Lights,Wine Audition or something like that

I started today off thinking I would have nothing to report. Boy was I wrong.
My day started off with an email from Blackswan winery. This was in response to an email I sent them asking to use thier wine in our short. Oh and can you send us 15 bottles so we can all sign them and keep them as tokens from the shoot. They responded saying sure but first can you send it an writting and tell us a bit more about you so we know your not a clever boozer. Well they were more eloquent but you get the idea.
Later that day. . . I found out a guy two cubes down from me did lights for The hunt for red october and Twin Peaks: Firewalk with me. Unbelievable. I talked with him for about a while. Talk about knowing lights. He is really busy but I think if I buy some nice lunches and have my light guy and videographer there we might be able to get some good tips. He has already saved me some testing. Always use stage lights as a base. Never just go with natural lighting. Ok. Will do. I hope. I need to take better notes because I was trying to follow but it quickly went over my head with fractals and bouncing and well pretty much terminology beyone, you flip the switch on and things in the room get brighter.
Ok so that was some serious luck and I am super Jazzed.
Even Later that day I went to Wiggly World and checked out equipment. I was going to list everything I am getting on here tonight. But do to a hamster running loose around the house I'am to pre-occupied. All I can say if you are going to shoot a movie rent your equipment way way ahead of time and shop around dont go to the first place that will talk to you and has a camera.

I have also been doing a plethora pleathora Pleiathorieay Hey if your going to mispell aim for the fences. I have been doing a lot of audition work. I will try to post my method for setting up and running auditions in the next day or two. So I guess the only thing I can part as a learning experiance to anyone reading this, is hope for luck and that an A list lighting guy sits two cubes down and may be willing to tolorate giving you advise here and there.