Day 12

A camera at the Premium Rush filming at Columbia.

I had my meeting with the photo editor and deputy editor at PreviousBigNameMagazine yesterday, and it went as well as it could have.  They explained the freelance position for September, and its possibility of becoming a salaried position--there is a lot of red tape getting from one to the other.  I'm going to take the position in September if they offer it, which it looks like they will (they just have to figure out the specifics with the publishing company), and I'll find out by Tuesday at the latest.  I'm excited to be back there, I miss that magazine a lot.  They also gave me the September issue, and of course I loved it, they really have a great team of photographers and food stylists, prop stylists too, who can make food look extremely approachable as well as beautiful.  Never do the dishes look pretentious, they look like even I can make them, and they always make me want to eat them.

Last night Jeremy and I met up with, basically, the whole gang for drinks: Arielle and Russ were in the city for the night before leaving to go to Santa Fe for the weekend, and Mally had just moved in to her (and Anna's) apartment in Brooklyn, and Anna was there too because they had been shopping for furniture earlier.  Needless to say we all got a little tipsier than we had maybe planned (maybe not Arielle and Russ, but the rest of us did).  It was fun, as always, and I am so happy that it will be happening more and more as I remain off Long Island and closer to everyone and nightlife in the city.  Today I met up with Anna and Mally for lunch uptown by Columbia.  The main event was, clearly, to hang out around Columbia to see what we could see of Premium Rush and, more importantly, JGL.  I didn't get, or try to get, a clear picture of him because they were filming inside (and also I didn't want to feel like a fan-girl).  Somehow the security only appeared to be intense--there were 2 security guards stationed at the entrance closest to the building they were filming at--and we were able to sit on the lawn right in front of the, conveniently glass-walled, building to watch the goings on.  There was one stage-manager type person who I thought was eyeing us as we sat amidst the "background" extras, but she only realized we weren't supposed to be there when they switched scenes and had to change the "background."

Either way, we racked up some spy-time on the ever-dapper, even in just a red t-shirt and jeans, JGL (regularJoe, hitRECordJoe, Joesph Gordon-Levitt).  I swooned a bit, secretly of course, and tried to look normal...I think it worked.  I had a fit of slightly hysterical giggling at some point, but it could have also been due to the deliciously sugary cinnamon bun that I had for post-lunch snack.  The set broke for lunch, hence the blanketed camera, and we explored a little closer to the glass, then strolled out onto the street with the trailers for a minute before feeling like stalkers.  We hung around through the next scene, but left when they broke again for, what looked like, make-up touch ups and cell phone updates.  But, gosh, he really is just as attractive in person.

When I got home I made mac&cheese and watched 30 Rock until Jeremy got back from work.  All in all a very good two days, especially today.