so as i left for work today, i noticed a bunch of trucks filled with lighting equipment in the parking lot around the corner. i called kyle, "hey, they're filming a movie on our street." by the time i got home, there was a catering van in my driveway and a kitchen on wheels parked out front. they said that, you know, since they were using my driveway, i could maybe have a snack later or whatever. thanks. now it's 1:30 in the morning, there are bloodshooting, blinding lights pouring into our windows, and every five minutes or so i get to hear a big lumbering dumptruck speeding way too fast about a quarter way up the bridge (next to our house), screeching to a very obnoxious, high pitched halt, and then some dude's voice booming "CUT!". then the truck backs up and starts it all over again. and you know, i've consistently been 30 minutes late coming and going from/to work the past couple weeks because of "bridge work" that reroutes way to many people to another bridge which is frequently drawn. now i see all that was really just to prep the bridge for this high speed adventure shot. so, i was just wondering, and not to sound ungrateful for the movie industry's interest and investment in new orleans, but doesn't it seem only reasonable that these people could get the neighborhood's permission before terrorizing us so. or, at the very least, warn us in advance of the takeover. i mean, you have to go this crazy circuitous way just to get home, because they have the streets all blocked by police. and none of us are getting sleep tonight. kyle just came in from the bedroom where he's trying to sleep (with one of those soothing noise machines on) to say that a cop car keeps circling round, speeding past and screeching to a halt in the intersection. i guess they are filming a cop car/ dump truck near miss. i feel like we are at the indy 500 or whatever, and i have to go to work tomorrow morning. so... whaddaya think about our chances of making a few compensatory bucks out of this predicament. it only seems fair. our homes are like extras in their movie, and they are using our properties to park their junk. any thought?
