Week 5...

Sunday April 18, 2010


Today I went to the airport to do a dry run of my trip in two weeks. Carla is giving me Friday off in two weeks so I can go home and visit my family given the recent event of my Aunt passing. I may not get to go to the funeral that is tomorrow but I will be able to go home and visit my family. Also, in other good news I forgot to mention Carla offered me a job to extend my internship until December if I would like to stay for the whole season. In mid May we are going to discuss my actual dates.

Monday April 19, 2010

Carla let us sleep in this morning and we started work at 9:00 am. The whole team got everything loaded into Patti and Phyllis’ cars and we headed over to the Chester Theatre. Then we loaded everything into the theatre and started preparing the place so we could paint the floor. It took a while to get everything cleaned up and masked off. Then we put the primer coat on. By this time it was lunch and the four of us decided to walk into downtown Chester which was a block away and have lunch. We went to this small little place called Smith’s Market, it is really cute and has dishes similar to Panera.

All of us walked back to the Chester theatre after lunch and we began preparing for the base coat because the primer was dry. We had to paint in all the little screw holes in the floor because it was faster then trying to get them with a roller. So in the next step we put a base coat down for the floor and left so it would dry. I spent the rest of my day consolidating more show paint and getting rid of old paint.

Tuesday April 20, 2010

In the morning we went down to the Chester theatre again Sam and I painted the floor some more. When we got back Carla had me mixing texture for some of the units in Band, Geeks! which is our next show. We all had lunch and after lunch I finished mixing the texture. I then started working on the cinderblock and tile sample for the next show. I also cleaned more buckets today and cleaned around the shop. It’s Phillip’s Birthday on Friday so were all going out to some wing place. It sounds exciting. I also was aloud to run to the hard ware store and get supplies and I took inventory, so Carla is letting me have more responsibility, yay.

Wednesday April 21, 2010

Today I spent most of the morning cleaning and doing maintenance things around the shop. I also did some inventory because we got a shipment of paint in. I made a run to the hardware store for some caulking. Then before lunch we masked off the two new units the carpenters brought over for the show. After lunch we primed the units and then used the texture I had made to create a cinderblock look on the units. It was very interesting to see the plastic paneling take shape into something that appeared to be stone. The texture I made is 3 parts joint compound (light weight) 1.5 parts flexbond and 3 parts sand. The mixture is fascinating to me for some reason because is makes something appear to be something it is not. Then when I came home I made hamburgers for dinner, yum.

Thursday April 22, 2010

In the morning Phyllis and I kept working on the units for Band, Geeks! by adding more texture to the cinderblock areas. We also recaulked everything because when the caulk dries it smaller then when you applied it, since Carla wanted more bulk to it we added another layer. The whole group had lunch again which was nice we discussed America’s food problem it was interesting. The rest of the day I spent caulking so there is not much to report. Also, there was this wicked thunder storm that rolled in and rained buckets but was gone by the time we left work. When we all stepped out side in was breath taking because it looking like a spring morning.

Friday April 25, 2010

In the morning I kept caulking the two units and adding a second layer. Needless to say it takes a long time to do and a lot longer then I thought it would take because you have to be precise and make sure it looks correct. I went to Subway for lunch and it reminds me of home even though I know they exist all across the United States. When I returned from lunch Sam and I went to Chester and took down the masking paper and cleaned up. We basically made it look like we were never there except the floor is ready for the show now. For the rest of the afternoon Sam, Carla and I primed the brick units. I also cleaned more when I had some down time.

In the evening the carpenters and painters went to New London for Phillip’s birthday. We went to his favorite wing place, it’s called Hot Rod’s Restaurant and Bar. The wings were very spicy needless to say but it was so good. Everybody played pool, and there was a Wii there to play, and foosball so it was a pretty cool hang out place.

Saturday April 25, 2010

In the morning I got up and took a walk around the neighborhood. There are not a lot of side walks around here so most of my walking was of the side or in the road. It was a little scary because people are speed demons around here. I watched a couple of movies during the day and worked on my paper. I was able to relax today I also did laundry and went to the grocery store.