Sybelle (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} vivifiedx) wrote,@ 2005-07-29 12:26:00 |
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I <3 NOLA.
The other day I found out that there was a casting call for Vampire Bats (apparently a lame Lucy Lawless horror movie, but I thought it sounded fun) in New Orleans in the World Trade Center, Altitude 33 (which is a club on the 33rd floor of it) at 11p.m. So I tell Jeri (who tells her friend Kelley) and April, and everyone's all excited. So last night immediately after work (I got off at 7) we go. Traffic was HORRIBLE. There was a lane closed on the bridge so it took us like 45 minutes just to get over it. Nonetheless, we got to NOLA almost at exactly 11. We went upstairs to the place, and find out that the club is opened during all this so we have to pay $10 just to get in. wtf. April and I had no money--casting calls are supposed to be free. THEN we find out there's a dress code: no t-shirts or tennis shoes, which April and I both had. AND you have to be 21! None of this information was at the site. I knew it was in a club, but I assumed that it would be closed during this time. Who the fuck puts a casting call in the middle of an opened club?? Then the bouncer is a real douche bag. Obviously everyone's complaing, especially those like us who had driven for hours to get there. So he's like, "I'm tired of listening to you complain. I'm not cutting you any deals. You can all just go back downstairs!" Not that he WAS cutting us a deal to begin with.
So, these two (cute, goth) girls from Mississippi who WERE in dress code decide, "fuck this. If everyone here each gives us a dollar, we'll have enough to go in. And we'll take your pictures and information, bring it in, and tell them what's going on." So we did that. Everyone left except April, Jeri, Kelley, and I because we wanted to see what happened. The girls came back out like half an hour later or so, and say that once you got up there, you had to sign up for the casting company for 20 MORE dollars, and after this movie they supposedly call you for other ones (but you never can tell. We're with louisianacasting, and no one gets called for shit. We have to find them ourselves). What a ripoff. But they took our pictures anyway, and are just going to throw them out after this movie. Kelley says they probably put them in a separate pile and we won't get called. *sigh*
So I think, "Yay. Since we didn't get to do anything in there, maybe we can explore the city so this isn't a complete waste!" Um. No. Kelley didn't want to do anything (she was driving), despite Jeri's and my efforts.
Me: I wanna go dooo something! Let's make this trip worth it!
Kelley: ...
Jeri: Ohh! Let's go some voodoo shops!
Kelley: Oh, they're all behind us in the Quarter.
Me: Let's go! *pout*
Kelley: ...
She just ignored us and kept driving out.
At least I got to SEE New Orleans :/ And April had never been there, except for a small trip with Girl Scouts years ago. She was all excited.
We weren't even there long enough to get approached to buy crack. But we DID see a few hobos! One night I want to sleep on the streets and see what it feels like. Seriously. I've thought about that for years.
And Jeri and Kelley kept making ignorant statements. The two girls from Mississippi were dressed in all black, had piercings and tattoos, stretched ears, etc. And Jeri or Kelley (I don't remember who, because they were both saying silly things, but I believe it was Kelley.) was like, "Those girls must be dressed like that because this is a horror flick." Um, no. Piercings, tattoos, and stretched ears are permanent. I highly doubt they went and got them for the movie. Maybe they went to the casting because they like horror movies?
Then these two Asian girls were going into the club (not for the casting, just to go to the club) and they were dressed all slutty, like most of the girls going in there were, and Jeri whispered, "look, they're call girls!" and she was dead serious. She said no one dresses and walks like that except call girls. Seriously, how many times have you been to clubs?! A lot of girls dress and walk like that. Maybe it was because they were Asian :P I mean, they did get valet parking, so they have some money (there was a parking garage right next door. That's just lazy.), but that's not enough to make that kind of assumption.
Anyway, sometime in August before school starts, April and I want to go back and spend a few days there. She went with GIRL SCOUTS, so they probably did all kinds of boring stuff. This time I'll show her some of the fun things to do. Not that I know everything about New Orleans. I've only really been there once myself :) Anyone up for a trip?
