I went to those friends I'm appearing in a film for to film, but they ended up rescheduling and I played a corpse for a silent short they're doing for college. Despite how it sounds, this is a huge yay. I haven't had such an incredible day in a long time. All four of us were just laughing almost all 7.5 hours, laughing when we'd screw up or anything. It was her (the director), her like 30-year old college teacher woman, and the other two from the short film
we're doing. We went to one of their houses and she had the most adorable little kitten in the world (something was wrong with her eye, she had it narrowed and blinked a lot, and she shivered almost constantly). She (the cat) is apparently incredibly antisocial, so I made it my goal to win her over. Within 15 minutes she was asleep in my arms on the couch.
Anyways, I ended up being a corpse with toothpaste all over my general mouth area and tweezers in my eyes. The toothpaste burned. A lot. And the bathroom floor was freezing so I was shivering the entire time, and had to hold my breath and force the shivering to stop whenever we were doing a take. I made jokes and they
laughed, a miracle, and they made me laugh more and I was amazed to find people with such a similar sense of humour. As someone who tends to be a hell of a loner, it was just incredible. All of us got along, and when the teacher was gone we played Cards Against Humanity and just laughed the whole hour or so we played.
But wow, yeah. I just feel really giddy getting back from that. HAPPY SUPES
Also, a bunch of the toothpaste got in my hair and now there are clumps that are stuck together and crusty. And the fake blood didn't come off so well, so now half of my face is pretty red. And she put makeup to make me look pale (to which I said "do you really need makeup for that?" and they laughed and I was like "omg are they laughing"). Plus I had kind of an ego boost. I hate telling stories that put me in a good light because I feel like I'm bragging and I hate bragging or saying anything good about me, but...I was in their first movie, and they told the teacher how they'd seen me in plays and were amazed and like "'____ was kind of a legend in theatre, but ____ never talked to anyone (s)he was kind of a mystery. But then (s)he responded to our flyer and I was like '[friend]. ___' and she was like 'what about him/her' and I was like '(s)he wants to be in our movie'". (good luck making sense of that)
I heard and was all "nuh-uh, you're lying" but they were all "no, seriously". Then during Cards Against Humanity, I don't remember what came up, something about ruined sex lives, and she glanced at me and was like "well, that's not fair, she could get laid if she wanted" and I almost sprayed soda from my nose when I laughed, then they all laughed at my reaction and it was fun. Obviously they were just trying to be nice both times, but still, it did feel kinda good. I can't say I believe them, though.
Sorry for all that, and sorry for babbling at the end there. I know it sounds like I'm trying to humble brag or something, but I really just wanted to bring them up 'cause it's rare I ever hear anything like that, so even if it's not true it still was kinda heartwarming to see that there are even people that care. I wish I hung out with them more often.