BEACHY

Check sa la. Today - STELLAR. On set to be a paid extra on the show ROAD GRILL - a travelling outdoor cooking show - at 8am on the beach this morning. Ho hum right? AU CONTRAIRE! My job was to play frisbee on the beach, catch football passes from an ex CFL'er (the host) and eat delicious food on camera while saying MMM! DELICIOUS!! INTERGALACTIC! (or whatever I felt like saying cause the whole crew was like SARAH TONE IN, DO YOUR THING!) They all had my stage name down within 10 minutes and were loving it. The other extras; two words: MOTLEY CREW.

Everyone got along swimmingly and I was sure they would pay us extra since we were more than extra - we were actin' bud! Really, food is mmmm delicious the first 4 rounds - but after 5 hours of full TV smiling, gleaming those pearly whites the face starts shaking and delicious begins to lose meaning. Which is major comedy. The woman who was in charge of keeping our moral up was also a comedian who spoke Spanish - so needless to say her and I had pure fun onset banter all day - with an every 7 minute dose of someone yelling out "She's Sarah Tone In! How cool is that!"
Not to toot my own horn, just to say that when you work hard - it WILL pay off! Last night I sent out an email to all the extras to see if I could get a ride with someone to the shoot. One girl responded, Jovana. When I got to her car - the license plate said 913 (my birthday) and guess what - she 'happened' to be SERBIAN. The very language I am desirous of learning. Got a ride home with Johnny, a physicist who laughed at my jokes all day, and was down for a metaphysical chat on the drive home. And to think I almost turtled myself into a shell of yesterdays sorrow. Hell no people. I held my chin up, bit the bullet and kept on. Up and at' em with the birds even though it was the last thing I wanted to do, I made the most of it. That's the hardest job of all - but it's what paid off. TGIF YALL.