The other day I found out that there was a casting call for Vampire Bats (apparently a lame Lucy Lawless horror movie, but I thought it sounded fun) in New Orleans in the World Trade Center, Altitude 33 (which is a club on the 33rd floor of it) at 11p.m. So I tell Jeri (who tells her friend Kelley) and April, and everyone's all excited. So last night immediately after work (I got off at 7) we go. Traffic was HORRIBLE. There was a lane closed on the bridge so it took us like 45 minutes just to get over it. Nonetheless, we got to NOLA almost at exactly 11. We went upstairs to the place, and find out that the club is opened during all this so we have to pay $10 just to get in. wtf. April and I had no money--casting calls are supposed to be free. THEN we find out there's a dress code: no t-shirts or tennis shoes, which April and I both had. AND you have to be 21! None of this information was at the site. I knew it was in a club, but I assumed that it would be closed during this time. Who the fuck puts a casting call in the middle of an opened club?? Then the bouncer is a real douche bag. Obviously everyone's complaing, especially those like us who had driven for hours to get there. So he's like, "I'm tired of listening to you complain. I'm not cutting you any deals. You can all just go back downstairs!" Not that he WAS cutting us a deal to begin with.
So, these two (cute, goth) girls from Mississippi who WERE in dress code decide, "fuck this. If everyone here each gives us a dollar, we'll have enough to go in. And we'll take your pictures and information, bring it in, and tell them what's going on." So we did that. Everyone left except April, Jeri, Kelley, and I because we wanted to see what happened. The girls came back out like half an hour later or so, and say that once you got up there, you had to sign up for the casting company for 20 MORE dollars, and after this movie they supposedly call you for other ones (but you never can tell. We're with louisianacasting, and no one gets called for shit. We have to find them ourselves). What a ripoff. But they took our pictures anyway, and are just going to throw them out after this movie. Kelley says they probably put them in a separate pile and we won't get called. *sigh*
So I think, "Yay. Since we didn't get to do anything in there, maybe we can explore the city so this isn't a complete waste!" Um. No. Kelley didn't want to do anything (she was driving), despite Jeri's and my efforts.
Me: I wanna go dooo something! Let's make this trip worth it!
Kelley: ...
Jeri: Ohh! Let's go some voodoo shops!
Kelley: Oh, they're all behind us in the Quarter.
Me: Let's go! *pout*
Kelley: ...
She just ignored us and kept driving out.
At least I got to SEE New Orleans :/ And April had never been there, except for a small trip with Girl Scouts years ago. She was all excited.
We weren't even there long enough to get approached to buy crack. But we DID see a few hobos! One night I want to sleep on the streets and see what it feels like. Seriously. I've thought about that for years.
And Jeri and Kelley kept making ignorant statements. The two girls from Mississippi were dressed in all black, had piercings and tattoos, stretched ears, etc. And Jeri or Kelley (I don't remember who, because they were both saying silly things, but I believe it was Kelley.) was like, "Those girls must be dressed like that because this is a horror flick." Um, no. Piercings, tattoos, and stretched ears are permanent. I highly doubt they went and got them for the movie. Maybe they went to the casting because they like horror movies?
Then these two Asian girls were going into the club (not for the casting, just to go to the club) and they were dressed all slutty, like most of the girls going in there were, and Jeri whispered, "look, they're call girls!" and she was dead serious. She said no one dresses and walks like that except call girls. Seriously, how many times have you been to clubs?! A lot of girls dress and walk like that. Maybe it was because they were Asian :P I mean, they did get valet parking, so they have some money (there was a parking garage right next door. That's just lazy.), but that's not enough to make that kind of assumption.
Anyway, sometime in August before school starts, April and I want to go back and spend a few days there. She went with GIRL SCOUTS, so they probably did all kinds of boring stuff. This time I'll show her some of the fun things to do. Not that I know everything about New Orleans. I've only really been there once myself :) Anyone up for a trip?
