27, 2008

I Peed in Ridley Scott's House

I had to drop off something at Ridley's house earlier in the week and created a strategy to see the inside of his grand home. As I pulled in, the maid came to get the package and the following conversation took place:

CC: Hey Conchita!
Janet: My name is Janet.
CC: Oh, you look like Conchita.
Janet: She's not working today.
CC: OK, well can I get these documents signed?
Janet: Yeah.
CC: Also, since I've been sitting in traffic for 45 minutes, do you think I could use your restroom.
Janet: Uh...
CC: It's an emergency.
Janet: OK.

And it worked. The place is so nice, it's amazing - a courtyard with a huge fountain, marble sinks, etc., etc., etc.


ALSO: I almost accidentally hit a cross-dresser with my car. He/she jumped out right in front of me on a big, flamboyant, yellow bicycle.

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Meatgrinder Ep. 3 - WARNING: Offensive Humor


Meatgrinder's War On Terror from The Meatgrinder Show on Vimeo.


So my friend Chris Erb has developed a web series called "Meatgrinder" and if you are not easily offended, it's hilarious. If you are, please please please don't watch. I got to edit the audio for Episode 3 last week - the episode embedded in this blog. If you want to see more, check out www.meatgrinder.tv.

Sunday, June 22, 2008

My Recent Happenings

Things that have happened recently:
  • I was almost shot. Not really, but 6 police ran past me the other day brandishing firearms. One girl cop stopped almost right beside me. “I’ll stay here in case he comes back out,” she said.
  • My friend Patrick is literally living in my walk-in closet. Whatever saves money for rent.
  • Working on a web series that I’m writing tentatively titled “The Could-Be’s and the Has-Beens.”
  • Edited audio for a web series called “Meatgrinder” which you can watch at www.meatgrinder.tv - I edited the audio for Episode 3. For mature audiences only.
  • Got to spend a day at a photographer’s ritzy new home. Beside his villa that he calls a home is a studio, a fire pit, and a Jacuzzi that cascades into a heated pool. No idea why the pool would need to be heated.
  • Held an Oscar. At a lecture series, I met Hughes Winborne who edited Crash and he brought his Oscar with him. It was heavy.
  • Went to a super happy/awesome/smiley wedding in Statesville, NC. Congrats Stockton and Paige Perry!
More to come soon!

Thursday, June 12, 2008

Why LA is Backwards: Reason #614

I work at 614 N. La Peer Dr, but the first day of work I got lost even though I had a GPS. Here's why:

I was on N. La Peer Dr. heading north where the building should have been. But after a while I was suddenly on S. La Peer Dr. which eventually dead-ends. Then I discovered there is another N. La Peer north of S. La Peer.

WHAT???

So if you're traveling north at the southernmost part of La Peer Dr you will go through the following roads:

N. La Peer
S. La Peer
(no) La Peer
N. La Peer

If you're bad with directions, maybe this city is a piece of cake to navigate.

Monday, June 9, 2008

Crimson Tears

How do you get VIP treatment for an entire night in Los Angeles? There are two simple ways:

1) Be famous.
2) Make people think that you're famous.

This past Saturday I chose the latter as about 10 friends from UNC all went out to a bar as the cast of "Crimson Tears," a show to premiere on TBS in two weeks. Except that the show does not exist.

Regardless, I ushered our group to the front of the line, got a VIP table, received a round of free shots on the house, and even had a bouncer escort friends to the bathroom. When I drunk man fell into our table, I tapped the bouncer on the shoulder and pointed, and the bouncer had him removed from the club.

It's tough being famous.

Sunday, June 8, 2008

First Week

Whoa. LA is busy. And fast. And so so so stupid.

And I kind of love it.

Working at Scott Free Productions as an intern so far has been pretty gnarly. All the people I've met are great and I keep pretty busy with binding scripts, critiquing writing samples, running errands, and making happy-grams for creative executives who seem a little too stressed out.

For those who don't know, in 1995 Ridley Scott, together with his brother Tony, formed the film and television production company Scott Free Productions in Los Angeles. If you want to know more about it check out his wikipedia page or to see a list of movies he's worked on, check out his imdb.com page.