Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Striketie strike
Well looks like I coming up to the end of Disney! The big layoff, for me, hits this Friday and I won’t be back until Ferb-ruary. Not too bad considering most of my crew will be off until June. I could have talked Disney into working me straight through but I have the other project to get into line before the big broadcasters trade show in January, plus he's been dead since the sixties. So this layoff hits in just the right spot.
And the writers continue to strike.
The writers strike because they need more residuals to live on. Their union made a bad deal at the beginning of the videotape era and never updated it. Naturally the guys with the money aren’t going to just cough up the doe on their own. So, why not strike now. The summer heat is over and the rain won’t really start until after the first of the year. Good time to be out walking around, holding signs. Apparently writing for shows is sporadic and the only way these guys can survive long term is they continue to get money from their efforts. To the writers I say good luck. And when you reach a settlement I would like it if you’d pop by the animation union and wave the new contract in their faces. And say something to the effect of, “Maybe your people could do with some residuals! Did you ever think of that?”
The Family and I just moved into a new house over the weekend. No we didn’t buy. We’re renting. Funny owning a house and a rental house in MI and still having to rent a house out here. The rent we get monthly in MI would cover about a two and a half weeks out here. But out here we are moving forward.
Yeah, I know it was 9 am but you can't move ice cream.
Speaking of moving forward, there is another milestone coming up on the 18th of December. Can anyone guess?
Here I am on the lot. I guess some show had a winter carnival scene. This is the real thing. It may not seem like a big deal in MI but the snow actually stayed around for two days.
And the writers continue to strike.
The writers strike because they need more residuals to live on. Their union made a bad deal at the beginning of the videotape era and never updated it. Naturally the guys with the money aren’t going to just cough up the doe on their own. So, why not strike now. The summer heat is over and the rain won’t really start until after the first of the year. Good time to be out walking around, holding signs. Apparently writing for shows is sporadic and the only way these guys can survive long term is they continue to get money from their efforts. To the writers I say good luck. And when you reach a settlement I would like it if you’d pop by the animation union and wave the new contract in their faces. And say something to the effect of, “Maybe your people could do with some residuals! Did you ever think of that?”
The Family and I just moved into a new house over the weekend. No we didn’t buy. We’re renting. Funny owning a house and a rental house in MI and still having to rent a house out here. The rent we get monthly in MI would cover about a two and a half weeks out here. But out here we are moving forward.
Yeah, I know it was 9 am but you can't move ice cream.Speaking of moving forward, there is another milestone coming up on the 18th of December. Can anyone guess?
Here I am on the lot. I guess some show had a winter carnival scene. This is the real thing. It may not seem like a big deal in MI but the snow actually stayed around for two days.
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