Would you share a snippet of Peanuts & Crackerjacks with us? One solitary peanut, if you will ;)
Ah, the return to Mansion House Pharma (pre-PE4CHE5) about baseball that briefly pops back in my writing-boycotting summer brain every May when I return to the field and am reunited with our Jed Foster-lookalike umpire (I wonder if him and his ill-advised manbun will have finally parted ways this year?).
It’s mostly just dialogue at this point (surprise, surprise), here’s a handful:
They had all been lunching in Mansion House Pharma’s breakroom when Bridget Brannan burst in, a clipboard in hand. “Ah, perfect! My little rabbits all cozily gathered in their burrow: you make my trapping much easier.”
“What are we getting trapped for this time?” Jed asked with a frown.
“The annual DC Health charity softball tournament,” she answered, to a chorus of groans. “You know McBurney’s dead set on us having a team and beating Dixie Medical. And so far, only Percival, Charlotte and Dr. Diggs have put their name on the roster.”
“Centerfield’s mine, y’all,” Samuel called, leaning back in his seat.
“And I’m pitching,” chimed Charlotte.
“Pitching? In a co-ed tournament?” scoffed Hale.
She tilted her head at him. “I was a starter for UCLA both years we won the NCAA Women’s College World Series. I think I can manage.”
“That leaves eight spots open,” Bridget rallied. “Pick your poison.”
“Shortstop,” Jed and Mary both called at once, and looked at each other in surprise.
“Okay, I take back what I said earlier,” said Hale. “Mary, shortstop in a co-ed tournament?!”
“It’s been my position since I started playing when I was 10,” she explained. “Biggest Red Socks fan in my class. All my friends had Leonardo Dicaprio or Brad Pitt posters, I had Nomar Garciaparra and Pedro Martinez.”
“Boooooo Boston,” Henry called through his cupped hands.
Mary stared him down. “Yankees fan, I take it?”
“You know it,” he smirked. “27 World Series, three back-to-back in the 90s over your… zero? Bridget, I’ll take left field. Patrol with my man Sam here.”
“Thank you, Henry. Mary, Jed, we never settled: who takes what?”
“I can take second,” Jed said. “It’s easy shortstop.”
“We can share, swap innings,” Mary counter-offered. “Is that allowed, Bridget?”
“It’s charity slowpitch, dearie. You’ll all be eating chips and drinking beer on the bench while waiting to bat; I’ll go out on a limb and say you can swap positions. And play in a dinosaur suit if you’d be so inclined.”
Thanks for asking!
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I honestly cannot wait for scenes from tonight's episode to be turned into gifs
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Let’s take the boat out Wait until darkness Let’s take the boat out Wait until darkness comes Nowhere in the corridors of pale green and grey Nowhere in the suburbs In the cold light of day by PG #petergabriel #mercystreet #boat #river #darkness #annesexton #poet #dumulmeori #dawn #dusk #bluesky #depressed #hopeful #hurt #fineartphotography #travel #moment #evocative https://www.instagram.com/p/BqbVItrHzzu/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=pa9609v1k7bj
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Enjoying the Sights on Mercy Street! – PBS Mercy Street
Working with PBS on this project for their Mercy Street mini series was incredible and I loved every minute of it. Going in, we did not have a lot of specific creative direction other than a classical approach similar to what PBS had done with their monster hit Downton Abbey. That influence was a great jumping off point, but I was also interested in creating something a little more modern and contemporary to set this series apart. To achieve that, I set up a set within a set to create a classical look melded with a more modern lighting design and a subtly textured backdrop.
We delivered the images and I didn’t immediately hear back – crickets - I thought maybe they hated the photographs. I really liked them and wanted to plow ahead, which I did. On set (in Petersburg, Virginia) we had an old 20x20 silk as the backdrop. I also hunted down a location for the exterior images of Civil War era Petersburg, these images of cobblestone streets and buildings were layered in post with the in-photograph silks. We used the silk as a base background and I really wanted the focus to stay on the characters so the background elements needed to be a “there but not there” type of thing - providing texture and a modern nod without overwhelming the images or the subject. Working with my partners at Sugar Digital, we worked back-and-forth to find the right layering balance so that the painterly background effect was there to support but not distract from the subjects. The colors and textures of the period wardrobe, along with the actors’ faces were a striking focal point, and I was after tones that would marry well with each other and could straddle the historical/contemporary setting of the images.
With the updated backgrounds, I now loved the images and sent them to the client. This time the client responded immediately that they loved the look and wanted to create the entire campaign around what we’d created.
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I'm binge-watching #MercyStreet They're singing, "There is a balm in GileadTo make the wounded whole;There is a balm in GileadTo heal the sin-sick soul." Made me shout GLORY! #PBS #CivilWar #medicalhelp (at City of Bessemer, Alabama - The Marvel City)
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