aka: Cancer of the Chair

BubbleBinLaden
Originally uploaded by link5001.

I know that I haven't posted in a couple of days but it's my hope that this photograph and the story that goes along with it will help make up for it.

Another three weeks pass and its time for another 201 shoot. The whole thing took place over this past weekend with a tiny re-shoot Monday evening. I won't bore you all with the horribly bad plot but rather focus on one of the funny incidents that happened to me Monday night.

One scene called for a "romantic bathroom shot" complete with cheese, apples, candles, and an inviting bath. Now, the need for this shot had absolutely nothing to do with the fact that the director has a large bathroom and is in love with, nay obsessed with it to the point of insisting that it be in every production thus far. Toss that idea away....

Well there was, as I said, an inviting bath and she had Mr. Bubble in it so it was all the more inviting. My parents never allowed me any exposure to bubbles when I was a child and, as you'll see, it was for good reason. Off to one side there are the other members of the crew talking about the nit-picky details of music while on my side of the bathroom the world is bubble-wonderful. So many bubbles and so little time to play with them. I got a little carried away and when I completely covered my face with bubbles I found myself in a predicament. Breathing caused the bubbles to fly down my throat and burn while opening my eyes revealed the truth that Mr. Bubble is NOT a "no more tears" formula. Gagging and crying I blindly stumbled across the room to the sink where the sympathetic crew gave me a glass of water and an abundancy of laughter. How kind of them to do as I narrowly avoided death! Such a moment of hysterical joy shouldn't have ended so tragically. I suppose that's just what happens when you're sheltered and the first time to try something you hit it a little too hard. I didn't know what I was dealing with.

See also: SE Johnson & Co. online warning labels and product information...it's time to raise an awareness