weekend and a casting call

The “To Do” list I blogged on Friday seems to be going well – I accomplished quite a bit this weekend. Stories have been scanned & emailed to Christy, books were dropped off at St. John’s high school, drinks and fun were had Saturday night, inauguration blog is up, and the wedding scrapbook is actually almost complete! Oh, and did I mention I stood in line for a chance at becoming an extra in Clooney’s movie?

I arrived at Crestwood Mall…excuse me, Court…about 9:35 a.m. To my surprise, the line wasn’t outside and down the sidewalk like I thought it would be. I parked by the movie theatre and walked in, directed by the signs.
It was like a ghost town in there…until I turned the corner to head toward Chevy’s.
I looked to my right and saw the line, so I immediately jumped in and prepared myself for the long wait ahead of me. Only a few moments passed when a mall security man asked if I had a blue ticket. He then told me they were only letting people with blue tickets into that line…THE line…and directed me to ANOTHER line, across the way, that I would have to stand in to receive said blue ticket. After about an hour, a man in a suit came around and started shouting, “I’m going to give everyone a white ticket. This white ticket means you have to come back at 12:30, form the line again beginning in that corner (where Dillard’s used to be, near Chevy’s), and get your blue ticket. Once you have that blue ticket, you will be allowed in the line that leads to meeting with the extras casting directors.”

I took my ticket, pocketed it, and looked at my phone. It was only 10:30 a.m. What to do in a mall that has practically NO stores anymore, for TWO. WHOLE. HOURS. Food first, then some walking, no shopping, talking to people from the Royal Dumpe Dinner Theatre Troupe, and snapping a few pictures. I decided, about 11:15 a.m. to head home for a bit, then come back at my “call time”.

Needless to say, I started scrapbooking once I got home and lost track of time. So I didn’t get back up there. Once I realized my mistake, I was kinda pissed at myself, but put my information into an envelope and immediately stuck it in the mail. Turns out, all the tickets were given out by noon anyway. So I probably wouldn’t have gotten one.

I’m sure my chances of hearing anything are very slim to none, but I’m keeping my fingers crossed anyway!