This weekend was absolutely insane. Thursday night Brianne, Katie and I drove up to New York. We stayed at this pretty sketchy motel that reminded me of the one in "Vacancy". We slept for 5 hours. Got up at 5am. Filmed all day long in the cemetery. Saturday we also got up at 5am, and we ended up filming until 1am. Sunday we got to sleep in until 7am and film until noon. The days are all a blur, but I know that we had some really awesome shots both in the cemetery and at Vinny's house.

On Saturday we had a dilemma with the diner. Vinny called them to remind them that we were coming to film, and the woman freaked out on him saying that she was busy, she didn't remember the conversation that he had with her about the day we were shooting, and that we could only film between Monday and Thursday. It would have been nice of her to let us know this during the first conversation he had with her, but overall I think it was a good thing that we didn't have to go to the diner this weekend. The cast and crew really needed a break, so we all decided to go to the King Buffet and have an amazing lunch instead. Of course, we will have to come back to NY to do the diner scene during a week, but we'll manage.

Sunday we had to finish some shots in the cemetery. We got there, set up, and did a few takes. Then Zach and I realized that it was starting to rain. We got a few more takes in, but the weather was getting worse by the second, and before we knew it, it was raining. Hard. We packed up all of the equipment (in record time) and headed back to Vinny's for some lunch. By the time lunch was over, the weather had cleared up, and we went back over to the cemetery to finish the shots.

Yesterday I got a call from Vinny saying that the school would not let us use the house on Circular Avenue because they have been burned by professional film crews before, and they didn't want to take a chance with us. And didn't want to set a precedent for other students to use the house later. To me, this is totally asenine. Our school should be supportive of us doing something to this caliber, and they shouldn't be the ones to hinder this project. We're still working to get the house, and I hope to god the school realizes this project, what it means to us, and what it could mean for the school. Especially since they're huge on good publicity.