back in business

the internet's back up at the hotel. so i will be posting again!

i finally put up pictures from our visit to the pyramids, if you can call it that. more like our visit near the pyramids. http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=7563&l=6e713&id=514867448

today i went to the studio at 8AM, changed and got made up, and shot a scene for about an hour out in the sun. then i sat on set for five hours before they finally released me without shooting any more. pretty easy day! i think it was the last of the vaccination scenes- a good thing, since the little egyptian kids are so used to me prodding and pulling on them that they just walk up to me now and open their mouths for inspection. many of them do it while we're not shooting!

one of the shots this morning was an incredibly close one. my huge head fills half the frame. the director cautioned me in his thick accent: "very close. small. small. small." i tried to be 'small' but i felt like i was just being 'frozen.' he seemed satisfied, though, so hopefully it'll look ok. i really have no idea how i'm doing with this movie- there's not the same kind of feedback that you get from an audience or during a theatrical process. but i know i'm learning quickly, so even if i'm terrible, next time i'll be better!

tomorrow the americans are off because the russian actors flew in tonight and will be shooting for the next day or so. it's nice to get days off because i still feel weak from the stomach troubles, and also from the carb-heavy diet that i'm eating in effort to avoid risky foods.

things are good!