The Past 2 Weeks: 2/15/10 to 2/26/10

2/25/10: Justin Hartley comes into the Tour Store and specifically asks for me... where am I? On my freakin' lunch break in the breakroom. Missed meeting him by like 30 seconds.

2/24/10: My heart skips a beat when I realize that Justin Hartley aka The Green Arrow from the CW's SMALLVILLE walks into the tour store. I have seriously been crushing on this guy for a few years now. And he finally walks in the door, and I am completely and utterly speechless...

Also, visited the Warner Brothers Ranch for the first time, pretty cool, need to visit during the daytime.

2/23/10: Saw Taylor Lautner aka Team Jacob while on my lunch.

2/22/10: Watched Nathan Fillion, Dana Delaney and Stana Katic film some scenes from an upcoming episode of CASTLE while on my lunch.

2/20/10: Went and saw Shutter Island with friends.

2/19/10: Hung out on the lot after work and watched (well, heard some scenes being filmed of Episode 5 of season 3 of TRUE BLOOD. Scene involved black panthers. BEAUTIFUL cats... The part of the panther is played by brother & sister panthers. Saw Ryan Kwanten and Sam Trammell.

Also saw a scene involving "Jeffster" at the Buy More being filmed for an episode of CHUCK.
Saw Kathryn Morris, Johnny Messner from Cold Case. And Simon Baker and Tim Kang of THE MENTALIST.

2/18/10: Saw Sam Trammell aka Sam Merlotte in between takes of an upcoming episode of TRUE BLOOD

Sam Merlotte and the panthers

There be Panthers and Sam Merlotte in these here woods...

This past week, I got to experience my second go-round of True Blood filming in the jungle on the WB lot. Again, with the friendship I have with Stan, I was allowed access to filming and got to see the beautiful black panthers.

2 black panthers: a brother & sister. The male weighed in at approximately 125 lbs and the female at 95 lbs.

The first night (Thursday) of filming, my friend Oregano joined me and we hung out with Stan again. We met more crew members (all very nice). And while we were standing near the craft service table, very deep in conversation, Oregano and I lost our train of thought because Sam Trammell aka Sam Merlotte walked up to get some food. We just stood there looking appalled at each other, completely stunned silent. Just mouthing ums, and ahs.

The second night (Friday), my friend Mute joined me. And that was the night it rained. Luckily I bought a nice Golf Umbrella for us to stand under. We talked to Stan and he informed us that the panthers were there. Another crew member invited us down towards Merlotte's for a look at the panthers. They were set up in cages under a light post near the bar.

We stood under production equipment while we tried to watch them film a scene with the male panther. We could not see very much, as they were in the bushes. We could hear the animal trainer clapping and talking to the panther to try and encourage him to move to his mark.

The panthers were such beautiful creatures. I wish I had an opportunity to take a photo of them.

We were fortunate enough to watch some scenes of episode 5 of Season 3 being filmed this time around.

Kitties and Tigers, OH MY!

Last week, I visited 'Switzerland' on my lunch, this week: The African Congo.

I walked over to the "Jungle," on my lunch because CHUCK was filming over there and I ran into one of my security guard friends, who offered to give me a quick tour of the 'Congo.' There were tents set up every where. The outdoor set looked really cool, I believe they even had a fog machine.

The security guard took me back down a dirt road and showed me the 'Kitten House' in the Jungle. There is a small house in the back corner of the jungle for all those Cagney Cats that hang around the WB lot to keep the rodent population under control. There were a few kittens hanging outside the small building, playing with each other. I almost got one to come over to me, but he was too scared.

After my walk through the Congo, I made my way back to reality and onto the main lot. I walked over by Stage 4 (one of the CHUCK stages) because I heard there were still Tigers on the lot. And to my surprise, they were loading up one of the tigers into the back of its very own trailer.

See photo above.