Muskrat Love

I was on a gig earlier this week, helping out with audio. Usually when a company tests out the sound system, one person stands at back of the room & tinkers with switches to make every thing sound beautiful, as another person talks into each microphone on the stage. It was my job [...]

IATSI #22

I found out earlier in the week that although there will be a great deal more business for people in the events industry, as a result of the inauguration parties, in Washington DC.  However, the companies I currently work for have aligned themselves with the republican party through their donations. Therefore, in order to make [...]

“I bloom wherever planted”

I have finally gotten more confident in being a lighting tech & general stagehand. In the past, I questioned myself on a regular basis, as to whether I was doing something correctly. Now, I just do it, without thought. I recognized I was on the correct path mentally, when I was on a load-out recently [...]

Crush

I recently have developed a crush on one of my crew members. He is definitely interested in me. In the past, it’s just been verbal flirting. However, it’s now moved onto physical touching. He asks for a hug whenever we meet & from time to time finds reasons to casually touch me.

Although I have [...]

Spoiled Little Brat

I did a huge Bar Mitzvah over the weekend at a local private club. I had never seen anything like this in my short experience as a stagehand. The gig itself lasted 26 hours, including the 20 hour set up, & cost at least $75K. Finally, we were down to the last hour, as the [...]

Steven F. Udvar-Házy’s 35th Anniversary

 am currently in the middle of the event industry busy season. My most recent gig was Steven F. Udvar-Házy’s (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_F._Udvar-Hazy) 35th Anniversary, featuring Donna Summer, at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_F._Udvar-Hazy_Center) in Chantilly, VA.
I, of course, made the newbie stagehand mistake of staying up for 36 hours straight, without sleep, in order to make [...]

The National Harbor

I have been doing a lot of gigs recently at The National Harbor (http://www.nationalharbor.com/), specifically The Gaylord National Resort (http://www.gaylordhotels.com/gaylord-national/). The resort is doomed to fail in the next ten years, unless slot machines are legalized. In fact, I believe that’s what the resort is betting on. It is located less than 5 miles from [...]

Heat Exhaustion

The stagehand season has started up once again. July through August & January through February are usually the down seasons. However, luckily things have picked up early this year. As usual, I continue to love the work.

The only icky point I had this summer, was passing out from heat exhaustion on the National Mall about [...]

Forklift Bitch

It seems that the off season for being a stagehand has ended early this summer.  I have been on the National Mall for the past two days doing stagehand stuff for 9 hours each day, such as being a forklift bitch.  No, I am not special enough to be a forklift operator, but I am the wench [...]

Tired & Hungry

Yesterday, I went on a gig for a corporate event in Washington, DC.  While on our break, a boy from a different company approached me about going out with him.  However, he did it with arrogance.  He kept telling me how good he was going to make me feel & how he would be something [...]