Well that’s it. I’m now officially unemployed. I’d like to draw your attention to that sign on the right side of this photo, the one that says “Employees first!”


For years I used to joke that they should have changed it to, “Employees first …. as long as you’re in Burbank!” (Because the level of perks and benefits offered to the staff at headquarters was on a far different level from what staff around the world received.)

Now I think they should change it to, “Contractors first!” I mean really, talk about your empty bullshit slogans. “Employees first” from a company that just replaced 1,000 employees with contractors in India and eastern Europe. Like so many companies, they’re fond of putting slogans on signs that sound good, but when it comes to actually living up to them, um, not so much. Not that I’m bitter or anything.

So there was a farewell lunch for me and one other person who also left yesterday. No big whoop.

Last night, a pre-Halloween party at the PASM Workshop. I got there, they only had coke and beer, I ran downstairs to the 7-11 and found a bottle of Chivas. I took a plastic cup, kept filling it halfway up with Chivas and the other half with water, I guess the equivalent of a triple. And I had 3 or 4 of these within an hour. Considering that I haven’t really had any alcohol worth mentioning for more than six months, I got seriously ripped. The fact that I never had any dinner also helped. There was some food delivered and there were bowls of assorted fried bugs and worms and that’s about all I ate.

I managed to get off a few photos here and there before passing out. Finally around 1 or 2 AM I felt stable enough for the taxi ride back home.

This is Clarice – she’s one of the models I shot the previous week, when her hair was up and she was wearing a floor length black gown. Quite a different look last night!


Sorry, I don’t know her name. But wow, right?

Well, being that drunk means I actually slept for 8 hours and at a relatively normal time. This morning when I got up, no hangover, a little bit dizzy perhaps. I went to look for my BlackBerry to check email and then I remembered I no longer have any BlackBerry to check.

Oh, in the spirit of full disclosure, I’m going to be investing in the PASM Workshop. In fact, I’m going to be one of the partners (assuming they still accept the check from me following my performance last night). So expect a lot more posts and photos from me related to this great place.

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